This is not fun watching—it’s mostly horrifying—but even if our brave new world is inescapable, the show represents a kind of protest that feels more necessary than ever. From its hauntingly beautiful theme song by Bear McCreary onwards, Outlander will transport you to its dangerous, surprising world as quickly as those magical stones.
Premise: A grizzled London detective pursues criminals who possess a particular moral bankruptcy, perhaps revealing something about his own character.
Set in 1950s London—read: pre-choice, not pro-choice—Call the Midwife focuses on the nurses and nuns who work at a convent in the East End. Every Saturday, Streamline highlights the best shows to watch online, with a focus on Netflix.
Netflix supports the Digital Advertising Alliance Principles. As the steely, azure-eyed Tommy Shelby, Murphy brings his trademark quiet intensity to a multidimensional antihero, one of several thoughtful characterizations in the Shelby clan.
Head of the IT department Jen Barber (Katherine Parkinson) really has no idea of what she’s doing and is convinced that typing “Google” into Google will “break the internet”.
We’ve scoured the Netflix library for our favorite shows from Great Britain, whether they originally aired on UK channels like BBC and ITV or are Netflix originals set in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. A link is found between the registered sex offender and both rape victims. In doing so, a new suspect in a murder comes to light. A village in Wales sounds like a good beat. During the final arguments in the trial, Hardy and Ellie follow new paths, and Sharon Bishop accuses Lucy of lying. TRY 30 DAYS FREE SIGN IN. Without revealing too much, I also appreciated that the show introduces the character that ends up being the killer in the first episode, making the mystery theoretically solvable by the viewer (even if I didn’t succeed in doing so). Neill is the equally ruthless inspector out to dismantle his organization, who enlists a lovely mole (Annabelle Wallis, also of Fleming) to aid his campaign. —Amanda Schurr, Created by: Allan Cubitt Stars: Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Valene Kane, Séalinín Brennan, Colin Morgan, Bronagh Taggart, Niamh McGrady, Sarah Beattie, John Lynch Original Network: BBC, Let it be known that before he was Christian Grey, Jamie Dornan proved his acting chops and charisma as a disturbingly un-disturbable murderer in this superb psychological thriller. Disease, labor complications and tragedies like miscarriage, stillbirth and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome are common—along with domestic violence, rape and unwanted pregnancy—yet the show warms as many hearts as it breaks. Yet the The End of the F—ing World gives the middle finger to this Nightcrawler-esque worldview, finding hope in a world of psychopaths, within the context of a TV landscape that loves them. This is more than welcome—amidst the stifling realism and cruelty of the fictional Summerhouse estates, there is poetry (like The Wire, the patois is a delight) and vulnerable humanity, subject always to the grinding machinery of systemic violence. Ellie tries to understand why Claire Ripley has Ricky Gillespie's phone number. That we know the identity of the killer from the show’s first frames, and yet can’t take our eyes off the screen is a testament to the stealth creep with which The Fall operates. You can change (your cookie preferences); by clicking accept, you accept all cookies. —John-Michael Bond. (Tom Hardy joins the cast in the second season.)
We know they answer is “no,” but it’s something in the 1870s that was only just beginning to become clear. Meanwhile, Alec Hardy questions the Sandbrook case. The seasons only have a few episodes, but I find the choice to truncate the stories this way to be disorienting. A show about a boy bent on killing his road trip partner as the two high schoolers run away from home sounds more like the grisly true-crime TV we’ve been groomed to enjoy since news channels realized fear, violence and tragedy attracted eyeballs. Wonderfully meticulous in period detail, the ensemble drama brims with joy and compassion while maintaining a bracingly unromantic grip on pregnancy and parenthood. —Jacob Oller, Created by: Sally Wainwright Stars: Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker Original Network: BBC One / PBS, On the surface, Last Tango in Halifax looks like a sweet but slight story of two British widowers who knew each other in childhood and who find each other again to rekindle a lost love. As for the gang’s/ show’s namesake, picture razor blades sewn into the brim of its wearers’ caps and you’ll get the head-butting, eye-gouging extent of Peaky Blinders’ viciousness. —Amy Glynn, Created by: Julian Fellowes, Tony Charles, Oliver Cotton Stars: Edward Holcroft, Kevin Guthrie, Charlotte Hope, Niamh Walsh, Craig Parkinson, James Harkness Original Network: Netflix. As it has continued, it has dug deeper into the psychological fault lines of Holmes, played with sterile arrogance by Benedict Cumberbatch (or as Seth Meyers noted on SNL, the only man with a name more ridiculous than Sherlock Holmes).
One, the 21st century has really been lacking in great sports movies that so dominated the 1980s and ‘90s. And perhaps because Sherlock Holmes looms over the genre, something about British detectives solving these mysteries just seems right.
All he has left of her is memories and a series of videos from their marriage.
A warrior kitten must defeat all the monsters on Battle Island in order to be crowned a champion. Of course, everybody in town has a secret, and no one takes kindly to the mounting media attention.
While he’s extremely articulate and proper in his way of speaking and dressing, he seems to have been overly coddled by his mother with whom he still lives.
—Allison Keene, Created by: Joe Barton Stars: Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald, Y?suke Kubozuka, Will Sharpe Original Network: BBC Two. I found this show to be comically over the top at times.
This is easily the writer/actor’s best work in years, a tragic piece of comedy that scraps dark edges of the soul peppered with fleeting moments of whimsy.
—Sean Edgar, Created by: Laurie Nunn Stars: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells Original Network: Netflix. Last Tango in Halifax is an easy and comforting binge-watch.
Beth tries to get the third victim to come forward. While the Ashworths disappear from Ellie's surveillance, the Latimer trial starts with the argument from the defence. —Matt Brennan, Created by: Adam Lee Stars: Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Dylan Llewellyn Original Network: Channel 4, The lovely, silly, funny and emotional Derry Girls has returned to Netflix for Season Two. The series’ truly wonderful cast is augmented to the stratosphere by its leads, whose chemistry will make you believe in love at first sight. But to call The Crown simply “lavish” seems unfair. But in Lisa McGee’s series, that darkness is relegated to the background. But in this moment, Elizabeth is at a point where all she knows is that she must simply carry on. —Allison Keene, Created by: Heidi Thomas Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Bryony Hannah, Helen George, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Laura Main, Judy Parfiti Original Network: BBC, “Midwifery is the very stuff of life,” proves this incredibly moving, often provocative series, based on the memoirs of British nurse Jennifer Worth. —Allison Keene, Created by: Chris Chibnall Stars: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan Original Network: ITV, Broadchurch is a riveting UK crime drama that focuses on the murder of a young boy. There, as she fights for survival and a way home, she meets a tall, dark and handsome Highlander name James Fraser, and the rest is history. A new DNA match leads to another arrest. He loses his wife’s passionate love while burying his head in the job and then has a hard time reckoning with not having everything he desires. While investigating a murder, a detective is drawn into a battle between the visible world and an underground realm inhabited by mythical creatures. Its arrival on Netflix is nothing less than a godsend. —Amanda Schurr, Created by: Charlie Brooker Original Network: Channel 4 (UK), There are probably times in most of our lives when we see our technological world as more of a dystopia than a utopia. —Mike Mudano and Allison Keene, Created by: Ronan Bennett Stars: Ashley Walters, Kane Robinson, Micheal Ward, Shone Romulus, Malcolm Kamulete, David Omoregie Original Network: Channel 4, What do you get when an alleged former IRA bomber from the Falls Road in Belfast (who spent time in the infamous Long Kesh prison on charges of murder) becomes a respected novelist and, in his fifties, creates a TV show based on gang culture in East London? Go backstage with French rap duo Bigflo & Oli in this intimate music documentary, then join the superstar siblings as they embark on a major tour. And crucially, funny. But the series is truly an engrossing ensemble drama with a witty and charming sense of humor, as it tells the sprawling story of a now-blended Yorkshire family and their many personal conflicts (and reconciliations). But the world at large has finally warmed up to giving kids (you know, the people actually watching these shows) an unblinking reflection of their day-to-day existence. Part of HuffPost Home & Living. An interactive animated adventure from Matt Layzell. In the first season, the detective goes after a brilliant murderer he can’t get off his mind. Episode 2 46m. If you like these recommendations and want to stay informed about what’s joining Netflix on a weekly basis, make sure to subscribe to the Streamline newsletter.
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Netflix and third parties use cookies (why?). —Allison Keene, Created by: Steven Knight Stars: Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Iddo Goldberg Original Network: BBC, Cillian Murphy and Sam Neill star in this rock ’n‘ roll gangster drama set in 1919 in the West Midlands industrial city of Birmingham (music from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey and the White Stripes adds a modern touch to the period proceedings). Their first case together involves the murder of a young boy, the best friend of one of the investigators’ son. A DNA match is found. I particularly enjoy the work the show does to establish the character’s humanity amid the relentless hustle and rage. Heads Up: Perhaps the initial aim here was to highlight the real and troubling problem of abuse against women, but the end product is a show full of titillating murders carried out by a young, attractive movie star and presented with novel camera pans. It sounds like a slog, but it isn’t in even the slightest. Working for the London Metropolitan Police, the detective goes to Northern Ireland to try and find the killer. This coupled with the idyllic backdrop makes the show an easy watch, despite the grim subject.
The brief series (each season only runs six episodes) focuses on a group of schoolgirls in Northern Ireland in the ‘90s, during the last days of the Troubles.
Both are unbelievably good at being at the wrong intensity levels for normal human interaction: Barden goes loud and acerbic, while Lawther shuts down so completely it’s hard to tell if he was born or simply emerged from the Britain’s collective post-punk sigh, like a Promethean clay figure stirring from Athena’s breath.
Cath finds evidence that incriminates her spouse. It is absolutely breathtaking—and incredibly urgent.
After a young boy is murdered in the small seaside town of Broadchurch, local detectives Ellie Miller and Alec Hardy are assigned the mysterious case. Also not surprisingly, Netflix seems to excel in this category. At the center of the story is the tale of two brothers, yet it’s also about forged family and discovering the truth about one’s self. And so, indeed—as the series takes great pains to argue—must the crown. While tackling the one-offs, the detective also plays a cat-and-mouse game with a supervillain who appears to be his intellectual match.