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Television

If you're tired of Netflix's agendas, turn to BritBox's new Agatha Christie

30 April 2022

9:00 AM

30 April 2022

9:00 AM

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?

BritBox

Anatomy of a Scandal

Netflix

Netflix’s share price has collapsed and a major factor, people are saying, is its relentless pushing of agendas. I think I have the solution. Perhaps it should follow the BritBox model and instead of making dramas it feels that audiences ought to like – e.g. the very creepy-sounding He’s Expecting, a Japanese series about a man who gets pregnant – it should instead capitalise on our growing yearning for a lost age of chocolate-box innocence and relative normality.

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