Every cloud has a silver lining. Never again are you likely to have a better opportunity to catch up with those classic TV series your friends have been banging on about but which you’ve not had time to see. I’m not saying my own list is definitive, only that if you’re not blown away by all of the below, you really need your taste examining.
There isn’t space to give my recommendations in one go, so this week I will cover War and Drugs (Pt I):
Band of Brothers
If you like war movies then this is at least as exciting as the first twenty minutes of Saving Private Ryan, only spread out over ten, often nail-bitingly tense, visceral, grimily authentic episodes. It’s based on the real-life experiences of the Easy Company of 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from their landing on D-Day through the Battle of the Bulge to their capture of the Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden.
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