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1. e Night Manager e six-episode British series from 2016 is based on John le Carré’s novel e Night Manager. e crime drama follows the work of former British soldier Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston). Pine, a hotel night porter, is contacted by an intelligence operative who asks for his assistance to spy on international businessman Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie). Pine attempts to in ltrate Roper’s inner circle by becoming a felon while keeping his mission a secret from his hotel colleagues and girlfriend.

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2. e En eld Haunting e 2015 nminiseries on Amazon Prime is based on real-life events in a North London home in 1977. Novice paranormal researcher Maurice Grosse (Timothy Spall) hears of a family reported being terrorized by supernatural forces. After the recent death of his daughter, Maurice is drawn into the family’s story, which involves a young girl. Maurice enlists the help of experienced investigator Guy Lyon Playfair (Matthew Macfadyen) to help him research the haunting. At rst, Guy Lyon believes the case to be a scam until he encounters the evil presence.

3. A Young Doctor’s Notebook e dark comedy on Apple TV from 2012 is based on a series of short stories written by Russian playwright Mikhail Bulgakov, as he recounts his semi- biographical experiences as a young physician in a small village at the dawn of the Russian Revolution. e ctional physician, Dr Vladmir Bomgard, is portrayed by both John Hamm and Daniel Radcli e at di erent points in his life, leading to a series of comic exchanges between the two men.

It divides the total number of hours viewed by the length of a show or movie. It’s why at’s 209,000 years!

Wednesday: Season 1 is ranked at number one with 1.718 billion hours even though people spent longer watching Stranger ings Season 4 – 1.838 billion hours.

Of course, the Net ix view count stats don’t account for people who gave up on Wednesday at Episode 2.

However, if we forget that for a moment, Net ix has given us the tools to work out the true most-watched content on the entire platform, based on view count, regardless of type.

And this is it:

1. Squid Game Season 1 - 265 million views

2. Wednesday Season 1 - 252 million views

3. Red Notice - 230 million views

4. Don’t Look Up - 171 million views

5. e Adam Project - 157 million views

6. Bird Box - 157 million views

7. Stranger ings Season 4140 million views

8. e Gray Man - 139 million views

9. We Can Be Heroes - 137 million views

10. Glass Onion - 136 million views

Here are those Top 10 lists on which we based the above alltimer Top 10 list. TV (English Language):

1. Wednesday Season 1 (1.718 billion hours, 252 million views)

2. Stranger ings 4 (1.838 billion hours, 140 million views)

3. Dahmer: Monster (1.031 billion hours, 115 million views)

4. Bridgerton season 1 (989 million hours, 113 million views)

5. e Queen’s Gambit (746 million hours, 112 million views)

6. e Night Agent season 1 (803 million hours, 98 million views)

7. Stranger ings Season 3 (716 million hours, 94 million views)

8. Bridgerton season 2 (797 million hours, 93 million views)

9. e Witcher Season 1 (663 million hours, 83 million views)

10. e Watcher Season 1 (447 million hours, 79 million views)

4. Accused is British television anthology series from 2010 on Amazon Prime tells a di erent story in each episode. It follows a different alleged criminal as they await their verdict in court, telling the story behind how they nd themselves accused. e show’s main appeal is that in each episode, the accused is portrayed by a notable actor.

5. Secret State

Inspired by Chris Mullin’s novel A Very British Coup, the story from 2012 follows Deputy Prime Minister Tom Dawkins (Gabriel Byrne) as he vows to take on the American petrochemical company Petrofex following a devastating accident on British soil. After the Prime Minister dies in a suspicious plane crash, Dawkins’ understated political ambitions are tested as Ros Yelland (Sylvestra Le Touzel) and Felix Durrell (Rupert Graves) vie for the role of Prime Minister.

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