NEW ON NETFLIX

The streaming service has been churning out releases recently. Here’s what to binge – and what to avoid

SOMEONE GREAT

For music journalist Jenny (Gina Rodriguez) the news is good and bad, career-making yet heartbreaking. She’s leaving Manhattan for a great job in San Francisco, but her boyfriend (Lakeith Stanfield) won’t go. This sweet film is about how Jenny resolves to move on, up and out.

TUCA & BERTIE

From BoJack Horseman production designer Lisa Hanawalt comes this animated comedy about two walking, talking birds that live in the same apartment building – free-spirited toucan Tuca (voiced by Tiffany Haddish) and neurotic songbird Bertie (Ali Wong). Packed with visual gags, this is trippy fun.

BONDING

Like fellow Netflix series Special, this comedy’s episodes clock in at around 15 minutes. Just enough time for a glimpse into the world of student-by-day, dominatrix-by-night Tiff (Zoe Levin), who hires broke pal Peter (Brendan Scannell) as her assistant. Given the subject, it’s as explicit as you’d expect.

CHAMBERS

Following a heart transplant, Sasha (Sivan Alyra Rose) starts to wonder if her lousy organ has been replaced with a rotten soul. She has nightmarish visions, and the donor’s grieving family are maybe tugging her towards a strange cult. This horror series has an entertainingly paranoid pulse.

LUNATICS

Chris Lilley’s first series in five years follows the same format as many of his others, with the comedian playing a variety of characters – from South African pet psychic Jana to Keith, who works in fashion retail and has sex with a cash register. Yes, really. The show has understandably received a mixed reaction.