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Best of 2024: TV series
DENNIS BROE picks his highlights
(L) Toby Jones as Alan Bates in Mr Bates Vs The Post Office; (R) Andre Holland as Huey Newton in The Big Cigar [IMDb]

THE year was highlighted by massive cutbacks in production allocations, with Netflix, whose series are of dubious quality, the only streamer to keep up. The attack on writers continues and there is also a general ideological trend toward conformity (Russian, Chinese, Syrian and Iranian bad guys abound) that saps creativity and complexity.

Nevertheless, spanning the globe, there were enough series of interest to compile a list of the best culled from over 120 series watched this year.

 

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