From Netflix to the Oscars, all you need to know about the year ahead in culture

Including album drops by Beirut and Dido, book releases from Picador and the return of HBO's True Detective. Lucy Jones reports

Rumours have been floating about that Lana Del Rey will be playing Glastonbury (Getty)

Really, you don’t need to leave your sofa in January. From HBO’s True Detective to the fourth and final series of Catastrophe on Channel 4, not to mention BBC's Luther and a panoply of Netflix shows such as It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Mindhunter, there is enough TV to keep you entertained. On the BBC in early 2019, expect comeback series This Time with Alan Partridge and The Victim, a four-part legal thriller starring Kelly Macdonald and John Hannah.

Adam McKay’s new film Vice will be a big watch for winter, starring an unrecognisably fattened up Christian Bale as Dick Cheney, alongside Sam Rockwell, Amy Adams, and Steve Carell.

American band Beirut is set to release their fifth studio album, Gallipoli, in the winter (Getty) (Getty Images)