PICKOFPAYTV AND MOVIES

NETFLIX NEW! ATTACK OF THE HOLLYWOOD CLICHES

HHHH In a satirical comedy special from Charlie Brooker, Rob Lowe dissects clips of movie cliches that just keep on popping up, such as ‘walking away from an explosion’. From Tuesday.

NEW! DIANA: THE MUSICAL

HHH Specially filmed version of the Broadway musical about the life of Princess Diana, which is showing on Netflix two months before it returns to the stage. From Friday.

NEW! MAID

(All ten parts) HHHH High-quality drama about poverty in the US, told from the point of view of a single mum who flees an abusive relationship. From Friday.

NEW! SEINFELD

(All nine seasons) HHHH Every episode of Jerry Seinfeld (right) and Larry David’s comedy, which started slow but finished perfect. From Friday.

MOVIE THE GUILTY

(2021) 15 u HHH True Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto wrote the script for this claustrophobic thriller, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a cop turned911 operator obsessed with the fate of a woman in peril on the line. From Friday.

AMAZON PRIME

MOVIE DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989) U l HHHH Heart-warming if dated drama about a coming together of perspectives, with Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. From Tuesday.

BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (2016) 15 u HHHH Twelve years after the last movie, this sequel starring Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth (but no Hugh Grant) delivers more laughs than expected. From Thursday.

MOVIE AMMONITE (2020) 15

MOVIE u HHHH Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet star in this subtle romance between two women in 1840s England. It’s based on the life of fossil expert Mary Anning, and there’s a lovely poetry to the way it plays. From Friday.

NEW! 90210 (All five seasons) HHH This sincere sequel series picks up the story of the haves and have-nots at a Beverly Hills school with a new cast, although both Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty return in the opener. From Friday.

NEW! SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH

(All seven seasons) HHH Since reinvented by Netflix, this is the brighter original 1990s teen series with Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina. From Friday.

DISNEY+

NEW! THE GREAT NORTH (Episodes 1-2) HHHH Animated sitcom with the voice of Nick Offerman (Parks And Recreation) as the wonderfully named

Beef Tobin, a single father raising four children in Alaska.

A warm, cosy and funny show.

Weekly, from Wednesday.

NEW! MISTRESSES (All four seasons) HHH Glossy US version of the 2008 BBC drama, with Alyssa Milano as Savi

(right), the seemingly sensible one among a group of female friends. She has a good marriage – doesn’t she? From Wednesday.

SKY / NOW

DRAMA TRUE DETECTIVE (Seasons 1-2) HHHH HBO’S Louisiana noir put its creator, Nic Pizzolatto – also the writer of

The Guilty (see Netflix) – on the Hollywood map. Matthew Mcconaughey and

Woody Harrelson play two very different investigators in the first and best season.

COMEDY GREG DAVIES: FIRING CHEESEBALLS AT A DOG

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The energetic solo stand-up debut of Taskmaster’s Greg Davies draws heavily on middle-age rage, and features good comic portraits of his dad and old headmaster. n Family viewing l Generally suitable for all u Caution recommended s Particularly liable to offend

BEST OF THE REST

NEW! MY LIFE IS MURDER (Acorn TV) HHH Alexa (Lucy Lawless) is a private eye repeatedly lured out of retirement in this likeable Aussie drama, which is back for a new, second season. She’s a quirky sort – once,

Alexa goes to see Ed Sheeran in concert, and says he looks like ‘somebody’s grandfather’. Weekly, from Monday.

THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART (Apple TV+) HHH Issue-focused US current affairs show from the fired-up, right-on, talk show host. Every other week, from Thursday.

NEW! PAY MOVIES

FAMILY CHOICE All five episodes of the new series of The Goes Wrong Show are available on iplayer from Monday weekend

THE COURIER (2020) 12 u (BT Film Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HHHH Cold War thriller based on the true story of Greville Wynne, a businessman who ferried Soviet secrets to the UK. Benedict Cumberbatch is the spot-on star of this Le Carre-style tale.

SUPERNOVA (2020) 15 u (BT Film Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HHHH Longtime friends Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci star as a loving couple on a road trip that could be their last. It’s a poignant, funny film, and the stars’ friendship makes the performances flow like water. Both from Monday. 27