TV shows to improve your English level
As said in my previous article,
I will display here the best TV shows to improve your English level, depending on your target accent(s) :
1. British TV shows
Netflix
Black Mirror
genre : sci-fi / can be disturbing, check TW
Takes place in a dystopian world where technology has taken over the world and humans fall victims of what they have created.
The end of the f****** world
genre : black comedy / can be disturbing, check TW
Two troubled teenagers try to get through life, both thinking they are hopeless.
Peaky Blinders
genre : historical fiction / can be disturbing, check TW
Basically the story of a gang from the 19th century which questions the concepts of good and bad. (also, Cillian Murphy-)
The Crown
genre : historical drama
The life of Queen Elizabeth II and people close to her, including the drama of course. It can be hard to adjust to the change of actors as we go through different stages of her life.
Behind her eyes
genre : supernatural psychological thriller / can be disturbing, check TW
The adventures of a single mother having an affair with her boss while befriending his wife, with delicious plot twists along the mini-series.
Sky
Patrick Melrose
genre : drama / can be disturbing, check TW
A wealthy man tries to overcome his drug addiction after the death of his abusive father. The main character is a perfect mix of nonchalance and profound despair ( it’s also, Benedict Cumberbatch so-).
Amazon Prime video
Downton Abbey
genre : historical drama
Set between 1912 and 1926, the series depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants in the post-Edwardian era.
Doctor Who
genre : sci-fi
Follow the adventures of the Lord of the Time, Doctor Who, as he travels through time with his famous TARDIS.
Disney+
Sherlock
genre : crime drama / can be disturbing, check TW
Everybody knows Sherlock Holmes (right?), here is the version of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman (as Dr Watson). Watch both men developing a relationship while solving the most unusual crimes.
2. American TV shows
Netflix
The OA
genre : sci-fi / can be disturbing, check TW
A blind woman who disappeared seven years ago suddenly reappears and… she can see. We discover her past story through sessions she organizes with her future allies she found in her town.
Stranger Things
genre : sci-fi drama / can be disturbing, check TW
A group of boys playing role-play together, one of them goes missing and they encounter a strange girl while looking for him.
Thirteen Reasons Why
genre : drama / can be disturbing, check TW
A high-school girl ends her life and leaves a series of tapes explaining her reasons.
Umbrella Academy
genre : action
The lives of a group of unusual siblings, reuniting to mourn their adoptive father.
The Queen’s Gambit
genre : period drama / can be disturbing, check TW
The life of an orphan chess prodigy, Elizabeth Harmon, struggling with emotional problems and addiction.
Amazon Prime video
The Office
genre : mockumentary
The series depicts the everyday work lives of office employees, in a rather diverting way.
Elementary
genre : crime drama
Another version of Sherlock Holmes with Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu (as Dr Watson).
House
genre : medical drama / can be disturbing, check TW
The lives of a misanthropic diagnosis genius and his team.
Disney+
Once Upon A Time
genre : fantasy
The series is set in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke in which the residents are actually fairy tale characters that were transported to the real world town and robbed of their memories by the Evil Queen.
Castle
genre : crime comedy
Follow the lives of Richard Castle, a best-selling mystery novelist, and Kate Beckett, a homicide detective, as they solve various unusual crimes in New York City.
3. Australian TV shows
Disney +
H2O
genre : fantasy
Three teenage girls become mermaids and then try to live a normal life while avoiding water so that people don’t discover their secret.
Secret City
genre : political drama
Canberra press gallery journalist Harriet Dunkley forces her way closer to the truth, uncovering a set of interlocked conspiracies which threaten her career and her life and endanger the freedom of every Australian. (wikipedia)
Amazon Prime video
The Good Doctor
genre : medical drama
The life of Shaun Murphy, a young autistic savant surgical resident at the fictional San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital.
