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Blue Eyes Channel4 On Demand, until June 26, episodes 1-10 Essential viewing this, as we face into the possibilities of Brexit, with a fast-growing refugee problem and the rise of Europe’s extremist parties. This 10-part Swedish drama is a tense, well-written political thriller, an examination of the rise of the far right, who have indeed gained considerably in Sweden since this was written in 2014. Created by Alex Haridi, who wrote Real Humans, the drama that Channel4’s Humans was based on, this follows two female politicians at opposite ends of the spectrum. The story begins with a doting mother and grandmother, who is also the local extreme right candidate, murdered after an inflammatory speech, whereupon her daughter steps into her place, determined to understand and avenge, against a backdrop of exactly the kind of crises that Europe is currently facing. All 10 episodes are available until the end of the month.

Storyland RTE Player, until January 2017, 5 episodes There is no rush on this, but consider making time over the next while to watch the complete run of five episodes of Storyland currently on RTE Player. The award-winning strand is now into its sixth season, conceived as a way to encourage and trial original Irish drama. Each drama is up to 20 minutes long, and acts as a showcase of what the writer, director and producer are capable of, with the idea being that the most successful will lead to bigger things, as happened with Hardy Bucks, which became a series and a feature-length film. Or Rob Cawley and Gary Duggan, who made Happy Slapper as part of Storyland, and then went on to write RTE’s Amber. This season, there is a comedy about mismatched cops, a family trying to adapt to an apocalyptic scenario, a woman who discovers she’s pregnant the same day her boyfriend disappears, a skateboard fanatic with family troubles, and a detective garda released from prison for a crime she didn’t commit.

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