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Thanks to podcasts like Serial and shows such as Don't F*** with Cats, we all consider ourselves proper armchair Detectives.

The True Crime drama has EXPLODED over recent years - so it would be churlish for Ditty not to examine the evidence and form a perimeter around this podcast episode. Our guests not only know all about catching killers, but also about how to go about making the shows you are loving. 

Shows discussed in this episode:

Dark, a German language series about to embark on its third and final season, takes everything you think you know about the rules of the time-travel genre, tears them into shreds and shoves them right up your flux capacitor.

It is a riveting thriller which, like all great shows, begins as something relatively linear (a missing child case) and expands into an examination of something incredibly profound. ‘The Wire’ became an ode to fate, ‘The Sopranos’ chose life and death - and ‘Dark’ ponders what the fundamentals of time means to humanity - suggesting this part of life is our real God.

It's creators Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese talk about these principals, the cast, the insane planning behind such a complex show and the big question... Dubbing or Subtitles!

Watch Dark on Netflix, right now

Boy have we got a packed menu! Joining dotty around the virtual dinner table for the good episode are some absolute legends.

Journalist Chris Mandle writes for the Strategist and has become the go to Insta Inspo for many people's dinners.

DJBBQ is a charcoal legend - what this guy doesn't know about ribs, smoking and cooking on fire isn't worth knowing.

Finally we've got Netflix comedy legend James Acaster. Star of all your favourite specials he's also host of the brilliant Off Menu podcast.

They chewed the fat with Dotty and came up with some incredible recommendations for you, including:

Joining Dotty for this slightly grown up chat about family viewing are Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn, otherwise known as podcast legends Scummy Mummies, and Anna Whitehouse AKA Mother Pukka.

We got through LOADS of recommendations for kids of all ages (including the grown up ones), including:

On the eve of the release of Spike Lee's new film 'Da 5 Bloods', the Oscar winning director spoke to Jamie East about the perils of filming in the jungle, the prejudices shown towards African American vets and the events of recent weeks. 

With the protesters of the world pleading for justice for George Floyd still ringing in his ears, Spike has never been more needed.

Da 5 Bloods arrives on Netflix on June 12th.

Reality TV is part of our culture, whether you love it or loathe it (let's be honest, you flipping love it). From it's early roots in the form of shows like Big Brother or Pop Idol, it changed the landcape of Entertainment TV forever - and now in the era of Love is Blind, Love Island and Too Hot to Handle - there are new kings on the block.

Discussing all things reality with Dotty are Yewande from Love Island, Kelechi Dyke from Too Hot to Handle and Lucie Cave - who rode in tandem with the success of Reality TV as Editor of Heat Magazine. It's a cracking discussion.

 Other Netflix series mentioned in this episode:

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To kick off the series, Dotty grabbed some virtual facetime with some great guests to talk all about some of the best music programming in the world:

Cel Spellman is a R1 DJ, all-round great guy and star of your new Netflix obsession, White Lines. The show is set in Ibiza and drenched in musical heritage, giving us the perfect springboard to talk all things Manumission!

He's joined by legendary music journalist and author Miranda Sawyer and the creator and host of 'Song Exploder', Hrishikesh Hirway.

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After Life 2 is nothing short of a phenomenon and the success of the first season took even Ricky Gervais by surprise. It's unflinching take on grief and comedy hot home to millions - so a return visit was about as inevitable as Rocky offending people on Twitter!

In this exclusive chat Dotty sat down with Ricky, Tony Way (Lenny), Jo Hartley (June) and Kerri Godliman (Lisa) to find out what it's like making such a show.

Plus, as we all know, the real star of After Life is Brandy, Tony's dog. Jamie had a chat to Ash the lucky man who owns and trains Anti, Brandi's real-life identity.

We hope you enjoyed listening to this season - we hope to see you again soon! if you have anything you'd like to ask or say, please drop us a line over on twitter - our handle is @NetflixUK

A Life on our Planet premieres in London in April and is Sir David as you've never seen him before. Reflecting on a career that has spanned over 6 decades, this is an opportunity to revisit some of his most iconic moments and discuss what we can do to ensure future generations have the same opportunities.

Joining David are Colin Butfield from the WWF and Keith Scholey from Silverback Productions who both helped make this incredible programme.

We also got some help with our line of questioning thanks to some very astute schoolchildren - so big thanks to Pirbright Village Primary School and The Winston Churchill School in Woking.

 Other series mentioned in this episode:

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Imagine a life before Jurgen Klopp, Man Utd, millions of pounds being at stake and a frenzied planet being addicted to football...  That's what Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes did when he set about writing 'The English Game'. It's a fascinating look at class, passion, politics and the creation of one of the most popular sports in the world. 

Joining Julian to discuss the series are two football podcasting legends. Sam Delaney and Andy Dawson present Top Flight Time Machine (Andy is also 50% of Athletico Mince) and their pairing with Julian makes fo ra brilliant listen.

Such is the soaraway success of The Stranger - it would have been rude for Jamie not to have caught up with one of it's stars - comedy legend Jennifer Saunders, right? Right.

Other shows discussed in this episode:

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