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The Backstage team have been inundated with requests for recommendations about what to watch while we are all stuck inside - so we thought we'd do a special podcast sharing our best tips on what movies, boxsets, and documentaries to catch up on!

Claire, Katie, and Stevie talk through their favourite 80s films, must-see TV, and uplifting documentaries that will hopefully entertain us - and whoever we're sharing our screens with!

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Classics
The Godfather trilogy - We found out on this episode that neither Claire nor Katie has seen them all!
The whole of Wes Anderson's back catalogue - if you don't like Bill Murray this might not be for you! (But who doesn't like Bill Murray?)
Lord of the Rings
Taken
Ghostbusters
Die Hard - The first three. Maybe the fourth at a stretch. And they are fine to watch even though it's not Christmas - we've checked!
The Dark Knight trilogy
Matrix trilogy
Star Wars - The ORIGINAL trilogy only. (We're still not ready to talk about the last movie!)
Back to the Future trilogy
Raiders of the Lost Arc - In fact, just watch all the Indiana Jones films!

80s Films
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
Pretty in Pink
(Basically any John Hughes films)

Great awful movies
Mamma Mia
Mamma Mia Here we go Again
Cats? (We're hoping we'll be able to stream this soon)

Box Sets
Seinfeld
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
The Good Place - Claire has only seen three episodes!
The (US) Office
Parks and Recreation
Friends
Superstore - The US version of Trollied
The Mindy Project
Schitt's Creek
Westworld
Lost - (We know.)
Game of Thrones - (We also know.)
Madmen
The Sopranos
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Succession
Save Me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Netflix) - Stevie is OBSESSED!
Gilmore Girls
The Good Wife
The Good Fight
Downton Abbey
Grey's Anatomy
House

Documentaries
Cheer - Daytona is cancelled this year :(
Losers

Musicals
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Reality TV
Great British Bake Off - Watch, bake, watch, bake, repeat!
RuPaul's Drag Race

Exercise
Fit in 5 - Work off those working from home snacks!

Music
Gigs from home - check out the celebs doing live concerts on social media, started by Chris Martin.
The Met Opera is live streaming a new opera every day on their website - if there's anytime to get into opera it's now!

Soundtracks
I'm not OK with this - wonderful 80s soundtrack!
End of the F***ing World
Any Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack
Same goes for Edgar Wright films!
Euphoria
And, of course, Sex Education

We hope this helps, stay safe and healthy everyone and we'll be back soon with more podcasts soon!

It's a big week of TV reviews from Katie, Stevie and Claire. Julian Fellowes is the man of the moment with two new shows - The English Game on Netflix and Belgravia on ITV, but do football and period drama mix? There's definitely something Stevie is enjoying about one of the programmes but can anyone confirm when hipster beards were first invented?
In solidarity with a fellow Spencer Katie's insisted we all watch Mister Winner, but if Barry from EastEnders is the best thing about the comedy, and he's only in it for five minutes, is it worth checking out?
Crip Camp is this week's top recommendation, find out why the team loved the new Netflix doc and why you should be watching it.
And it's all about fash-un daaaarling on new Amazon Prime reality show Making the Cut - Stevie knows one of the contestants but does he know the inside goss?
All that, plus another excellent buffet anecdote - this time involving Stevie and one Mrs Hillary Clinton.
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