The End of the F***ing World review

A deliciously dark comedy, perfect for your next Netflix binge session.

TV Review: The End of the F***ing World

Beautifully shot and set to a dreamy soundtrack composed by Blur's Graham Coxon, you'll be transported back to your teenage years and left yearning for a second series.

The black humour of The End of The F***ing World

"I feel comfortable with him. Sort of safe," Alyssa thinks, as we cut to James sharpening a knife with obscene glee.

Review: The End of the F***ing World

Two troubled teens hit the road together, committing crimes that result in them becoming murder suspects...

The End of the F***ing World gets Netflix premiere date

Netflix on Monday announced that the acclaimed UK series -- based on the graphic novel by Charles S. Forsman -- will launch in the U.S. this Friday, Jan. 5, with all eight episodes made available at once (per usual).

The End of the F***ing World review: episodes 3 & 4

Reviews of the third and fourth episodes.

The End of the F***ing World episode 3 & 4 review

The third episode of All 4's interesting new drama, The End of the F***ing World starts up right where the previous ended, giving it a feel that if you binge watched the show, it would feel like a movie.

The End of the F***ing World review: episodes 1 & 2

The setting of the show is a little mixed. While it inherently appears to be British, there's a somewhat American feel to some of the locations, particularly when the pair walk home.

Why everyone should watch The End of the F***ing World

I had only intended to watch one episode of new comedy drama The End of the F***ing World on All4 but before I knew it I'd seen the entire series. I've been known to binge but never to this extent. I've never watched an entire series in one day. I felt an instant connection to the lead characters, which is a little worrying as one is a self proclaimed psycho and spends the first half of the series plotting the death of the other.

What captivated more [than Stranger Things], however, was an easily missed programme on Channel 4. Despite its asterisk-heavy title - I had inwardly sighed; not another wacky dystopian angry youths road trip - The End of the ****ing World was mesmerically fine.

Blackly and bleakly comic in parts, this adaptation of a graphic novel had grand scripting, production, filming, locations and the rest, but all were utterly outshone by the two young leads. Alex Lawther, best known for his phenomenal young Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, haunted throughout as the confused maybe-psycho with a fat knife down his sock. Jessica Barden, as the gobby, sweet, foul-mouthed innocent, was never less than convincing, either in her beyond-her-years cynical wisdom or sudden wee-girl vulnerability. These two runaways, from boredom, from adults, from actually having to manage to tackle sex, had so many winning ways about them I was almost physically urging them on toward the sunlit uplands, where of course it all went wrong. A dirty, hard watch, and wonderful.