If you wasted the extra hour we gained this week asleep instead of using it to cram in more television, frankly more fool you.

Always thinking of you, Netflix and Amazon have saved some of their very best entertainment for one of the more miserable months of the year, from the Coen brothers new western to the return of House of Cards after Frank Underwood's not so secret death.

Here's the best of what you can stream in November.

Remember, more hours of darkness means more hours of guilt-free screen time.

Netflix

House of Cards season six (2 November)

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After axing Kevin Spacey this time last year, the final instalment of House of Cards attempts to answer the question of whether to carry on when one member of a TV show is disgraced. In this case it seems so, and with Claire already President during the last season it's a smoother transition than you might imagine. New cast members Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear provide a brother and sister duo you love to hate and there's even more backstabbing in the Capitol, if that's possible.

The Sinner season two (9 November)

In the first season of the crime drama, Detective Harry Ambrose (Bill Pullman) investigated why a mother (Jessica Biel) murdered a man but has no memory of the event. In the follow-up season, which is already earning rave reviews ahead of release, Ambrose must return to his hometown of upstate New York to investigate why an 11-year-old boy brutally murdered his parents.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (16 November)

Coming from heavyweight directing duo Joel and Ethan Coen, this six-part Western anthology is a collection of tales about the American frontier with each episode focusing on a different storyline. In the titular instalment, the story of a "sharp-shooting songster" is explored, 'Near Algodones' tells the tale of a wannabe bank robber who gets his comeuppance, and 'Meal Ticket' is a gothic tale about two weary travelling performers.

Narcos: Mexico (16 November)

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Narcos has swapped the regimented Cali Cartel in Colombia for the loose and disorganised confederation of independent dealers in Mexico. From this sprung the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s where Félix Gallardo unified traffickers in order to build an empire. “Félix” is credited as the founder of the modern Mexican drug trade and the show will track how his operation became so sophisticated, with all the betrayals and bloodshed that arrived along the way.

The Final Table (20 November)

From Parts Unknown to Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, quality television about cooking and global cuisine has exploded in recent years. The latest instalment on Netflix sounds like Chef's Table meets The Hunger Games as chefs compete in a global culinary competition for a spot at the elite 'final table'. The series features 12 teams of two chefs from around the world and each episode focuses on a different country's cuisine they are challenged to cook. Bring snacks.

Amazon

Homecoming (2 November)

Julia Roberts takes to the small screen in this psychological thriller from the director of Mr. Robot. In it she plays Heidi Bergman, a caseworker at the Homecoming Transitional Support Centre which helps soldiers adapt back to civilian life. Years later we find her working as a waitress and searching for the truth about her former employer and discovering the real reason she left.