Mr & Mrs Smith to Wilderness: The best TV to binge on Prime Video this Christmas
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In a world where the likes of Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ and Prime Video all compete for our attention (and our money), starting a new TV series – especially during the Christmas period when hundreds of new titles are added – can be feel like a bit of a minefield.
Prime Video, which is free for Amazon Prime users or costs £8.99 on its own, offers an array of entertainment for its customers – from historic sitcoms to modern dramas, goosebump-inducing thrillers to witty black comedies. But with so much choice at our fingertips, it can be hard to whittle down a solid option for Christmas viewing.
Fear not, as we’ve got you covered with a list of the best drama offerings on the platform. Set in Ohio in the 90s, this adaptation of Celeste Ng’s best-selling novel stars Hollywood heavyweights Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington – who also serve as executive producers across the gripping series’ nine episodes. If that wasn’t a big enough pull to watch, the pair play two mothers at opposite ends of the class system brought together by their children – with the series exploring the wealth divide, race, motherhood and privilege along the way.
It may be Prime’s answer to Bridgerton, but the horny Tudor glory of My Lady Jane will get you just as hot under the collar. The revisionist tale is – as our review describes it – “brilliantly bonkers” in all the best ways, reimagining the life of Lady Jane Grey (who in real life was executed for treason age 16) with a truckload of sarcasm and royal romps. Inexplicably, it was cancelled aehad of a planned second season, but do go back to the first, it’s brilliant.
