READY, STEADY, BINGE Sofa? Check. Pringles? Check. The boxsets worth staying in for
Finally, there’s time in the diary to slob out and catch up on the TV you’ve been meaning to watch all year. Here are our best boxset picks
LOTTIE LUMSDEN Entertainment director
EASY NETFLIX WHAT?
A hilarious, very real look at love and sex – expect errant pubic hair and seat-squirming moments. Each episode looks at a different couple – be it the married couple spicing things up or the cartoonist and his selfie-obsessed one-night stand.
WHO’S IN IT?
Orlando Bloom plays a hot dad who has a very naked threesome. That’s all you need to know.
SAMPLE TWITTER REVIEW
“Orlando Bloom is EVERYTHING. It’s literally hot Legolas minus white hair, elf ears, plus abs #wow.”
If you like this, also try... Love
CATRIONA INNES Senior editor
FLEABAG AMAZON PRIME/BBC THREE WHAT?
The dark story of twentysomething Fleabag. Her boyfriend has dumped her, her guinea pig-themed café is failing and she is haunted by memories of her dead best friend. But it’s funny – like when she gets caught masturbating to an Obama speech.
WHO’S IN IT?
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the “British Lena Dunham”. Olivia Colman also stars as her hideous stepmother.
SAMPLE TWITTER REVIEW
“Like Miranda on downers.”
If you like this, also try... Crashing
HARRY WINFIELD Senior designer
WESTWORLD NOW TV WHAT?
A disturbing futuristic world where the rich pay to experience life as it was in the Wild West at a “park” inhabited by robots that appear real.
WHO’S IN IT?
Who isn’t in it? Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton, James Marsden and Evan Rachel Wood all star.
SAMPLE TWITTER REVIEW
“Michael Crichton created Jurassic Park and Westworld. What deep trauma did he experience at Disney World?”
If you like this, also try... Humans
AMY GRIER Features director
BLACK MIRROR NETFLIX WHAT?
Charlie Brooker’s third series imagining various futures in which technology messes with our minds. Each episode makes you want to throw your laptop out the window.
WHO’S IN IT?
A different cast for each episode, including Bryce Dallas Howard, Alice Eve and Game Of Jerome Flynn. Thrones’
SAMPLE TWITTER REVIEW
“#BlackMirror and chill? It’s like Netflix and chill only instead of hooking up you have an existential crisis and cry about humanity.”
If you like this, also try... Mr Robot