KARATE MAN

Cobra Kai, Netflix

WHEN Cobra Kai started life on YouTube it sounded like the show no one was crying out for, but this Karate Kid sequel has been a big hit, especially since the move to Netflix. This is partly because there’s something inherently funny about picking up a teenage karate rivalry three decades on, but there’s also an interesting drama in here about mistakes we pass on to our children. Ralph Macchio (pictured) and William Zabka return as peaceloving

Daniel (now a slick family man) and rocker Johnny (still basically a teenager), while each series ups the ante and brings back old characters from the films — and today’s new, fifth series is no exception.