Think you have exhausted all that there is to watch on Netflix? Want to refresh your Leaving Certificate language skills? You still can, if Spanish or French are your languages with this mixed bag of TV shows available on the streaming service.
Call My Agent / Dix Pour Cent
This series about publicists in Paris, who represent famous actors and help them through various troubles in their career, is so popular in France that real-life French stars are clamouring to be on the show.
Cathedral Of The Sea / La Catedral del Mar
Cathedral of the Sea is set in medieval Barcelona and takes place against the backdrop of the building of the city’s cathedral. Based on the Spanish historical novel of the same name by Ildefonos Falcones, the main character is determined to shake off the shackles of serfdom to become a nobleman.
Bonfire of Destinies / Le Bazar de la Charité
Based on the real life fire that engulfed a charity bazaar in Paris in 1897, this drama follows three women whose lives were drastically altered by the inferno. It’s hard to switch off and full of twists and turns. Plus the homes in many of the stories looks like something out of Architectural Digest.
The Cable Girls / Las Chicas de los Cables
It’s hard to believe that when the telephone went mainstream that there were people physically connecting the phone lines, but this was a very glamorous job in Pre-Franco Spain. This series follows a group of girls who work in the phone exchange as history unfolds around them.
Morocco:Love in Times of War / Tiempos de Guerra
Spain has a number of enclaves to this day in Morocco: Ceuta and Melilla. This series is about a group of nurses stationed in Melilla, Morocco to help wounded soldiers in their fight against dissidents in the 1921 Rif War.
