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THE LAST KINGDOM (Season 5) ★★★★ The drama based on Bernard Cornwell’s books moved from the BBC to Netflix for season three, and this fifth run is the final outing for Uhtred and co, at least in series terms – a Netflix film, Seven Kings Must Die, will be the final full stop. The Saxons and Danes are living in peace as this season begins, but an invasion and rebellion soon put paid to that. From Wednesday.

NEW! QUEER EYE GERMANY

(Season 1) ★★★ A five-strong team of flamboyant lifestyle experts bring joy to German lives in this new spin-off series. From Wednesday.

MOVIE THE ADAM PROJECT (2022) 12

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★★★★ Magical sci-fi adventure directed by

Shawn Levy, with Ryan

Reynolds (right, with

Jennifer Garner) as a timetravelling pilot who teams up with this childhood self to save the world. It’s the same director-star team as Free Guy, and has a similar sense of fun. From Friday.

NEW! LIFE AFTER DEATH WITH TYLER HENRY

(Season 1) ★★★ The popular American clairvoyant offers his perspective on what happens after death. From Friday.

PRIME VIDEO NEW! UPLOAD (Season 2) ★★★

It’s often billed as a comedy, but Greg Daniels’s US series – set in a digital afterlife – is more warm than it is funny, and can be more moving than some dramas.

As the show returns, the main question isn’t really about the corporate murder conspiracy that swirls around deceased Nathan, but which of the two women in his afterlife he prefers. From Friday.

DRAMA MAD MEN

(All seven seasons) ★★★★ At the centre of this perfectly styled 1960s drama is the slow-motion implosion of adman Don (Jon Hamm).

MOVIE ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA (2020) 12 ◆

★★★ Tense thriller based on the unbelievable true story of how two white South Africans – one played by Daniel Radcliffe – escaped from prison in 1979. It also arrives on pay-per-view this week, but is still available free as part of the Prime subscription – the same is true of bank heist thriller The Vault.

MOVIE THE POSTCARD KILLINGS

(2020) 15 ◆ ★★★ The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars in this so-so crime drama based on James Patterson and Liza Marklund’s book. From Friday.

DISNEY+ NEW! THE DROPOUT (Episode 4) ★★★

Elizabeth’s transformation is complete by this week’s new episode. Now, the corporate machinations really start to shift up a gear, and there’s more of a role for Stephen Fry’s

Ian. Weekly, on Thursdays.

NEW! WEEKEND FAMILY

(Season 1) ★★★ Disney+ branches out into foreign shows with this chaotic French comedy, which is best enjoyed with the subtitles, not the dubbing. The story turns around a dad who has three daughters by three women. From Wednesday.

SKY / NOW COMEDY SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE

(Season 1) ★★★★★ HBO’S small-town Kansas comedy about a sister returning home manages that rare balance between heart, laughs and authenticity. It’s a subtle and uplifting character study that will leave you better than it finds you, and has a great star in Bridget Everett (Camping).

RAISED BY WOLVES (Season 1) ★★★★ Ridley Scott’s eerie US sci-fi drama in which the remains of humanity are raised as atheists by two androids. A second season is due later this month.

DRAMA BEST OF THE REST NEW! SHINING VALE

(Starzplay via Prime Video) ★★★★ There’s a lot going on in this new mix of comedy, drama and haunted house tale – in it, an author (Courteney Cox, left) with problems could be about to find inspiration, but at a cost. The title echoes The Shining, and there are notes of that, too. Weekly, from tomorrow.

FLEE NEW! SECRETS OF THE SPIES

(Britbox) ★★★★ Impressive three-part documentary insight that starts with the Second World War’s Operation Double Cross. From Thursday.

PAY MOVIES

MONDAY (2020) 12 ◆ (BT Film Store, Sky Store, Virgin) ★★★ Marvel’s Sebastian Stan stars in a seize-the-day romance that begins against a stunning Greek backdrop – what comes after the fire of that start, though? Denise Gough (Too Close) plays the other half of the couple. From Monday.

(2022) 15 ◆ (BT Film Store, Sky Store, Virgin) ★★★★ Animated documentary that tells the difficult but ultimately uplifting true story of a refugee’s flight from Afghanistan to Denmark. It’s nominated for three Academy Awards.