The Pilot Principle

Whether you're a TV superfan or just looking for your next binge-worthy show over the festive period, this episode is jam packed. We talk film, TV and book recommendations as well as going over the latest award-season buzz.

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Adapted from the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. Episode one shows a glimpse into the life of the Buendia family. However will the start of their story entice you to keep watching?

Netflix's new sprawling tale filled with magical realism.

All this spy wants for Christmas is revenge.

Will you stick around past episode one to find out if they get it?

Netflix's new thriller series stars Kiera Knightly, Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire.

Dune: Prophecy, the prequel series that rewinds the clock to destiny's original children, the Bene Gesserit. This self-serving sisterhood plant the seeds for big plans in the pilot episode, however, will you stick around and find out if those plans bear fruit?

Set during The Troubles in Northern Ireland and based on real events, can the story of Dolours Price and the mystery of Jean McConville convince you to watch the entire series?

A high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse unfolds as an elusive elite assassin gets on the radar of a tenacious British Intelligence Agent.

A suspenseful espionage thriller starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch.

Will you be tuning into this Sky Atlantic series after the pilot?

In Tyler Perry latest drama, Beauty in Black, we meet Kimmie, a woman hoping to escape the bad hand life has dealt her through millionaire mogul, Malory Ballarie and her Beauty in Black salon school.

Will you stick around past episode one and find out if both women get what they deserve?

High society drama based on Dame Jilly Cooper’s best-selling novel Rivals.

Meet Lord Tony Baddingham and Rupert Campbell-Black, two posh and powerful neighbours locked in an intense rivalry in the idyllic town of Rutshire.

Their feud heats up in episode one, but will you stick around for the series and find out who comes out on top in their battle for dominance?

Rhiannon's life goes from bad to worse. Tired of being pushed around and ignored, this unassuming 'sweetpea' shows she's got claws.

In the second season of BBC One's sociological anthology, a new legal case raises an ongoing debate: how do you defend someone already convicted by public opinion?

Will you stick around to see how the courts rule or have you condemned the series after just the pilot episode?