Modern day life dictates that there is no time to actually set the video recorder, never mind arranging to be in every Monday night at 10 for six consecutive weeks to catch each episode of Life on Mars as it is broadcast. Far easier, cost permitting, to either buy or rent the entire series on DVD. The world has now caught on to this view-at-your-own-leisure idea and sales of TV series on DVD have gone through the roof accordingly. Leaving aside the flimsy Rough Guide to Cult TV there is nothing resembling a comprehensive or authoritative guidebook to TV on DVD around at the moment. Enter Jo Berry with an alarming amount of TV detail and trivia, as well as firm opinion, formed over the course of long hours spent toiling away in front of the box in the corner.

Modern day life dictates that there is no time to actually set the video recorder, never mind arranging to be in every Monday night at 10 for six consecutive weeks to catch each episode of Life on Mars as it is broadcast. Far easier, cost permitting, to either buy or rent the entire series on DVD. The world has now caught on to this view-at-your-own-leisure idea and sales of TV series on DVD have gone through the roof accordingly. Leaving aside the flimsy Rough Guide to Cult TV there is nothing resembling a comprehensive or authoritative guidebook to TV on DVD around at the moment. Enter Jo Berry with an alarming amount of TV detail and trivia, as well as firm opinion, formed over the course of long hours spent toiling away in front of the box in the corner.

Jo Berry, a former reviews editor at Empire Magazine, has written on film for numerous publications including the Guardian, Maxim, the Radio Times, Eve Magazine and Sainsbury's Magazine. She's a co-writer of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die as well as author of The Ultimate DVD Easter Egg Guide, Chick Flicks (with Angie Errigo) and The Parents' Guide to Kids' Movies.