From Netflix’s The Circle to Feud: Capote vs The Swans on Disney+ – the most gripping new TV to stream next week
IN our newly-released TV series and films list, there’s something for everyone in the family to watch, whether old or young.
The Sun has curated a special hand-picked list of all the best shows hitting the world’s biggest streaming platforms next week.
NETFLIX
Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer
COMEDY Available from Tuesday
Jimmy Carr loves to say the unsayable, and of course, none of what he says is actually unsayable because it all comes out of his mouth in his fourth stand-up special for Netflix.
If you enjoy Jimmy’s humour, which pushes the boundaries of what is supposedly acceptable, then you will enjoy his new show,
The programme is filled with his sardonic, edgy spin on subjects including gun control, religion, cancel culture, and consent.
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
FILM Available from Friday
Last year, The first instalment – Rebel Moon saga – Part One: A Child Of Fire- told the story of a skilled young fighter, Kora (Sofia Boutella), leading an unlikely group of rebels against evil galactic overlords, The Motherworld.
For this second instalment, Snyder certainly hasn’t learned his lesson about the clunky names, and those echoes of other sci-fi epics remain, but it looks incredible.
Meanwhile, the action has been ramped up several notches as Kora and her crew prepare to defend Veldt’s peace-loving world from a massive looming Motherworld attack.
Our Living World
NATURE Available from Wednesday
This remarkable four-part nature series is a wondrous, wild ride that examines the unseen but utterly vital networks connecting all species on Earth.
Spanning the globe from Angola to New Zealand – and plenty of places in between – the series will show viewers remarkable, magical creatures and habitats, revealing the unexpected ecosystems that help sustain life on our planet while also shining a light on the threats to those ecosystems caused by us humans.
The Circle
REALITY Available from Wednesday
The American version of The Circle has returned for a sixth season, and this time around, the show moves from its former base in a modern apartment block in Manchester to Atlanta, Georgia.
Another selection of wannabe influencers will do their best to persuade their fellow competitors to rate them highly enough to stay in the competition and potentially win $150,000.
Don’t Hate The Player
REALITY Available from Wednesday
This new nine-part reality competition is, to all intents and purposes, the French version of the Love Island-meets-The Traitors reality show Surviving Paradise.
In a similar fashion to Surviving Paradise, 13 contestants are dropped into a ramshackle camp on a sun-drenched island and challenged to compete for a spot in an expensive luxury villa and the chance to win €150,000.
It won’t be easy, and only the players who are masters of strategy and survival and can forge strong alliances will have a shot at victory.
The Upshaws
COMEDY Available from Thursday
For the loveable Upshaw clan from Indianapolis, it’s usually one step forward and two steps back—and nothing’s likely to change in this box-fresh fifth season of the breezy sitcom.
Always happy to wind folk up, cranky Lucretia (Wanda Sykes) is sticking her nose even further into Bennie’s (Mike Epps) business dealings at the garage, insisting that he should diversify and become qualified to service electric cars.
Meanwhile, Aaliyah (Khali Spraggins) has a secret boyfriend, and patient Regina (Kim Fields) is, as always, doing her best to keep the whole Upshaw mess together.
DISNEY+
Feud: Capote vs The Swans
DRAMA Available from Wednesday
A new limited series from Ryan Murphy, based on the book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer, is set in high-society New York.
The series stars Naomi Watts, Tom Hollander, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Treat Williams, Joe Mantello and Russell Tovey.
It tells the story of acclaimed writer Truman Capote who surrounded himself with a coterie of society’s most elite women whom he nicknamed “the swans.”
However, these powerful ladies vow revenge against the indiscreet writer when they find out he is not who he claims to be.
Primal Survivor: Over The Andes
REALITY Available from Thursday
In this six-part series, previously shown on Nat Geo, Hazen is in South America, ready to take on the Andes in a perilous adventure that makes for absorbing viewing.
He’ll be attempting to travel from east to west, crossing a series of wildly different and often dangerous ecosystems, including snake-filled, swampy jungles, caiman-infested wetlands in Northern Argentina, icy rivers and the parched, scorching wilderness of the Atacama Desert.
Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir – Action
KIDS Available from Friday
We’re off to Paris, where brave superhero Ladybug – aka schoolgirl Marinette – and her partner in crime-fighting Cat Noir – teenager Adrien – are taking on their most challenging opponent yet.
But instead of the usual ‘akumatized’ super villains, the duo are waging war against plastic pollution in the French capital this time.
The river is full of the stuff, so they decide the best way to tackle the problem is to meet with Bertrand King, the largest plastic manufacturer in the land, and attempt to get him to change his ways.
PRIME VIDEO
Expend4bles
FILM Available from Friday
Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham and Randy Couture return for a fourth instalment of the action thriller film franchise, joined this time by a host of big names, including Megan Fox, Curtis’ 50 Cent’ Jackson and Andy Garcia.
When a group of terrorists in possession of some serious nuclear weapons attempt to cause World War III between the US and Russia, those unbreakable Expendables are called in to thwart their plans and save the day.
PARAMOUNT+
La Brea
DRAMA Available from Thursday
In the last outing, viewers of Le Brea viewers discovered that the sinkholes – which had opened up in Los Angeles, sending hundreds of people falling through time to 10,000 BC – were caused by the shadowy Lazarus Project.
In this new season, the Harris family—mum Eve, son Josh, dad Gavin, and daughter Izzy—face a race against time to reunite and escape the sinkholes before it’s too late.
However, with Eve missing and dinosaurs marauding about the place, it’s not going to be easy.
Ark: The Animated Series
SCI-FI Available from Friday
An awe-inspiring cast—including Michelle Yeoh, Russell Crowe, Gerard Butler, David Tennant, and Vin Diesel—provides the voices for this action-packed animated adaptation of the hit video game Ark.
When 21st-century Australian palaeontologist Helena Walker (Madeleine) wakes up in a strange primeval land following a tragedy, she finds herself fighting to survive in this unforgiving dinosaur-infested landscape, joined by a colourful group of characters, all sent there from different eras in time.
With the odds stacked heavily against her, Helena sets out to learn the truth about where she is and whether she can ever escape.
DISCOVERY+
Jack Osbourne’s Night Of Terror
ENTERTAINMENT Available from Thursday
The first episode of Sharon Osborne’s son Jack’s series shows spooked her sometimes, but this new season is about to have her on edge.
Having heard all about Jack’s creepy adventures, Sharon wants to see what all the fuss is about this time, so she joins him on a tour of the Glen Tavern Inn in Santa Paula, California.
This century-old place is believed to be haunted by some ghastly ghouls – and it isn’t long before Sharon comes up against a particularly nasty spirit, causing a real-life medical emergency for the showbiz legend.
CHANNEL 4
Sløborn
THRILLER Available from Friday
The hit German-Danish post-apocalyptic thriller will be returning for a second season, with life set to get even tougher for the inhabitants of the island.
After a deadly virus wiped out many locals on the small island of Sløborn, most of the survivors were evacuated.
Despite the chaos around them, a small band of people – worried about what might happen to them on the mainland – have hidden themselves on the island and are hoping to stay, including pregnant Evelin (Emily Kusche), who’s taking care of her little brothers.
However, when there’s a power failure, the inhabitants’ already precarious existence becomes even more problematic.
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