‘Have you seen Squid Game yet?” is the question everyone’s asking. The wacky South Korean survival drama — the platform’s most-streamed show (in 90 countries, including the UK) and is reportedly on track to be the most-watched series in Netflix’s history — was released on September 17, yet its tentacles have already spread across our news feeds (spoiler alerts ahead).
Named after a traditional Korean children’s game, the nine-episode series follows 456 people, all dealing with financial struggles as they are lured to compete for a final cash prize of 45.6 billion won (about £28 million). A business card delivered by an elusive subway-lurker is their golden ticket to play a series of games in a secret location. To begin with they are gassed out