ON DEMAND HIGHLIGHTS

PAY-PER-VIEW MOVIES

Downton Abbey (2019) PG ● (Sky Store, Virgin) ★★★★ It’s 1927, and King George V and Queen Mary are coming to visit in a well-handled cinematic outing that hits all the notes you’d expect, and doesn’t stint on the bons mots for Maggie Smith’s Dowager Countess. From Monday.

SKY ON DEMAND

NEW! Sky Comedy Box Sets ★★★★ To mark the arrival of the Sky Comedy channel on Monday, a lot of US comedy series are being added to Sky’s on demand catalogue. These include: Sex And The City, Girls, Veep (starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, above), Everybody Hates Chris, Parks And Recreation and the first nine seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which returns for a new run on Tuesday on Sky Comedy at 9pm.

From Monday.

DRAMA Reverie (All ten parts) ★★★★ People lose themselves inside virtual reality environments in this US drama, and only one woman can get them out. It’s a short run of episodes, but there’s a decent ending.

MOVIE Bad Boys (1995) 18 s ★★★★ The bracing original outing for Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s detective duo, who recently returned for a second sequel.

NETFLIX

NEW! BoJack Horseman (Season 6) ★★★★ The final episodes of what is arguably Netflix’s deepest and finest original show, despite it being a cartoon about an alcoholic horse who used to be a sitcom star in the 1980s. From Friday.

NEW! The Stranger (All eight parts) ★★★★ This adaptation of Harlan Coben’s thriller is the TV equivalent of a page-turner, and stars Richard Armitage as a family man whose world is upended by a single piece of information. Look out for Jennifer Saunders in a rare dramatic role. From Thursday.

MOVIE Uncut Gems (2019) 15 ◆ ★★★★ Fans of Adam Sandler’s subtler work – see Punch-Drunk Love – will enjoy his portrayal of a jeweller and gambling addict in this exhausting but satisfying thriller set in New York. From Friday.