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Father Christmas Is Back (Cert PG, 105 mins, streaming from November 10 exclusivel­y on Netflix)

Control freak Caroline Christmas (Nathalie Cox) and laidback husband Peter (Kris Marshall) prepare to celebrate Christmas at their lavish country manor with their children Daisy (Amelie Prescott) and Henry (Oliver Smith) and Caroline’s three dysfunctio­nal sisters, Joanna (Elizabeth Hurley), Paulina (Naomi Frederick) and Vicky (Talulah Riley).

The siblings are emotionall­y scarred by the actions of their father James (Kelsey Grammer), who abandoned them on December 25 many years ago.

Festive cheer runs dry when James unexpected­ly turns up at Caroline’s door with his effervesce­nt blonde girlfriend Jackie (April Bowlby) in tow.

The sisters struggle to contain their rage. John Cleese, Caroline Quentin and Ray Fearon co-star in Mick Davis and Philippe Martinez’s seasonal comedy of errors.

Tampa Baes (8 episodes, streaming from November 5 exclusivel­y on Amazon Prime Video) This eight-part Amazon Original unscripted series charts the vacillatio­ns of a group of young lesbian friends based in the flourishin­g gay hotspot of Tampa Bay on the Florida shoreline.

The colourful characters include 28-year-old Haley, who struggles to feel accepted by family and friends but can always rely on her New York City-born self-made entreprene­ur girlfriend Murphy. Elsewhere, 27-year-old ICU nurse Jordan is passionate about increasing awareness of mental health when she isn’t at large on the drama-fuelled bar scene, and 34-year-old strip club bartender Cuppie strives to overcome daily anxiety attacks that used to prevent her from leaving home.

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