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What would you do at the end of civilisation? That’s the main question asked by Between, a new Netflix-original series. After season 5 of The Walking Dead, this looks ready to fill the gap in post-apocalyptic TV drama. Looking at the trailer, we won’t be launched into full anarchy right away....

They call him Uncle Sam. The advice giving, suggestion slinging, arm-round-the-shoulder everyman who’s always there for you. Unless he’s too tired that day or too busy or something. He likes helping you help yourselves. He doesn’t like self introductions, lists or irony. “Dear Uncle Sam,  Netflix is taking over...

The first of four collaborations between Marvel Studios and online streaming service Netflix, Marvel’s Daredevil is a fascinating depiction of good versus evil at its core. Marvel’s latest foray in television (or web television in this case) convinces beyond doubt; while Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. largely recovered from a sluggish start,...

Third season fatigue is a common enough pitfall for most shows. For a series like House of Cards, where the lead is, at best, an antihero and, at worst, the most reprehensible character around, the risk is all the more pertinent. How do you keep audiences invested in the...

Now commences the panic and sudden realisation of the amount of work needed to be done over the Easter break…so why not procrastinate further with our next best recommendations on Netflix? Donnie Darko Donnie Darko is a bit of a cult classic, and watching it doesn’t really give you any...

Colourful, cheerful and cheeky, Netflix exclusive Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt brings brilliant comedy into the streaming service’s growing canon of TV shows. Oh, yeah, and four women are being held in a bunker at the start of episode one. It’s actually comedy gold, promise. Originally scheduled to be broadcast on NBC, Unbreakable introduces...

Better Call Saul is a spin-off show which chronicles the misadventures of lawyer James McGill, latterly Saul Goodman, in the time before, during and after Breaking Bad. For anyone who hasn’t seen the acclaimed original series, BB centres on a unfulfilled high school chemistry teacher, Walter White, who begins manufacturing crystal...