IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME. You finally have those extra hours you promised yourself all year that you’d have to catch up with those boxsets that you were dying to watch.

But which ones to watch first?

We’ve organised our favourites by category, so you can choose at a glance. Got something to recommend? Tell us in the comments.

Something nostalgic

• Stranger Things (Netflix)

• Gilmore Girls (Netflix)

Something for Downton Abbey fans

• The Crown (Netflix)

• The Young Pope (Sky/HBO)

Something to make me think

• Westworld (HBO)

Something with action in it

• Jessica Jones (Netflix)

• Hannibal (Amazon)

• Breaking Bad (Netflix/DVD)

Something to make me laugh

• Master of None (Netflix)

• The Thick of It (Netflix/DVD)

• Alan Partridge (Netflix/DVD)

Some new comedy

• Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope (RTÉ Player)

• Fleabag (Amazon)

A classic that I’ve been meaning to watch

• The Wire (Amazon/DVD)

• The West Wing (Sky on Demand/DVD)

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