Janu-worry? Stay in and stream these international series [watch]

Janu-worry? Stay in and stream these international series [watch]From The Last of Us S1' to The Sex Lives of College Girls S2' and beyond. Here are some must-watch series to stream this January.

by Mariette van Niekerk

11-01-2023 14:39

in Entertainment

The best international series to watch this month. Image: Supplied.

Sit back, relax and binge-watch these international series on Showmax.

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MUST-WATCH SERIES ON SHOWMAX Just because it is Janu-worry and your bank account leaves little room for fun, it doesn't mean you cannot enjoy a bit of entertainment.

Here's a list of the must-watch international series on Showmax this January.

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THE LAST OF US

Watch: Mondays from 16 January 2023

One of Variety's Most Anticipated Streaming Titles of 2023, HBO's The Last Of Us is set 20 years after modern civilisation has been destroyed.

Joel is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone. But what starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal journey as the pair traverse the U.S., depending on each other for survival.

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Based on the smash hit video game of the same name, the series is written and executive produced by Emmy winner Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann from The Last of Us and Uncharted video game franchises.

THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS

Binge now, a first on Showmax

HBO Max's The Sex Lives of College Girls follows four college roommates at the fictional Essex College. The new season picks up with the students returning after their fall break, tackling the challenges thrown their way at the end of Season 1, and facing their next semester filled with new faces, parties and predicaments.

HBO Max has already renewed The Sex Lives of College Girls for a third season.

THIS ENGLAND

Binge from 16 January 2023

Co-written and directed by BAFTA winner Michael Winterbottom (The Trip, Greed, Welcome To Sarajevo), This England stars Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond (Minx) as Carrie Symonds.

The six-part Sky Original drama takes us inside the halls of power during Johnson's tumultuous first months as Prime Minister, as he grapples with Covid-19, Brexit, and a controversial personal and political life.

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THE CLEANING LADY S2

Watch: Thursdays from 26 January 2023

Based on the Argentine series La Chica que Limpia, crime drama The Cleaning Lady follows a whip-smart Filipina doctor (Elodie Yung from The Hitman's Bodyguard and The Defenders), who comes to the US for medical treatment to save her son. When the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she becomes a cleaner for the mob and starts playing the game by her own rules.

GOSSIP GIRL S2

Binge episodes 1-7, with new episodes every Friday | First on Showmax

It's the second semester of junior year, and Gossip Girl is leaving no stone unturned in her effort to control the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite.

She's learned a thing or two from her first go-round, namely: what her audience wants, they shall get. It's time for her to turn the heat up on what's been simmering (Julien, have you met Monet?) as well as look at her own impact, and how she can make it more catastrophic than it was before. Even if that means lying to do it.

Old enemies, new allies, constantly shifting sands - this semester, there can only be one queen, and by the end of the school year, everyone will know where the bodies are buried, and just who was holding the shovel.

Picking up with a new generation of New York private school teens at Constance St Jude's, the reboot's launch saw it trending at #1 on Twitter and generating over 15 billion total social impressions, pulling in a record number of viewers over Part 1's first weekend on HBO Max in July last year.

HIS DARK MATERIALS S3

The third and final season of the multi-award-winning HBO and BBC One fantasy epic His Dark Materials is based on The Amber Spyglass, the final novel in Philip Pullman's Carnegie-winning book trilogy, which was listed among Time Magazine's 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time.

Season 3 follows Lyra (MTV Movie Award winner Dafne Keen from Logan) and Will (Emmy nominee Amir Wilson from The Letter for the King) as they journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned. As her father's great war against the Authority edges closer, they will learn that saving the world comes at a terrible price.

BILLIONS S6

Watch: Mondays from 23 January 2023

New money means no mercy as Mike Prince takes the Axe Capital throne in Season 6 of Billions. Chuck Rhoades is convinced no one should have that much wealth or power. As all the players seek out new alliances, only one thing's for certain wealth means war.

Following the Season 5 exit of Bobby Axe Axelrod (Damian Lewis), Critics Choice nominee Corey Stoll (House of Cards, Ant-Man) steps into the spotlight as his successor, Prince, along with Black Reel nominee Daniel Breaker (The Good Fight, Mozart in the Jungle) as Prince's right-hand man, Scooter Dunbar.

Nominated for five Critics Choice Awards, Billions is already renewed for a seventh season.

RUN THE WORLD S1

Binge from 27 January 2023

Run the World follows a group of Black women who work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination, not just surviving but thriving together as they navigate relationships and the professional world.

Run the World has been renewed for a second season.

THE FIRST LADY S1

Binge from 23 January 2023

Nominated for three 2022 Emmys, The First Lady takes viewers into the East Wing of the White House.

The show spans three different political eras between 193

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