Apple TV Plus was recently crowned Streaming Service of the Year by TechRadar’s streaming team, and when you look at the quality of its output it's easy to see why. After spending much of my weekend binge watching Silo season one, one of the best Apple TV Plus shows, I firmly stand by our decision to give the service such high praise.
Given my love of horror and the macabre (ICYMI: I hosted the first TechRadar Halloween Week), it might not surprise you to learn that I also enjoy dystopia. It’s a genre that explores the human condition, often dealing with challenging and often dark themes, and articulates a variety of worldviews, and critiques of the world, but it’s not always done well. So whenever I do find a really engrossing, clever bit of dystopian fiction, I find it gets under my skin very quickly indeed.
Silo is a prime example of this. I’d been intrigued by the series for a while, and at the same time I was keen to watch more Apple TV Plus originals. I was a huge fan of the Fallout video game series, so I was thrilled when Prime Video adapted the post-apocalyptic series for television. I didn’t think I’d find another show that explored such rich, thought-provoking lore, but Silo has really delivered when it comes to dystopian dread. The whole thing is grim in the best possible way.
