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NEW! HHHH Three American teenage girls, all adopted from China as babies, discover they are blood-related cousins in an uplifting documentary that follows them to China. From Wednesday.

NIGHT TEETH

MOVIE (2021) 15 u HHH A relaxed chauffeur is plunged into an underworld vampire war in this pulsepounding LA thriller. From Wednesday.

NEW! SEX, LOVE AND GOOP (Season 1) HH In an 18-rated series, Gwyneth Paltrow and a ‘team of experts’ help couples to overcome intimate issues. From Thursday.

NEW! LOCKE & KEY

(Season 2) HHHH

This is one of Netflix’s best shows, but the first season flew under the radar. Emilia Jones stars as Kinsey (right), one of three siblings who discover magical keys in their father’s house, and season two opens with the secrets of a deadly door set to be revealed. From Friday.

NEW! INSIDE JOB

(Season 1) HHH Witty animated comedy from the makers of Gravity Falls, set inside an agency where conspiracy theories are real. From Friday.

AMAZON PRIME

NEW! THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND (Season 2, Episodes 1-3) HHH The coming-of-age spin-off series follows teens who’ve grown up in a zombie-filled America. The plotting can be weird but the characters are interesting, and that is making this final, ten-part season intriguing to watch. Weekly, on Mondays.

DRAMA DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY

(All three parts) HHHH P.D. James’s ‘sequel’ to Pride And Prejudice is a good piece of big drama with a mystery twist. Perry Mason’s Matthew Rhys and Motherland’s Anna Maxwell Martin play the more mature Darcy and Elizabeth.

MOVIE INFINITE (2021) 15

u HH If you’re after action that can be watched with half a brain, this recently added sci-fi from Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) should fit the bill. Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in a story of a world where people called ‘infinites’ remember all their past lives.

MOVIE AFTER WE FELL

(2021) 12 u HHH The third in this young adult romance series, due to continue next year with After Ever Happy. Hero Fiennes Tiffin, nephew of Ralph, stars as one half of the stormy couple at its centre. From Friday.

DISNEY+ DISNEY’S MAGIC BAKE-OFF

NEW!

(Parts 1-8) HHH This contest is like Junior Bake Off but made by Disney, themed heavily around Disney films and all very upbeat. It’s hosted by

Dara Renee and Issac Ryan

Brown, both familiar Disney faces from High School Musical:

The Musical – The Series and

Raven’s Home. From Wednesday.

AMERICAN HORROR STORY

NEW!

(Season 10, Episode 1)

HHH The new season of this slick drama is split into two creepy tales – one set by sea, one by sand. Weekly, from Wednesday.

SKY / NOW

DRAMA PERRY MASON (Season 1) HHHH Depression-era origin story made for HBO, in which Mason (Matthew Rhys) starts out as a private eye reeling from the trauma of the First World War. Over the course of these eight episodes, he evolves into a blazing courtroom presence.

COMEDY YOUNG ROCK (Season 1) HHH Warm comedy that opens in 2032, as Dwayne Johnson is running for US President. ‘The Rock’ wants voters to understand his life, and the show jumps around in his youth through flashbacks.

BEST OF THE REST NEW! THE MEN WHO SOLD THE WORLD CUP

(discovery+) HHHH

This documentary about corruption in the Qatari bid for the 2022 World Cup is eye-opening on wider matters, too. From Thursday.

NEW! LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION (IMDB TV) HHHH If you’re looking for light, fun TV, this sequel to heist drama Leverage is a good choice. Noah Wyle (above) joins the cast as a lawyer who gets involved with the grifter gang. See page 47 for more on IMDB TV. From Friday.

PAY MOVIES

BEST SELLERS (2021) 15 u (BT Film Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HHH Michael Caine stars as a crotchety, booze-addled author dragged out of obscurity by a young editor (Aubrey Plaza). Caine is fun, and he and Plaza make a good pairing across a comedy drama that involves a good deal of learning.

THE SPARKS BROTHERS (2021) 15 u

(BT Film Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HHHH

The director Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead) delivers a very entertaining profile of the enigmatic pop rock duo Sparks, aka

Ron and Russell Mael. Both from Monday.