Vera Loves TV
Our favourites this month
The TV shows onboard are handpicked from binge worthy boxsets, laugh-out-loud comedies right through to thought provoking documentaries.
A World of Calm
Featuring narration from some of the of world’s best-known actors (Kate Winslet, Idris Elba, Nicole Kidman, Keanu Reeves, to name but four) A World of Calm is a ‘slow TV’ experience, combing the narration with breathtaking visuals aimed at promoting rest and relaxation.
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens
The awesome Awkwafina does just what it says on the tin here, helming this very funny sitcom as Nora, a 20-something woman who lives in Queens where she plays videogames and tries to work out what she wants from life.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Whether at work, at home or around town, Larry David never fails to take a buttock-clenchingly embarrassing situation and make it, well, worse. Onboard we have episodes from season eleven. Cringe-making? Yes. Funny? Oh, yes.
The Great
If you’re looking for an historically accurate Catherine the Great biopic look elsewhere, because this comedy-drama series takes Siberia-sized liberties with the truth. As Catherine, who plots to take charge of Russia, Elle Fanning is outstanding.
Guilt
Quite simply one of the best British series of, oh, the last 100 years, Guilt expertly combines delirious comedy and genuine thrills to tell the story of Max and Jake, whose hapless attempts to cover up a terrible crime spiral into chaos and tragedy.
Julia
US cookery legend Julia Child hosted TV shows and published cookbooks in the 1960s and 1970s. But as this feature-length documentary goes to show, she was more than ‘just’ a TV chef. In fact, she challenged and changed the attitudes of a generation of Americans.
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
This superb, multi-layered documentary shows how writer Jackie Collins emerged from the shadow of her sister, Joan, to become a best-selling author – a woman who, with her trademark shoulder-pads and championing of female sexuality, was emblematic of her times.
Raised By Wolves
Fresh from HBO comes this clever sci-fi series – partly directed by Ridley Scott – about androids whose job it is to parent human children on the planet Kepler 22b after Earth is destroyed. But raising kids is no easy task….
Succession
The biggest TV phenomenon of recent years is, at heart, a family drama. Just that this clan are billionaires squabbling over who gets to head the company when patriarch Logan steps aside. Excruciating comedy meets zinging one-liners and often nail-biting drama. It’s all here.
Try Harder!
Director Debbie Lum’s heartfelt documentary focuses on the bright and driven kids of Lowell High School as they prepare for the arduous college application process. Mostly Asian-Americans, they must navigate issues of race alongside their quest for educational opportunity.
Don't forget...
These are our top picks this month, you'll find plenty more TV to choose from once you're settled in onboard.