{"id":5192,"date":"2013-02-23T11:20:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T11:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meeseeks:5080\/blog\/?p=5192"},"modified":"2023-08-06T21:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:14:29","slug":"a-golden-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vukutu.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/a-golden-age\/","title":{"rendered":"A golden age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are currently living in a Golden Age of television drama &#8211; well-written screenplays, innovative narrative techniques, significant themes, gripping stories, mostly true-to-life representations, all superbly-acted, and realized with attention to detail and high production values.&nbsp; See, for example, the following list (which has been added to, as the years unfurl):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Band of Brothers (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Berlin Station (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Billions (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Bodyguard (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Borgen (Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>The Bridge (Denmark-Sweden)<\/li>\n<li>Brothers and Sisters (USA)<\/li>\n<li>The Bureau (Le Bureau des L\u00e9gendes) (France)<\/li>\n<li>Call My Agent! (France)<\/li>\n<li>Covert Affairs (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Damages (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Deadwood (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Designated Survivor (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Deutschland 83\/ 86\/ 89 (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>The Diplomat (USA) (2023)<\/li>\n<li>Fauda (Israel)<\/li>\n<li>G\u00e5smamman (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li>Generation Kill (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Gloria (Portugal)<\/li>\n<li>The Good Fight (USA)<\/li>\n<li>The Good Wife (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Heartstopper (UK) (2022)<\/li>\n<li>Homeland (USA)<\/li>\n<li>The Hour (UK)<\/li>\n<li>House of Cards (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Intimacy (Spain)<\/li>\n<li>Jack Irish (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Janet King (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Judge John Deed (UK)<\/li>\n<li>The Killing (Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>Kleo (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>Mad Men (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Madam Secretary (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Merl\u00ed: Sapere Aude (Catalonia)<\/li>\n<li>Merlin (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Messiah (USA)<\/li>\n<li>The Newsreader (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>The Newsroom (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Occupied (Norway) (2015-2020)<\/li>\n<li>The Patients of Dr Garcia (Spain) (2023)<\/li>\n<li>Pine Gap (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Prisoners of War (Hatufim) (Israel)<\/li>\n<li>Rake (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>The Recruit (USA) (2023)<\/li>\n<li>Resistance (France)<\/li>\n<li>The Restaurant (V\u00e5r tid \u00e4r nu) (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li>Scandal (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Secret City (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Shadow Lines (Finland)<\/li>\n<li>Silk (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Skam (&#8220;Shame&#8221;) (Norway) (2015-2017)<\/li>\n<li>Smiley (Spain)<\/li>\n<li>The Sopranos (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Spiral (Engrenages) (France)<\/li>\n<li>Spooks (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Sports Night (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Striking Out (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Suits (USA)<\/li>\n<li>The Unit (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Totems (France)<\/li>\n<li>A Very Secret Service (France)<\/li>\n<li>The West Wing (USA)<\/li>\n<li>The Wire (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Young Royals (Sweden) (2021-2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like the golden age of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre, one has to wonder: &nbsp; Why here? 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