PICK OF PAY TV AND MOVIES

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(Season 6) HHH This morally upstanding Canadian romance – with Erin Krakow as teacher Elizabeth Thatcher – is set in the small mining town of Coal Valley, where life is cosy as can be. From today.

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(All six seasons) HHHH They use longer sentences than any other teens in the history of the world, but that’s part of the charm of Dawson, Joey and the rest. From tomorrow.

MOVIE WHEN CALLS THE HEART DAWSON’S CREEK OPERATION CHRISTMAS DROP

(2020) PG ● HHH A festive romcom in the traditional mould, but done to a high standard and with an unusual chalk-andcheese romantic duo: a political aide and a US Air

Force pilot. From Thursday.

MOVIE SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

(2018) PG ● HHHH

This clever and funny animated adventure brings together Spider-men from different universes (above) – one, Peter Porker, turns into Spider-ham – and it scooped both an Oscar and a Bafta. It’s better than plenty of live-action superhero films, although a bit of inside knowledge raises appreciation. From Friday.

AMAZON PRIME

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Catch up with new episodes of CBBC’S creepy stop-motion cartoon Scream Street, on iplayer

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SKY / NOW TV DRAMA THE ANNOUNCER

(All six parts) HHH Good-looking and recently added French mystery, set at a TV station in 1960s Paris. Please note, this series is just available on Sky On Demand and not on Now TV.

DRAMA TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED

(All nine seasons) HHH Plenty of familiar faces feature in this spooky 1980s anthology. Joan Collins appears in three stories, starting in episode six as an art collector’s faithless wife.

DISNEY+ NEW! THE MANDALORIAN

(Season 2, Episode 2) HHHH Blockbusters are thin on the ground in cinemas, but this Star Wars series provides a decent home alternative. In season two, the bounty hunter’s quest to find safe harbour for Baby Yoda continues. A new episode arrives every Friday.

NEW! THE SIMPSONS

(Season 31) HHH Twenty-two new episodes of a comedy that still attracts good guest stars. Listen out for Jane Goodall (episode five), Glenn Close (episode nine) and

Cate Blanchett (episode 22). From Friday. s Particularly

BEST OF THE REST NEW! GODFATHER OF HARLEM

(Starzplay via Amazon and Virgin) HHH Forest Whitaker (left) stars in this slick TV prequel to the 2007 movie American Gangster (you can find that on Sky/now TV), and set in 1960s New York. From tomorrow.

NEW! WASTELAND

(Walter Presents/all 4) HHHH Tough, layered drama from HBO Europe, about a missing girl in a close-knit village in northern Bohemia. Much better than the average Walter Presents addition. From Friday.

PAY MOVIES HOW TO BUILD A GIRL

(2019) 15 (BT TV Store, Virgin) HHHH Beanie Feldstein gamely adopts a Wolverhampton accent for this enjoyable adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s semi-autobiographical novel. This tale of an aspiring writer is also available as part of the Amazon Prime subscription.

A CALL TO SPY

(2019)12 (BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HHH Castle’s Stana Katic dons an English accent for this stirring Second World War drama, about the hiring of women to spy for Churchill’s Special Operations Executive. Both from Monday.

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