2020s TV: Match the Show to the Description Quiz

Answer: The Boys

"The Boys" is based on a comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. It concerns a group of vigilantes, called "The Boys" who are opposed to the establishment superheroes who work in a sort of military-entertainment complex, crime fighting and making movies, for a company called Vought. The chief superheroes are included in a group called the Seven. The series starts by following newbie Seven member Starlight, and new recruit to "The Boys", Hugh Campbell. A complication is that they fall in love. We discover that the superheroes are not all good people, and that they have been given their abilities through pharmaceutical intervention, using "Compound V", which Vought developed.

Cast includes: Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Antony Starr

Answer: The Sandman

Based on Neil Gaiman's classic comic book, "The Sandman" follows Morpheus, aka Dream, the ruler of dreams and nightmares. He is captured and imprisoned by a magus for a century. Bad things happen - nightmares escape, the sleeping sickness affects thousands. When he escapes, he has to locate three key artifacts, his bag of sand, ruby and "helm" (helmet/mask), to put things right. This involves many trials including visiting hell. Then a person who is a vortex in time is located and threatens mass destruction.

Cast includes: Tom Sturridge, Vivienne Acheampong, Kyo Ra

Answer: Mare of Easttown

"Mare of Easttown" was created by Brad Ingelsby and set in a Philadelphia suburb. Marianne "Mare" Sheehan is a detective who used to be a local hero because of her high school basketball prowess. A young woman is found murdered and people doubt if Mare can handle the case, because she has failed to solve a recent disappearance and assumed murder. She also has a lot of personal and family issues. She is assigned a young male partner against her wishes.

Cast includes: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Guy Pearce

Answer: It's a Sin

Russell T. Davies's "It's a Sin" follows the lives of a group of gay men and their friends between 1981 and 1991. They discover a world of liberation in London, but the onset of AIDS changes everything. There is denial, acceptance and anger. The misreporting of the media and unfeeling treatment by society is shown in all its shameful details. But it is also a life-affirming, and funny story.

Cast includes: Olly Alexander, Lydia West, Stephen Fry

Answer: Barry

In Alec Berg and Bill Hader's "Barry", a hitman accidentally discovers a penchant and ability for acting. He balances his old and new worlds with increasing difficulty - pursued by the LAPD and involved with the Chechen mafia and Bolivian criminals. He finds romance at his acting class, which complicates things further. His acting coach starts a relationship with the detective investigating his crimes. Oh, and it's a comedy.

Cast includes: Bill Hader, Henry Winkler, Sarah Goldberg

Answer: Schitt's Creek

In the sitcom "Schitt's Creek", a wealthy family of four lose all their money after a business manager rips them off. They move to Schitt's Creek, a nothing town in Ontario, where their only remaining property is located - a rundown hotel. They are fish out of water, but gradually rebuild their lives and become valued members of their new community.

Cast includes: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy

Answer: Invincible

In the cartoon superhero show "Invincible", regular teenager Mark Grayson discovers that his father is the world's greatest superhero, Omni-Man. Moreover, he will become a superhero himself as he moves into adulthood. He calls himself "Invincible". He works with other superheroes to protect the earth from trouble from earthbound or alien menace. The world's greatest superhero team have all been killed and the culprit needs to be found.

Cast includes: Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J. K. Simmons

Answer: This Country

In the mockumentary sitcom "This Country", cousins Kerry and "Kurtan" live in a small village in the west of England. They get involved in local life - scarecrow building competition, looking after chickens, harvest festival and fairs. Kerry gets a tattoo from a scary woman. They have the excitement of a trip to Swindon.

Cast includes: Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Ashley McGuire

Answer: The Pentaverate

In the comedy series "The Pentaverate", a shadowy cabal of five men control what happens on the earth, and have been doing so for centuries. A new member to the group is murdered shortly after being initiated. Someone in the Pentaverate must be a killer. A Canadian TV journalist engages with a conspiracy theorist to unearth the truth about the Pentaverate.

Cast includes: Mike Myers (multiple roles), Lydia West, Jennifer Saunders.

Answer: Quiz

"Quiz" was a drama series based on the real life story of a controversial attempt to win £1M live on the British TV quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". An army major called Charles Ingram, who got through to the hotseat on the program, showed a massive improvement when his session moved to a second day, getting to the jackpot of £1M despite apparently not being a great quiz brain. Allegedly, Charles, his wife Diana, and a lecturer called Tecwen Whittock, had conspired to defraud the program by leading Charles to the correct answer through a system of coughs.

Cast includes: Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Michael Sheen