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Chad Powers
Glen Powell plays a disgraced football star who disguises himself as a nobody to get back in the game — a crude, chaotic comedy that swaps Ted Lasso’s warmth for mean-spirited humour, but still finds some fun in its identity-crisis premise.

Paul Gainey
Feb 272 min read


Ted Lasso Season 3
Back in the Premier League, AFC Richmond face fierce rivals, personal struggles, and rising expectations, as Ted Lasso’s trademark warmth, humour and heart continue to guide the team through football — and life.

Paul Gainey
Feb 273 min read


Wayward (Netflix)
Netflix’s Wayward turns a seemingly idyllic town into a chilling psychological thriller, exposing how a correctional facility for troubled teens masks a sinister system of control under the guise of care.

Paul Gainey
Feb 273 min read


Task
Dark, character-driven thriller Task pits a quietly volatile criminal against a weary FBI agent, building tension through flawed, compelling personalities before erupting into edge-of-seat drama.

Paul Gainey
Feb 272 min read


The Girlfriend
Robin Wright leads this slick thriller as a wealthy mother convinced her son’s fiancée is hiding dark secrets, turning a familiar family tension into a stylish, twisty mystery of suspicion, rivalry, and obsession

Paul Gainey
Feb 273 min read


Colin from Accounts — Season 2
The second season of Colin from Accounts deepens its heartfelt, sharply funny look at modern relationships, pairing charming lead performances with painfully relatable situations — and scene-stealing turns from a brilliantly quirky supporting cast.

Paul Gainey
Feb 271 min read


The Day of the Jackal
This slick TV adaptation of The Day of the Jackal pairs Eddie Redmayne’s chilling, shape-shifting assassin with Lashana Lynch’s relentless pursuer, delivering stylish, morally complex blockbuster drama with a distinct Bond-like edge.

Paul Gainey
Feb 271 min read


Shogun
Though lacking fantasy elements, Shogun emerges as a worthy heir to Game of Thrones, delivering a sweeping, brutally compelling tale of power, politics, and survival in 17th-century Japan.

Paul Gainey
Feb 271 min read


One Day
This moving adaptation of One Day traces a decades-long friendship and love story by revisiting the same date each year, brought to life by captivating performances and a nostalgia-rich journey that is as heartfelt as it is tear-inducing.

Paul Gainey
Feb 271 min read


The Iris Affair
“Neil Cross’s globe-trotting drama The Iris Affair delivers a twist-laden chase across the Italian coast, powered by Niamh Algar’s steely performance as a genius forced to decide the fate of a dangerously advanced AI.

Paul Gainey
Feb 273 min read
2026 BAFTA Awards
Overall, the BAFTA voters played roughly the tunes everyone expected, with only the Best Actor result counting as the one major surprise.

Paul Gainey
Feb 273 min read


Sweetpea
In the iconic movie The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger's Joker chillingly tells Batman: "Madness is a lot like gravity...all it takes is a little push." And in Sky Atlantic series Sweetpea, we discover what happens when a wallflower, who's spent her life being mistreated and ignored, is given the greatest of shoves...

Paul Gainey
May 22, 20253 min read


Gavin and Stacey Christmas finale
And this time, we got the answer we’ve all been waiting to hear. The feature-length "Gavin & Stacey" finale ended in wedding bells... or at least, karaoke down the pub.

Paul Gainey
May 22, 20253 min read


Wallace and Gromitt – Christmas special
This Christmas saw the triumphant return of Wallace and Gromit in a new and lovingly crafted feature-length film, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

Paul Gainey
May 22, 20252 min read


Baby Reindeer
Scottish writer and comedian Richard Gadd recounts the true story of being harassed and stalked for years.

Paul Gainey
Feb 7, 20253 min read


Blue Lights
Blue Lights, Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson’s Belfast-set drama about police trainees, was one of the BBC’s breakthrough hits of 2023.

Paul Gainey
Feb 7, 20251 min read


Dinosaur
It’s off to Glasgow for Matilda Curtis and Ashley Storrie’s new six-part comedy Dinosaur.

Paul Gainey
Feb 7, 20251 min read


The Jinx Part 2
There used to be a rule that documentary-makers shouldn’t interfere with their subjects...

Paul Gainey
Feb 7, 20253 min read


Red Eye
But Red Eye is not ambitious. Silly, sure; derivative, yes; but just about watchable...

Paul Gainey
Feb 7, 20253 min read


Masters of the Air
Masters of the Air is a huge, epic second world war drama, more than a decade in the making, filled with matinee-idol movie stars.

Paul Gainey
Feb 7, 20254 min read
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