A US soccer coach in London – who puts the fun back into penalties!

Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis, right, with Juno Temple, left, who plays ‘brand consultant’ and former WAG Keeley Jones) is a small-time college American football coach from Kansas hired to coach a proper football team in London, struggling AFC Richmond, despite knowing nothing about soccer. Could Lasso’s cheery, can-do philosophy and folksy wisdom possibly work with the cynical, sceptical

Brits? The first series of this upbeat, very funny Emmynominated comedy was a huge hit for Apple TV+ and bagged multiple awards. This one opens with Richmond mired in a long run of draws and a brilliant penalty-related gag (yes, penalties can be a source of humour) suggesting that the winning ways of last season were no fluke. Apple TV+, from Friday