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Slow Horses Season 2 Apple TV +

Gary Oldman and his gang of dysfunctional spies return for the second season of this smart, darkly funny adaptation of the series of books by Mick Herron. This time its Herron’s Dead Lions that gets its turn for adaptation with a twisty story involving the fishy circumstances surrounding the death of a retired MI5 agent that his former handler, the anarchic Jackson Lamb (Oldman) believes are not as simple as everyone wants him to think.

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Sr Netflix

Robert Downey Jr turns the camera on his legendary cult-filmmaker father in this gently funny, heartfelt tribute to the personal charms and underground filmmaking legacy of a man who was far ahead of the game and left a mark on American cinema as a pioneering counterculture satirist before his death last year.

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover Netflix

DH Lawrence’s steamy, controversial 1928 novel of forbidden love gets a solidly engaging adaptation from French actress and director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Stars Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell are in fine form and help to give the source material its most mature treatment to date — elegantly balancing sensuality and romance in what remains a memorably defiant and passionate love story for any age.

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Willow Disney +

George Lucas and Ron Howard’s much beloved 1988 fantasy adventure gets a handsome series reboot in this epic tale of determined heroes on a quest to save their way of life, set 20 years after the first film’s action and which sees original star Warwick Davis make a welcome return for a version that’s sure to satisfy older fans of the original and gain new, younger fans in the process.