Escaping the frame of reality TV fame
now streaming
Make Me Famous
BBC iPlayer
Drama by Reggie Yates exploring the impact of fame on reality TV participants and those close to them.
A year after stardom, can Billy escape the reputation that now precedes him?
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Netflix
Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where scheming rivals, high stakes and onstage mishaps test their bond.
#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories
Netflix
Actress Helen Mirren retraces Anne Frank’s life through the pages of her diary, and through the lives of five woman who, as young girls, were also deported to concentration camps but escaped the Holocaust.
Downton Abbey.
Now TV
Big-screen adaptation of the hit television series starring Hugh
Bonneville and Maggie Smith, following the beloved Crawleys as they prepare for a royal visit.
APB
Now TV
After witnessing his best friend’s murder, a tech billionaire makes an unprecedented deal to privatise the troubled local police force and transform it with cutting-edge technology, challenging Chicago’s 13th District to rethink everything about the way they fight crime.
Dating Amber
Amazon Prime
A closeted gay teen and his lesbian counterpart pretend to be a couple to avoid suspicion.
The Luminaries
BBC iPlayer: All episodes available
An intricately woven, suspenseful tale of love, magic, revenge and the lust for gold, set at the far end of the world.
Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel.
7500
Amazon Prime
A pilot fights to maintain control of his
airliner as terrorists storm the cockpit.
The Politician: Series 2
Netflix
Rich kid Payton has always known he is going to be president. But first he has to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all – high school.
Disclosure
Netflix
In this documentary, leading trans creatives and thinkers share heartfelt perspectives and analysis about Hollywood’s impact on the trans community.
Da 5 Bloods
Netflix
Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
The Sinner: Season 3
Netflix
Detective Harry Ambrose investigates various murder cases and tries to analyse the reasons behind ordinary people committing heinous crimes.
Coroner
Now TV
Drama series following Jenny Cooper, a recently-widowed Toronto coroner who investigates suspicious deaths while raising her son alone.
Hillar y
Now TV
Four-part documentary series providing an intimate portrait of former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, featuring exclusive footage from her 2016 presidential campaign.
The Kitchen
Now TV
The Irish mafia runs 20 blocks of a tough New York City neighbourhood known as Hell’s Kitchen. But for mob wives Kathy, Ruby and Claire, things are about to take a dramatic turn when the FBI sends their husbands to prison. The three women take business into their own hands by running the rackets.
Artemis Fowl
Disney +
The film depicts the journey of a 12-year-old criminal mastermind as he tries to save his kidnapped father from a band of devious fairies.