The Peterborough Evening Telegraph

FIVE THINGS FOR YOUR WEEK...

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Lost in Space

Netflix, streaming now

The long-suffering Robinson family are back, and if series two of this revamped saga is as good as the first, then fans are in for a treat. Inspired by the 1960s Irwin Allen saga, it sees some old faces returning for more adventures. It helps that the cast is excellent. Toby Stephens reminds us why he’s one of Blighty’s best thespians as John Robinson, and Parker Posey should add more malice as the duplicitou­s antagonist, Dr Smith. However, as always it’s the bond between Will Robinson and his robot which provides the emotional heart of the drama. In season two, the hero’s ship, Jupiter 2, is stranded on a mysterious ocean planet without their beloved droid. The family must work together, alongside Smith and the ever-charming Don West, to make it back to the Resolute and reunite with the other colonists.

Christmas Sales: Supershopp­ers Special Channel 4, 8pm, Monday

For many shoppers, the festive sales are the most wonderful time of the year.

However, with retailers desperate to get us splashing the cash, how can we tell if we are getting a bargain

– or being sold a turkey?

In this edition, Sabrina Grant and Helen

Skelton investigat­e the tricks that retailers use to get us to spend, and reveal the best sales tips, including how to read secret codes on price tags and how to tell when a sale is about to happen. They also reveal the alarming and unfair tactics used by some of our favourite retailers.

Mary Poppins Returns Sky Premiere, 9am, Sunday

It has been a year since Michael Banks (Ben Whishaw) lost his wife Kate, and with it the light in his heart to guide their children

Annabel (Pixie Davies), John (Nathanael Saleh) and Georgie (Joel Dawson). His sister Jane (Emily Mortimer) is helping to care for the brood, but the griefstric­ken father is three months in arrears on a bank loan secured against 17 Cherry Tree Lane. Thankfully, a high-flying kite snags magical nanny Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt, pictured left), who rekindles sparks of joy in her former wards. She is aided by luminous Cockney lamplighte­r Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and eccentric “second cousin... many times removed” Topsy (Meryl Streep). A spoonful of nostalgia – make that several heaped spoonfuls – helps the joyinfused medicine of Mary Poppins Returns go down in the most delightful way.

Arsenal v Chelsea Sky Sports Premier League, 2pm, Sunday

The feast of festive football continues with a London derby as Arsenal host Frank Lampard’s re-surgent Chelsea at the Emirates.

Who will come out on top and claim the bragging rights?

The Dropout

The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievab­le tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionair­e lose it all in the blink of an eye?

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