What TV show patrons watched the most at the midyear mark on Kanopy
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Two clear trends emerge across regions. The US patrons leaned into spy and espionage series — Berlin Station, The Night Manager, and Spy City all made the top 10 — while Canadian and Australian/New Zealander patrons skew toward British literary adaptations, with Andrew Davies alone behind three titles across both lists (Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House, Little Dorrit). Crime and mystery also had a strong showing everywhere, from Miss Marple and Trom to Blackshore and The Killing.
Below, the top 10 most-watched TV shows in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and Canada.
United States
Berlin Station
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Berlin Station is a contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, an agent who has just arrived at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany. Miller has a clandestine mission: to determine the identity of a whistleblower masquerading as Thomas Shaw.
Pride and Prejudice
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Andrew Davies’ multi-award-winning adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic Regency romance. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle lead a fabulous cast in this definitive 1995 adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice.” Pulsating with energy, the lively, witty Elizabeth Bennet charms smouldering, haughty Darcy against a backdrop of a picture postcard countryside, small-town assembly rooms and English stately homes.
Stash Short Film Festival: Comedy 5
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Eight more comedy short films guaranteed to brighten your day – the latest in the hit series from the editors of Stash Magazine.
Freaks and Geeks
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The universal experience of teenagehood as lived by the regular old freaks and geeks in a Michigan high school, circa 1980, is the subject of this wistful comedy-drama executive-produced by Emmy-winner Judd Apatow and series creator Paul Feig.
The Night Manager
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A contemporary interpretation of John le Carre’s best-selling spy novel, which follows hotel manager Jonathan Pine (Hiddleston) in his quest to bring down international arms dealer Richard Roper (Laurie). Pine, a former soldier, is thrust into a world of international intrigue when he is recruited by a British intelligence officer (Colman) to infiltrate Roper’s inner circle. To get to the heart of Roper’s vast empire, Pine must withstand the allure of his beautiful girlfriend Jed (Debicki) and the suspicious interrogations of his venal chief of staff Major Corkoran (Hollander). In his quest to do the right thing, Pine must first become a criminal himself.
Spy City
Spy City follows the awful dilemma faced by the English spy, Fielding Scott. Fielding is sent to Berlin in 1961, on a mission to find out the source of the hemorrhage of vital security information. The Russians, it seems, know everything. Fielding has been given possibly the hardest job in the world: clean up Berlin.
The Secret Life of Trees
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Three trillion trees cover a third of our planet’s surface. This revelatory series, narrated by Michael Palin, explores their beauty and wonder, how they grow so strong and live so long. There are extraordinary tales of trees that can walk and trees so ancient that they pre-date the pyramids. Discover how little acorns become mighty oaks, how trees communicate, why they attack and how they care for one another.
The Good Ship Murder
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Former police detective Jack Grayling, now pursuing his dream of becoming a cabaret singer on a luxury Mediterranean cruise ship, investigates a series of murders on board with the help of ship’s First Officer Kate Woods.
The American Revolution
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Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more than two dozen nations.
Trom
A journalist returns home to uncover the truth about his daughter’s death in this gripping slice of Nordic Noir set in the Faroe Islands.
Australia & New Zealand
Pride and Prejudice
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Andrew Davies’ multi-award-winning adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic Regency romance. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle lead a fabulous cast in this definitive 1995 adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice.” Pulsating with energy, the lively, witty Elizabeth Bennet charms smouldering, haughty Darcy against a backdrop of a picture postcard countryside, small-town assembly rooms and English stately homes.
Normal People
Normal People tells the story of Marianne and Connell, two people who grow close during the final days of secondary school. As they move on to college and careers, the two struggle to make sense of their relationship and their feelings for one another.
North & South
Elizabeth Gaskell’s tale of love across the social divide is brought to life in Sandy Welch’s four-part adaptation. When Margaret Hale exchanges her rural life for a northern mill town, she witnesses first hand the poverty of the working classes. She also meets mill-owner John Thornton, who she initially despises, while he finds her willful and proud. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret – to her surprise – begins to fall in love with Thornton.
Conversations with Friends
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Frances is in her early 20s and lives in Dublin, where she attends Trinity College with her best friend, Bobbi. Despite having previously dated during school, the pair have remained close, and perform poetry together occasionally. Cracks begin to appear in their relationship when they befriend successful writer Melissa, and her actor husband Nick, and start spending more time with the older couple. As Frances finds herself in an intense affair with Nick, her friendship with Bobbi – and sense of self – are challenged. Adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel.
Middlemarch
Dramatisation of George Eliot’s classic novel about the lives and loves of a group of people living on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution in a small town named Middlemarch. These include young Doctor Lydgate, who arrives at Middlemarch hospital full of idealism and determined to do good works; Dorothea Brooke, who becomes attracted to the scholarly Edward Casaubon and then finds herself trapped in an ill-fated marriage; and Will Ladislaw, a young lad who awakens Dorothea’s repressed passion and thereby changes the course of her life.
Miss Marple
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Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates a series of classic murder mysteries.
Blackshore
The picture postcard town of Blackwater might be a pastoral idyll for some – but it’s hell on earth for DI Fia Lucey. Facing disciplinary charges for assaulting a violent criminal, Fia has reluctantly returned home to a town she left many years before. She starts investigating the recent disappearance of hotelier Roisin Hurley, a case everyone else seems strangely reluctant to pursue. After Roisin’s body is pulled out of the lake, sordid secrets emerge. Who was Roisin protecting? Was she a victim of sexual abuse or a sinister collaborator? And could there be a connection between these shocking crimes and the traumatic events of Fia’s childhood?
Bleak House
BAFTA-winning writer Andrew Davies and an all-star cast bring one of Charles Dicken’s most brilliant novels to life. Young orphan Esther Summerson is brought before London’s High Court of Chancery with Richard Carstone and Ada Clare, wards of court who are caught up in the infamous and never-ending case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Meanwhile, the beautiful Lady Dedlock finds her elegant world turned upside down when her husband’s lawyer Tulkinghorn gets wind of a dark secret in her past, and begins a deadly game of cat and mouse that could end with her destruction.
Little Dorrit
This gripping adaptation by Andrew Davies brings to life Dickens’ powerful story of struggle and hardship in 1820s London. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother’s house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbidding Mrs Clennam isn’t usually given to charity, so why has she made an exception in taking on Amy? Arthur’s quest to discover the truth takes him to the Marshalsea Prison for Debt. Here he meets and befriends Amy’s father, William Dorrit, who is the prison’s longest serving inmate.
How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)
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Alan Partridge makes a bravely personal and personally brave return to television–to make Britain’s first ever documentary about mental health.
Canada
Pride and Prejudice
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Andrew Davies’ multi-award-winning adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic Regency romance. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle lead a fabulous cast in this definitive 1995 adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice.” Pulsating with energy, the lively, witty Elizabeth Bennet charms smouldering, haughty Darcy against a backdrop of a picture postcard countryside, small-town assembly rooms and English stately homes.
Miss Marple
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Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates a series of classic murder mysteries.
Night Manager
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A contemporary interpretation of John le Carre’s best-selling spy novel, which follows hotel manager Jonathan Pine (Hiddleston) in his quest to bring down international arms dealer Richard Roper (Laurie). Pine, a former soldier, is thrust into a world of international intrigue when he is recruited by a British intelligence officer (Colman) to infiltrate Roper’s inner circle. To get to the heart of Roper’s vast empire, Pine must withstand the allure of his beautiful girlfriend Jed (Debicki) and the suspicious interrogations of his venal chief of staff Major Corkoran (Hollander). In his quest to do the right thing, Pine must first become a criminal himself.
Alone
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It’s the boldest test of endurance experiment ever attempted. 10 people will enter the wilderness carrying only what they can fit in a small backpack. They will be alone in harsh, unforgiving terrain with a single mission – stay alive as long as they can.
Trom
A journalist returns home to uncover the truth about his daughter’s death in this gripping slice of Nordic Noir set in the Faroe Islands.
Normal People
Normal People tells the story of Marianne and Connell, two people who grow close during the final days of secondary school. As they move on to college and careers, the two struggle to make sense of their relationship and their feelings for one another.
The Killing
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Detective Sarah Lund puts her retirement plans on hold when a young girl is found brutally murdered in a car linked to prominent politician Troels Hartmann. As she tracks the intricate web of suspects, Sarah becomes increasingly consumed by the case.
Conversations with Friends
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Frances is in her early 20s and lives in Dublin, where she attends Trinity College with her best friend, Bobbi. Despite having previously dated during school, the pair have remained close, and perform poetry together occasionally. Cracks begin to appear in their relationship when they befriend successful writer Melissa, and her actor husband Nick, and start spending more time with the older couple. As Frances finds herself in an intense affair with Nick, her friendship with Bobbi – and sense of self – are challenged. Adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel.
Blackshore
The picture postcard town of Blackwater might be a pastoral idyll for some – but it’s hell on earth for DI Fia Lucey. Facing disciplinary charges for assaulting a violent criminal, Fia has reluctantly returned home to a town she left many years before. She starts investigating the recent disappearance of hotelier Roisin Hurley, a case everyone else seems strangely reluctant to pursue. After Roisin’s body is pulled out of the lake, sordid secrets emerge. Who was Roisin protecting? Was she a victim of sexual abuse or a sinister collaborator? And could there be a connection between these shocking crimes and the traumatic events of Fia’s childhood?
Home Fires
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Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, a remarkable group of women find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.
That’s a wrap on TV series. Check back for our next midyear check-in, where we’ll look at what’s topping the charts in world cinema!