One Day and 4 Other Best Miniseries Released in 2024 to Binge on Holidays
Short, gripping stories that you can watch over a couple of evenings.
We're catching up on what we missed this year and putting together a list of miniseries to watch over the holidays.
We've put together a list of stories about ancient Greek gods, detective investigations, and teddy bears.
1. Kaos, 2024
Now Zeus wears Adidas, lives in a luxurious mansion, and conspires to avoid being toppled from Olympus. Kaos is a story about the confrontation of the gods, which cannot take place without the intervention of mere mortals.
Poseidon relaxes on a yacht, Dionysus ponders how to impress his father, and Orpheus becomes a popular singer whose muse, Eurydice, decides to leave him.
The series immerses you in a mythological drama and rewrites familiar stories about the inhabitants of Mount Olympus and other characters of the epic. The project also leaves many references to lesser-known myths, so it is worth watching not only for the sake of divine showdowns.
2. One Day, 2024
Emma and Dexter meet at a graduation ball, after which a strong friendship develops between them. The two celebrate the 15th of July together every year, but they never dare to confess their feelings to each other.
The series is based on the novel of the same name by David Nicholls, which was adapted for the screen by Lone Scherfig in 2011, starring Anne Hathaway. The series stars Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall.
The project not only shows the complex interactions of characters from opposite social classes, but also allows you to immerse yourself in different eras, from the 1990s to the 2000s.
3. Eric, 2024
Benedict Cumberbatch transforms himself into a puppeteer and creator of a children's TV show. The main character Vincent's son Edgar has disappeared. The father's only hope is the puppet monster Eric from the child's drawings.
The idea is to show his image on television. But Vincent is so obsessed with finding his son that Eric becomes his imaginary friend.
You can watch the project not only because of Benedict Cumberbatch, but also because of the screenwriter Lucy Forbes, who wrote the series This Is Going to Hurt and The End of the F***ing World.
4. Ted, 2024
The Ted duology is back in TV series format. This time Seth MacFarlane tells the story of John Bennett's youth, his adjustment in high school and of course his teddy bear Ted, who has to go to school with his friend.
John faces the usual teenage problems like bullying and first love. And Ted still tries to influence him.
The series is based on the structure of popular sitcoms of the 1990s, while its characters adapt the humor of comedies of the 2010s and discuss topics that are very relevant to our times.
5. Ripley, 2024
This new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel has been turned into a TV series and stars Andrew Scott as the main character, who travels to Italy to persuade the son of a wealthy ship owner, Dickie Greenleaf, to return to New York.
The mission to bring back the heir turns into a cunning plan: having tasted life on the Italian coast, Tom decides to take Dickie's place by stealing his identity.
This time, the series is made in a stylish black and white format, and Andrew Scott embodies a new image of Tom Ripley, playing a charming and not so young, but at the same time cold and calculating con man who liked the luxurious life too much.