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Hollywood

Netflix, from Friday

Glee creator Ryan Murphy’s latest project is set just after the Second World War.

It follows the progress, or otherwise, of a group of young actors and filmmakers who will stop at nothing to make it in Tinseltown.

Each episode reveals the difficulties they face, whether due to their race, gender or sexuality; some characters are fictional, others are based on reality.

Queen Latifah and Jake Picking play Hattie McDaniel and Rock Hudson respectively, while David Corenswet, Darren Criss, Dylan McDermott and Samara Weaving also appear.

The Willoughbys

Netflix, available now

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 director Kris Pearn’s lively and colourful animation is based on a book by Lois Lowry.

It focuses on the four Willoughby siblings who, after being abandoned by their selfish parents, must make their own way in the big, wide world.

Adapting their oldfashioned approach to modern life won’t be easy.

Trying

Apple TV+, from Fri

If those working in front of and behind the camera are anything to go by, this should be a real winner.

It’s an eight-part relationship comedy directed by Catastrophe’s Jim O’Hanlon and written by former Mock The Week scribe Andy Wolton.

The project features a cast that includes Rafe Spall, Esther Smith, Phil Davis, Darren Boyd and Imelda Staunton.

Smith and Spall play Nikki and Jason, who are young and in love.

They are also desperate to have a baby – and it appears to be the one thing they cannot have, prompting them to make a momentous decision.

The premise might not sound as if it would generate many laughs, but this promises to be a touching tale about a couple navigating a life-changing journey.