TV DVD Reviews

• American Dad: Season Three

  Now in its third season, Seth MacFarlane’s animated comedy series following the adventures of Stan Smith - lowly CIA agent, ‘weapons expert’, family man and staunch defender of the American way - is starting to feel a little tired.

   
• Skins: Series Two

  This second series of E4’s stylish, Bristol-set flagship drama, depicting the lives of a group of sixth-form students, picks up six months on from where Series 1 ended.

   
• Ghost In The Shell: Individual 11

  Cyborg police must stop impending nuclear disaster in this new 'remix' release in the Ghost In The Shell Stand-Alone Complex 2nd Gig series. Set in post-World War 4, this time Major Kusanagi and her special unit go up against a group called Individual 11.

   
• Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain

  Touted as an all-star remake of the sci-fi book-turned-film by Michael Crichton, the latest incarnation of The Andromeda Strain is a Sky miniseries with some Hollywood heavyweight behind it.

   
• Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour

  A true comedy legend, knockabout comedian Norman Wisdom often portrayed the down-trodden and bullied little man who would overcome the odds and save the day on his many movie offerings from the 1950s and 1960s.

   
• Enemy At The Door: Series Two

  The Germans are still maintaining a firm hold of the Channel Islands in this second series of the popular and dramatic look at the people of Guernsey during the Wartime occupation of the island.

   
• Stephen Hawking & The Theory Of Everything

  Originally shown in two parts on Channel 4 entitled "Stephen Hawking: Master Of The Universe", this exact amalgam of both episodes makes for a fascinating, if slightly ill-presented, 90 minutes which delves into the complexities of the universe with one of the greatest minds of all time.

   
• The Owl Service: The Complete Series

  Dating back to 1969, The Owl Service is a very original TV series that still has a lot to offer to audiences today, especially considering its use of music and jumpy camera work to achieve its desired dramatic shocks, compared to modern CGI and computer techniques.

   
• Fur TV

  With a furry belch, MTV confirm their dedication to the kind of uncivilised television your parents would disapprove of.

   
• Department S: The Complete Series Special Edition

  Now this is what you expect retro TV to be like. Colourful, extravagant and gloriously camp in tone... but that’s enough about star Peter Wyngarde as Jason King. Department S was a series about the elite Interpol branch that were called in when a case was too baffling for normal departments to solve.

   

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