STRANGER THINGS

In the fourth series of the teenage sci-fi horror created by Matt and Ross Duffer, we are back in 1980s Hawkins, Indiana – the sort of place where nothing happens. Well, apart from the discovery of a secret Russian laboratory in the town, a pack of Demogorgons, a Mind Flayer, children with telekinetic powers and the Upside Down – a terrifying parallel universe – in their midst.

But among the supernatural goings-on, the story more prosaically harks back to a pre-digital childhood in a lovingly recreated 1980s, with small-town aesthetic and a terrific soundtrack to boot. The show has been a standout success for

Netflix, and the story picks up six months after the destruction of Hawkins, when a new supernatural threat surfaces to endanger Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) and his gang of high-school friends. Can local sheriff Jim Hopper (David Harbour) come to the rescue again? No spoilers, but he’s alive, imprisoned in the snowy wasteland of Kamchatka, where his Russian captors have plans for him.

The ensemble cast, which includes Winona Ryder and Millie Bobby Brown, return for this, the penultimate season. It’s being shown in two volumes, and the second will be released in July. Veronica Lee

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It’s the last in the series for the show deservedly given a Bafta for best reality and constructed factual programme earlier this month. It could easily have won an award for best entertainment, comedy or current affairs; watching the armchair critics deliver their unfiltered verdicts on what has been on this week is always a national barometer. Consistently unmissable TV.

Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp return for series four