It has been reported this week that more than half of those who watch
ongoing series catch multiple episodes in what is being called `bingewatching` or `box set Britain`.
Many even miss out on sleep in order to just watch one more episode before
bedtime. This isn’t a new thing as such- ever since videos people have been
able to watch episodes of series whenever they liked but it seems to have grown
now the likes of Netflix and Amazon have started dropping whole seasons at a
time. Whereas with videos, dvds and blu rays you’d probably already watched
weekly episodes first, now you don’t have to. You can watch all the episodes in
one day if you want but if you do are you missing out on an important aspect of
episodic drama?
