Also coming to streaming
Sanditon (BritBox, from March 21) Back for a welcome second series – which will air on ITV at some point – the lavish period drama based on Jane Austen’s unfinished novel finds Tom Parker (Kris Marshall) striving to rebuild Sanditon. However, he faces all manner of unforeseen issues, as the place looks quite different from when we last saw it, the army having made the seaside town their base. The lay of the land has changed for the dysfunctional Denham family, too, with their various secrets and lies coming once more to the fore. At least Charlotte will have some company, as her younger sister Alison (played by Rosie Graham) arrives in town looking for a romantic adventure of her own. Will she have more luck than her big sis?
Arsene Wenger: Invincible (Amazon, from March 25)
Many millennials came of age in an era when
English football was dominated by two men: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and his Arsenal counterpart, Arsene Wenger. Other teams had managers who would come and go, seemingly swapped around on a whim whereas Ferguson and Wenger appeared to both have a job for life. The former has been the subject of countless documentary films – Man U being a more global brand, perhaps – but this in-depth profile of Wenger’s glory years at the top of the English top flight contains all manner of new and fascinating insights into the man (and yes, the myth and the legend too). Wenger himself contributes extensively, as do some of the biggest names in the sport from the years he managed.
Pachinko (Apple TV, from March 25)
The Far East has been rich pickings for entertainment in recent years, following Oscarwinning South Korean satire Parasite and the dark Netflix smash-hit Squid Game, both coming off the back of a global interest in K-pop music and a long-standing Japanese pop-culture undercurrent. Pachinko is a Korean-Japanese-American production, based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee, and following four generations of a Korean family who emigrate to Japan (Pachinko is a popular gambling game in the latter country). It’s written and exec-produced by Soo Hugh (The Terror, The Killing) and stars the Academy Awardwinning star of Minari, Youn Yuhjung, alongside Lee Min-ho (Boys over Flowers).