The problem with Black Mirror is there's never quite enough of it.
How are we supposed to wallow sufficiently in existential dread if we only have three episodes to do it in, eh Season 5?
Well, don't despair just yet. Although it may be a while before more Black Mirror cracks its way onto our screens, there are alternatives.
Years and Years, a six-episode series co-produced by the BBC and HBO, is one of those. If you're partial to shows that fill you with a deep-rooted sense of terror about the direction our society's headed, you'll almost certainly love it.
What's it actually about?
Years and Years follows the lives of one UK family — the Lyons — over a 15-year period. It starts in the present day and immediately lulls us into a false sense of realism, as one of the main characters drives along listening to a BBC Radio 4 news bulletin about real-life 2019 issues. Theresa May. Brexit. The death of Doris Day. The show makes it clear that it's set in the same world we inhabit — and then it swiftly pulls the rug out from under us. Read more...
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