The Box Set
Harry Potter: A History of Magic, 8.35pm, Tuesday, Prime
Miriam Margolyes narrates this new British documentary made to celebrate the British Library’s exhibition of the same name. As well as offering a tour of the priceless collection of Potter artefacts, it also features interviews with the film series’ actors Warwick Davis, David Thewlis, Mark Williams, Evanna Lynch, as well as author JK Rowling.
Mosaic, 8.30pm, Friday, SoHo
Sharon Stone, Garrett Hedlund, Paul Reubens and Beau Bridges star in this six-part whodunit, based on the murder of popular children’s book author and illustrator Olivia Lake and the four-year effort of law-enforcement officers and civilians to arrive at the truth behind the crime.
Henry V, 8.30pm, Saturday, Ma¯ ori TV
The 1989 Shakespeare adaptation that introduced the movie world to the multi-talented Kenneth Branagh. He wrote, directed and starred as the the young English King who embarks on the conquest of France in the early 15th century. ‘‘While Branagh’s direction is forthright and articulate, his acting is brash and flamboyant,’’ wrote The Washington Post‘s Hal Hinson.
Baltimore Rising, 8.30pm, Sunday, SoHo Directed by The Wire actress Sonja Sohn, this documentary follows activists, police officers, community leaders and gang affiliates who struggled to hold the US city together after the 2015 death of Freddie Gray in police custody. ‘‘It invites you to think about a host of things: order and disorder, passion and prudence, parents and children, systemic oppression and individual initiative,’’ wrote the Los Angeles Times‘ Robert Lloyd.
In the Valley of Elah, 8.30pm, Sunday, Choice Inspired by actual events in 2003, writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby) crafts a superbly paced, finely nuanced military-themed mystery that also takes some well-placed jabs at the George W Bush administration. Tommy Lee Jones earned a well-deserved Oscar nomination for his performance as a father who will stop at nothing to find his AWOL war veteran son. ‘‘A deeply reflective, quietly powerful work that is as timely as it is moving,’’ wrote The Hollywood Reporter‘s Michael Rechtshaffen.
Liar, 8.45pm Sunday, TVNZ1
Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd star in this six-part British psychological thriller about a teacher and a surgeon whose first date has far-reaching consequences. ‘‘Slick, layered and, in being centred on two people’s wildly different recollections of sexual intercourse, did a deft job in keeping us stumped as to whose version is correct,’’ wrote The Times‘ Carol Midgley.
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