I think I can fairly say I spent most of 2021 watching TV shows, with relatively few books and films thrown in. As before, anything particularly outstanding is rated with * and anything particularly woeful with !
Emily in Paris, seasons 1 and 2, 2021, Darren Star
The Girl Before, 2021, J P Delaney
Married at First Sight Australia, Season 8, 2020*
Squid Game, 1 season 2021*
Atypical, seasons 1-4, 2017-2021*
Vigil, one season, 2021
The IT Crowd, all 4 seasons, 2006-2010*
Motherland, seasons 1-3, 2017-2020*
Starstruck, 2021
Unsolved Mysteries, Netflix version, seasons 1 and 2, 2015, 2020*
The Investigator: a British crime story, season 1, 2016 !
Murder among the Mormons, 2021, Jared Hess
The Keepers, 2017, Ryan White*
Sophie: A Murder in West Cork, 2021, John Dover*
The Staircase, 2018, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade*
Never Have I Ever, 2020, Season 2*
This Way Up, 2019-2020, Seasons 1, 2*
Good Trouble, 2020, Season 3*
If I hadn’t met you, 2018 (one season)
10% (Call My Agent), Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4*
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, seasons 1, 2, 3, 4*
Fringe, Season 1
Line of Duty, season 6
El Desorden que Dejas, (The Mess You Leave Behind), 2020, Roger Gual
Crashing
The Circle UK, season 3*
The Circle UK celebrity
Money Heist/La Casa de Papel, seasons 1-4 of 4, 2017-2020, Jésus Colmenar
The Lost DNA
Lupin, season 1
The Vanishing at the Hotel Cecil
An American Murder*
A Teacher
The Secrets She Keeps
The Circle USA, season 1*
RuPaul’s UK Drag Race, season 1*
Bridgerton, season 1
How to Get Away with Murder, seasons 1 and 2
Surviving Death
Films:
The Holiday, 2006, Nancy Meyers !
Don’t Look Up, 2021, Adam McKay
Man Up, 2015, Ben Palmer
Nobody, 2021, Ilya Naishuller
The Tomorrow War, 2021, Chris McKay
The Settlers, 2021, Wyatt Rockefeller
Eli, 2019, Ciaran Foy
Minimalism: Less is Now (2021) !
Casting JonBenet, 2017, Kitty Green
Saint Frances, 2019, Alex Thompson
Fatima, 2020, Marco Pontecorvo
Sixty Six, 2006, Paul Weiland
Belle, 2013, Amma Asante
Exam, 2009, Stuart Hazeldine
The Gentlemen, 2020, Guy Ritchie
Pleasantville, 1998, Gary Ross
Flying Blind, 2012, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
Circle, 2015 (Aaron Hann, Mario Miscione)
Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga, 2020, Will Ferrell !
Idiocracy, 2006, Mike Judge
Tenet, 2020, Christopher Nolan
The Lobster, 2015, Yorgos Lanthimos*
White Tiger, 2021, Rahmin Bahrani
Vivarium, 2019, Finnegan and Garrett Shanley
7500, 2019, Patrick Vollrath
What Happened to Monday?, 2017, Tommy Wirkola
2067, 2020, Seth Larney