The bear, the prince and the streaming giant

Like everyone else, we Europeans have been watching a LOT of television over the past year. But something rather nice has been happening: we've been watching *each other's* television. Could streaming giants like Netflix be helping develop a shared European culture, as we all sit down to enjoy shows like Lupin and Money Heist? This week we speak to Jérôme Dechesne of European producers' group CEPI about the Europeanisation of binge-watching. We're also talking about the prince who apparently-accidentally shot Romania's largest bear, and the Belgian farmer who may have apparently-accidentally moved the French border.

This episode was produced as part of Sphera, a brand-new collective of independent European media. Find out more at sphera-hub.com.

This week's Isolation Inspiration: Quo Vadis, Aida?, Toksvig's Almanac 2021, and The Economist: How Netflix is creating a common European culture.

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Producer: Katz Laszlo

Assistant producers: Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar

Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

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