TOP TEN
DRAMAS ON STARZPLAY
1. THE GREAT
Freely imagined historic romp about the rise of Catherine the Great of Russia. Elle Fanning is Catherine, Nicholas Hoult is her dimwitted husband.
2. GODFATHER OF HARLEM
Gangster drama about real-life 1960s New York drug baron Bumpy Johnson, played by Forest Whitaker.
3. VERONICA MARS
Kristen Bell is the eponymous teenage private investigator in this cult crime series set in the fictional coastal town of Neptune, California.
4. THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL
BBC drama based on the John le Carré novel about an English actress (Florence Pugh, below) recruited by Mossad to infiltrate a gang of Palestinian terrorists.
5. THE TUDORS
The life, times and many loves of King Henry VIII. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the turbulent monarch in a show that doesn’t stint on sex and violence.
6. HIGH FIDELITY
Terrific adaptation of the Nick Hornby bestseller sees a gender switch for the main character with Zoë Kravitz as the music-obsessed, list-making loser-in-love, Rob.
7. FRINGE
Cult sci-fi series about the fictional ‘Fringe’ division of the FBI, which investigates unexplained phenomena. Stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson and John Noble.
8. DR DEATH
Fictionalised version of the horrific real-life story of a narcissistic neurosurgeon whose cavalier approach to the job resulted in injuries and death.
9. HARLOTS
Samantha Morton and Lesley Manville are the madams of rival brothels in this raunchy and explicit drama about prostitution in 18th Century London.
10. FLESH AND BONE
Set in a New York ballet company, this is a gritty eightpart dance drama about the brutality and dysfunction that can be found in the dance world. StarzPlay is available via Amazon, Virgin and Apple
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