Check out the full list of our favourites below:

SAS: Rogue Heroes

Leave it to Steven Knight to bring to life the full-on, action-packed and thoroughly outrageous true-life story of the formation of the famed British Special Forces unit the Special Air Service or the SAS. And there was no doubt that SAS: Rogue Heroes rocked! With a kick-ass cast including Connor Swindells as Colonel David Stirling, Jack O’Connell as Paddy Mayne and Alfie Allen as Jock Lewes, SAS: Rogue Heroes was an explosive action series that showed some of WWII’s greatest heroes at work, and the series stomping punk rock soundtrack helped to turn up the volume as Stirling and the boys brought a new style of warfare to play on the battlegrounds of North Africa circa 1941.

Welcome to Chippendales

With an equal mix of flash, flesh, sex appeal and murder, Disney+’s Welcome to Chippendales is a true crime opus with a serious bite to it, and audiences members had to look twice at star Kumail Nanjiani as Somen “Steve” Banerjee, as he really turned up his acting talents. Starting as an intrepid dreamer turned successful entrepreneur and ending up as an infamous murderer, Banerjee’s sordid fall from grace makes for addictive television and this series hooks you in right from the start. The heat is turned up the whole way through and it makes for one intense watch.

The Peripheral

The vision of the future took one hell of a leap forward in Prime Video’s exciting and thought-provoking science fiction adrenaline rush The Peripheral. And this is television at its most vivid. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz as Flynne Fisher, this is a role and narrative that completely redefines her talents as an actress and it was an addictive watch. With its luxe vision of the future, and intense cyberpunk energy, The Peripheral marks one of the best debuts on Prime Video all year and the audience will be psyched up by this.

1883

In television land, one showrunner currently reigns supreme. Rancher-turned-screenwriter Taylor Sheridan has been redefining the words ‘true grit’ when it comes to long-form storytelling, and following in a new path for his groundbreaking western opus Yellowstone, Sheridan took us back to where it all began with 1883. Sam Elliot, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill brought a hard-edged intensity to this series as we watched James and Margaret Dutton stake their claim on the west and bullets flew and blood was spilt in this series. But all applause must be lauded on the performance of newcomer Isabel May as Elsa Dutton who completely stole the show and who made one hell of an impression on audiences.

House of the Dragon

This year audiences returned to the land of Westeros and the age of ‘Fire and Blood’ with the reign of the Targaryen Dynasty. And this was an epic for our times. Operatic and grand in its scale, House of the Dragon was an absolute beast of a television series and dragons soared and the fire burned! With exceptional performances from Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Milly Alcock, Olivia Cooke and Emily Carey, this was a series that completely ensnared the attention of audience members and it was an epic watch that honoured the power of high fantasy at its best.

Reacher

With power and force, rising star Alan Ritchson stepped into the colossal frame of 6’5, 240-pound ex-military policeman Jack Reacher in Amazon Prime’s Reacher. And this series was nothing short of AWESOME! Fans have long waited to see an actor of Ritchson, size, stature and presence step into the boots of the formidable Reacher. And his hero hit hard. With its terrific crime drama elements and heavy action moments, Reacher was a hell of a debut and it took audiences by storm. Ritchson laid the beat down on as Reacher and when this lobe hero strolls into town you’d better look out.

The Terminal List

Noted Hollywood heavy hitter Chris Pratt changed everything up as he locked, loaded and was ready to go down range in the all-out action, conspiracy thriller The Terminal List, which made for one hell of a debut on Prime Video. And audiences were in for one hell of a firefight with this series. Adapted from the best-selling novels by former Navy SEAL Jack Carr, The Terminal List was an action series that got stuck in and delivered one hell of a bite. Pratt made a serious transformation as former NAVY SEAL Troop Commander James Reece, who was betrayed by shadowy forces sets out for revenge and delivers it with the edge of a tomahawk and a serious dose of ‘extreme prejudice’. The Terminal List was a series that didn’t muck about and audiences looking for their adrenaline hit were well taken care of with this series.

Pam & Tommy

True life is truly stranger than fiction and the all-out tale of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’roll, videotape and the internet that underpinned the infamous Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee sex tape was played for audiences in all its layered complexity in Pam & Tommy. Led by three incredible performances from Lily James, Sebastian Stan and Seth Rogen, this was the ultimate story of why you should never judge a book by its cover and with its raging characters, steamy sex, frantic media storm and complex story of love and relationships, Pam & Tommy was a story that completely wrapped you up in its storytelling and was one of the best series released all year.

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Set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.

Adapting acclaimed science fiction writer William Gibson’s mind-bending novel of virtual reality, the future and cybernetic espionage for the small screen is a massive task for series showrunner Scott B. Smith and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the acclaimed creators of Westworld, and this trio of creatives craft something truly spectacular for Prime Video with The Peripheral. Set in both the near and far future, The Peripheral is a bold vision of science-fiction, and with its mix of genre and stunning world-building, it draws you in right from the start. Balancing both ideas of soft and hard sci-fi, The Peripheral will have the minds of its audiences ticking away, and moment by moment the excitement quickly revs up.

Central to this smart, slick and twisting science-fiction story is Chloë Grace Moretz as Flynne Fisher, a talented tech-minded young woman, and gamer, who soon finds herself drawn into the morally dark world of a corrupted future. And this is again a radically different performance for the young actress. In the role of Flynne, Moretz gets to straddle multiple sides of an extremely complex character and she goes on quite a journey in a series that swings for the fences with every scene. Moment by moment we see different layers of Flynne revealed, and in this complex narrative Moretz gets to play up different aspects of her role as a performer, and the result leads to a radically different style of performance.

Standing next to Moretz’s Flynne in The Peripheral is Jack Reynor as her dodgy brother Burton. A former Marine with extreme PTSD and multiple physical issues, Reynor’s Burton is a complex character, and he has a pivotal role to play in this series. On a performance front, Reynor gets to take on a very slick role in this story, and he’s physically put to the test in multiple episodes. The intensity is dialled up again and again, and Reynor charges into the fray every chance he gets with The Peripheral.

As a visual experience, The Peripheral is unlike anything audiences have experienced on Prime Video and its originality, production design, costuming and cinematography paint a portrait of a future that is beyond anything you could imagine. Regarded as the ‘godfather of cyberpunk’, the visuals of William Gibson’s world-building are brought to life with amazing clarity and expression in The Peripheral. And this is one slick show. With an ode to the spy genre, The Peripheral is a glamorous and intoxicating experience to watch, and its visuals will raise your adrenaline up.

We’re only at the start of this mind-bending series, but you’ll feel your neurons firing with each moment that you get to witness on screen. Strikingly glossy, and incredibly thoughtful in its expression, The Peripheral is something utterly different for Prime Video viewers, and you’ll be in for one hell of a rush with this series.

The Peripheral is currently streaming on Prime Video.

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