Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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1.9 – Plagued with nightmares, lack of sleep drives Ben to the edge and Lodz takes the opportunity to convince him to embrace his powers. At the carnival, business is poor but Lodz gets more than he bargained for during his psychic act. Iris's search for her brother continues and Tommy offers his support in more ways than one. 1.10 – Brother Justin finally returns to Mintern with a new vision for his ministry. find out more...

1.11 - Lodz continues to try and take advantage of a grieving Ben while things hot up in the Gay Paree tent and Sofie learns some devastating news. Balthus's concern grows about Brother Justin and Iris shows just how far she is willing to go to protect her brother. 1.12 - Ben finally gets to have a bow-wow with management while Stumpy, Rita, Sue and Jones come to an agreement, but Sofie is not so lucky. Brother Justin prophesises the coming Armageddon. find out more...

Fans of The Mighty Boosh will probably be well aware of the terrible darkness that is contained within the walls of Darkplace Hospital. For new initiates Garth Marenghi was probably, no, definitely THE greatest horror write of the last 10 decades. He's a Dreamweaver of the highest order. He is also responsible for this seminal series from the 1980's which features some of the most terrifying concepts in the world of the paranormal, including telekinesis, a mutant eye-child, a haunted highland fo find out more...

Jackanory goes high-tech in these two CGI children's tales: In �Muddle Earth' life is about to change beyond recognition for schoolboy Joe Jefferson and his dog Henry. Joe has been summoned to Muddle Earth, where ogres roam and budgies never stop yakking, by a wizard, Randalf the Wise, who thinks he is a warrior-hero. find out more...

Life On Mars is the smash-hit cop show starring John Simm as a detective who is involved in a car accident and wakes to find himself transported back to 1973 – a world dominated by Ford Cortinas, sheep-skin jackets, flares, silly haircuts, glam rock and very hard coppers. In his altered state of reality Sam must prove himself to his 'new boss', the hot-headed DCI Gene Hunt, all the while unsure whether he is awake or dreaming. In Episode 1 he hunts a serial killer and in Episode 2 he attempts to find out more...

The death of a ManU fan after leaving a pub means Simm (ManU), Hunt (City) and WPC White must infiltrate a ManU pub to survey the clientele, and in a pub...what else can you do; this episode is great, has a decent script and is funny. In the second episode all three coppers end up inside the offices of the local rag as hostages in a rather drawn out siege, and in sieges everybody can get rather bored.... find out more...

A big budget adaptation of 'The Colour of Magic' and 'The Light Fantastic', the first two of Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy novels, largely concentrating on the Wyrmberg and ignoring the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth. find out more...

Finally we can close the book on the X-Files. Scully and Skinner find out after a year that Mulder is being held for the murder of an unkillable man whom we know as a super soldier. Bringing back a host of familiar faces Mulder is put on trial for the murder with old friends testifying on his behalf, but when someone comes to him who he never expected to help, he heads down to some old Anasazi ruins in New Mexico. New answers to old questions are 'revealed' by the Keeper of the Truth but I'm n find out more...