The biggest Netflix series of all time – according to Netflix, anyway – was Squid Game, an allegorical drama about a murderous gameshow.
Squid Game was watched by bazillions of viewers and turned its stars into international celebrities almost overnight.
Violent horror, technological dystopia, and a potent anti-capitalist message – Squid Game distilled many of the tropes of the best Korean cinema into a must-watch Netflix cocktail.
But first there was The Terror, which aired in Britain a baffling three years after it appeared in America.