Navigation: Well organised and easy to navigate, but slightly tricky to find the series or episode drop-down menu on an individual show. Price: £5.99/month (free 7-day trial available) You can go ad-free by paying £3.99 a month. Also the regular adverts are frustrating – especially as, if you’re watching on a laptop, you can’t switch to another tab while they’re playing.
Negatives: As we say, the navigation isn’t the best. Plus there’s loads of television shows to be getting on with (including, but not limited to: Seinfeld, Handmaid’s Tale, Fargo, ER, The West Wing, It’s a Sin, Peep Show, The Simpsons, The IT Crowd, This is England, Stath Lets Flats and a wide array of absolute rot). The catalogue isn’t small– it’s curated, and all the better for it. That’s not to mention the app's forgotten classics spanning the past few decades, as well as the short films and indie projects that Channel 4 funds. All 4’s themed collections, which change regularly, are also crammed with great films: the Pride 2021 playlist features Love Simon, 120 BPM and Simon Amstell’s Benjamin, while the Indian Film Season catalogue is a must-watch. You should watch it right this very second).
Positives: It boasts an impressive and eclectic catalogue of films, ranging from celebrated Film4-backed productions ( 12 Years a Slave, 24 Hour Party People, My Beautiful Laundrette) to world cinema (depending on when you’re reading this, Benedikt Erlingsson’s Woman at War may still be on the service. Madness! But also: it’s free, so we shouldn’t complain too much. Except, there are two Film4 thumbnails, and while one of them features the whole roster of movies (next to the ‘Featured Collections’ heading), the other (far more accessible) one inexplicably only features twenty. There isn’t a dedicated ‘film’ section in the category list, and so you have to scroll and rummage around until you find the Film4 thumbnail. Price: Free (£3.99 without ads, 14-day free trial)
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