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ON DEMAND CHOICE: Cobrakai

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This sequel series to The Karate Kid picks up the story of karate rivals Daniel and Johnny

three decades on, and has recently arrived on Netflix. Here’s our guide to the show… What’s it about? More than 30 years after It’s worth watching… If you have fond

Daniel (Ralph Macchio, centre) cranekicke­d memories of the 1980s movie, because Johnny (William Zabka) out of Cobrakai both takes the original film the All-valley tournament, the two seriously and has a sense of humour about men are in very different places. Daniel it. Most intriguing­ly, the series shows you the is a family man with his own car sales original story from Johnny’s point of view, chain (‘We kick the competitio­n!’), and actually turns him into a sympatheti­c while Johnny is an angry handyman character. He and Daniel aren’t the only old with a son he never sees, living faces to make a return as it goes on, either. on the fumes of his youth. Then, If you like this, try… Creed (rent on one day, Johnny reopens his Amazon, Sky), Thekaratek­id (1984 old dojo – Cobra Kai – and his film, Amazon, Netflix), The Karate rivalry with Daniel resumes. The Kid (2010 film, Sky/now TV), The show was made for Youtube, Karatekidi­i (Amazon), The Karate and you can still see the first two Kid III (Amazon), The Next Karate seasons there for free. Season Kid (Amazon), The Outsiders three is due on Netflix in 2021. (rent on Amazon, Google Play). 6.55pm Escape to the Chateau

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9.00 The Mountain Between Us

Romantic adventure, starring Idris Elba and Kate Winslet. See Movie Choice.

11.15 Dark River Premiere. Period

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