Craft Arts

Netflix

Sweet Tooth season one

TV, US, 2021 – out 4 June

In this bright and engaging adaptation of Jeff Lemire’s comic book, the introduction of a deadly virus that spreads across the world (ooh, topical!) coincides with the arrival of “hybrid” humans who are born with animal parts (ooh, cute!). Deer-boy Gus (Christian Convery) is one of them, hiding out with his father (Will Forte) in a national park before inevitably confronting the outside world, which has gone to the dogs.

Traditional currency has been replaced by tokens, for instance, and some people – such as Dr Singh (Adeel Akhtar) are pretending to live normal lives in a community in which it is now socially acceptable to wrap infected people in plastic and torch them. Featuring impressive world-building and beautiful cinematography with big, rich, creamy colours, light and dark combine in a series that – like the best family