PICK OF PAY TV AND MOVIES

NETFLIX NEW!

(Season 3) HHHH The new run of this Breaking Bad-style drama picks up with the casino in full swing, and everything between accidental crimelords Marty and Wendy (Jason Bateman and Laura Linney, both great) is all smiles on the surface. It doesn’t take long for that facade to crack, though, and this season is all the more fascinating as a result. From Friday.

DOCUMENTARY TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM AND MADNESS

(All seven parts) HHHH Extraordinary true-crime series from the studio behind the Fyre documentary, which unfolds in the eclectic world of big-cat owners – one in particular.

NEW! CRIP CAMP

HHHH Inspirational and eye-opening documentary that follows the story of a camp ‘run by hippies’ for disabled youths in the US in the early 1970s. From Wednesday.

DATING LOVE IS BLIND

(Season 1) HHHH No dating series goes as far in as few episodes as Netflix’s ambitious project, which starts with its budding lovebirds unable to see each other, talking and falling in love in a place called ‘the facility’. That’s just the starting point, though…

AMAZON PRIME NEW! STAR TREK: PICARD

(Season 1) HHH As this uneven adventure concludes, Picard and co face off against the Romulans. The season finale arrives on Friday.

DRAMA

(All five seasons) HHH The best reason to watch this Psycho prequel is the emotional chess game played between the young Norman and his mother, brilliantly portrayed by Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga.

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(Episodes 1-2) HHH Project Runway’s Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum reunite for Amazon’s energetic new fashion contest, which features some impressive corporate synergy. Each week, the winner’s designs will be available to buy on Amazon, while the ultimate victor walks away with $1 million. Among the guests are social media star Chiara Ferragni (left centre, with Gunn and Klum). Two new episodes arrive every Friday.

MOVIE BLOW THE MAN DOWN

(2019) 15 HHHH Dark deeds lurk beneath a picture-perfect surface in a sharp US noir set in a quaint fishing town. The plot concerns a murder covered up by two sisters, and a fabulously evil brothel owner (the excellent Margo Martindale).

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SKY ON DEMAND/ NOW TV NEW! BIG LITTLE LIES

(Season 2) HHHH Although it was completely unnecessary, season two of

HBO’S star-studded drama is very watchable indeed.

The addition of Meryl Streep as Perry’s mum, who unpicks the lies told by the women in season one, gives it the oomph it needs. From Friday.

NEW! DEADWOOD: THE MOVIE

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This feature-length one-off brings a poignant full stop to the HBO western, 13 years after it ended. It’s 1889, and the future is coming to Deadwood in the form of telephone lines – but a battle must be fought first. Timothy Olyphant and Ian Mcshane return. From Friday.

COMEDY

(Season 1) HHH Frothy US show in which a divorced 40year-old mum poses as a 26-year-old, and picks up a job in publishing. Sutton Foster is the nimble star of a comedy that’s more grounded than it sounds.

MOVIE YOUNGER REAR WINDOW

(1954) PG ● HHHHH The classic thriller, with James Stewart as a housebound photographer. s Particularly

BEST OF THE REST NEW! DISNEY+ LAUNCH

HHHH The biggest series on Disney’s new streaming service is the Star Wars sci-fi western The Mandalorian, starring Game Of Thrones’ Pedro Pascal as the bounty hunterwithasadpastandan honourable present (left). The wider show has a nice, dry wit and a flair for Magnificent Seven moments, while other highlights include Encore!, in which old friends restage their school productions, a new High School Musical series, and a show for Toy Story’s Forky. See page 47 for more details. From Tuesday.

PAY MOVIES LE MANS ’66

(2019) 12 (BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HHHH The true story of how Ford took on Ferrari in the 1966 Le Mans race, with Matt Damon as car designer Carroll Shelby, and Christian Bale as zen-like British driver Ken Miles. The racing sequences are electrifying, and best heard through a big sound system.

THE WOLF HOUR

u(2019) 15 (BT TV Store, Virgin) HHH Atmospheric if not wholly satisfying drama about a tormented writer (Naomi Watts) in the hot New

York summer of 1977. Both from Monday.

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