PICKOFPAYTV AND MOVIES

NETFLIX NEW! HEARTLAND (Season 15)

★★★ The return of this pleasant, life-affirming Canadian drama about a family ranch in the foothills of the Rockies. From today.

NEW! THE PRINCIPLES OF PLEASURE

(All three parts) ★★★ Frank, myth-busting series about the science and benefits of women embracing pleasure. From Tuesday.

MOVIE BOILING POINT (2021) 15

◆ ★★★★★ The tension mounts and mounts in this superb single-take restaurant drama, with Stephen Graham’s hungover chef right in the middle. From Wednesday.

NEW! BRIDGERTON

(Season 2) ★★★★ We know who gossip queen

Lady Whistledown is in the new series of Shonda

Rhimes’s turbo-charged

Regency courting drama, so the story is free to focus firmly on the characters’ search for love. The stars of this social season are independentminded new arrival Kate Sharma and familiar face Anthony, eldest of the Bridgerton siblings (Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey, above). The balls they attend are a feast for the eyes and ears, sometimes in a surprising way. From Friday.

PRIME VIDEO NEW! ARSENE WENGER: INVINCIBLE

★★★★ ‘My father, he never told me well done.’ The ex-arsenal manager reflects on his career and what drives him in this impressive new profile. The Frenchman inspired a fierce loyalty, judging by what his players say about him here. From Friday.

NEW! LIZZO’S WATCH OUT FOR THE BIG GRRRLS

(Season 1) ★★★ The US singer auditions for plus-sized back-up dancers in this supportive contest. From Friday.

NEW! NO WOMAN NO TRY

★★★ Moving, inspirational documentary that explores the stories of women in British rugby – a side of the game that is growing fast. From Friday.

SPENCER

MOVIE (2021) 12 ◆ ★★★ Kristen Stewart is superb as Princess Diana in this highly stylised, fictionalised and borderline horrific portrait of a Windsor family Christmas at Sandringham in 1991. From Friday.

MOVIE THE COURIER

(2020) 12 ◆ ★★★★ Cold War thriller based on the true story of Greville Wynne, a businessman who ferried Soviet secrets to the UK. Benedict Cumberbatch is the spot-on star of this Le Carre-style tale.

DISNEY+ NEW! PARALLELS (Season 1) ★★★

French sci-fi that neatly weaves mystery with drama, as four teens are propelled into parallel worlds – there, they reflect on their old lives and deal with their new ones. It’s aimed at older children, but is the kind of solidly made show that could appeal to all. From Wednesday.

MOVIE THEEYESOF TAMMY FAYE (2021) 12

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★★★★ Jessica Chastain and her make-up are on Oscar-nominated form in this biopic of American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. From Wednesday.

SKY / NOW DRAMA

LITTLE BIRDS (All six parts) ★★★ New York heiress Lucy Savage (Juno Temple) has been controlled by men all her life – her father, her doctor and now her husband, an English lord she barely knows – and is in for quite an awakening in this racy drama set in 1950s Tangier.

GIRLS5EVA (Season 1) ★★★★ A girl band with one hit in the 1990s reunite in this sharp US comedy. There’s a poignant streak running underneath the jokes, which come thick and fast – and the funny songs are plausible hits, too.

COMEDY BEST OF THE REST NEW! SANDITON (Britbox) ★★★

The drama based on Jane Austen’s unfinished novel kicks off its new, second series with the death of a major character, before jumping nine months ahead to find Charlotte (Rose Williams, left) and co pitched into a fresh merry-go-round of courting. From Monday.

NEW! PACHINKO (Apple TV+) ★★★★ Apple is aiming for awards with this high-end, subtitled drama about the rise of a Korean immigrant family in Japan, set between the 1910s and 1989. Weekly, from Friday.

PAY MOVIES

PANAMA (2022) 15 ◆ (BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin) ★★★ ‘He might go rogue.’ Mel Gibson snarls as a rusty but effective CIA man in this gung-ho action movie about the US invasion of Panama. It’s directed by Crank’s Mark Neveldine, and has some of that film’s full-on energy.

TITANE (2021) 18 s (BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin) ★★★★ A drama that’s essentially about love and the reunion of a father and child, but has a shocking and even gory visual style that will put off plenty of people. Both from Monday.