The Irish Mail on Sunday

ON DEMAND HIGHLIGHTS

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AMAZON PRIME

DRAMA Brothers & Sisters (All five seasons) ★★★★ Eventful and addictive US family drama, starring Sally Field as the matriarch of the bickering Walker clan.

MOVIE The Dissident (2020) 15 u ★★★★★ This stunning, real-life thriller of a documentar­y gives the inside track on the assassinat­ion of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. From Thursday.

MOVIE Dunkirk (2017) 12 u ★★★★ A great cast star in this nerve-jangling re-creation of the evacuation­s. From Thursday.

MOVIE The Mauritania­n (2021) 15 u ★★★ Kevin Macdonald’s drama is based on the true story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was held at Guantanamo Bay without charge for 14 years. Jodie Foster (above) and Benedict Cumberbatc­h are mesmerisin­g as the lawyers on either side, as is Tahar Rahim as the imprisoned Mauritania­n, even if the film itself is a little bland. Don’t expect any big exciting courtroom moments. From Thursday.

NETFLIX

NEW! Worn Stories (Season 1) ★★★ Netflix’s new series digs into the emotional memories that ordinary people attach to items of clothing. It’s based on Emily Spivack’s bestsellin­g book of the same name and is produced by Jenji Kohan, creator of the prison drama Orange Is The New Black. From Thursday.

NEW! The Worricker Trilogy

★★★★ Bill Nighy charms as MI5 man Johnny Worricker in David Hare’s trio of spy dramas, shown on the BBC between 2011 and 2014. Page Eight, Turks & Caicos and Salting The Battlefiel­d all arrive on Netflix on the same day. From Thursday. NEW! Murder On The Home Front

(Parts 1 & 2) ★★★ ITV’s edgy Blitz-era drama about the work of a pathologis­t, first shown in 2013, stars Patrick Kennedy and Tamzin Merchant. From Thursday.

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