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'Addictive' series with perfect audience score on Rotten Tomatoes streaming on Netflix

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An 'addictive' drama series with a perfect audience score on Rotten Tomatoes has just been added to .

Temple, was originally a Sky produced drama and was previously only available via their TV and streaming services but is now included on the alternative streaming service.

The British series stars Mark Strong and combines medical and crime dramas for a unique viewers cannot get enough of. It also features actors recognisable from hit shows such as Line of Duty, including Daniel Mays and Craig Parkinson.

A surgeon (Strong) sets up an illicit clinic in the tunnels below the Temple tube station to find a cure for his ill wife. However, he must fund his operation by treating criminals and other desperate patients who cannot seek help from regular medical facilities.

The series is turn a variation on a Scandi-noir television show called Valkyrien, which follows the same premise however the original clinic is housed in an old bomb shelter. Viewers who find themselves binging through the two series of Temple, can find the Norwegian version on Amazon Prime. It also sits with a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes' popcornmeter, which is the website's audience rating.

While Temple originally aired on Sky beginning in 2019, it has found a host of new fans already on its second home. Many have taken to social media to share their reaction, including many describing how the show is 'addictive.

One posted on X: "Temple on Netflix. OMG I’m hooked. I always do this to myself before bedtime." Another shared a review online, saying: "Really enjoyed first series and will start season 2 tomorrow. Great idea and fantastic script and dialogue which is hilarious in places.

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"Superb casting too as everyone is believable and down to earth. It's the best thing I've watched for a while that holds your attention and is both intriguing and exciting. It's addictive, watchable and satisfying so if you've not seen it yet get cracking. 5 stars from me."

A critic from the Evening Standard even compared the series to early Quentin Tarantino films. They wrote: "[Temple] feels, at times, like early Tarantino, with dodgy coppers and incompetent criminals, as [Mark] Strong holds the thing together with his glower."

It is not the first time a series has found a second life on Netflix, as Sky comedy Brassic, Channel 5 drama The Cuckoo and Irish series Clean Sweep have all found a boost on the platform.

Temple is streaming on Netflix and Now TV.

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