Jul 9 Jul 9 The Mire. Evocative investigative journalist thriller set in Communist Poland Simon A Bird
Jul 3 Jul 3 Young Royals. Alluring Swedish teens at exclusive boarding school suffering exquisite emotional torments Simon A Bird
Jul 3 Jul 3 13 Commandments. Dourly gripping Belgian 10 Commandments-based serial killer procedural Simon A Bird
Jun 22 Jun 22 Blackspace. Series 1: Very darkly impressive Israeli series about a school shooting and the ramifications thereof. Simon A Bird
May 29 May 29 Ragnarok. Series 2. Highly enjoyable continuation of the YA Norse-myth drama Simon A Bird
May 23 May 23 Teen Wolf Series 2: Succesful and enjoyable continuation with a strong start and end but slight sagging in the middle Simon A Bird
May 18 May 18 Marcella. Series 3. A gripping saga, with criminal investigation and personal traumas expertly mixed. Simon A Bird
May 16 May 16 Love, Death and Robots. Volume 2. As fascinatingly, visually variegated and thoughtfully considered scenarios with a superb final episode Simon A Bird
May 15 May 15 Halston: Enjoyably lurid account of an Icarus-like rise and fall with wonderful titular performance Simon A Bird
May 12 May 12 Teen Wolf. Series 1. Absurdly enjoyable mash-up of teen HS angst with werewolf matters and with very conscious gay appeal Simon A Bird
May 4 May 4 Love, Death and Robots. Volume 1. Wonderfully varied collection of short animated films (all conceivable styles) and intriguingly fitting this all-embracing title Simon A Bird
Apr 29 Apr 29 Marcella: Series 1 and 2. A superbly mature and gripping drama with a very vivid sense of place. Simon A Bird
Apr 22 Apr 22 Mindhunter: Series 2. Maintains and builds on the success and power of Series 1 Simon A Bird
Apr 18 Apr 18 Mindhunter. Series 1. Vivid dramatisation of the start of the art of psychological profiling of serial killers Simon A Bird
Apr 4 Apr 4 The One. A (initially) smartly contemporary-ideas thriller that largely keeps a fine balance between the science and the interpersonal relationships except at the very end. Simon A Bird
Apr 2 Apr 2 The Irregulars. From the Sherlock Holmes stable, here focusing on Holmes's London street urchins but with modern sensibilities plus the supernatural Simon A Bird
Mar 26 Mar 26 The Fall. Series 1 2 & 3. Gripping, majestically unfolded police procedural with riveting performances by Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan Simon A Bird
Mar 9 Mar 9 The Queen's Gambit. Wonderful and very powerful film about troubled chess prodigy. Simon A Bird
Mar 5 Mar 5 Behind Her Eyes. Initially promising if somewhat unoriginal psychological thriller that rather loses it, big time, at the final fences. Simon A Bird