A slightly different episode for Easter. We review one new Australian drama series and then list our Top 5 shows of the first quarter of 2025.

• Narrow Road to the Deep North (Prime Video, 5 episodes) has dropped with all five eps immediately available. The series tells the story of Australian prisoners of war in World War II who had to help build the Thai-Burma railway and the brutal conditions they lived under in a Japanese detention camp. Great performances from Jacob Elordi and Ciaran Hinds as the young and old Dorrigo Evans and Heather Mitchell and Olivia DeJonge as the young and old Ella Evans.

2025 Top 5 so far

From the 26 series reviewed so far in 2025 Andrew and James have listed their Top 5. There are nine series in all meaning they only agree on one show that featured on both lists.

Those nine series are:

Protection
Amandaland
Invisible Boys
Paradise
Smoggie Queens
Toxic Town
MobLand
Dying for Sex
Your Friends and Neighbours

Listen as the hosts debate their choices and mention several massive series that didn’t make the list.

TV Gold Homework

There was also some extra viewing required from the previous episode with debate around Your Friends and Neighbours, Dying for Sex and Good American Family. Were they all really worthy of Show of the Week status? After watching more episodes of all of them, do Andrew and James change their minds about any of them?

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