TV & Radio
Our guide to the best from the world of television, podcasts and online streaming video. Reviews of some of the best new shows, news on some of your favourite series, features and opinion from our team.
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ReviewsCheer
Netflix docuseries Cheer showcases the risks and rewards of competitive cheerleading through Navarro College’s pursuit of their 14th national title in Daytona Beach, Florida Read more »| 13 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsUnbelievable
Netflix mini-series Unbelievable interlinks the stories of a teen rape victim and two detectives on the hunt for a serial rapist, showing how the predominantly male system of US law enforcement is rotten Read more »| 11 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsThe Good Place: Season 4
The Good Place's last episode delivers a near-perfect conclusion to the fantasy comedy Read more »| 10 Feb 2020 -
ReviewsBojack Horseman: Season 6, Part 2
Bojack Horseman sends off its central characters almost too neatly, but its tone is near-perfect: the choice to continue living, trying, failing, and starting over is conveyed with cynicism, humour, and hope Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
OpinionGrow Up: The Evolution of Coming-of-Age TV
Season two of Netflix’s Sex Education marks how far coming-of-age television series have come Read more »| 05 Feb 2020 -
FilmThe Beautiful Mundanity of Studio Ghibli
The celebration of the everyday in Studio Ghibli's films makes them the ideal animation studio for restorative home-watching Read more »| 31 Jan 2020
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ReviewsYou: Season 2
The second season of You is another slice of slick, trashy entertainment which occasionally gets a bit too close to reflecting the sort of attitudes it's aiming to mock Read more »| 24 Jan 2020 -
NewsGet ready to binge Studio Ghibli on Netflix
The streaming giant is adding 21 Studio Ghibli to its site over the next few months, including masterpieces like Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and My Neighbor Totoro Read more »| 20 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsThe Outsider
The latest Stephen King adaptation opens strongly, but signs of the writer’s predilection for left field plot turns suggest it won’t end that way… [Three episodes watched for review] Read more »| 17 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsSex Education: Season 2
The sex-positive teen comedy starring Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson returns with more characters, more embarrassing sexual encounters and more handy tips on everything from asexuality to anal sex hygiene Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
ComedyICYMI: John Aggasild on Marion & Geoff
Stand-up and host of Glasgow's Vision Board night, John Aggasild takes a look at early-noughties hidden gem Marion & Geoff Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
ReviewsThe Witcher
At its best, The Witcher suggests an adult Lord of the Rings; at its worst, Xena: Warrior Princess Read more »| 20 Dec 2019 -
ReviewsHis Dark Materials
The casting of this television adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials is almost immaculate, but it can often feel a little lifeless Read more »| 13 Dec 2019 -
ReviewsWatchmen
The Watchmen you started watching is not the Watchmen you’re finishing, and it’s so effortlessly, seamlessly done you barely even notice Read more »| 13 Dec 2019 -
ComedyICYMI: Amy Matthews on Smack the Pony
Scottish Comedy Award Best Newcomer Amy Matthews sheds some light on seminal late-90s sketch show, Smack the Pony Read more »| 29 Nov 2019