“TV and online video have proved an important antidote to lockdown life, with people spending a third of their waking hours last year glued to screens for news and entertainment,” Ofcom’s group director for strategy and research, Yih-Choung Teh, said in a statement.
“The pandemic undoubtedly turbo-charged viewing to streaming services, with three in five UK homes now signed up.”
This year welcomed fresh titles such as WandaVision, the Gossip Girl reboot and queer-drama about the HIV/AIDS crisis, It’s A Sin. NME gave the latter five-stars in a review, with the show also being lauded by Elton John as a “triumph of creativity and humanity”.
New seasons of Sex Education, Peaky Blinders, Euphoria and more are also expected this year.
You can view the original article HERE.
