Breaking Down Big Boys: A Review of the Finale
★★★★★ Channel 4’s Big Boys has captivated audiences since its debut in 2022, and its concluding season depicts the chaos of the third year at university, particularly with a looming…
Is TikTok Live Replacing Television?
Like all media consumption, audiences are increasingly transitioning to digital platforms, including TikTok. Watching traditional TV channels has almost stopped among younger viewers, with 90% of 18- to 24-year-olds heading…
Doctor Who and Capitalist Realism: Time to Question the Status Quo?
We cannot seem to fathom the idea that aliens might not actually want to invade us. As human beings, living in a capitalist system where gentrification, colonialism and exploitation are…
Gavin and Stacey: A Final Goodbye to A ‘Tidy’ Show
Christmas Day has passed; presents, food comas and tipsy board games are once again a distant memory. However, by 8:59 p.m., these frivolities were shoved, unceremoniously, to the back of…
How The Traitors Changed the Game in UK Reality TV
The Traitors arrived on UK screens in November of 2022, promising to feature a concept unlike anything seen before. The show is based on the Netherlands’ original version De Varraders,…
Editors Choice- ARTS
Editor’s choice is a new column in which Jess and I as Arts Editors have both the platform and opportunity to share what we are engaging with from the world…
Queer Narratives in Reality Television
I was very young when I was exposed to reality television for the first time. Settled in between both my parents on a Saturday night, I was exposed to a…
Review: Riverdale
With the return of appointment television, Netflix is now releasing on a weekly basis episodes of new CW teen-hit Riverdale. At first glance it seems like any other teen drama:…
The People v. O.J. Simpson: Review
American crime television seemed to have been in a rut until these past couple years. Shows like the 2015 docudrama Making a Murderer, 2014’s How To Get Away with Murder…
Girls, girls, girls: what is it about American TV imports that we just can't get enough?
Jack Stockdale HBO’s new show, Girls, finally reached British television sets this October, but what has its hype got to do with the increasing British hunger for American TV? We…
Is “Sherlock’s” Irene Adler a misogynist figure?
‘Scandal in Belgravia’ the opening episode of the second series of “Sherlock”, attracted 9 million viewers with the most interesting character in the episode being Irene Adler, a gay dominatrix…
Young Apprentice
The claws are fully-grown, permission for leave from school has been granted, mummy and daddies wardrobes have been raided, this can only mean one thing – ‘Young Apprentice’ is back.…
Life's Too Short
‘Life’s Too Short’ is Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s return to the fly-on-the-wall documentary style that made their reputation ten years ago. It is clear they are relishing the opportunity…