Netflix released Lord of the Flies from BBC iPlayer and BBC One 2026. It is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by William Golding. There have been 3 films and now this TV version of this novel. The most notable versions are the acclaimed 1963 film (which I have seen many times), the 1975 Filipino adaptation (never heard of this one), the 1990 American film (didn't see it), and the 2026 Netflix/BBC series (just watched). What's it all about, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954), British schoolboys are stranded after a plane crash on an island....no adults survive....the children descend into madness, savagery and the struggle of power and fear. This production has these kids (6...
VS When I started seeing the advertising on PBS for The Forsytes, I got excited....a new costume drama to sink my teeth in....yummy lace details for inspiration, pin-tucks galore and draaaaama. Then I noticed that Netflix also had The Forsyte Saga.....YAY I CAN SEE THIS VERSION BEFORE IT AIRS ON PBS. I immediately put it on my list and began to watch. To my surprise it opens with The Masterpiece opening credits.....now I am confused, this is not a Netflix original.....it's a 2002/2003 PBS series. Still weeks before the 2026 Forsytes to air, I watch with all ten episodes....and still look forward to watching the Forsytes to come.....all those grand costumes to look forward to and how...
Boy oh boy it doesn't get any more sappy....BUT like Hallmark, LMN, and Lifetime....everybody in the town has a beautiful kitchen! This series in a fictitious town in California (I think) at times looks like a travel log, with the sunset/sunrise mountains/rivers/forests....then it's the people, the cornball people...Oh they make an effort with the drama....a meth lab, murder, postpartum depression, breast cancer....it's not all sunshine and rainbows...but they always seem to end on a happy note and the town comes together at Jacks Bar for lunch, dinner and gossip, sewing with gossip and romance with a bar fight to make it legit! It not deep, this won't win awards or discussed like Adolescence but you can have a little guilty...
