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From Netflix’s Heartbreak High to Fallout on Prime Video – the best new TV and movies to stream next
There's a scintillating line-up of new TV hitting screens this week - here's our ranking of the latest arrivals.
IN JUST a couple of days, brand new TV series and movie titles from Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, Paramount+, and Channel 4 will be landing on screens.
We've picked out the must-watch shows you can stream in the next week.
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NETFLIX
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment
DOCUMENTARY Available from Wednesday
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This new gripping eight-part docuseries gives cameras unprecedented access into an Arkansas detention centre where Eric Higgins, Sheriff of Pulaski County prison, has implemented a radical social experiment that offers inmates more freedom and responsibility.
Previously, inmates might have spent up to 23 hours a day in their cells, but Sheriff Higgins is hopeful that once his new controversial theory approach is put to the test, it will result in fewer people reoffending and finding themselves back behind bars.
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Heartbreak High
DRAMA Available from Thursday
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Yes, you guessed it, Hartley High—aka “the lowest ranking school in the district”—has opened its gates once again, welcoming back Amerie (Ayesha Madon), Quinni (Chloe Hayden), Malakai (Thomas Weatherall), and all the gang.
In season two, there are a couple of new pupils guaranteed to put the cat amongst the pigeons—unassuming country boy Rowan (Sam Rechner), who quickly finds himself caught up in a dramatic love triangle, and Zoe (Kartanya Maynard), an opinionated celibacy advocate who threatens to bring down the school’s Sexual Literacy Tutorial class from within.
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Woody Woodpecker Goes To Camp
KIDS Available from Friday
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Woody the woodpecker has been entertaining kids for over 80 years now, and it’s fair to say that the hyperactive, beak-banging bird has shown no indications of slowing down.
Now, the beloved character has a new fun-filled and breathless movie which mixes animation with live-action.
The new film follows Woody on his journey as he lands himself in trouble and has to find a new home after being kicked out of the forest.
What Jennifer Did
DOCUMENTARY Available from Wednesday
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A new staggering documentary which delves into the horrific and random crime carried out against a well-liked, hardworking family shocked the previously peaceful neighbourhood.
One night in November 2010, police in Ontario, Canada, received an alarming call from a young woman called Jennifer Pan, who claimed that armed gunmen had forced their way into the family home and shot her parents, killing her mum and badly wounding her dad - but all was not as it seemed.
This new documentary featuring police interrogation footage and new interviews with detectives and friends of the Pan family tells the story of the crime and the investigation that followed.
Neal Brennan: Crazy Good
COMEDY Available from Tuesday
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American comedian Neal Brennan—who helped co-create Dave Chapelle’s acclaimed series Chapelle’s Show—is a household name in America and will have UK viewers crying with tears of laughter.
Thanks to his hard work and dedication, Neal has gradually become one of the US's most in-demand comedy writers and stand-ups.
With two previous specials under his belt, the acclaimed comedian is back with a third stand-up show that hilariously discusses subjects as wide-ranging as relationships, mental health, and millionaire mindsets.
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NFT:WTF?
DOCUMENTARY Available from Wednesday
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This new documentary film takes a deep – but reassuringly clear – dive into the world of ‘Non-Fungible Token’ aka NFTs, explaining what they are, where the concept originated, why people spend big money on them and the profound effect they’ve had on the art world.
It features in-depth interviews with artists like Damian Hurst and Beeple, plus the movement's founders.
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Fallout
DRAMA Available from Thursday
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Brace yourselves for this new all-action, humour-studded ‘post-apocalyptic’ sci-fi thriller ‘based on a video game’ that will get your pulse racing.
Set more than 200 years after a terrible nuclear war, the luckiest of the survivors are living in super-safe fallout bunkers called Vaults, unwilling to venture outside - so far, so Silo.
But when young Lucy (Ella Purnell) decides to leave the safety of her Vault, she finds a ruined wasteland filled with dangerous characters all intent on staying alive at any cost, including ruthless (and nose-less) bounty hunter The Ghoul (Walton Goggins).
APPLE TV+
Franklin
DRAMA Available from Friday
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Wall Street star Michael Douglas will be starring as legendary US diplomat, scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin in an eight-part epic lavish historical drama.
The series begins in 1776 and follows the elderly Franklin, one of the United States' founding fathers, on a secret mission to France.
Franklin has been dispatched in the hope of securing support for America in the War of Independence - but with all manner of foes ranged against him, including British spies, French informers and hostile colleagues, it’s going to take all his powers of persuasion, ingenuity and diplomacy.
The series starts Friday with a triple bill, with the remaining five episodes following weekly after that.
DISNEY+
The Greatest Hits
FILM Available from Friday
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Two years after her boyfriend Max is killed in a tragic accident, a still-grieving Harriet (Lucy Boynton) discovers that listening to certain songs transports her back in time to the romantic moment that the song reminds her of.
But just when she realises this strange power might allow her to change the heartbreaking events of the past and prevent the accident, Harriet starts to fall for someone else in the present day.
Going Fur Gold
DOCUMENTARY Available from Wednesday
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This new six-part reality docuseries introduces viewers to fascinating animal owners in the USA who are devoted to pampering and prepping their beloved pets before entering them into eye-popping competitions in hopes that they will pick up the trophy for the Best In Show title.
The competitions don’t only include dogs or cats but a whole bunch of other animals, including rabbits, alpacas, guinea pigs and even chickens, all primped and styled to look their best.
PARAMOUNT+
The Challenge All Stars
REALITY Available from Thursday
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This new reality series, which is like a crazy mash-up of Love Island, The Traitors and Gladiators, is back for a fourth season of its All-Stars spin-off -
The show tests its cast's mental, physical and emotional limits as each series takes a group of tough Challengers who compete against each other over several extreme tasks to make it to the series finale and win the grand prize.
Each episode will see someone eliminated, and along the way, they must form alliances and sometimes even sabotage one another if they want to be successful.
This time, the show’s based in Cape Town, $300,000 is up for grabs, and taking part are 24 former Challengers, promising re-ignited rivalries, redemption-seekers and even ex-lovers.
Dora
KIDS Available from Friday
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Young explorer Dora has kept children thrilled and entertained by her adventures for years.
And now a whole new generation of pre-schoolers can discover what all the fuss is about, thanks to this new 26-episode series, which finds a teenage Dora (voiced by Diana Zermeño) strapping on her backpack and jetting off on some inspiring, epic adventures alongside her best buddy, Boots the monkey (Asher Colton Spence).
Set in a colourful and surprise-filled rainforest, Dora, Boots, and their friends will find themselves facing all types of tricky problems and challenges - not to mention the antics of naughty fox Swiper (Marc Weiner)- with the help of her guide Map (Anairis Quiñones), Dora’s sure to save the day.
Sumotherhood
FILM Available from Wednesday
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Wannabe East London gangsters Riko (Adam Deacon) and Kane (Jazzie Zonzolo) are back again, desperate to prove their toughness in this new crude, cringey, hilarious comedy.
The problem is the hapless pair are about as far from gangster material as you can get, but when they attempt to rob a bank to pay off their debts, a misunderstanding gets them recruited to one of the capital’s meanest crews.
Spirited performances from the leads, plus a Who’s Who of famous folk in the supporting cast—hello, Jennifer Saunders, Ed Sheeran, Jaime Winstone, Denise Richards, Eddie Kadi, Tamzin Outhwaite, Lethal Bizzle, and even Jeremy Corbyn.
CHANNEL 4
Sweetheart
THRILLER Available from Friday
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Viewers are off to Canada for the latest instalment from the always-reliable Walter Presents strand, and this time, it’s an eight-part tale of illicit love that leads to disaster.
Chanelle (Évelyne Brochu) is a 38-year-old happily married schoolteacher with two children.
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Life appears to be straightforward until 17-year-old student Sandrick (Lévi Doré) arrives in her class.
Aware of his brutal home life, Chanelle does her best to give the young man the help he needs, but her care and concern start to blossom into something more, and before long, teacher and pupil are lost in a passionate affair that threatens to wreck both their lives.
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