Thursday, 12 November 2020

MY TOP 5 NETFLIX SERIES

 

Hi everybody,  what’s up? I think that autumn and winter are perfect seasons to watch tv series, because days are becoming shorter and colder. Especially in this period,  staying at home is very important to stop the Covid19 epidemy.  When we mention tv series it is impossible not to think of Netflix, so in this article I’m going to talk about 5 of my favourite Netflix series.

1.The Crown  



If you like gossiping about the royal family as I do, this is the perfect series for you. It is a historical drama series about the life of Elisabeth II and the royal family. Even if the Queen has never been the centre of a scandal,  her family has often been rumoured about during the years and she has always tried to save their reputation. It is also perfect if you’re studying English contemporary history because it gives you knowledge of all the British Prime Ministers and of important events in Britain’s recent history.

At the moment there are only three seasons but there will be three more. The fourth season is coming soon,  on the 15th of November, I’m looking forward it!

The series at the moment has gained several awards such as three Golden Globes and eight Emmys.

 

2. Skam Italia 



The original Skam was a Norwegian web series about teenage life which dealt with different problems and situation typical of adolescence. This series became so famous that inspired a franchising, now a lot of European countries have their own Skam. In each Skam series the characters are the same and also the problems faced are the same but they are set in different countries which changes the cultural perspective.

Skam Italia has 4 seasons, in each season there is a different protagonist from the same group of friends. These guys are all from Rome and they attend high school. In the first season the Protagonist is Eva and her complicated relationship with Giovanni. In the second season the protagonist is Martino and his discovery of being gay. In the third season we have another difficult relationship, and in the last season the protagonist is Sana an Italian Muslim girl who tries to have a normal teenage life but respecting the requirements of her strict religion.

I loved this series because it’s very easy to relate with the protagonists.

 

3. Stranger Things

 



This is a must. Stranger Thing is one of the most watched series on Netflix it has just 41 nominations to Emmy Awards. The first season was released in 2016 and finally next year the fifth and last season will be released. It is so famous that it brought  the 80s vintage style back into fashion.

It is a sci-fi and horror series set in Hawkins in the 1980s. Everything starts with the disappearance of a child and with the appearance of a strange girl with psychic powers who has just escaped from a secret laboratory. Then there is the appearance of a lot of monsters coming from a parallel dimension the Upside Down and a group of children who saves the world. It is perfect if you like monsters and scare jumps.

 4. The Queen’s Gambit



This is a new miniseries that has just been released on Netflix and I watched it in just three days.

This series tells the sad story of Beth Harmon, whose mother suffers from mental illness and kills herself in a car accident while her daughter is in the car with her. Beth survives and is sent to an orphanage where she learns how the play of chess and she reveals herself as an immediate prodigy. But Beth also develops an addiction to a drug that was given to her to calm her. Growing up she will be adopted but her life won’t get better until she starts to participates in chess competitions. During her life,  she will experience difficult situations,  she will also develop an alcohol addiction, until playing chess will save her life.

 

5.  Spinning out 



This series isn’t very famous and it was cancelled after just one season, probably I’m the only person in the world who enjoyed it, but I want to suggest it to you because I think it is very beautiful.

The series protagonist,  Kat, is a high-level skater who after a disastrous fall sees her Olympic dream vanish, she has lost all her hopes when she sees the possibility to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injuries in their bodies and souls, financial sacrifices, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to  their Olympic dream. But there is one more problem, she has a secret, she suffers from a mental illness which makes everything more difficult.

I loved it because it teaches you  never to surrender in front of difficulties but to continue fighting for your dreams.

 

What about you? What are your favourite tv series? Have you seen any of these series? If you have,  what’s your favourite one? Let me know and … till next time!

Francesca, 4sc

 

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