Inside the Lightbox: Our Picks For the People’s Choice Awards

Voting in the Lightbox People’s Choice Awards has started this week. Alex Casey and Duncan Greive argue the case for their favourite TV villains, heroes, sex symbols and so much more. Lightbox have kicked off their first People’s Choice Awards this week, inviting you to vote for your favourite villains, heroes and sex symbols to … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: Hallucinatory Comedies and Neurotic Doctors – What to Watch When You’re Sick

It’s that time of year. Everyone within a two metre radius of your work desk is sniffling, blowing their nose subtly into their sleeve on the bus and coughing loudly through the film at the cinema. You are being faced with giant, human-sized germs at every turn. So it’s no wonder you have been, are … Read more

Throwback Thursday: Why Do the Great Television Shows of the ’90s Still Matter Now?

This week, Alex Casey and Duncan Greive mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue to find the best shows of the ’90s and argue why they are just as relevant as the fancy new shows. Having television ondemand makes it easier to keep on top of the hot new shows, but also harder to watch everything, all … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: New in July – Headless Horseman, Scorned Women and Teen Wolves

Inside the Lightbox is a sponsored feature where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for cool shows you might like to watch. This month, it’s out with the old and in with the new as the cool content gets a mid-year shake-up. Here are the new shows that have arrived just in time for July: The Good … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: From Pooches to Peacocks – Parading the Pets of Primetime

The people in TV shows are all good and well, but won’t someone think of the animals? Alex Casey ranks her favourite pets scurrying around on Lightbox. It’s always the boring old humans that are remembered for their good work. Everyone’s clapping for Tony Soprano, nobody spares a thought for Adriana’s dog, violently killed onscreen … Read more

American Horror Story: Introducing Some of the Kickass Witches in the AHS Coven

Alex Casey introduces the key witches in American Horror Story: Coven, and breaks down each of their unique powers in the spellbinding horror series.  The third season in the skin-crawling anthology series American Horror Story follows modern day witches living together in New Orleans, Louisiana, all residing under one roof at Miss Robichaux’s Academy. There’s a more … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: What to Watch to Get You Through Droughtlander

With Outlander‘s Jamie and Claire setting sail off our screens, Tara Ward cues up some more fantastic shows that will help you cope with the dreaded ‘Droughtlander’. Outlander has bid us ‘au revoir’ and sailed off into the French sunset, leaving us with a giant Jamie Fraser-sized hole in our Sunday nights. Outlander was a television … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: New to Lightbox in May/June – Family Feuds and Fake Reality

Inside the Lightbox is a sponsored feature where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue. This week, we look at five of the best new shows that arrived in May and are coming in June. Community (Season Five, May 1) Legendary showrunner funny man Dan Harmon is back for the fifth season of Community, where we reconvene with … Read more

Competition: The World is Your Lounge – Watch Lightbox Somewhere Weird, Win a Phone!

In a rare Spinoff competition, we want you to take Lightbox into the real world on your mobile devices. Show us the most fitting location to watch your favourite show, and you could win a fancy Samsung Galaxy S6.  Lightbox has rolled out a plethora of new devices on which you can watch your favourite … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: Leaving You to Your Own Doggone Devices

Lightbox have rolled out their platform to a plethora of new compatible devices. Alex Casey, with the help of some canine friends, breaks them down for you.  Like Johnny Depp in Transcendence, video-on-demand service Lightbox has escaped the boundaries of traditional technology to bring television almost anywhere. Here are a few of the places you can … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: Celebrating With the Superheroes of the Small Screen

Inside the Lightbox is a sponsored feature where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for cool shows you might like to watch. This week – it’s superhero central. Superheroes are everywhere at the moment. The new Avengers movie has flown into cinemas, one of the X Men has come out as gay and here at home … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: Feisty Female Candidates to Rival Clinton

Inside the Lightbox is a sponsored feature in which we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for cool shows you might like to watch. This week, Alex Casey gathers a team of women who could give Hillary Clinton a run for her money in 2016. Throughout her years in the political sphere, Hillary Clinton has suffered … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: Coming Soon in April

Inside the Lightbox is a new sponsored feature where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for cool shows you might like to watch. This week, Alex Casey gives you a full rundown of all the blood-soaked, history-rich and superhero-stuffed shows arriving throughout April. // Wolf Hall (April 1) Based on the already classic Hilary Mantel novels … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: Let’s Go Sports!

Inside the Lightbox is a new sponsored feature where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for cool shows you might like to watch. This week, after the nail biting CWC semi final last night, we gathered together some sporty shows to tide you over before Sunday.  Friday Night Lights Friday Night Lights is the Canterbury of … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: The New British Invasion

Inside the Lightbox is a sponsored feature, mining the extensive Lightbox catalogue for the very best shows on a given theme. This time we took a look at the brand new haul of great British shows, fresh to Lightbox this week. / Moone Boy Created by Chris O’Dowd (the lovably Irish man from Bridesmaids), Moone … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: Counting Your Lucky Stars

Inside the Lightbox is a sponsored feature where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for cool shows you might like to watch. This Friday the 13th, Alex Casey lines up some television brought to you exclusively by Lady Luck (or not, in some cases). // The 4400 If there is anything unluckier than being sucked … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: Time to Get Serial

Inside the Lightbox is a new sponsored feature where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for cool shows you might like to watch. This week, Alex Casey assembles a terrifying lineup of stone cold killer television. // Hannibal With the second season arriving to Lightbox this week, there’s no better time to sink your teeth … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: Back to School Woes

Inside the Lightbox is a new sponsored feature where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for cool shows you might like to watch. If you are going back to university this week, or simply pining for the days of essays-past, Alex Casey assigns some school-based television for you to study. // The Inbetweeners The premise is simple: rich boy … Read more

Inside the Lightbox: New in July – Headless Horseman, Scorned Women and Teen Wolves

Inside the Lightbox is a sponsored feature where we mine the extensive Lightbox catalogue for cool shows you might like to watch. This month, it’s out with the old and in with the new as the cool content gets a mid-year shake-up. Here are the new shows that have arrived just in time for July: The Good … Read more