ON DEMAND CHOICE: Emily In Paris

Netflix’s frothy, fish-out-of-water comedy from Darren Star (Sex And The City) follows

a young American woman as she begins work in Paris. Here’s our guide to the show… What’s it about? Emily Cooper (Lily Collins, out as a cliche – it’s all croissants, arrogance centre) is a sunny and stereotypically American and high fashion – but it deepens as it goes woman who, by a quirk of fate, lands a top on, and all the culture-clash humour marketing job at an upscale firm in Paris. is very funny. At one point, Emily

She speaks no French when she arrives and succumbs to the lure of the long blithely assumes she will be understood; lunch break, only to be horrified to this does not endear her to her new notice that she is drinking before colleagues, whose ire only increases noon. ‘It’s okay, this is Sancerre, it’s a when Emily brings her right-on, breakfast wine,’ excuses her friend. corporate jargon into their laissez-faire If you like this, try… Gossip Girl office culture. Emily is the show’s hero (Netflix), Midnight In Paris (Netflix), and she means well, but it’s not hard Selling Sunset (Netflix), Sex And to sympathise with the French. Thecity (Sky/now TV), Thebold It’s worth watching… If you want Type (Amazon), The Collection something fun and easy to watch, (Amazon), The Real Housewives with the occasional hidden depth. Of Beverly Hills (hayu, Netflix), Emily’s French experience starts Two Days In Paris (Amazon).