1Shows: the best series from around the world, with every episode, and where to watch them

The 1Shows design

The archived capture of 1shows.nl from the last day of 2025 holds the frame of the site and its nine style sheets. The page itself was drawn in the browser after a loading screen, so the archive kept the colours and shapes but only a handful of words. Those style sheets were measured with care. They describe a dark theme built on three shades of deep navy, a bright blue for buttons and highlights, a deeper royal blue as a second accent, a slate grey for neutral panels and a soft light grey for text. Boxes have generous rounded corners of one rem, buttons have smaller rounded corners and uppercase labels, and the typefaces are Roboto for text and Poppins for headings.

Because the arrangement of the original page lived in the browser, the layout of this 1Shows is an original design built on exactly those measured values. It keeps the character of the original: the dark navy page, the rounded panels, the blue uppercase buttons and a hero that puts one trending series in the spotlight. The logo is original too, a blue rounded television frame with a white play arrow, followed by the 1Shows name.

The header

The header sits at the top of every page and stays in view as you scroll. On the left is the 1Shows logo, which always leads back to the home page. Beside it runs a row of boxed tab links in the style of the original theme: Home, All series, British, Korean, European, Nordic and A-Z. The tab for the page you are on glows in bright blue. On the right is the search box, ready for a series title, an actor or a creator. On a phone the tabs fold into a compact menu so the search box and logo stay easy to reach.

The trending hero

Below the header comes the hero, a large rounded panel with a backdrop from the series of the moment. A small blue label reads Trending series, then comes the title in large type, a short line about the story, and two buttons: a solid blue Watch now button and a quieter Details button with a navy outline. Thin bars under the text show which of the featured series is on screen. The featured series change as the catalogue grows, and today they include Babylon Berlin, The Night Manager, Mr. Sunshine, Signal, The Family Man and My Brilliant Friend, a fair picture of how widely 1Shows travels.

At a glance

Under the hero sits a strip of three figures: how many series are in the catalogue, how many episodes those series hold between them, and how many regions they come from. The numbers update every time the catalogue does, so the strip gives a quick sense of the size of the collection. Each series in the catalogue comes with its full list of seasons and episodes, with air dates, so the episode figure is a real count rather than an estimate.

Series by region

Next comes a grid of region cards, the heart of the home page. Each card names a region and shows how many series it holds: British, Korean, Spanish-language, German, Turkish, Nordic, Japanese, Indian, French, Italian, Brazilian and American. The cards use the slate neutral from the original theme, and they lift slightly and glow blue when you point at them. One tap opens the full collection for that region, sorted with the most popular series first.

Regions are a natural way to explore television from around the world. Each country has its own habits: British series often run for six episodes a season, Korean drama usually tells a complete story in sixteen, Scandinavian crime is patient and atmospheric, and Brazilian series carry a restless energy all their own. The region cards let you follow those flavours from one country to the next.

Rows of series

Below the region cards, the home page opens into rows of series, one row for each of the first six regions. Each row has a heading with the region name and a See all link on the right. The cards in the rows are wide rather than tall, each with a backdrop image, the series title and a small badge in the corner showing how many seasons and episodes it has, such as S3 · 24 EP. That badge is a favourite detail of series fans, because it tells you at a glance whether a series is a quick weekend watch or a long companion for the months ahead.

On a laptop each row shows several cards side by side, on a tablet a few fewer, and on a phone the row becomes a smooth horizontal strip that you swipe with your thumb.

The series page

Every series on 1Shows has its own page. At the top is the poster, the title, the year the series began, the original language, the genres and the rating. Below that comes the story, the main cast and the creators. Then comes the most useful part for a series fan: the full list of seasons, each with its episodes and their air dates. You can mark the episode you reached, and the page remembers it in My List.

Next to the poster sits the country selector and the Watch now button. Choose your country, press the button, and JustWatch opens with the services that carry the series where you live. The how to watch guide walks through each step with pictures in words.

British series

British television has a gift for tight, gripping stories told in a handful of episodes. The Night Manager stars Tom Hiddleston as a former soldier turned hotel night manager who is recruited to bring down an arms dealer played by Hugh Laurie. Vigil follows a detective played by Suranne Jones who investigates a death on board a nuclear submarine off the Scottish coast. Hijack stars Idris Elba as an expert negotiator on a hijacked flight from Dubai to London, and the story plays out almost in real time. The Capture asks how far anyone can trust video evidence in a city filled with cameras.

Crime drama is a British specialty. Unforgotten follows London detectives who reopen cold cases, and each season uncovers secrets buried for decades. Strike adapts the novels about the war veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike and his partner Robin Ellacott. Gangs of London is a thunderous action thriller about the power struggle that follows the murder of a crime boss.

The lighter side of British television is just as rich. Ghosts follows a young couple who inherit a crumbling country house full of the spirits of its former residents. Bad Sisters is a darkly funny Irish drama about four sisters who close ranks against a cruel brother-in-law. Heartstopper is a warm story of first love between two schoolboys, and All Creatures Great & Small follows a young vet in the Yorkshire Dales of the 1930s. Good Omens pairs Michael Sheen and David Tennant as an angel and a demon who have grown rather fond of the Earth.

For grand stories, Victoria follows the young queen in the early years of her reign, Poldark follows Ross Poldark home to Cornwall after the American war, and His Dark Materials brings Philip Pullman's parallel worlds to the screen. Industry follows ambitious graduates at a London investment bank, and Alex Rider turns a teenager into a spy for MI6. The British series guide has more ideas, and the full list lives in the British collection.

Korean series

Korean drama, often called K-drama, became a worldwide passion in the 2010s, and it is easy to see why. Most Korean series tell one complete story in sixteen to twenty-four episodes, mixing romance, humour, suspense and heartfelt emotion. Mr. Sunshine is one of the most admired: a sweeping story set in the early 1900s about a young man born in Korea who returns as an officer of the United States Marine Corps, with Lee Byung-hun and Kim Tae-ri. My Dearest is a love story set during the Qing invasion of the 1630s, and The King's Affection follows a princess who takes her twin brother's place on the throne.

Korean crime series are among the best in the world. Signal links a detective in the present with a detective in the past through a crackling walkie-talkie, and together they reopen cold cases. Stranger follows a prosecutor whose emotions were dulled by a childhood operation and a sharp detective played by Bae Doona. Voice follows an emergency call team racing against time, and The Fiery Priest follows a hot-tempered priest who sets out to solve the death of a mentor. The First Responders follows police officers and firefighters who work side by side.

For romance and comedy, Descendants of the Sun pairs a soldier and a surgeon, While You Were Sleeping follows a young woman who dreams of the future, Yumi's Cells tells a love story from the point of view of the cells in its heroine's head, and What's Wrong with Secretary Kim follows a vain executive whose secretary announces she is leaving. Strong Girl Bong-soon gives its heroine superhuman strength, and Dr. Romantic follows a brilliant surgeon at a small provincial hospital. The Korean series guide gathers more favourites.

German series

German television has produced some of the most ambitious series of recent years. Babylon Berlin is a lavish crime drama set in the Berlin of 1929, a city of cabarets, political unrest and hidden crime, seen through the eyes of the police inspector Gereon Rath and the determined Charlotte Ritter. Dark is a time-travel mystery set in a small town where a missing child sets four families on a search that spans generations, and its creators followed it with 1899, a puzzle aboard an immigrant ship bound for New York.

History runs deep in German series. Das Boot continues the story of the famous submarine film with a new crew and a resistance story ashore. Charité follows doctors and nurses at the great Berlin hospital across different eras, beginning in 1888. The Empress and Sisi both tell the story of Elisabeth of Austria, the young empress of the Viennese court. Barbarians retells the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in the year 9, when Germanic tribes stopped the advance of Rome.

For something lighter, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) follows a teenager whose bedroom business grows out of control, Murder Mindfully follows a mafia lawyer who learns mindfulness in the most surprising way, and The Discounters is a comedy set in a Hamburg discount supermarket. Kleo follows a former East German spy on a stylish quest for revenge after the fall of the Wall, and Crooks follows a safecracker pulled back for one more job.

Spanish-language series

Spanish-language series have travelled the world in the last decade. Berlin is a heist series from the creators of Money Heist, following the charming thief Berlin and his gang as they plan to steal a fortune in jewels in Paris. High Seas is a stylish mystery aboard a luxury liner sailing from Spain to Brazil in the 1940s. 30 Coins follows an exorcist priest in a remote Spanish village who is drawn into a supernatural conspiracy. The Legend of El Cid tells the story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the medieval Castilian hero.

From Argentina, El marginal follows a former police officer who goes undercover in a prison, and The Boss is a dark comedy about a building superintendent who rules his block with quiet authority. From Mexico, Daughter from Another Mother is a warm comedy about two mothers whose babies were swapped at birth. The Innocent is a twisting Spanish thriller from Oriol Paulo, Breathless follows doctors in a busy Valencia public hospital, and Wrong Side of the Tracks follows a war veteran defending his Madrid neighbourhood.

French series

French television is known for elegant crime drama with a human touch. Astrid & Raphaëlle pairs a police archivist with a remarkable memory and a bold detective, and it has become a favourite around Europe. HIP - High Intellectual Potential follows a cleaner whose extraordinary intelligence makes her a police consultant, and Balthazar follows a charming forensic pathologist who solves murders with the police. The Crimson Rivers turns the famous novel into a series of dark rural mysteries.

Drops of God is one of the most beautiful series of recent years: a French woman and a Japanese wine expert compete for an extraordinary wine collection, travelling between Paris, Tokyo and the vineyards of France. Liaison pairs Eva Green and Vincent Cassel in a spy thriller, Missions follows the first crewed journey to Mars, and Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight is a joyful animated adventure from Alain Chabat about the famous Gaulish village.

Italian series

Italian series combine rich history with gripping drama. My Brilliant Friend adapts Elena Ferrante's celebrated novels about two girls growing up in Naples and the friendship that shapes their lives. The Young Pope and The New Pope are Paolo Sorrentino's bold portraits of life inside the Vatican, with Jude Law in the title role. The Leopard brings the classic novel of a Sicilian prince in the 1860s to the screen, and Medici: Masters of Florence follows the banking family who shaped the Renaissance.

Crime is strong here too. ZeroZeroZero follows a cocaine shipment across continents, Suburra: Blood on Rome follows the struggle for power in the capital, and Rocco Schiavone follows a gruff Roman detective sent to work in the Alpine town of Aosta. The Law According to Lidia Poët follows Italy's first woman lawyer in 1880s Turin, and Doc follows a doctor who loses twelve years of memories. The European series guide covers Germany, Spain, France and Italy in one place.

Nordic series

Scandinavia gave the world Nordic noir, a style of crime drama known for grey skies, careful investigations and characters with complicated lives. The Chestnut Man follows two Copenhagen detectives who find small chestnut figures at a series of crime scenes. Wisting follows a patient Norwegian detective in the coastal town of Larvik. Before We Die follows a Stockholm police officer whose son goes undercover inside a crime family, and The Investigation follows the Copenhagen police team who solved a real case with painstaking detective work.

Nordic television is famous for political drama too. Borgen - Power & Glory returns to Birgitte Nyborg, now Denmark's foreign minister, as a discovery of oil in Greenland becomes an international crisis. Follow the Money follows fraud investigators through the world of Danish finance, Occupied imagines a near future in which Norway comes under Russian control, and Nobel follows a Norwegian officer back from Afghanistan into a web of diplomacy.

The region has a playful and imaginative side as well. Norsemen is a comedy about a Viking village with very modern problems. Beforeigners imagines people from the Stone Age, the Viking Age and the nineteenth century suddenly arriving in present-day Oslo. Ragnarok retells Norse myth in a small Norwegian town, and Young Royals follows a Swedish prince falling in love at boarding school. Home for Christmas is a cosy Norwegian romantic comedy for the festive season. The Nordic series guide has more.

Turkish series

Turkish series are watched in more than a hundred countries, and the shorter streaming series of recent years have found a whole new audience. Mother follows a teacher who rescues a young pupil from a harmful home and sets out to give her a new life, a Turkish version of a celebrated Japanese drama. Another Self follows three friends in a seaside town who confront their family pasts, and Persona follows a retired court clerk with Alzheimer's who sets out to settle an old score.

Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests tells the epic story of the young Ottoman sultan who conquered Constantinople. My Name Is Farah follows a mother who witnesses a crime in Istanbul and forms an unlikely bond with a mysterious man. Crash stars Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as a man whose life changes after a car accident, and Last Summer follows an idealistic prosecutor who receives an offer from a crime boss. For lighter moments, Thank You, Next follows a lawyer through modern dating with her best friends, and Be My Sunshine is a summer romance on a small island.

Indian series

India's streaming boom has produced some of the most original series anywhere. The Family Man stars Manoj Bajpayee as a middle-class father who secretly works for an elite national intelligence unit, and it balances spy thriller and family comedy with great skill. Panchayat follows an engineering graduate who becomes secretary of a village council office, a gentle comedy that has become one of the most loved series in the country. Gullak tells small, warm stories of the Mishra family, and Hostel Daze follows engineering students through hostel life.

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story tells the rise of a Bombay stockbroker in the 1980s and 1990s, with a star-making performance by Pratik Gandhi. Delhi Crime follows the Delhi police through cases inspired by real events and won an International Emmy. Farzi follows a gifted artist who turns to counterfeiting, Special Ops follows an intelligence officer tracking a mastermind, and Maamla Legal Hai is a courtroom comedy set in a busy district court.

Japanese series

The Japanese series on 1Shows are anime, the art form that Japan has shared with the whole world. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End follows an elf mage after her heroic quest has ended, as she learns to treasure the human companions whose lives pass so quickly. The Apothecary Diaries follows a sharp young apothecary who solves mysteries at the imperial palace. SPY x FAMILY follows a spy, an assassin and a telepathic girl who pretend to be an ordinary family, and JUJUTSU KAISEN follows a student drawn into a hidden world of curses.

Mob Psycho 100 follows a quiet boy with enormous psychic powers, Solo Leveling follows a hunter who grows stronger with every battle, and Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- follows a young man transported to a fantasy world where he returns to an earlier moment each time he falls.

Brazilian series

Brazil brings energy and colour to the catalogue. 3% was Netflix's first Brazilian original, a science fiction story about a test that decides who may live in an island paradise. Senna tells the life of the great Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna. Sintonia follows three friends in a São Paulo favela whose lives lead to music, faith and crime, and City of God: The Fight Rages On returns to the famous neighbourhood twenty years after the celebrated film.

The Mechanism is inspired by the vast corruption investigation that shook Brazil, Invisible City mixes a police story with creatures from Brazilian folklore, Good Morning, Verônica follows a police clerk who takes on a dangerous case, and Cangaço Novo follows a bank clerk who returns to his roots in the northeast. Back to 15 is a charming comedy about a woman who travels back to her teenage years. The world series guide covers Turkey, India, Japan and Brazil together.

Made with the United States

Many of the series on 1Shows were made with American partners, a sign of how international television has become. The American collection gathers them: British and American co-productions such as The Night Manager, Bad Sisters, Good Omens and His Dark Materials, and international stories such as El Chapo, Delhi Crime and Drops of God. It is a handy starting point if you prefer to begin with English-language series before travelling further afield.

Crime and mystery

Crime and mystery is the largest genre on 1Shows, and it shows how each country puts its own stamp on the detective story. British crime is tight and tense, as in Unforgotten and Vigil. Nordic crime is slow and atmospheric, as in The Chestnut Man and Wisting. Korean crime mixes suspense with deep emotion, as in Signal and Stranger. French crime adds charm and wit, as in Astrid & Raphaëlle and Balthazar, and German crime adds history, as in Babylon Berlin. Open the Crime and Mystery collection to see them all side by side.

Drama

Drama runs through almost everything on 1Shows, but some series are pure character stories. My Brilliant Friend follows a lifelong friendship across decades. Mother is a moving story of a teacher and a child. Panchayat finds drama in the small events of village life. Charité follows the doctors and nurses of a great hospital. These are series to savour slowly, one episode at a time.

Comedy

The Comedy collection gathers the funniest series in the catalogue. Ghosts and Norsemen are two of the best-loved, one set in an English country house and one in a Viking village. The Discounters finds comedy in a German supermarket, Gullak in an Indian family home, Daughter from Another Mother in a Mexican family mix-up and Back to 15 in a Brazilian journey back to adolescence. Comedy travels well with subtitles, and the jokes in these series need little translation.

Science fiction and fantasy

Some of the most imaginative series on 1Shows are science fiction and fantasy. Dark and 1899 are intricate German puzzles, 3% is a Brazilian vision of a divided future, Beforeigners brings people from the past into modern Oslo, and Ragnarok brings Norse gods to a Norwegian school. Humans imagines lifelike robot helpers in an ordinary British home, and Good Omens and His Dark Materials are grand British fantasies. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End brings the same wonder to anime.

History and war

For history lovers, the History and War collection gathers the great period series. Das Boot and The Saboteurs take place during the Second World War, Medici: Masters of Florence in the Renaissance, The Legend of El Cid in medieval Spain, and Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests and Saladın: The Conqueror of Jerusalem in the great medieval empires. My Dearest and Love in the Moonlight return to the Joseon era of Korea, and The Name of the Rose to a mountain abbey in 1327. Beyond the collection, Mr. Sunshine takes place in Korea at the start of the twentieth century, Babylon Berlin in the Weimar Republic, Barbarians in Roman times and War Sailor aboard a Norwegian merchant ship in the Second World War.

Top rated

The Top rated collection lists the highest-scoring series in the catalogue, each with a strong rating from hundreds of viewers or more on TMDB. It is a lively mix of countries: Korean series such as Descendants of the Sun and The King's Affection, anime such as Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and SPY x FAMILY, Argentine series such as El marginal, German series such as Dark, and British series such as Heartstopper and Good Omens. It is the quickest way to find a series that almost everyone enjoys.

Subtitles and dubbing

Watching series from around the world means reading subtitles or choosing a dubbed version, and both are easy today. The major streaming services offer subtitles in dozens of languages, and many international series come with dubbed audio in English and other major languages. Every series page on 1Shows shows the original language, so you know before you press Watch now. The subtitles guide explains how to switch subtitles and audio tracks on in the most popular apps.

Many viewers find that subtitles quickly become second nature. After an episode or two, your eyes glide over the words and you hear the original voices of the actors, with all the rhythm and emotion of the language they speak.

How Watch now works

Every series page has a country selector and a Watch now button. When you press the button, 1Shows opens the series page on JustWatch for the country you picked. JustWatch is a well-known streaming guide that tracks which services carry each series in each country, and it lists them clearly: subscription services, services where you can buy or rent a season, and free services with adverts. Pick the one you prefer and the series opens there, in that service's own player.

Streaming rights change from country to country and from month to month, especially for international series, which is why 1Shows checks JustWatch each time rather than printing a fixed list. The how to watch guide walks through the whole journey from the home page to the first episode.

The services behind the guide

The series on 1Shows play on official services. Global services such as Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+ and Max carry many of them, depending on your country. Regional services are just as important for series from around the world: public broadcasters such as the BBC, ARD, ZDF, DR, SVT and NRK stream their own series at home, Viki and other Asian services carry Korean drama, Crunchyroll carries anime, JioHotstar carries many Indian series and Globoplay carries Brazilian favourites. The services guide gives a short tour.

Free ways to watch

Plenty of great series can be watched at zero cost through legal services. Public broadcasters in Britain, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway stream many of their own series free in their home countries. Services such as Tubi, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel and Viki carry series free with adverts in many regions. When you press Watch now and choose your country, JustWatch shows the free options beside the paid ones. The free series guide has the details.

Apps and devices

1Shows works in every modern browser on phones, tablets and computers, and you can add it to the home screen of your phone for one-tap access. The series themselves play in each service's official app, available from Google Play, the App Store, your games console or your smart TV's app store. Streaming sticks and boxes such as Fire TV, Google TV, Apple TV and Roku run the same apps, and you can cast from a phone to a television in a couple of taps. The apps and devices guide covers each one.

My List

My List is where you keep the series you want to watch and follow the ones you are watching. Press Add to My List on any series page to save it. On the season pages, mark the episode you reached, and the next time you return you will see exactly where you left off. That is especially handy for long series such as Rocco Schiavone, Astrid & Raphaëlle or Dr. Romantic, where it is easy to lose count.

My List lives in your own browser, so it belongs to you alone and works straight away with zero sign-up. To carry it to another device, use the export button to save a small file and the import button to load it on the other side. The My List guide explains each step, and you can open My List at any time from the header.

Finding a series

There are several ways to find a series on 1Shows. The search box in the header accepts series titles, original titles, actors and creators, so you can type Babylon Berlin, Babylon, Volker Bruch or Tom Tykwer and reach the same series. Press Enter for the full results page, where you can filter by region, genre and year. The region cards and rows on the home page are ideal for browsing, and the A-Z index lists every series in alphabetical order. The finding a series guide has more tips.

The official 1Shows site

The official 1Shows site is easy to recognise: a dark navy page, the blue rounded television logo with its white play arrow, boxed tab links in the header, a rounded trending hero, a strip of figures, region cards and wide series cards with season and episode badges. Every Watch now button leads to JustWatch, and from there to the official services. Bookmark the home page or add it to your phone's home screen to keep the right address close. The official site guide describes it in detail.

Streaming safely

A few simple habits keep streaming safe and pleasant. Install service apps only from Google Play, the App Store or your television's own app store. Give each streaming service its own strong password and switch on two-step sign-in where it is offered. Before you pay for anything, check that the address bar shows the real name of the service. 1Shows sends you to JustWatch, and JustWatch sends you to each official service, so every step of the journey stays on trusted ground. The safety guide has a short checklist.

Is 1Shows working?

If a page seems slow, a quick check usually settles it. Open the home page, then any series page. If both load, 1Shows is up and running. A refresh, a cleared browser cache, another browser or another network fixes most slow pages. Because the series themselves play on the streaming services, questions about playback belong with each service's help centre. The site status guide lists the simple fixes in order.

Privacy

1Shows keeps things light. My List and your episode marks stay in your own browser, and your chosen country is remembered there too, so the next Watch now press is quicker. Posters, backdrops and production details come from TMDB, the community-built film and television database, and every Watch now link goes to JustWatch. The privacy page sets it all out in plain words.

How the catalogue is chosen

The 1Shows catalogue is chosen by hand for quality and variety. It gathers acclaimed and popular series from Britain, Korea, Spain and Latin America, Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Japan, India, France, Italy and Brazil, most of them first shown between 2016 and 2025. Every series has its full list of seasons and episodes with air dates. The catalogue favours series with complete, satisfying stories and strong reputations among viewers, and it grows as new seasons arrive and new favourites emerge.

The catalogue focuses on scripted drama and comedy for a broad audience. Daily soaps, telenovelas, reality competitions and adult-themed series are left to other guides, so every series on 1Shows is one you can recommend to a friend with confidence.

The story of 1Shows

The name 1Shows first appeared on a Dutch address, 1shows.nl, in 2025, as a streaming portal for movies, series and anime with a dark navy design and a trending hero. Its archive survives mostly as style sheets, a record of colours, shapes and typefaces. This new 1Shows keeps those colours and shapes and gives the name a clear purpose: a guide to the best series from every corner of the world, each linked to the services that carry it officially.

Your first visit

On your first visit, start with the region cards. Pick the country whose television you know least, open its collection and choose the series with the most appealing poster. Read the story, glance at the number of seasons, and press Watch now. If you enjoy it, save the next series from the same region to My List. Within a few weeks you will have a feel for television from half a dozen countries, and a list of favourites to share with friends.

A perfect weekend

For a whole weekend of series, try this plan. On Friday night, start with something short and gripping, such as the first episodes of Hijack or The Innocent. On Saturday, settle into a longer story such as Babylon Berlin or Mr. Sunshine. On Sunday afternoon, travel lightly with a comedy such as Norsemen or Panchayat, and end the weekend with a thoughtful drama such as Drops of God. Mark your progress in My List, and next weekend will be even easier to plan.

Short series

Some of the finest series on 1Shows can be finished in a few evenings. The Night Manager tells its first story in six episodes, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story in ten, The Investigation in six, and ZeroZeroZero in eight. Mother, My Dearest and The King's Affection tell complete stories in a single season, and The Young Pope and The Leopard feel like long, beautiful films divided into chapters. The season and episode badge on each card shows the length at a glance.

Long companions

Other series are companions for months. Unforgotten, Astrid & Raphaëlle and Rocco Schiavone each run to six seasons, All Creatures Great & Small to seven, and Sintonia, Gullak and Panchayat to five. Long crime series like these are perfect for an episode after dinner, because each case stands on its own while the characters grow from season to season.

Adapted from books

Many series on 1Shows began as novels. My Brilliant Friend adapts Elena Ferrante, Strike adapts the Cormoran Strike novels, His Dark Materials adapts Philip Pullman, and Good Omens adapts Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Babylon Berlin adapts the Gereon Rath novels of Volker Kutscher, The Chestnut Man adapts Søren Sveistrup, The Leopard adapts Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Count of Monte Cristo adapts Alexandre Dumas, and The Name of the Rose adapts Umberto Eco. A series is a wonderful way to meet a great book, and a great book is a wonderful way to return to a favourite series.

Inspired by true stories

Real events inspire some of the most gripping series on 1Shows. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story follows a real stockbroker, Senna a real racing champion and The Investigation a real police inquiry. Delhi Crime draws on real cases, The Mechanism on a real corruption investigation, and The Helicopter Heist on a famous Swedish robbery. Victoria, Sisi, Medici: Masters of Florence and Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests bring historical figures to life.

Young heroes

Stories of growing up are among the most affecting on television. Heartstopper follows two schoolboys falling in love, Young Royals a prince at boarding school, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder a student who reopens a local murder case, and Hostel Daze a group of first-year engineering students. Alex Rider turns a teenager into a spy, and Find Me in Paris follows a Russian princess who travels through time from the Paris Opera Ballet School of 1905.

Festive viewing

The Nordic countries make wonderful Christmas series. Home for Christmas follows a Norwegian nurse whose family keeps asking when she will bring someone home for the holidays, and A Storm for Christmas follows travellers stranded at Oslo airport as a snowstorm closes in. Both are warm, funny and perfect for a winter evening with a hot drink.

Family viewing

Several series on 1Shows suit the whole family. All Creatures Great & Small is gentle and funny, full of animals and Yorkshire countryside. Ronja the Robber's Daughter brings Astrid Lindgren's forest adventure to the screen, Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight is a colourful animated romp, and Find Me in Paris mixes ballet and time travel. Gullak and Panchayat are warm comedies that grandparents and teenagers enjoy together. Each series page shows the genres, so you can pick the right one for your household.

Watching together

Series are made for sharing. Pick a series with a friend in another city, agree on a pace of one or two episodes a week, and talk about each one as you go. Mystery series such as Dark, 1899 and The Chestnut Man are especially good for this, because every episode leaves new clues to discuss. Save the series to My List and mark each episode, and you will always know where the two of you are.

Watching abroad

Streaming catalogues differ between countries, so a series that plays at home may live on another service when you travel. Before a trip, open the series page on 1Shows, change the country selector to your destination and press Watch now to see what is available there. Many services also let you download episodes to your phone or tablet before you leave, which is perfect for long flights and train journeys.

Discovering new favourites

The best way to discover new series is to follow the thread. If you loved Signal, try Stranger. If you loved Babylon Berlin, try Kleo. If you loved The Chestnut Man, try Before We Die. If you loved The Family Man, try Farzi, made by the same creators. If you loved Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, try The Apothecary Diaries. The region cards, the genre collections and the rows on the home page make every next step easy, and 1Shows grows with every new season from around the world.

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