TV

A look back at Merlin Season Three

: 04 February 2012; Gerard Wood

Season Four of Merlin has come and gone in the UK and those of us who have seen it will probably agree that this latest season exceeded what came before. The same could be said of the third and second seasons as Merlin improves with each ...

New Trailer for Game of Thrones Season Two

: 01 February 2012; Gerard Wood

If you’ve not already committed the date to memory, take note now: the second season of HBO’s extraordinary Game of Thrones kicks off on 1 April! Without any shadow of doubt, Season One was the television highlight of 2011. Every aspect of ...

Adult Star Wars TV series to be called Star Wars: Underworld

: 18 January 2012; John Howell

Star Wars producer Rick McCallum spoke to IGN recently about the long in development live action (real actors!) Star Wars TV series, revealing a new title, plot details and production problems. The new series will be called Star Wars: Underworld ...

Being Human Series Four: a transmuted, revamped ghost of itself?

: 17 January 2012; Gerard Wood

When we reported back in May 2011 that the superb British series Being Human was returning for a fourth season featuring new characters and an epic new story line, we failed to appreciate that the new characters wouldn’t be supplementing the ...

Red Dwarf returns for Season 10

: 13 January 2012; John Howell

The science fiction TV comedy Red Dwarf starring the irrepressible Dave Lister (Craig Charles), Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), and the Cat (Danny John-Jules), is back for Season 10 with 6 new episodes in ...

Complete Doctor Who Season Six hits blu-ray

: 04 December 2011; John Howell

While we wait for the new Doctor Who movie to arrive, it's time to experience Matt Smith’s Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series in high definition blu-ray. Matt Smith has grown into the role of the long lived, eccentric Time Lord this season, ...

15th Anniversary for Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

: 22 November 2011; Gerard Wood

I love an urban fantasy, especially one set in that multifaceted gem of a city that is London. This was the city of my childhood so perhaps my perception is skewed, but to my mind no other city is quite so magical and yet mundane, benign and yet ...

I want everyone to be eaten by dinosaurs

: 19 October 2011; John Howell

After watching the pilot to Fox’s ambitious TV time travelling dinosaur fest called Terra Nova, I am praying that when I watch the next episode the entire cast gets eaten by dinosaurs (in fact, that hope is the only reason I’ll be able to ...

Kiefer Sutherland investigates psychic powers in Touch

: 10 October 2011; John Howell

Kiefer Sutherland, best known for the hit TV show 24 - along with excellent feature film roles like Flatliners and Dark City - returns to science fiction territory once more with a new psychic powers TV show called Touch. From the ...

Parallel lives in Awake

: 09 September 2011; John Howell

How does this sound as a TV show premise? Police detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) regains consciousness following a car accident involving his wife Hannah (Laura Allen) and his son Rex (Dylan Minnette). After the accident, Michael keeps ...