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THE SOUVENIR PART II MUBI FILM
In the first film, also directed by Joanna Hogg, Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne, above right), a privileged young film student, is romantically involved with a privileged junkie. It’s a toxic relationship. That’s about it. Critics adored it. This follow-up continues the story, with Julie grieving the death of her heroin-addict ex-boyfriend. It features Tilda Swinton (above left), Byrne’s real-life mother, as her mother. If you enjoyed the first film, you’ll enjoy this. From Wednesday
RUSSIAN DOLL NETFLIX DRAMA
In the first season of the comedy drama, Nadia (Natasha Lyonne, right) kept reliving the same night up to the point at which she died. She befriended Alan (Charlie Barnett), who was having the same experience. Series two is set four years later, when Nadia and Alan delve deeper into their pasts through a time portal found in one of Manhattan’s most notorious locations. At first they experience this as an ever-expanding adventure, but then they have to search for a way out. From Wednesday
THEY CALL ME MAGIC APPLE TV+ DOCUMENTARY
He’s currently appearing as a character in Sky Atlantic’s drama Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty, but this fourpart series offers an insight into the real Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson (right). It charts his rise to fame, the impact being diagnosed with HIV had on his life, and his activities after retiring from basketball. From Friday
THE KING SKY/NOW DRAMA
Eight-part Italian prison drama created by actor Luca Zingaretti, best known as the titular character in the Inspector Montalbano series. Here he plays Bruno Testori, the director – or ‘king’ – of a tough jail packed with brutal, hardened criminals and located on an unspecified Italian border zone that is not subject to Italian law, so allowing Testori to enforce his own unorthodox version of justice. The show’s lead
DRAMA JULIA SKY/NOW DRAMA
Until now, Julia Child hasn’t been very well known in the UK, but in the US she was a pioneering TV cook – a sort of Fanny Cradock crossed with Delia Smith – and a hugely popular figure who helped change the way Americans ate. This loosely biographical eight-part series dramatises her rise to stardom in the 1960s and the way in which she dealt with the challenges of celebrity. With Sarah Lancashire (right) as Julia (Meryl Streep played her in the 2009 comedy Julie & Julia), David Hyde Pierce as her loving husband Paul (he thinks of his wife as ‘a budding rose in a forest of dandelions’, but he’s not a big fan of television and doesn’t entirely approve of her career), and Bebe Neuwirth (another Frasier veteran – she played Lilith, Frasier’s chilly ex) as her acidic friend Avis, it’s a lot of fun. Lancashire is tremendous, as is Hyde Pierce. Highly recommended. Available now writer also worked on Gomorrah. From Tuesday
POLAR BEAR DISNEY+ NATURE DOC
Another heartwarming documentary from the makers of the award-winning The Penguins team, which follows the progress of a mother bear and cub (below). From Friday
BETTER CALL SAUL NETFLIX DRAMA
The final season of the Breaking Bad spin-off which charts the transformation of struggling attorney Jimmy McGill into crooked lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). It’s been almost two years since the end of the previous season and Odenkirk suffered a heart attack while filming this one, so it’s a very welcome return for the series, which is to be split into two parts. From Tuesday
WHITE HOT: THE RISE AND FALL OF ABERCROMBIE & FITCH NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Abercrombie & Fitch was huge in the late 1990s to early 2000s, famed for its sizzling ad campaigns and topless male staff. However, the company came under fire for controversial merchandise and discriminatory job adverts. From Tuesday
BOON BRITBOX DRAMA
It’s an unlikely scenario: fireman who dreams of being a Wild West hero loses job, places small ad seeking ‘interesting work: anything legal considered’ and ends up as a private eye. On his trusty steed, a BSA Lightning motorbike, Michael Elphick rode his luck for seven series of the much loved show. From Thursday
ELITE NETFLIX DRAMA
The fifth series of the hit Spanish teen crime thriller set in a posh high school that mixes aristos with working-class students was shot back to back with its predecessor and picks up the story following Armando’s murder. Despite his absence, the impact of his behaviour continues to be felt. With Valentina Zenere (left) as Isadora. Available now
SELLING SUNSET NETFLIX SHOW
The glitzy reality show about a luxury property agency on LA’s Sunset Strip is back. Netflix dropped a teaser revealing the biggest story of this fifth season – glamorous real-estate agent Chrishell Stause and her boss Jason Oppenheim going Instagram official with their relationship.
From Friday
BANG BANG BABY AMAZON DRAMA
Prime’s first original Italian drama series takes place in Milan at the end of the 1980s. It’s a coming-of-age tale involving Alice, an insecure teenager who tries to win the love of her father by becoming the Mafia’s youngest member. You’ll have to watch to find out how that unusual scheme works out for her. From Thursday