Dare I even try and review this thing?! I suspect Netflix may have set some record with a season finale lasting 2 hours and 20 minutes! 

Sad to say I felt it lacked any real emotional punch even if the money spent makes it look good. It was nothing really new though and felt like a bloated hollywood type sequel (Avengers: Infinity Wars springs to mind) . Possibly yet another example of Netflix losing its way.6/10

Another star of UFO was purple-haired Gabrielle Drake, who also happened to be the sister of legendary folk singer Nick Drake. 

While Stranger Things goes down the upside down toilet, this other heavily hyped TV series gets better and better. Certainly plenty of surprises in the story and great acting from the likes of Karl Urban and Anthony Starr. Filmed 'down under' this is one up for the Aussies! 10/10

from what I can ascertain this is the last season of this excellent Viking drama following the story of 'Utrid son of Utrid' basically a 'half breed' mix of Dane and Anglo-Saxon. Despite his mix loyalties he helps the English defend their territories against the invading Dane's and eventually repels a Scottis excursion in Northumbria. That's the bare facts. It gets better after season 2 when Netflix took over the show from the BBC. You notice the difference in the battle scenes especially. It's all good bloody fun and a look at a time when England was slowly coming together as one nation. BTW the title 'The Last Kingdom' refers to Wessex (most of the South Of England) that remained under English rule when the North was pretty much under the thumb of the Vikings. 8/10 for this season , overall about 9/10.

I have not checked out The Time Travellers wife for reasons I'm not sure about. I think possibly Time Travel things can get very silly. That probably goes for The Lazarus Project as well although I gave in and have started watching it. It does have a very clever idea of a reset date. Basically you can reset time on the previous 1 July in order to go back and try and avoid 'global extinction events' , ie by changing/fixing events that lead to these. However all the main characters are able to retain their memories so are aware of time being reset. Now imagine if you are a woman and pregnant and end up giving birth multiple times across several time lines. Does lead to extra some dramatic potential which appeals to me. Still watching at the moment , about 4 episodes in, but its certainly clever and very intricate.

The Control Room 2022 3 episodes 

BBC Scotland production set in an emergency call centre in Glasgow. Very intricately plotted although warning that the accents are the thickest Scottish I've come across!

Suspect 2022 8 episodes.

Again a brilliant bit of writing starring James Nesbitt and Joel Richardson with an appearance by Richard E Grant playing a very slimy venture capitalist.

I enjoyed Suspect slightly more especially for the 'why didn't I think of that' ending. 9/10 (8/10 for The Control Room)

Very adult animation (used to be called 'Adult Swim' for reasons that elude me) building on the success of Paradise PD. This time it's sci-fi based and the main character of the show title (voiced by the wonderful Lance Reddick) is the very un-pc ruler of his world. Its totally barmy, extremely rude (more so than even Rick and Morty by some distance!) but very clever and a lot of fun to watch. 8/10

Can't say I enjoyed Umbrella Academy first season that much. It just dragged for me and the characters were plain dull. I gave up after episode 2 of the second season. Doom Patrol is much more my thing mainly because the characters are more interesting. Admittedly the plots make little sense but I've never been that bothered about plots as long as I'm entertained.

Comedy/Fantasy

Lee Pace, Anna Firel