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FAUDA, NETFLIX
FEELING like a full-throttle mix of Homeland and 24, this Israeli thriller has been one of Netflix’s stealth hits, consistently delivering tension, action, betrayal and drama. This fourth outing pushes the show’s standards to new globetrotting heights, as Doron (Lior Raz) and his team of counter-terrorism operatives visit Brussels and Lebanon on the hunt for a particularly sophisticated group of terrorists. Presenterturned-actress Lucy Ayoub (pictured, with Raz) — whom Eurovision fans might recognise as the host of the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv — plays Arab-Israeli
FILM DRAMA The Hanging Sun, 8pm, Sky Premiere/NOW
JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY and Charles Dance star in this layered and interesting drama about a hitman (Devils’ Alessandro Borghi) who hides in a remote village.
CRIME THRILLER Truth Be Told, Apple TV+
IT MAY be a less cheerful affair than Only Murders In The Building, but this series about crime-solving podcasters, starring Octavia Spencer as Poppy Parnell, is no less enjoyable. With a different crime running through each series, police officer
Maya, the daughter of a Palestinian informant, whose cousin is a member of Hezbollah and whose family will be central to the ever more twisty plot. Fauda is a show that isn’t afraid to mix gritty, exciting action — from explosions and raging gun battles to the kind of hand-to-hand combat that even Jason Bourne would envy — with more emotional themes. Raz’s performance is terrific, at first glance all strong there’s a new guest cast each time — series one saw Aaron Paul and Lizzy Caplan, series two Kate Hudson, and this new run boasts Gabrielle Union (pictured with Spencer) in the case of some silent machismo, but with loss and pain pulsing just beneath the surface. Series one to three are already available, with the 12 new episodes of series four arriving on Netflix today. missing girls, which leads Poppy towards a sex-trafficking ring.
LOVE SEEKERS Are You The One? Global Edition, Paramount+
IN ANOTHER ingenious twist on the dating show format, this show sees a gaggle of beautiful singletons dispatched to a glamorous setting, where they try to work out which of them has been identified as the perfect partner of another contestant. If they work out all the pairings, there’s a huge cash prize to be snaffled up. It’s already aired for eight series in the U.S., but this ninth run takes things international.