PICK OF PAY TV AND MOVIES

NETFLIX

NEW! PELE

HHHH ‘I’ve never thought at any point in my life that I am better than anyone else.’ The legendary Brazilian footballer reflects humbly on his career for this artfully assembled new documentary. In one particularly touching moment, he arrives in a wheelchair to reminisce with his old team-mates. From Tuesday.

CANINE INTERVENTION

NEW! (Season 1) HHH Jas Leverette is a professional dog trainer in California, and he takes no nonsense in this new series: ‘It’s never the dog’s fault, it’s always human error,’ he observes. One owner takes their dog out in a pushchair – why? From Wednesday.

MOVIE THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

(2021) 15 u HHH Hindi-language remake of the thriller based on Paula Hawkins’s book. Set in the UK, it stars Parineeti Chopra in the Emily

Blunt role. From Friday.

GINNY & GEORGIA

NEW! (Season 1) HHH Warm, snappy US drama in which 15-year-old Ginny is frustrated by her 30year-old mother’s immaturity. The results of mum’s inability to deal with anything are both comic and tragic across this tenepisode first season. From Wednesday.

AMAZON PRIME

DRAMA TALES FROM THE LOOP

(All eight parts ) HHHH Amazon’s series tells stories of the strange effects of a mysterious research centre on a small US town, and does so with a mix of gentle sci-fi magic and a bleak Scandinavian view of existence.

THE OFFICE US

COMEDY (All nine seasons) HHH It doesn’t have the depth of the original, but the US version is fun to watch and packed with talent, such as Steve Carell, John Krasinski and Mindy Kaling.

MOVIE ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA (2020) 12 u HHH Tense and engaging thriller based on the unbelievable true story of how two white South Africans escaped from prison in 1979.

One is played by a bearded Daniel Radcliffe (left). From Friday.

CREED II

MOVIE (2018) 12 u HHH In the cracking Rocky spin-off Creed, the son of Apollo Creed is trained by an ageing Rocky. In the flatter but still strong sequel, Creed (an excellent Michael B. Jordan) takes on Viktor Drago, the son of the man who killed his father. From Friday.

MOVIE FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (2015) 18 s HHH Jamie Dornan is Christian Grey in this mildly racy tale. From today.

SKY / NOW TV

DRAMA BROTHERHOOD (All three seasons) HHHH Mix of political and gangster drama, with Jason Isaacs and Jason Clarke as brothers on different sides of the law.

It’s been compared to The

Sopranos, and at times it gives that show a run for its money. DOCUMENTARY RICHARD E. GRANT ON EALING COMEDIES (All three parts) HHHH

Richard E. Grant loves Ealing comedies, and that shines through in his superb, clip-packed history of the studio that gave us Passport To Pimlico.

DISNEY+

NEW! HELSTROM (Episodes 1 & 2) HH

This new Marvel drama about siblings who hunt humanity’s worst is dark in every sense. It has a snarky sense of humour that offers a chink of light, but you’ll need to really love this style of show to enjoy it.

BIG SKY

NEW! (Episodes 1 & 2) HHHH David E. Kelley’s glossy new US drama is full of shocks and pace. It unfolds in Montana, between such characters as a troubled trucker and his over-caring mother, an angry state trooper and two very lost girls. From Tuesday; new episodes follow every Friday.

BEST OF THE REST

NEW! BILLIE EILISH: THE WORLD’S A LITTLE BLURRY (Apple TV+) HHH Unguarded new profile of the wildly popular teenaged American singer (left). From Friday. NEW! THE VACCINE: CONQUERING CORONAVIRUS (discovery+) HHH The incredible work of scientists over the past year has given us light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel. Find out how they did it in this detailed new documentary, which hears from revered American expert Dr Anthony Fauci. From tomorrow.

PAY MOVIES

THE CAPOTE TAPES

(2021) 15 u

(BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin) HHHH Documentary about Truman Capote, the writer of In Cold Blood and Breakfast At Tiffany’s, and an extraordinary – if, later on, rather sad – figure of high society. The film is a finely weaved mix of chats with Lauren Bacall, Norman Mailer and more.

RAMS

(2021) 12 u (Sky Store, Virgin) HHH Rival sheep-farming brothers (Sam Neill, Michael Caton) face the same threat in this more upbeat, comic Australian remake of an Icelandic drama. Both from Monday.