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AMAZON, DISNEY+, TPTV, SKY, NETFLIX, iPLAYER & ACORN TV MAYANS MC DISNEY+ DRAMA
The fifth and final series of the violent crime drama about the motorcycle gang on the CaliforniaMexico border, set in the same milieu as the companion show about a rival club, Sons Of Anarchy. A deadly war with the Sons Of Anarchy isn’t even the most pressing problem facing Ezekiel ‘EZ’ Reyes (J.D. Pardo), leader of the Santo Padre chapter, now that he’s fallen out with Lobos New Generation, a Mexican drug cartel. From Wednesday
WOMEN TALKING AMAZON PRIME DRAMA
Ponderous drama in which the women of an isolated Amish-like religious settlement debate how to respond to sexual attacks on them by some of the men of the community. Should they forgive, fight or flee? Good performances from great actresses such as Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, and Jessie Buckley can’t quite sustain interest in what is, essentially, 104 minutes of people having repetitive discussions. From Monday
THUNDERBIRDS TPTV ENCORE ANIMATION
Are you feeling F.A.B.? You will be while watching every episode of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s much-loved adventure series, which was filmed, of course, in Supermarionation. The kind folks at Talking Pictures TV are broadcasting the series from the very start, with episodes also available via the channel’s catchup service. From Saturday
MIRACLE WORKERS SKY/NOW COMEDY
The charmingly absurd anthology comedy series, with Daniel Radcliffe, below, is back for a fourth run. Subtitled End Times, it takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which a road warrior, a warlord and their dog decide to swap the chaos of life on the Wasteland for the more run-of-the-mill Boomtown.
From Monday
THE CHELSEA DETECTIVE ACORN TV DRAMA
Adrian Scarborough returns as DI Max Arnold for a second series of the gentle crime drama. Once again, he tackles various cases in the West London area, including the murder of an art gallery manager and the mysterious death of a woman at a luxury retirement home. From Monday
DISENCHANTMENT NETFLIX FANTASY
It’s the last season for Simpsons creator Matt Groening’s animated medieval fantasy. The harddrinking Princess Bean, below right with Mora, and her sidekicks Elfo and Luci have to save Dreamland from the wicked rule of Queen Dagmar. But Bean is also trying to ensure a prophecy that she will kill someone she loves doesn’t come true. The voice cast makes the show and includes Abbi Jacobson as Bean and Sharon Horgan as Dagmar. From Friday
WARRIOR SKY/NOW DRAMA
All three seasons of the entertaining martial arts drama based on an idea by the late Bruce Lee and revived and produced by his daughter Shannon. Set in late 1870s San Francisco’s Chinatown, it follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a brilliant martial arts prodigy who comes to the United States from China to find his previously emigrated sister Mai Ling (Dianne Doan) and who gets involved with the ‘tong wars’ between Chinese gangs running the opium trade. From Friday
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY SKY STORE/AMAZON FILM
Ignore the poor reviews of this, the final Indiana Jones film. It’s not the best of the series but it’s certainly not the worst. An ageing Indy (Harrison Ford) goes on one last adventure, this time with his charming but distinctly dodgy archaeologist goddaughter Helena (Phoebe WallerBridge). And although it’s set in 1969, he’s tangling with Nazis once again. There are lots of fun callbacks to the earlier films. From Tuesday
PARKINSON AT 50 BBC iPLAYER DOCUMENTARY
On June 16, 1971, the late Michael Parkinson walked down those famous stairs and introduced the first Parkinson show. The guests were photojournalist Ray Bellisario and actor Terry-Thomas. It ran until 2007, featuring more than 2,000 guests, including Muhammad Ali, left with Parky, and Rod Hull and Emu. This tells the story of the show and how it rose to become a staple of Saturday nights. Also available in Parkinson: The Interviews are compilations, introduced by the host, of his interviews with favourites including Peter Cook, Billy Connolly and Kenneth Williams. Available now
ON THE LINE: THE RICHARD WILLIAMS STORY
SKY/NOW SPORT
To tie in with the start of this year’s US Open tennis tournament, here’s an in-depth profile of Richard Williams, whose grit and determination helped drive his daughters Venus and Serena to on-court success, changing the future of tennis in the process. Available now
McMAFIA BBC iPLAYER DRAMA
James Norton stars as Alex Goodman, the respectable, anglicised son of a Russian gangster oligarch, in this excellent eight-part crime drama. Goodman, an investment banker, has always tried not to get involved in the family business but when his uncle is murdered in a gangland hit, he is pulled in. From Monday