Who doesn’t love a good sci-fi story that addresses relatable political issues set in a near-recognisable world? That’s E4’s new six-part series The Aliens in a nutshell. In a Britain that otherwise looks a lot like ours, we learn in the first episode’s opening scenes that aliens crash-landed on the planet a few decades back, … >
The Walking Dead isn’t messing around this half-season – just after the threat of the Saviors was properly introduced, Rick’s group took the fight to their new enemy in this week’s episode. ‘Not Tomorrow Yet’ marks the beginning of Rick’s feud with the Saviors, and it feels, fittingly, like a real turning point for the … >
So, we arrive at the final standalone episode of the X-Files revival before we hit next week’s big finale, and what we get is so utterly bizarre that no other show could have pulled this off. We’re not entirely sure that The X-Files has managed to pull it off either. After the earlier episode with … >
This powerful adaptation of John Le Carré’s novel reaches its halfway point this week as Jonathan Pine finds himself thrown deeper into the murky world of arms dealing. Meanwhile, Angela Burr and Joel Steadman continue their operation to bring down Richard Roper. At a birthday party in Spain, tragedy strikes when Juan Apostol’s daughter, Elena … >
This season, Call the Midwife has had perhaps its most serialised story yet with the births of multiple babies with deformities. In this episode, Thalidomide is finally revealed to the characters as the cause of these issues, and it leaves everyone feeling a certain amount of responsibility and frustration at not being able to prevent something they were so … >
In this week’s episode of Agent Carter Underwood, our hero Dottie finally escapes from prison, where she’s been ever since her capture by the SSR (way back in issue 1, true believer – Ed.). Forced against her will into aiding the evil forces of democracy Dottie overhears and oversees some extraordinary events before once again … >
ITV’s Grantchester returns with Geordie and Sidney enjoying a swim in the river, a picnic with family and friends, and a stroll home cheerfully singing ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’ – but it quickly takes a sharp turn as Sidney is arrested for sexual assault on a minor, leading us into a bleak tale that encompasses teenage … >
Whereas the first four box sets contained adaptations of existing scripts, this latest set of Lost Episodes breaks new ground. ‘Girl on a Trapeze’ is an adaptation of a surviving episode while the other three have been developed from the scant details that survive – storylines, tele snaps and cast lists. For the uninitiated, the … >
“Nothing is illegal. That’s just a word people use to control other people.” We’re convinced that Tommy Lee Royce may be one of the best television villains ever created. The first season showed us his brutally sadistic side and this year, castrated in a prison cell, his only tools are manipulative words and his Scottish … >
“Mulder, back in the day, I used to do stairs and in three-inch heels.” “‘Back in the day’. Scully, ‘back in the day’ is now.” Of the four episodes we’ve seen so far, as an actual X File, this one might be the best yet. While the central mystery is poorly explained and Mulder and … >