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SoHo will debut HBO’s anticipated crime drama, True Detective, within two days of its US launch. As predicted, the series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as Louisiana homicide cops who re-open a serial killer case is among January’s highlights, along with new seasons of Banshee, Top Boy, Girls and Treme. But whereas I thought […]

This week’s full moon couldn’t be timelier for fans of two of TV’s darker dramas and a stellar classic. Banshee should unleash howls of joys from fans and newbies alike for its  “terrific AV presentation and a solid selection of extras”. “Much of Banshee is extremely cinematic looking. I was actually surprised how much the […]

SoHo’s December highlights are limited to filler specials but promised for 2014 are True Detective, Looking and a season of HBO documentaries. True Detective teams Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey as Louisiana cops who reunite to re-open a serial killer case they worked on 17 years earlier. The series was written by The Killing’s Nic […]

TV3 has yet to schedule the satirical drama about a management consultancy firm, House of Lies, which has just been renewed for a third season. Showtime announced today it was ordering more episodes of the HD award-winner, along with further seasons of Californication and Shameless. The former already airs on TV3 and the latter is […]

The first reviews are in for Sky’s new SoHo drama, Banshee, and while opinion is split over its merits, Outrageous Fortune’s Antony Starr gets two thumbs up as the hero. Newsday dismissed Banshee as B-grade pulp, complete with “a grizzled hero fast with his fists (and the ladies), plenty of soft porn, graphic violence, implausible plotting, […]

SoHo will celebrate the start of 2013 with three drama premieres, season two of Girls and a new inside-TV documentary series about the top talent behind some of the medium’s best dramas. Leading the pack is Alan (True Blood) Ball’s Banshee (above), which stars Outrageous Fortune’s Antony Starr as an ex-con who impersonates a sheriff […]

At last the wait is over for fans of True Blood who resisted tuning into its SD season on Prime. On Saturday and Sunday, from midday-6pm, SoHo will screen all 12 episodes of season five back-to-back, in HD, as a box set weekend. This is the first time SoHo has run out a first-run, premium […]