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TV shows just like your favourites
LOCKED down in the middle of winter with not much else to do, it’s no wonder we’re watching an average four-anda-half hours of TV every day.
But what to do when you’ve seen every second of your favourite show?
Here are 20 series that are similar to our most popular programmes… sara.wallis@mirror.co.uk @sarawallis
Like The Royle Family? Try Schitt’s Creek All4 & Netflix
This laugh-out-loud comedy finally got some attention after a clean sweep at the 2020 Emmys, scooping nine gongs for its final series. From father-and-son team Eugene and Dan Levy, the slowburner about the rich Rose family who have lost their fortune is one to watch – and then immediately watch again.
Like This Life? Try Industry
The show makes international finance sexy as it follows graduates at a cut-throat company. Deals and dividends give way to drugs, sex and ego. Myha’la Herrold leads the cast of characters, backstabbing, bright young things who would sell their nan for a promotion.
Like Normal People? Try I May Destroy You
Michaela Coel stars in her self-penned semi-autobiographical drama about a woman trying to rebuild her life following a sexual attack. She plays author Arabella, who found fame with her debut Chronicles of a Fed-Up Millennial, but her life is suddenly upended after a night out.
Like Dynasty? Try
The Righteous Gemstones
This dark comedy focuses on a family of televangelists and megachurch pastors led by widowed patriarch Eli Gemstone, played by John Goodman. Eli and his bickering children live in luxury, but there are wars to fight as the empire grows. A gripping drama about family and greed.
Like The Sopranos? Try Bloodline
With the tagline, “We’re not bad people, but we did a bad thing”, this thriller follows the Rayburns as the family’s black sheep threatens to expose dark secrets. It stars Kyle Chandler, Sissy Spacek and Ben Mendelsohn.
Like The Masked Singer? Try Sing On!
Millions of us have been yelling “Take it off!” at the TV every Saturday night, wondering why we’re hooked on seeing celebs singing in mad outfits. Try this guilty pleasure hosted by Tituss Burgess. Singers perform five songs for cash.
Like Killing Eve? Try The Serpent
Starring the captivating Tahar Rahim and Jenna Coleman sporting an impressive French accents and enviable 1970s outfits, this true crime thriller follows the story of a serial killer and his lover. Unmissable.
Like Victoria? Try Bridgerton
Brooding men, feisty women, lavish sets AND Julie Andrews, Bridgerton really does know how to spoil period drama fans. The show, produced by Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal’s Shonda Rhimes, offers saucy scandal from 1800s London.
Like It’s A Sin? Try Queer As Folk
Russell T Davies’ earlier work Queer As Folk also had the nation talking. Ranked one of the best TV dramas of all time, the story of gay urban life in 1990s Manchester stars Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly and Charlie Hunnam.
Like The Durrells? Try Finding Alice
Is there anything Keeley Hawes can’t do? Her current Sunday-night saga is about a woman who discovers secrets about her dead husband, but retains a wickedly dark sense of humour. Oh and it’s got Joanna Lumley in it. Ab fab.
Like The Bay? Try Cardinal
This gritty Canadian cat-andmouse murder mystery stars Billy Campbell as detective John Cardinal. Demoted for a hunch about a case he cannot let go, he is brought back to the homicide unit when a girl’s body is discovered.
Like Peep Show? Try Back
David Mitchell plays Stephen (wound-up, neurotic) with Robert Webb as his long-lost foster brother Andrew (insincere, irritating). With seething family resentment and a barrage of one-liners, this is a hidden gem.