Channel 4 has made the Italian crime thriller Stranded available to stream for free in the UK, offering viewers a gripping alternative to Christmas shopping. The eight-part series, which premiered in 2023, follows a group of guests trapped in a luxury mountain resort after a natural disaster, with dark secrets emerging as tensions rise.
Described as a mix of Agatha Christie, Lost and The White Lotus, the show centres on wealthy broker Giovanni, who has ties to a criminal organisation. He becomes stranded at a ski resort on Christmas Eve after an avalanche, and recognises another guest linked to his dark past. The official synopsis states: 'Giovanni realises his double life is about to unravel and only fate will decide who makes it out alive.'
The Guardian gave the series a three-star review, calling it 'a banquet of melodrama to feast on – a soapy melange of Agatha Christie, Lost and one of those cathartic sagas where rich people have a hellish time on a luxury holiday.' Italian outlets have also praised the show, with La Repubblica describing it as a 'hotbed of intrigue and mysteries', and Vanity Fair Italy noting its 'adrenaline-fuelled' narrative that 'exceeds expectations'.
Channel 4 has become a destination for foreign thrillers, recently adding the French-language series For Better or Worse, which won the Best Foreign French Fiction Award at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival in 2022. The streaming service also previously aired a Danish drama set in the 1920s, hailed as 'one of the best in decades'.
