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Bingeworthy TV series to get through lockdown

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LOCAL SERIES: Lealani Siaosi stars as Melani in the six-part television series The Panthers.

LOCAL SERIES: Lealani Siaosi stars as Melani in the six-part television series The Panthers.

Lockdown is upon us and as much as our options for entertainment are limited, it is the perfect excuse to settle down in the evenings and catch up on some of the latest and greatest TV shows, and some you may have missed.

Below are eight binge-worthy options to fill in time and have your whole bubble glued to their streaming services.

The White Lotus

Starring: Murray Bartlett, Alexandra Daddario, Sydney Sweeney, Connie Britton, Jake Lacy.

Where to watch: Neon.

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What do you get when you throw a bunch of entitled rich people on a tropical island vacation, and a resort manager who stops caring about their holiday? You get Mike White's The White Lotus.

There's an ensemble cast whose behaviour almost resembles the characters on HBO's other show about rich people behaving badly: Succession.

The show builds up to a massive cliffhanger, so avoid trawling social media if you don't want the tense mood ruined.

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Devs

Starring: Sonoyo Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Alison Pill, Zach Grenier.

Where to watch: Neon.

If a tech industry thriller is more your cup of tea, the search for your next binge is over. The protagonist Lily works at a high-profile company in Silicon Valley.

When her boyfriend goes missing under suspicious circumstances, she tries to track down the truth.

Oh, and The Office funny-man Nick Offerman plays a villain, if that's a sell.

It's A Sin

Starring: Olly Alexander, Lydia West, Callum Scott Howells, Omari Douglas.

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Where to watch: TVNZ OnDemand.

Set during the Aids crisis in 1980s London, It's A Sin is as heartwarming as it is devastating. It's packed with powerful performances and lessons in friendship, family and acceptance.

A warning in advance that it is a tearjerker, but it certainly fits the bill for a show to empty your lockdown emotions with.

The Panthers

Starring: Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Frankie Adams, Roy Billing, Beulah Koale, Lealani Siaosi, Jordan Mooney.

Where to watch: TVNZ OnDemand.

It's 1974 in New Zealand. Robert Muldoon is Prime Minister, and Pasifika people in Aotearoa are subject to injustices and the infamous dawn raids.

Inspired by the Black Panther movement in the US, ‘Ilolahia, a group of young street gangsters and university students founded the Polynesian Panther Party (PPP), with a mission to fight the system and become the history-making revolutionaries that their community so desperately needed.

The first episode of the mini-series is streaming now.

My Unorthodox Life

Starring: Julia Haart and her children Batsheva, Shlomo, Miriam, and Aaron and her second husband Silvio Scaglia Haart.

Where to watch: Netflix.

This is one of the breakout reality shows of this year, and for good reason.

Julia Haart is a former Orthodox Jew who is now the CEO of a modelling agency and fashion company.

Follow Julia's adventures in entrepreneurship as she moves on from her fundamentalist lifestyle. There's plenty of designer fashion, lavish lifestyles throughout the show's eight episodes.

Watch for the intrigue, keep watching for the eventual flash mob.

Loki

Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

Where to watch: Disney +

Marvel fans will already know the drill and may have binged this as soon as it came out, but even if you are just dipping your toes into the Marvel cinematic universe it is still worth watching.

Loki (Hiddleston) the iconic Marvel villain has to work with the inter-dimensional time-keeping agency to ensure the universe stays in balance.

The show features great characters, cinematography and music.

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