It’s absurd, but we adore it. 24 was always ridiculous. In the space of 24 hours, none of the main characters went to the toilet, ate or drank. The show is action thriller interspersed (undeliberately) […]
TV | Boxset Essentials – Green Wing
So the next set of essay deadlines and exams are looming, which clearly means it’s the right time to start a new TV series and take your mind off revision. Green Wing is everything we […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Reservoir Dogs, Big Fish and The Social Network
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week we argue over who has to be Mr. Pink, get extremely drunk and witness the birth of Facebook. MONDAY – Black Narcissus (More4 11:25) […]
TV | Fargo – Finally a television adaptation that does not disappoint
‘Aw jeez, here we go again’, another television series influenced by a popular and rather brilliant film. Normally this leads only to disappointment, anger and a review including of a list of all the things wrong […]
TV | Crimson Field – WWI period drama at its best
In recent years, Sunday evenings have become renowned as prime television real-estate for period dramas, with shows such as Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife providing the perfect end to the weekend in a wave […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Braveheart, Holes & The Artist
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week we go running, try to stop a bomb on a train and discover the world of silent cinema. MONDAY – Fast Girls (Film4 19:15) […]
TV | Star-Crossed – A desperate attempt at an extra-terrestrial Twilight
Congratulations go to the production team of Star-Crossed for their valiant attempts to sandwich not only every American high-school stereotype, but also every alien-invasion cliché into a mere forty-two minutes. It was a heroic task […]
TV | New Worlds – A history that lacks the drama
New Worlds is the long-awaited sequel to the 2008 drama The Devil’s Whore, in which Andrea Riseborough and John Simm appeared as a 17th-century pair whose beliefs drew them right to the epicentre of the […]
TV | Inspector De Luca – Masterful Italian detective drama
First shown in 2008, Inspector De Luca is the new Italian detective drama to compete with the Scandinavian haven that we’ve all grown accustomed to on BBC4. The TV series is set in 1938 when Italian […]
TV | W1A – Does it live up to it's predecessor, Twenty Twelve?
From the makers of Twenty Twelve, W1A is the new BBC comedy show recycling the Twenty Twelve the main character, Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville). Fresh from screwing up his role as head of the Olympic […]
TV | Live in Space – Out of this world
It is perhaps unsurprising that Channel 4 should be the first to produce a TV show in space, given its track record of filming the dangerously absurd. It seems there’s very little left on earth […]
TV | The X Factor – Are the votes finally in?
X Factor has dominated the Saturday night prime time slot since what feels like the beginning of time, but it may finally be coming to the end of its long reign, as Simon Cowell takes […]