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For many places, especially for Sunderland, football has a far deeper meaning than just a 90-minute match every Saturday afternoon. And the sports docuseries Sunderland 'Til I Die Season...

In The Gift, a Turkish drama fantasy series, Atiye is an artist compelled to draw the same mystery symbol over and over again. Unable to rest, she must throw off her current life and go on a journey to uncover her family’s secrets and understand what...

The pandemic lockdown and social distancing is making us appreciate how important human company is. So, spare a thought for Alvaro Vizcaino in Solo (2018). Alvaro...

You might know very little about basketball or even care very little about sports. So what? The Last Dance (2020) is a docuseries that’s still worth...

Here are four available-on-Netflix K-Dramas I would recommend for beginners. They will take you down the rabbit-hole of Korean craziness. Dont let me say I didn't warn you.

Crash Landing On You (2019-2020) is a Korean drama that will make you feel every possible emotion there is. It's a drama filled with romance, comedy, action, drama and devastation. It also...

The Witcher is a sword and sorcery fantasy series set on the chaotic “Continent”, a world of competing human kingdoms, magicians, monsters and people struggling to make lives. So...

Teen dramas are great because teens, whose emotions are unaffected by experience, have the flush of new discovery. And this one, Spanish thriller drama Élite, now in...

Unorthodox is a Netflix mini-series that aired end of March 2020. It consists of four gripping episodes that leave you wanting...

Winter Sun (2016) is a Turkish drama like no other. It's not a typical love story like the series Kara Sevda. Rather it explores the values of Turkey’s competing cultural factions, those...

The Caliphate (2020-present) is a thriller drama series that will give you gut-punches of shock and claustrophic fear for those under the thumb of the caliphate in Raqqa, Syria.

You really don’t want to miss this documentary. It shows how a few people, infused with the spirit of the 1970s and often...

Trying to make sense of living in Covid-19 lockdown? Then consider watching Contagion (2011), a movie about a viral pandemic outbreak which Netflix astutely added to its catalogue...

Cinderella and her Four Knights (2016) This show had me craving ramen noodles with cheese, and garlic spaghetti. This is a modern riff on Cinderella with an ordinary...

Netflix’s Outlaw King and The King are two feasts for lovers of medieval history, intrigue and battle. They have big budgets, armies of extras, and realistic and impressive fighting. We are truly...

Shalom! Each Friday night we are welcomed into the Goodman’s household to find out how they manage to spectacularly derail their traditional Jewish family meal. And it is Jewish, sort-of, but really...

It's easy to side with heroes. But what about the villain's rage and motives? This series makes you consider this question. Money...

Feeling down because of the lockdown, or simply in need of a laugh? Here are five series to boost your mood instantly!

I was one of those people who had never watched Friends. Until my sister convinced me. So let me do you a favour and push you a little...

You may know Ricky Gervais for his brutally honest putdowns of the Hollywood and TV elite when hosting awards ceremonies or perhaps for his opinionated social media postings. In...

Ponyo is about the innocent love felt by children, the importance of relationships and the need to accept that things change.

RuPaul Drag Race (2009-present) is a carefree, weird, flamboyant - and unmissable - reality TV talent show for breakout drag queen stars. All 12 seasons, streamable now on...

Itaewon Class is a Korean revenge drama, recently released and ripe for bingeing. It joins an ever-increasing collection of “K-dramas” on Netflix and...

Going "under the knife" means trusting a surgeon. If your surgeon was autistic would that give you pause for thought? In the The...

When a passenger plane mysteriously disappears, eventually the family and friends of the missing move on with their lives. Big mistake. Five and a half years on, ...

Dont normally watch animation? Here are four toons that will change your mind. I promise.* F is For Family - watch it or I'll throw you through the...

You is a crazy tale of obession full of sudden unexpected twists and turns that test the depths of human behaviour, all present beneath the pleasant exterior and inside the thoughts of...

If you have never particularly understood the hype around the British Royal family and its queen, I'm sure The Crown has never...

If you enjoy suspense and working out who to trust then add Safe to your binge-watch list. Safe is...

Tell Me A Story (2018-present) is an American psychological thriller based on Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel and The Three Little Pigs. The second...

Broken bones, headshots, badass baddies, double crossing villains, antiheroes! There’s nothing that Extraction doesn’t have by the bucket load. Starring Australian heartthrob and...

If I had to choose one word to describe this show, it would be iconic; the problem is that one word is definitely not enough!

With the rise of reality shows such as Keeping Up with the Kardashians women may feel pressured to look and act a certain way. So let's look back at some relatable fictional...

If you enjoy films based on true stories that tell you why and how something surreal happened, then I suggest you sit back and enjoy Brian...

One thing you can say about bad guys: they are never boring. Here are 9 of the best! 1. The Boys

Sergio (2020) tells the story of the life of Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian UN diplomat and self-styled 'UN High Commissioner for human rights’. Sérgio is lying in the...

Mark Beachill returns to 2005 and the opening episode of the long-running hit comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (IMDB rating 8.8). Welcome...