AFTER MOSCOW, MUNICH, Berlin, Buenos Aires and even Baltimore, Budapest has a new imitation game. In season four of Fauda the Hungarian capital stands in for Brussels. Kiev was the original plan, but recent events put paid to that. The substitution works, mostly, although once again landmarks such as Andrássy út, Budapest’s grandest avenue, are instantly recognisable to anyone who knows the city.
, Arabic for chaos, is less a television series than a global phenomenon. The Netflix series follows an undercover Israeli special forces unit as they track is especially popular in the Middle East, partly because its Arab characters are complex and nuanced, showing agency and courage.
