Streaming on: Netflix

Episodes viewed: 8 of 8

At first sip, you might take House of Guinness for a 19th century spin on Succession . It concerns a powerful and wealthy family steering its way through turbulent times (specifically the struggle for Irish independence and the Bible-thumping threat of the temperance movement), with a quartet of offspring (three sons and one daughter — snap!) trying to prevail in the shadow of their towering patriarch. However, given that it’s Steven Knight pulling the pints, the show in fact has far more in common with his hit Brummie gangster series Peaky Blinders — to the point where it feels very much like a spiritual prequel.

These first eight episodes are festooned with Knight hallmarks: repeated slow-mo shots of an imposing figure struttin

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