Does binge-watching box-sets make us miss the best TV?

The head of the BBC maintains we are missing out on quality TV because of box sets. Ed Power picks up his remote and checks out the winter schedules to see if he’s right    

Does television have an elitism problem?

That was the opinion of head of BBC TV Danny Cohen, who claimed the popularity of acclaimed “box set” dramas such as Mad Men, Game Of Thrones and True Detective is overstated, and that most viewers would rather curl up to something locally produced and less brain-bendingly esoteric.