Latest reviews

Atlantis

Atlantis (2013)

Atlantis

Inspired by Greek mythology, Atlantis was an impressive looking fantasy-adventure series set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures.

Private Schulz

Private Schulz (1981)

Private Schulz

The story of an SS scheme carried out by a German fraudster to swamp wartime Britain with forged banknotes, which could be put into circulation in order to destroy the British economy.

Blott on the Landscape

Blott on the Landscape (1985)

Blott on the Landscape

Tom Sharpe's comic tale about the proposed construction of a motorway through an ancestral home, and the double-dealings involved.

Spitting Image

Spitting Image (1984)

Spitting Image

The 1980's puppet show that broke new ground on British Sunday night television with its biting satire and grotesque caricatures - the 'establishment' would never be the same again.

Medici Masters of Florence

Medici Masters of Florence (2016)

Medici Masters of Florence

Political drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century. The Medici family, bankers of the Pope, may be the most upwardly mobile family in history. In just over a century they went from being one of a number of banking houses in Florence to supreme political power.

The Devil's Crown

The Devil's Crown (1978)

The Devil's Crown

Ambitious BBC dramatisation of the life and times of the Plantagenets - Henry sees the opportunity to seize the Crown of England and create a kingdom of law and order.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo (2) (2014)

Marco Polo

Set in a world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, Netflix's “Marco Polo” is loosely based on the famed explorer’s adventures in Kublai Khan’s court.

Benidorm

Benidorm (2007)

Benidorm

The premise for Benidorm is a simple one as it follows a selection of characters on their holiday at an all-inclusive hotel in sunny Spain, called the Solana. There are sex-mad swingers, dodgy dealers, arguing couples, dysfunctional families and everything in between. Disaster never seems to be far down the road.

Trust TV Series

Trust (2018)

Trust TV Series

When the 16 year-old heir to the fortune of one of America's wealthiest families is kidnapped - who, if anyone, is going to pay the ransom? 'Trust' is based on the true story of the kidnap of heir to the Getty fortune John Paul Getty lll.

The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd (2006)

The IT Crowd

Sitcom about a computer support team - Roy, Moss and Jen, who make up the I.T. Department of Reynholm Industries. Jen knows nothing about computers, whilst Roy and Moss are socially inept geeks.