Just been around the world – 11 cities in 7 countries on 3 continents in eight weeks – from Grasmere to Auckland via Abu Dhabi.  So plenty of stream bingeing.

My show of 2024 – Sky’s Day of the Jackal – on Sky and Peacock.  Brilliant writing, music, acting and directing.  Eddie Redmayne reigns.  Go Bianca, Rodin and The Jackal.

If you liked Succession, you’ll love the Australian Outback’s take on families / business / legacy and cattle – Territory.  Gritty, authentic, Aussie modern neo-Western from Netflix.

Series Two of The Diplomat – Netflix.  Brilliant plot, addictive characters – Golden Globe winner, with Rory Kinnear as the British PM making every moment on camera count.  And what a cliff hanger!

Dark Winds – also on Netflix – reminiscent of Longmire.  Riveting story of two Navajo police officers teaming up to solve a brutal double murder.  Close to home and the reservations that border our Sonoran Desert home.

You Would Do It Too.  I spend a lot of time in/around Barcelona and was drawn to this.  It’s new (on Apple) and has started well.

And finally – I’m a sucker for heist movies – here’s one from Sweden (go figure!) – Helicopter Heist based (loosely I suspect) on a real story.  Another example of Netflix increasing internationalism.

PS:  Am so missing Kevin Costner in the latest Yellowstone Series V drop.

KR