Pick of the new releases
The best new shows to enjoy this week on streaming services...
Sanditon
Monday 21 March
Season two of the Jane Austeninspired drama. Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) is joined by her sister Alison (Rosie Graham) at Sanditon, while Tom Parker (Kris Marshall) continues to rebuild the seaside resort. See feature, page 17.
Jeff Foxworthy: The Good Old Days
Tuesday 22 March
Stand-up special from the American comedian in which he looks back on simpler times and riffs about ageing, texting and sex education.
Parallels
Wednesday 23 March
French fantasy series about four teens whose lives are turned upside down when a mysterious event propels them into parallel dimensions and they must try to get home.
Love like the Falling Petals
Thursday 24 March
Thursday 24 March
Japanese romantic drama. An aspiring photographer falls in love with a vibrant hairstylist but she develops a rare disease and begins rapidly ageing before his eyes.
Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed
Docuseries about the Christian Pentecostal megachurch, which has faced allegations of exploitation, abuse and cover-ups. It includes an interview with the woman whose affair with a senior pastor led to his downfall.
Secret Army
Thursday 24 March
All three seasons of the classic 1970s drama about a Belgian resistance organisation in World War Two helping downed Allied aircrew evade capture by the Nazis and return to Britain.
Kavanagh QC
Thursday 24 March
The first two seasons of the 1990s legal drama starring John Thaw as barrister James Kavanagh, one of the most highly respected criminal advocates in London. Anna Chancellor is among the cast.
Kavanagh QC: The End of Law
Thursday 24 March
In this 2001 special of the legal drama, which was the final episode of the series, Kavanagh has to decide whether to take on the appeal of a man convicted of murdering an escort or become a judge.
Watching
Thursday 24 March
First two series and two Christmas specials of the 1980s sitcom revolving around Brenda and Malcolm, a mismatched couple from Merseyside and their on-off relationship. Emma Wray and Paul Bown star.
Bridgerton
Friday 25 March
Season two of Shonda Rhimes’ Regency-set romantic drama follows Lord Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), the eldest Bridgerton sibling, as he sets about finding a suitable wife. See feature, page 4.
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Friday 25 March
More animated adventures for the prehistoric mammals, including one-eyed weasel Buckminster ‘Buck’ Wild (voiced by Simon Pegg, reprising the role from the 2009 film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs), as they embark on a mission to save the Lost World from dinosaur domination. See feature, page 14.
Inside
Friday 25 March
French crime drama centring on a young detective (Noémie Schmidt) leading her first case – the gruesome murder of a patient in a private psychiatric hospital – who is told she must work alone. With Béatrice Dalle.
Betty Blue’s
Pachinko
Friday 25 March
A sweeping saga told in three languages - Korean, Japanese and English - chronicling the lives of an immigrant family over four generations as they leave their homeland in a determined quest to both survive and thrive.
Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U
Friday 25 March
Singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo goes on a road trip from Salt Lake City, Utah, where she began writing her debut album to Los Angeles.
Sour,
Spencer
Friday 25 March Kristen Stewart stars as Princess Diana (née Spencer) as she spends Christmas 1991 at Sandringham, where, with her marriage under strain, she is on the verge of a breakdown.
Arsène Wenger: Invincible
Friday 25 March
Documentary on Arsène Wenger, who managed Arsenal for 22 years, transforming the club and going through the whole of the 2003/04 season without losing a league game.
No Woman, No Try
Friday 25 March
Filmed through the 2020-21 rugby season, this documentary looks at how the sport is making progress across a range of issues, and includes interviews with male and female players, including Ugo Monye and Shaunagh Brown.