What’s streaming this week

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Chronicling the story that transfixed the world in 2018 – the daring rescue of 12 boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand.

This film shines a light on the high-risk world of cave diving, the astounding courage and compassion of the rescuers and the shared humanity of an international community that united to save the boys.

Shogun Disney

An original adaptation of James Clavell’s novel, FX’s Shogun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war.

Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him. When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, its English pilot, John

Blackthorne, comes bearing secrets that could help Toranaga tip the scales of power and devastate the formidable influence of Blackthorne’s own enemies – the Jesuit priests and Portuguese merchants.

Toranaga’s and Blackthorne’s fates become inextricably tied to their translator, Toda Mariko, a mysterious Christian noblewoman and the last of a disgraced line. While serving her lord amidst this fraught political landscape, Mariko must reconcile her newfound companionship with Blackthorne, her faith that saved her and her duty.

Code 8: Part II Amazon Prime

Follows a girl fighting to get justice for her slain brother by corrupt police officers. She enlists the help of an ex-con and his former partner, they face a highly regarded and well protected police sergeant who doesn't want to be.

Elsbeth

Amazon Prime

Astute but unconventional attorney Elsbeth Tascioni utilises her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.

Inside North Korea: The Kim Dynasty Disney+

The Kim family’s hold on power is believed by the North Koreans to be the only thing saving them from annihilation.

Kim Il Sung came to power during the turbulent years following World War II. He created one of the most autocratic, brutal regimes in world history – the most isolated nation in the world. For fifty years he ruled with an iron hand, passing power to his son Kim Jong Il in the first communist dynastic hand-over. Now Il’s son, Kim Jong Un, is leader. The ruthless nature remains, and a nuclear weapon programme that threatens the US and her allies.