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NEW! Modern Family

(All 11 seasons) ★★★ Mockumentary-style US comedy with a fine ensemble cast, including Ty Burrell as the agonisingly uncool ‘cool dad’ Phil, and Sofia Vergara as Gloria, the extremely glamorous second wife of Phil’s fatherin-law. From Monday December 28.

NEW! Moonbase 8

(Season 1) ★★★ Idiots who hope to be astronauts staff a training simulator in this goofy US comedy, all six episodes of which are available. Stan & Ollie’s John C. Reilly (above) is one of its stars and co-creators. From Monday December 21. NEW! Murder On Middle Beach (All four episodes) ★★★ Very personal true-crime series from the US, in which Madison Hamburg finds suspects for the murder of his mother among his own family. From Sunday December 20.

The Undoing

DRAMA (All six parts) ★★★★ If you missed this HBO whodunnit, have a look over Christmas – it’s addictively entertaining fare. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant (left) star as a well-dressed New York couple whose life is undone when an attractive young woman arrives on the social scene. The ending is solid enough.

COMEDY Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes

(All three parts) ★★★★★ Tired of the repeats? These re-creations of lost episodes, starring Kevin McNally and Robert Bathurst, are superbly done.

MOVIE Elf (2003) PG ● ★★★★

Will Ferrell is perfectly cast in this modern festive classic as a man who thinks he’s an elf – and is about to be reunited with his grumpy human dad (James Caan).