The month’s TOP SHOWS
Our favourite new shows added to streaming services in the past month you may have missed…
Alex Rider
Genre: Spy drama Eps: 8
Schoolboy Alex (Otto Farrant) reluctantly becomes a spy in this adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s bestselling novels. When his uncle Ian (Andrew Buchan) is killed, orphaned Alex discovers that Ian was a spy for a mysterious offshoot of MI6 that now wants to recruit him.
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich
Genre: True-crime documentary Eps: 4
Jeffrey Epstein was awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges when he committed suicide in jail last summer. This series examines how the US financier used his wealth to evade justice for two decades, while some of his accusers tell their stories. They also want authorities to pursue those who might have aided Epstein, adding weight to the theory that he was murdered.
Artemis Fowl
Genre: Family fantasy drama Eps: One-off
Sir Kenneth Branagh directs a magical one-off adaptation of the cult fantasy novel by Eoin Colfer, which follows 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl (Ferdia Shaw), who comes into conflict with a hidden world of fairies when he searches for his kidnapped father, Artemis Sr (Colin Farrell). Dame Judi Dench co-stars as a fairy commander.
Da 5 Bloods
Genre: Drama Eps: One-off
Spike Lee’s movie centres on four African-american veterans who return to Vietnam to retrieve the body of their fallen squad leader and the stash of gold they buried with him.
The film flashes back to the men’s time in Vietnam while showing how, several decades on, they continue to suffer from the trauma of combat.
The Politician
Genre: Comedy drama Eps: 7
Ryan Murphy’s comedy drama is back for a second season with aspiring politician Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) taking on incumbent Dede Standish (Judith Light) in the election to be a state senator for New York. Payton and his team devise ever-more outlandish ways to get the better of Dede’s scheming campaign
manager (Bette Midler).
The Sinner
Genre: Crime drama Eps: 8
Bill Pullman is back as detective Harry Ambrose in season three of the gritty crime anthology. This time, Harry investigates a fatal car crash involving two old college friends. The driver dies but the passenger survives. It seems to be a straightforward case, but
Harry believes there’s more to the incident than meets the eye…
* The Great
Genre: Period comedy drama Eps: 10
Since this comedy about 18-century monarch Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) was written by The Favourite screenwriter Tony Mcnamara, don’t expect it to be too concerned with historical accuracy. It begins with the young Catherine arriving in Russia to marry the boorish Emperor Peter III.
Wasp Network
Genre: Spy drama Eps: One-off
Edgar Ramírez and Penélope Cruz, who played fashion designer Gianni Versace and his sister Donatella in The Assassination of Gianni Versace:
American Crime Story, are reunited in this real-life espionage drama as a Cuban spy infiltrating the CIA during the 1990s, and his unsuspecting wife.
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Genre: Comedy Eps: One-off
Will Ferrell and Rachel Mcadams star as Icelandic pop duo Fire Saga, who get the chance to chase their dreams when they are chosen to represent their country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Out on 26 June.
13 Reasons Why
Genre: Drama Eps: 10
The controversial teen drama reaches its conclusion with its fourth season, which wraps up the various storylines of its high-school characters following the suicide of student Hannah Baker.
Dating Amber
Genre: Comedy Eps: One-off
In this coming-of-age comedy set in 1990s Ireland, awkward teen Eddie
(Normal People’s Fionn O’shea) and independent Amber (Lola Petticrew) pretend to be dating in order to hide the fact that they are both gay.
Dark
Genre: Sci-fi Eps: 8
Set in the fictional town of Winden, this acclaimed German time-travel story revolves around four intertwined families over the years and the dark secrets that haunt them. Season two ended with the approach of an apocalypse and the third series begins on the day of that apocalypse. Out on 27 June.