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It’s easier than ever to be an Anglophile these days, largely thanks to streaming services like Netflix, which have brought a wider variety of titles than ever across the pond and right to our doors Love period pieces? You can now pick your preferred timeframe — from gangsters in the 1920s to the British Royal family in the 1960s and teens in 1990s Ireland . Looking for a more fast-paced thriller? Binge Bodyguard or Collateral.
Part satire, part drama, and part unintentional prophecy, Black Mirror explores issues of tech and its unanticipated effects on modern society, using everything from dating sites and social media apps, to home security systems, online gaming, and robots. The episodes are essentially standalones with big budgets and often equally big-name cast members, stunning in both their variety and generally grim outlook on humanity and the world. 'Everything Now' Rotten Tomatoes: 82% | IMDb: 6.
Known on the other side of the Atlantic as The Great British Bake-Off, this show feels like a breath of fresh air next to typical American cooking competitions like Top Chef, Chopped, or anything on which Gordon Ramsay appears. There’s no backbiting, no sabotage, and its contestants are genuinely happy for and appreciative of their fellow bakers in the tent.
The series’ rotating cast means a regular influx of fresh faces arriving on the scene, with a variety of backgrounds and stories of their own. Its utterly fearless attitude toward addressing the widest possible variety of heartbreaking physical and societal ailments means that the show tackles everything from abortion laws and poverty to miscarriages and thalidomide births.
Like many teen supernatural shows, Crazyhead uses its demon-fighting as a metaphor for larger real-world problems including sexism and the patriarchy. The story often veers into the patently ridiculous – one of Amy’s friends becomes possessed and the girls must perform an exorcism, a boy Raquel goes on a date with turns out to be a demon, that kind of thing.
Unlike Fleabag, however, Crashing is much more of an ensemble piece, a romantic comedy, and bohemian millennial fantasy. Our main characters are financially poor, but live rich and full lives brimming with drama, connection, and meaning. Unfortunately, the show ends rather abruptly and without anything that might charitably be called closure. Waller-Bridge has indicated that the show is meant to be a standalone series, but it’s difficult not to watch it and wonder about where it might have gone.
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