PICK OF PAY TV AND MOVIES

NETFLIX MOVIE HUBIE HALLOWEEN

(2020) 12 u HHH Goofy comedy co-written by Adam Sandler, in which he stars as a childlike oddball who saves his town from real horrors at Halloween. From Wednesday.

NEW! DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET

HHHHH The great naturalist reflects on the changes the planet has seen in his lifetime, and what can be done to save it. From tomorrow.

MOVIE THE FORTY YEAR OLD VERSION

(2020) 15 HHHH Searing and uplifting comedy from writer-director Radha Blank, about a New York playwright (Blank) who reinvents herself as a rapper on the eve of turning 40. From Friday.

uNEW! THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR

(Season 1)

HHHH The ghosts could be real or imagined in this precisely told tale of loss in an old English manor house, for both the orphaned children who live there (including Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Miles, above) and the haunted members of staff. There is a lot going on below the surface in this show, which is loosely based on The Turn Of The Screw (see right). From Friday.

AMAZON PRIME NEW! THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND

(Episodes 1-2) HHHH This coming-of-age spin-off really hits its stride in episode two as the teens wander the world outside the college, encountering zombies and pondering the state of the world in the way that teenagers do.

This show has a freshness to it that the death-soaked original has long since lost. A new episode arrives every Friday.

DRAMA

(Season 1) HHHH After some odd opening scenes, this TV series take on Anthony Horowitz’s second Alex Rider book – Point Blanc – develops into something dark, pacey and exciting.

MOVIE THE BOYS

(Seasons 1-2) HHH Amazon’s dark and violent drama about corporate superheroes (or are they villains?) has taken some interesting turns in season two, and it’s not the end – a third is on the way. The season two finale arrives on Friday.

THE TURN OF THE SCREW

(1974) PG HHH A governess (Lynn Redgrave) is hired to care for the troubled orphans of Bly House in this adaptation of Henry James’s spooky tale. It looks terribly creaky next to The Haunting Of Bly Manor (see left), but has a certain rainy afternoon charm.

lALEX RIDER NEW!

Catch up with the brothers raised on a British zoo in charming series One Zoo Three on iplayer l u

SKY ON DEMAND/ NOW TV DRAMA BRAVE NEW WORLD

(All nine parts) HHHH Downton’s Jessica Brown Findlay and Harry Lloyd star in a stunning-looking drama set in a seemingly utopian future that forgets the past at its peril.

COMEDY A YOUNG DOCTOR’S NOTEBOOK

(All eight parts) HHH

Daniel Radcliffe and Jon

Hamm star in Sky’s unusual and horrific comedy about a

Russian doctor’s slide into depravity. At one point, Radcliffe sings opera in Russian.

LAST CHANCE

(All 12 episodes) HHH When tech billionaire Gideon witnesses the murder of his friend, he takes over a run-down Chicago police force and kits them out with the latest technology in the search for justice. The premise for this US drama may feel more like a film, but it makes for a fun watch. Until Friday.

MOVIE CLUE APB

(1985) PG HHHHH Marvellous spoof whodunnit inspired by the board game Cluedo, with Tim Curry as the butler and Christopher Lloyd and Eileen Brennan as two of the suspect guests.

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BEST OF THE REST NEW! SPITTING IMAGE

(Britbox) HHHH The time is ripe for satire and ITV’S vicious puppet show is back to do the job – but is, for now, exclusive to Britbox. Look out for the Trump puppet’s wig over the ten-part run – it has a mind of its own. A new episode arrives every Saturday at 12 noon.

NEW! LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

(BFI Player) HHHH Around 50 movie premieres will be available online, including Evan Rachel Wood in Kajillionaire (left). See page 51 for details. From Wednesday, 6.30pm.

PAY MOVIES MY ZOE

(2019) 12 (BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HHHH Julie Delpy writes, directs and stars in this poignant film about a geneticist who suffers a terrible loss. Spooks’ Richard Armitage plays her unpleasant ex-husband in a movie that’s two parts complex family relationship drama, one part near-future sci-fi.

MAKE UP

u(2019) 15 (Sky Store, Virgin) HHH Boldly unsettling and dreamlike coming-of-age drama set at a remote holiday park in Cornwall, and starring

Molly Windsor (Traces). Both from Monday.

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