On with the shows!
From the feuding fashion families of The Collection to the supernatural thrills of Stranger Things, it’s More’s on-demand fab 50
1. PEAKY BLINDERS
Murphy’s mobsters Birmingham gangster epic following Cillian Murphy’s Shelbys as they rise up like an angry phoenix from the ashes of World War One to rule the streets of Small Heath in the Twenties. Amazon, Netflix, iTunes (three series, 18 episodes)
2. VERSAILLES
Saucy series on the Sun King Shenanigans among the Machiavellian movers and shakers in the court of King Louis XIV, where intrigue and rumpy pumpy rule. Amazon, Google Play (two series, 20 episodes)
3. HALT AND CATCH FIRE
PC nerds gone mad Mad Men meets the microchip in a gripping period drama set in the early days of the PC revolution, as freaks and geeks battle it out at the birth of an industry. Amazon (four series, 40 episodes)
4. VIKINGS
This show won’t get axed Blood-and-thunder historical action drama about the rise to fame of legendary Norse hero Ragnar Loth brook. Imagine Game Of
Thrones without the dragons and you’re getting close. Amazon (four series, 39 episodes – series five begins Nov 29)
5. MIND HUNTER
Murder most fascinating Cracking partnership between Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany as FBI agents delving into the psychology of murder at the dawn of criminal science in 1979. Netflix (one series, ten episodes)
6. OUTLANDER
Tartan time-travel tale Sweeping romance aplenty as a WWII nurse finds herself magically transported back to 18th-century Scotland, where she falls in love with a dashing Highlander. Amazon (three series, 37 episodes)
8. THE COLLECTION
Family fashion fable Two brothers feud and fume as they strive to make their Paris fashion house a success in the days after WWII. Amazon (one series, five episodes)
9. GODLESS
The really wild West When outlaw Jack O’Connell, on the run from his ex-boss, is offered refuge by Michelle ‘Downton’ Dockery’s gun-toting widow in a mysteriously matriarchal mining town, the scene is set for the mother of all battles in this Steven Soderbergh western. Netflix from Nov 22 (1 series, 7 episodes)
10. THE GET DOWN
It’s a rap The rise of hip-hop and disco in Seventies New York is seen through the eyes of a group of teenagers in this vibrant drama from Moulin
Rouge director Baz Luhrmann. Netflix (one series, 11 episodes)
11. MASTER OF NONE
Making it in the Big Apple Aziz Ansari stars as a New York actor trying to juggle a showbiz career with his personal life. Sophisticated and funny Emmy-winner. Netflix (two series, 20 episodes)
12. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
The king of sarcasm
Seinfeld’s Larry David proves the master of cringe comedy in this heightened-reality improvised comedy. Just about as un-PC as it’s possible to be. Series nine has just returned after a six-year break. Now TV, Amazon (eight series, 80 episodes)
13. RICK AND MORTY
Very weird science
Futurama fans should check out this unhinged, animated sci-fi comedy following the bizarre adventures of scientist Rick and his grandson Morty. Netflix, Comedy Central (three series, 31 episodes)
14. BETTER THINGS
Struggles of a single mum Louis CK and Pamela Adlon collaborate on this exceptional, intimate sitcom about an actress raising her three kids. Season two is currently mid-run. Amazon (one series, ten episodes)
15. THE GOOD PLACE
Just like heaven Self-absorbed Eleanor (Kristen Bell) dies and, due to a clerical error, ends up in an afterlife paradise. Whimsical, absurd. Ted Danson co-stars. Amazon, Netflix, Google Play, iTunes (one series, 13 episodes)
16. PEOPLE JUST DO NOTHING
Tune in to Kurupt FM BBC3’s Bafta-winning mockumentary about a pirate radio station run by the delusional MC Grindah and his ‘krew’ of lovable layabouts. Amazon, Google Play (four series, 21 episodes), BBC iPlayer (series four only)
17. THE GRAND TOUR
More four-wheeled frolics... In which Clarkson, Hammond and May continue their globe-trotting adventure series that occasionally even features cars. Series two is imminent. Amazon (one series, 13 episodes)
18. ARCHER
The sleazy secret agent A gloriously rude and silly spy spoof, this grown-up cartoon tells the animated adventures of self-proclaimed superspy Sterling Archer. Amazon, Netflix (eight series, 93 episodes)
20. BROAD CITY
Girls just wanna have fun Freewheeling comedy about two chaotic young women (creators and stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson) as they try to make a life for themselves in New York city. Amazon (four series, 36 episodes)
21. BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
Somebody call the cops! Andy Samberg stars in a fantastically funny and unapologetically silly sitcom about the misadventures of the detectives stationed at Brooklyn’s 99th Precinct. Amazon, Google Play, iTunes (four series, 90 episodes)
22. SILICON VALLEY
High-tech high jinks The trials and tribulations of getting a high-tech business up and running are played for raucous, wincing laughs in a comedy of endless energy and invention. Amazon, Google Play, iTunes (four seasons, 38 episodes)
23. TRANSPARENT
Cutting-edge laughs An LA family struggles with the news that their father (Jeffrey Tambor) is transgender in a groundbreaking show that became the first on-demand series to win an Emmy for Best Show. Amazon (four series, 40 episodes)
24. MOZART IN THE JUNGLE
What a way to conduct yourself Gael García Bernal plays zany conductor Rodrigo, whose outrageous escapades expose the thrilling, debauched underbelly of the New York classical music scene. Amazon (three series, 30 episodes)
25. BILLIONS
Crooks, cops and millionaires Swaggering, high-stakes Wall Street thriller starring Damian Lewis as a slippery hedgefund king pursued by nomercy attorney Paul Giamatti. Brashly entertaining. Now TV, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes (two series, 24 episodes)
26. RAY DONOVAN
Hollywood’s fixer Smartly written gem of a character-driven crime show starring the superb Liev Schreiber as a professional fixer for the great and good in LA. Jon Voight is even better as Ray’s dad. Now TV, Amazon (five series, 60 episodes)
27. OZARK
A Missouri escape Jason Bateman plays financial adviser Marty, who moves his family to the Missouri Ozarks after his business partner cheats a Mexican drug cartel. Engrossing and unpredictable. Netflix (one series, ten episodes)
28. MR ROBOT
Hackers gone crackers A young computer programmer finds that nothing is what it seems when he joins the anarchist hacking group run by the mysterious Mr Robot (Christian Slater). Amazon, Google Play, iTunes (three series, 22 episodes)
29. BETTER CALL SAUL
A real legal eagle Filling in the back story of shyster lawyer Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman, this prequel to Breaking Bad is almost as good as the original awardwinning show. Netflix, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Sky Store (three series, 30 episodes)
30. SNEAKY PETE
Identity crisis A conman assumes the identity of his former cellmate, Pete, to escape a vicious gangster
31. GOOD BEHAVIOR
Girl in a whirl Michelle Dockery (above) plays the polar opposite of Lady Mary as a smart-ass alcoholic American bad girl in this fast-moving crime caper. Virgin, Amazon (two series, 20 episodes) (Bryan Cranston). Amazon (one series, ten episodes)
32. LOCKED UP
Spain is the new America Spanish drama set in a women’s prison – think Orange Is The New Black only grittier and with far more thrills. Taut and nicely over the top. All4 (two series, 35 episodes)
33. HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Making a killing Oscar-winner Viola Davis (Fences) headlines this edgy murder-mystery that flashes backwards and forwards to reveal the truth behind the death of the husband of a law professor. Amazon, Google Play, iTunes (three series, 45 episodes – series four airing in America, yet to arrive here)
34. TRUE DETECTIVE
Two heads are better Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson excel as the cops hunting a serial killer in series one of this haunting drama. Series two has a new case and new detectives, including Colin Farrell. Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Sky Store (two series, 16 episodes)
35. THE NIGHT OF
It’d be a crime to miss this Magnificent noir procedural starring John Turturro as a rumpled attorney and Riz Ahmed as his client accused of murder. An instant classic. Now TV, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes (one series, eight episodes)
36. BOSCH
Something about Harry Michael Connelly’s bestsellers about maverick LA detective Harry Bosch adapt brilliantly into a tight police procedural packed with character. Amazon (three series, 30 episodes)
37. NARCOS
You’ll be addicted Gritty drama retelling the rise and fall of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, seen through his eyes and those of the DEA agents desperate to bring him down. Netflix (three series, 30 episodes)
38. WESTWORLD
Like a robot cowboy Provocative, intelligent sci-fi western set in a futuristic theme park staffed by robots who start to develop minds of their own. Complex and seductive. Now TV, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes (one series, ten episodes)
39. SENSE8
I know what you’re feeling If you miss Heroes, try this ambitious, slightly mad fantasy about eight strangers who telepathically experience each other’s lives and are soon seen as a threat to world order. Netflix (two series, 23 episodes)
40. RIVERDALE
Underneath the Archies Hot teen mystery drama based on the Archie comics. Moody and with a nod to Twin Peaks, season two is currently being drip-fed. Netflix (one series, 13 episodes)
41. THE WALKING DEAD
Run from the humans Andrew Lincoln’s former sheriff fights to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where the flesh-hungry zombies that walk the Earth are often less dangerous than the ordinary humans he encounters. Amazon, Now TV (Eight series, 102 episodes)
42. AMERICAN HORROR STORY
American gothic Haunted houses, witch covens, freak shows and insane asylums abound in this superbly creepy anthology show that tells a different Grand Guignol horror tale each series. Amazon, Google Play, iTunes (seven series, 82 episodes)
43. DAREDEVIL
Blind as a bat-man Charlie Cox stars as the blind superhero out to defend New York’s Hell’s Kitchen in the first of Marvel Comic’s surprisingly grown-up Netflix shows. Netflix, Google Play, iTunes (two series, 26 episodes)
44. JESSICA JONES
Comic with a little tragedy Krysten Ritter is excellent as the harddrinking, super-powered private eye of the title, but David Tennant’s mindtwisting villain steals the show in this dark and brutal comic book series. Netflix, Google Play, iTunes (one series, 13 episodes)
45. MARVEL’S THE DEFENDERS
Superhero supergroup Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Daredevil and Iron Fist come together to bring down Sigourney Weaver’s immortal villain in Marvel Comics’ long-awaited team-up series. Netflix (one series, 8 episodes)
46. AMERICAN GODS
Neil Gaiman’s supernatural novel jumps from page to screen as Ian McShane’s Mr Wednesday takes a former jailbird on a hellish road trip through the US of A’s magical underbelly. Amazon, Google Play, iTunes (one series, 8 episodes)