AMAZON & STARZPLAY

Fictional account of a legendary meeting

In 1964, singer Sam Cooke, boxer Cassius Clay, human-rights activist Malcolm X and NFL star Jim Brown (played by Leslie Odom Jr, Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Aldis Hodge, right) met up to celebrate Clay’s defeat of Sonny Liston. Oscarwinning actor Regina King’s feature-length directorial debut imagines what might have gone down. Amazon, available now

SOULMATES NEW SHOW Is it meant to be?

Six stories about the nature of love based on the same premise – 15 years in the future scientists have developed a test that tells you who your soulmate is. But what if it’s not the person you’re married to? What if they’re dead? Sarah Snook (left) and Dolly Wells star in the first episode. Amazon, from Monday

THE HEAD NEW SHOW Christie-style whodunit

At the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station, the resident doctor jokes: ‘Six months of isolation in the coldest place on Earth. What could possibly go wrong?’ Quite a lot, as it turns out. Six months later, seven bodies are found; two people are missing and one survivor is in a state of shock. John Lynch and Katharine O’Donnelly are among the cast. StarzPlay, from Sunday

DEEPWATER HORIZON Explosive thriller

The 2010 oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico was the worst eco disaster in history. It also made BP an international pariah, following an inferno-like fire, the loss of 11 lives and a giant oil spill. Mark Wahlberg is the brave technician who battles the blaze, while John Malkovich plays the villainous management figure more concerned with budgets than souls. StarzPlay, available now