In the age of streaming giants pouring millions into gripping TV series – it’s no surprise that for millions, staying in has become the new going out.
Gone are the days of waiting for weekly episodes – now we can gorge on our favourite series at the click of a remote.
Amazon Prime has now revealed which shows Britons can’t get enough of from Game of Thrones fans in London to Breaking Bad lovers in Liverpool.
Read on to find out which TV favourite has been watched the most in your city.
Amazon Prime has now revealed which shows Britons can’t get enough of from Game of Thrones fans in London to Breaking Bad lovers in Liverpool
Game of Thrones dominates the list, placing as the most binge-watched show in eight different cities.
Those in Sheffield, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds, Nottingham, Plymouth and Cardiff, can’t get enough of Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and the drama in Westeros.
Despite ending in 2019, the popular fantasy franchise, based on the best-selling books by George R.R Martin, remains a favourite up and down the country.
However, Friends was voted the most binged series overall, with 36% of the votes.
The iconic sitcom made it into the top two most watched shows in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Cardiff.
In Liverpool, American crime drama series Breaking Bad takes the top spot, followed by Friends and gangster epic the Sopranos who are tied at second place.
If telly lovers in Belfast are not watching Friends, you will find them catching up with the romantic thrills and spills of Carrie Bradshaw and her friends in Sex in the City.
Game of Thrones dominates the list, placing as the most binge-watched show in eight different cities
Friends was voted the most binge-watched show overall, with 36% of the votes
Based on the research, it appears that Brits are more inclined to binge older TV shows – Friends and Sex and the City first aired in the nineties, meanwhile Game of Thrones began in 2011.
The Walking Dead made it to the list as the second most binged show in Bristol and The Office is a staple for those in Oxford.
Nostalgic sci-fi show Doctor Who is loved by those in Plymouth and Sheffield, just as the series made it’s dramatic return on Saturday – with Ncuti Gatwa taking the role of the time-travelling Time Lord from Christmas Day onwards.
It’s new opening titles featured the Time Lord’s blue Tardis speeding through space with the eye-popping special effects leaving viewers ‘obsessed’.
As part of the research, Prime Video also revealed that Titanic topped the list of the greatest blockbusters of all time (39% of the vote ) and David Attenborough: Blue Planet is overwhelmingly considered the most-loved documentary (40%).
The nation voted the Star Wars movies (29%) as the second best blockbuster, followed closely by E.T and Jurassic Park.
Almost a third of women voting for Grease as their number one (30%), while Gladiator was a firm favourite for nearly a fifth of men across the UK (19%).
The survey also found almost a third of Brits have watched their favourite movie (31%) and most memorable sporting moment (29%) at least five times, with 10% of men admitting to rewatching over ten times.
Meanwhile, fans of reality TV voted for Kim Kardashian crying after losing her diamond earring in the ocean in Keeping Up with the Kardashians, as the most iconic moment.
Find the full list of Britain’s most bingeable TV shows for UK cities below:
