PICKOFPAYTV AND MOVIES

NETFLIX

DAYBREAK NEW! (Season 1) HHH The apocalypse takes out all the pesky adults in Netflix’s comedy, and the teens left behind have a whole lot of fun. From Thursday.

BOJACK HORSEMAN

NEW! (Season 6, Part 1) HHHH This is the first half of the final season of one of Netflix’s most unlikely hits: an existential and darkly funny animation about an alcoholic horse who used to be a TV sitcom star. The second half is due in January. From Friday.

NEW! THE KOMINSKY METHOD

(Season 2) HHHH Michael Douglas returns as acting coach Sandy Kominsky (right) in Netflix’s poignant drama about later-life curve balls. Jane Seymour guest stars. From Friday.

MOVIE DOLEMITE IS MY NAME

(2019) 15 u

HHHH Not all of

Netflix’s films deserve to be on the big screen, but this one does.

It’s the story of the real-life rise of comic Rudy Ray Moore, who went from smoky club doldrums to the top of the blaxploitation film wave. He’s played with passion by Eddie Murphy, at the head of a cast that also features an unusual turn from Wesley Snipes. From Friday.

AMAZON PRIME

THE X FILES DRAMA (Seasons 1-11) HHH The entire original run of cases for Scully the sceptic and Mulder the believer, plus the questionable two-season revival. If you only watch one episode of the latter, make it the delightfully comical Mulder And Scully Meet The Were-monster (season ten, episode three).

THE DRIVER

DRAMA (All three parts) HHHH An excellent cast, led by David Morrissey, powers this BBC drama about an unhappy cab driver who takes on some shady work on the side. It comes from Danny Brocklehurst, the co-creator of Sky’s Brassic, and a writer of much else besides.

CHUCK

DRAMA (All five seasons) HHH Likeable and funny US action series about a nerd who learns that the secrets of the

CIA have been dumped inside his brain. One of the team who have to protect him is played by Yvonne Strahovski, who brought a very different energy to the role of Mrs Waterford in The Handmaid’s Tale.

COLD PURSUIT

MOVIE (2019) 15 u HHH Offbeat Liam Neeson thriller based on a Norwegian film, which follows a grieving snowplough driver on a revenge-fuelled odyssey of violence. From Tuesday.

SKY ON DEMAND/ NOW TV

THE TRIP TO SPAIN COMEDY (All six parts) HHHHH Sky’s hilarious comic odyssey for Rob Brydon and

Steve Coogan, which unfolds among Spain’s sights and restaurants. A Greek version is due on Sky next year.

COMEDY KEY AND PEELE

(Season 1) HHHH Before

Jordan Peele was an Oscarwinning screenwriter for

Get Out, and before Keegan

Michael-key became a familiar presence on film, they made this US sketch show. It tackles social awkwardness, male weakness and racial issues with a daring flair – and high production values.

FLEMING

DRAMA (All four parts) HHH Dominic Cooper has a brutish charm in Sky’s colourful drama about the life of

Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.

WATCHMEN

MOVIE (2009) 18 s HHH Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Alan Moore’s twisted superhero graphic novel is visually exciting, but tough work for the uninitiated. It’s set in a paranoid alternate 1985, and a new series that’s also based in that world begins on Monday at 9pm on Sky Atlantic.

BEST OF THE REST

LOOKING FOR ALASKA NEW! (BBC3 via iplayer) HHHH Coming-of-age drama set at a seemingly timeless US boarding school, where a newcomer becomes besotted with an unpredictable girl named Alaska. From today, 10am.

NEW! PENNYWORTH (Starzplay via Amazon & Virgin) HHHH Jack Bannon (left) seems to be channelling Michael Caine in this punchy origin story for Batman’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth. Expect style, action and some good one-liners – a Bond TV series, in a way. From Friday.

PAY MOVIES

TOY STORY 4

(2019) U n (BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HHHH Woody and co deal with the arrival of ‘Forky’ – a home-made toy who questions the very nature of his existence – in a road trip sequel that upholds the high standards of all that’s come before. Sweet, funny and poignantly insightful.

MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL

(2019) 12 u (BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HH Emma Thompson is a highlight as the head honcho in this so-so sci-fi sequel, with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson as the agents on the ground. Both from Monday.