It’s almost as if they heard me: trailers for the three episodes of the forthcoming series of Black Mirror are out. So, not much sign of a turn towards the upbeat so far. I live in hope…
Tag: TV
Black Mirror trailer
The trailer for Black Mirror season 5 seems mainly to exist to remind us that having access to some of Netflix’s money allows the show to cast bigger names and keep the standard of special effects up to scratch: no attempt to let us in on what any of the stories are about. Charlie Brooker… Continue reading Black Mirror trailer
The OA reviewed
A couple of weeks ago I finally got round to watching the first season of Netflix’s The OA. I was well aware that it got a mixed-but-respectful response from reviewers at the time, and I’d always had in on my list of shows to catch up with some day. I’ve since enjoyed various reviews of… Continue reading The OA reviewed
Discovering more Discovery
When Netflix started screening season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery to the rest of the world I was aware that CBS had produced a number of shorts in the same setting and featuring characters from the show under the title Short Treks, but the word was that no UK service had picked them up so… Continue reading Discovering more Discovery
The First
I suspect that Channel 4 might be a little disappointed that their screening of The First doesn’t seem to have captured the public’s imagination. I’d seen a couple of reviews after the first episode that tended to lean heavily on the “Sean Penn’s show fails to lift off” line, which is about the angle you’d… Continue reading The First
Weekend TV
Such a good weekend TV-wise. Catching up with a new season of The Good Place was a delight. (Provided you could ignore Ted Danson/Michael’s attempt at an Australian accent when he was posing as a librarian to help nudge Chidi in the right direction at one crucial moment. It’s entirely possible that half a dozen… Continue reading Weekend TV
Of Interest
It’d be marvellous if writers about TV could spend a few years never mentioning Lost at the drop of a hat,[note]I enjoyed that show a lot, including the ending, but enough time has elapsed that surely we can stop pretending that every bit of prestige TV is secretly either aping Lost or bravely showing us… Continue reading Of Interest
Farewell, Saga
I was so pleased to see that after four seasons The Bridge stuck the landing_ so nicely. I’d half expected that the show would end with one of the leads killed off – very possibly having sacrificed themselves to save an innocent victim – but the writers resisted that temptation and instead showed us a… Continue reading Farewell, Saga
Hunks Punch Lunks
Prompted by the release of the first season of The Professionals on Blu-ray a few years ago, Taylor Parkes reminds those of us who grew up in 1970s Britain of [just how strange mainstream UK TV got] as the nation turned to Mrs. Thatcher to save it from the foreigners and lefties who were responsible… Continue reading Hunks Punch Lunks
Sense8
I’m currently playing catch-up with Sense8 in anticipation of Netflix wrapping the show up later this month. Having watched the first episode early last year when I found myself exploring my shiny new Netflix account to see what was on offer, it took me ages to get round to picking up the show again: the… Continue reading Sense8