The Cinema Room at Orlando Village
During winter when the weather is cold and miserable its the perfect time to binge-watch brilliant boxsets, fascinating documentaries, and classic films.
If you’re staying at our student accommodation in Bolton, here at Orlando Village, you needn’t worry about braving the cold this winter to enjoy yourself. In our communal room – The Hub – you can find our band new conema room. With Disney plus, Netflix, all Sky channels and BT Sports, you can watch all the latest TV shows and live sport, not to mention festive favourites, such as Elf and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Here we share five shows to get excited about this winter – including some Christmas classics. So, don your comfy sweatpants, grab some snacks, and make yourself comfy…
1. The Crown
Netflix
The six really, really final instalments of the hugely popular series about Queen Elizabeth II and her family are arriving and they landed at the top of Netflix’s most watched list. This time, William (Ed McVey) meets Kate (Meg Bellamy) at university and Charles (Dominic West) and Camilla (Olivia Williams) finally marry.
Reportedly Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, who played Elizabeth at earlier ages, will be seen again in flashback scenes, alongside Imelda Staunton as the older Queen, with Viola Prettejohn as a younger Princess Elizabeth also making an appearance. It sounds like a misty-eyed farewell to the real Elizabeth, her majestic fictional counterparts, and the series.
2. Yu Yu Hakusho
Netflix
In this stylish live-action version of the popular manga series from the 1990s, the troublemaking teenager Yusuke (Takumi Kitamura) dies while heroically trying to save a little boy from an oncoming car. He travels to the spirit world and is sent back to life as an Underworld Detective investigating demons.
An animated Japanese television version from the 1990s aired on Cartoon Network in the early 2000s, and although the manga comic books ended 29 years ago, it continues to attract readers and has sold more than 78 million copies worldwide, making it among the bestselling ever.
3. Reacher
Amazon Prime
Based on Lee Child’s bestselling series of novels, this Amazon series premiered last year and did so well that it was renewed almost instantly. Now Alan Ritchson returns as Jack Reacher, the tough-guy, justice-seeking drifter and former member of the US Army’s military police.
This season’s plot has Reacher’s old Army special investigations team under attack, being hunted one by one, so they band together again to find the danger and eliminate it, or, as Reacher says, “put bad guys in jail”. Like the hulking Reacher himself, the series is sturdy and reliable, not flashy.
4. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Sky
The Miracle on 34th Street remake is probably a film you’ve watched umpteen times with your family – but thanks to Sky Movies, it’s one you can watch at your student accommodation in Bolton, too!
Starring child star Mara Wilson as six year old Susan Walker and Richard Attenborough as Kriss Kringle, this Christmas classic captures the magical make-believe of Christmas.
5. Doctor Who
BBC
The 60th anniversary specials with David Tennant continue this month, with Wild Blue Yonder on 2 December and The Giggle on 9 December. But the most anticipated upcoming episode of all might be the holiday special, which introduces Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) as the 15th Doctor and Millie Gibson (Coronation Street) as his new sidekick, Ruby Sunday, in an episode with the winking title, The Church on Ruby Road.
Stay cosy in your student accommodation this winter
There you have it – our top five picks for things to watch on TV this winter.
We’ve tried to include a mix of genres, new releases, and age-old classics to accommodate everyone. However, we’re sure you have your own lengthy list of programmes that you can’t wait to watch in the coming months too.
If you’d like to book a night with your flat mates and get cosy in our cinema, exclusive to all Orlando Village Studnet Accommdoation tenants or you have a question about our student accommodation in Bolton, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Simply give us a call on 01204 903 488.
