His warning follows the success earlier this year of House of Cards, a remake of the Thatcher-era BBC political drama, which he produced and starred in for the on-demand service Netflix, which hosts a library of films and TV shows for subscribers to access on via the internet televisions, computers and smartphones. It was the company's first original drama and all 13 episodes were made available simultaneously to allow viewers to "binge" on the series as they might do with a DVD box set.