What we’re watching...

A sneak peek at what’s being watched by our team

Dramas

Peaky Blinders

Seasons: 1-5 Episodes: 30 Runs: 54-65min

Helen Mccrory, who died on 16 April, aged 52, is phenomenal in this superb gangland drama, set in Birmingham in the 1920s, as Polly Gray, the formidable matriarch of the Shelby crime family and aunt to the leader of the Peaky Blinders, Tommy (Cillian Murphy).

Shtisel

Seasons: 1-3 Episodes: 33 Runs: 41-58min

With the recent arrival of season three on Netflix, now is the perfect time to get enmeshed in this engrossing, touching and, at times, light-hearted Israeli drama about an ultra-orthodox Jewish family in Jerusalem led by patriarch Shulem Shtisel (Dov Glickman).

The Nest

Season: 1 Episodes: 5 Runs: 56-59min

Line of Duty’s Martin Compston (using his natural Scottish accent) and Sophie Rundle play a wealthy couple unable to conceive who ask an 18-year-old stranger to carry a baby for them. But can they trust her? A twisty, smartly scripted, Glasgow-set thriller.

Animation

Soul

Runs: 100min

A struggling music teacher, voiced by Jamie Foxx, dreams of making it big as a jazz pianist, but finds himself on a sudden detour through the ‘prelife’ in this entertaining Pixar film, which won Animated Feature Film and Original Score at the recent Academy Awards.

Documentary

My Octopus Teacher

Runs: 85min

Winner of this year’s Documentary (Feature) Oscar, this account of film-maker Craig Foster’s year spent forging a relationship with a wild octopus off the coast of South Africa sees him use all his ingenuity to survive the dangerous waters.