Netflix is no stranger to the power of a good period drama – in fact, many observers would say that a huge part of the global breakout success of Peaky Blinders was down to the fact that it hit Netflix at quite an early stage, helping it become a phenomenon in the US. Now, as always, I can't prove that it's trying to recreate that show's appeal exactly, but what it's unveiled looks uncannily familiar.
House of Guinness takes the action away from Birmingham, and instead looks at an Irish dynasty, the home of the world-famous stout beer. Set between Dublin and New York as the Guinness family attempts to grow its brewing empire, in the aftermath of Sir Benjamin Guinness, who turned the beer into a market force.
