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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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
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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 -
OpinionThe Skinny's TV shows of 2019
Nuclear apocalypse, a chronically depressed equine, and the most toxic family in the history of TV were among our favourite shows of the last 12 months Read more »| 27 Nov 2019 -
ComedyPlease can we talk about Harry Hill’s Clubnite?
The big-collared comedian strikes gold with his latest telly outing Read more »| 20 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsThe Politician
Ryan Murphy's latest creation sets its heights too high in its ambition and ultimately suffers as a result Read more »| 18 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsThe End of the F***ing World: Series 2
This sequel to James (Alex Lawther) and Alyssa (Jessica Barden)'s adventures has morphed into a different, less anarchic and explosive experience – but it is richer for it Read more »| 08 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsEl Marginal
Argentine prison drama El Marginal is the best show on Netflix you've never heard of Read more »| 06 Nov 2019 -
ReviewsBoJack Horseman: Series 6, part 1
From its madcap humour to its honest, human (of sorts) depictions of mental illness, addiction, and recovery, Bojack has always cherished its characters but never sought easy answers. Read more »| 28 Oct 2019 -
ReviewsSuccession
Succession is back and it’s as venomous and brilliant as ever Read more »| 23 Oct 2019 -
ReviewsEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Vince Gilligan returns to the world of Breaking Bad to give us the closure none of us knew we needed Read more »| 18 Oct 2019