

If there is one particular area in which Grey’s Anatomy excels, it is in the creation of complex, multifaceted characters that feel so real you could almost swear you were friends with them in real-life. Set inside the walls of the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Washington DC, the story follows a group of interns as they climb the cut-throat ranks of professional medicine together.Īside from a huge back catalogue of episodes in which to lose yourself (the series first aired in 2005 and is now the longest-running prime-time medical drama ever made), the programme’s cultivation of intense melodrama is played to perfection, providing audiences with some of the most authentic-feeling moments of genuine joy, romance, and sadness available on television. Grey’s Anatomy is an award-winning medical drama series that everyone should see. Well, for almost all of us now, that fantasy has become reality, so we asked TV guru Daisy Richards, a PhD researcher for De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)’s Cinema and Television History Institute, to give us her top five series to get stuck into right now.Īvailable to rent online, or to stream for free as part of Amazon Prime’s Video subscription service. For the last few years, TV viewers have been overwhelmed with quality shows through streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.Īnd there’s a point most people reach where they just want:Ī) A break from new production so they can catch upī) Loads of free time around the house to actually do that
