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Three siblings try to keep their family together in darkly comic style

Modern Western drama series about ranchers living near a Texan town

Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren return in the second series of the Yellowstone prequel, all episodes of which are now available

Guy Ritchie-produced documentary series about the attempt to steal one of the world’s largest diamonds from the Millennium Dome

Russell T. Davies's six-part saga tracks one family through steeply changing times

Surreal US comedy starring David Oyelowo as a burglar-turned-inventor

Unforgotten’s Nicola Walker stars as an offbeat Norwegian detective

Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett play married spies at odds in Steven Soderbergh’s classy thriller, now available to rent at home

Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick star in this fun, gripping suburban thriller

Gloriously British Aardman spoof of The Great Escape, with Mel Gibson as rooster Rocky

The classic costume drama following the lives of the Bellamy family, and their servants

Claudia Winkleman's tuneful talent show hits all the right notes

Swedish crime thriller about the disappearance of a young girl

Oscar-nominated teen romance set in early 1970s Los Angeles

Supernatural horror movie sequel about a murderous grinning demon

Sandra Bullock stars in this hilarious old-school comedy adventure

Idris Elba returns as the alien warrior in this Sonic movie spin-off series

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Pamela Anderson stars in a moving character study of a Las Vegas showgirl on a downward trajectory

Action-filled disaster movie sequel starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell

Horror mystery series starring The Handmaid’s Tale’s Yvonne Strahovski

Modern Western drama series about ranchers living near a Texan town

Guy Ritchie-produced documentary series about the attempt to steal one of the world’s largest diamonds from the Millennium Dome

Gloriously British Aardman spoof of The Great Escape, with Mel Gibson as rooster Rocky

Three siblings try to keep their family together in darkly comic style

Surreal US comedy starring David Oyelowo as a burglar-turned-inventor

Electrifying missing child thriller starring Denise Gough and Holliday Grainger

Swedish crime thriller about the disappearance of a young girl

Daniel Craig's brilliant debut as 007, opposite Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre

Sandra Bullock stars in this hilarious old-school comedy adventure

Supernatural horror movie sequel about a murderous grinning demon

Homegrown suburban thriller starring Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones

Pierce Brosnan's smooth debut as 007, opposite Sean Bean as a rogue agent

Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett play married spies at odds in Steven Soderbergh’s classy thriller, now available to rent at home

Second series of the videogame adaptation starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey

Legal drama starring Matthew McConaughey as an unscrupulous LA attorney

Claudia Winkleman's tuneful talent show hits all the right notes

Idris Elba returns as the alien warrior in this Sonic movie spin-off series
Shows to catch up with before a new series begins

Neil Gaiman's comic-book masterpiece is brought stunningly to life

The Sex And The City revival returns on fabulous form

Harrowing series based on Margaret Atwood’s book, starring Elisabeth Moss

Follow the trail of the Brink's-Mat fools gold in a thrilling star-studded mini-series

Glossy follow-up to Big Little Lies, starring Nicole Kidman

Rollicking prequel to the original sci-fi series that's packed with great stories

Maggie and Negan head to Manhattan in a spin-off series from the zombie show

Fans of Bridgerton should enjoy this vibrant Edith Wharton adaptation

Hit comedy about an American manager at a struggling London football team

Catherine Zeta-Jones co-stars in a wicked Addams Family spin-off

Snazzy, modern take on Columbo from the creator of Knives Out

Classy Le Carre adaptation with a knockout cast

Strong Star Wars spin-off centred on a rebel in hiding, now partly free on YouTube

The Korean sci-fi thriller series returns with new deadly challenges

The serial killer returns for another five episodes of grisly mayhem

Winona Ryder leads the cast of this dark fantasy-horror set in smalltown America

Danny Dyer stars as an outlandish returning brother in Ryan Sampson’s comedy
Big dramas to watch on Easter weekend

Accusations fly in a small community in New Zealand

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan’s star-studded drama about Texas oil

Dramatisation of the 1989 interview between journalist Brian Walden and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, starring Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter

Andrew Scott’s brilliant one-man take on Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, currently dazzling Off-Broadway audiences

Gripping US thriller about the US President’s protection officer

Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere star in a US take on French spy drama The Bureau

The much-anticipated return of the drama set in the darkest corners of King Henry VIII’s court

Police interview drama with a starry cast, including David Tennant

Edge-of-your-seat plane hijack thriller series starring Idris Elba

Shocking and compelling drama, based on a true story

Follow the trail of the Brink's-Mat fools gold in a thrilling star-studded mini-series

Colin Farrell is unrecognisable in this Scarface-style Batman spin-off

Strong Star Wars spin-off centred on a rebel in hiding, now partly free on YouTube

David Tennant and Aidan Turner head up the cast of a steamy, flat-out fun adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel

A drama about sex, lies and tennis starring Aidan Turner

A true political story set during the Troubles in Ireland

Sublime Japanese drama about four very different sisters
True crime documentaries you'll want to talk about

True-crime investigation of Dena Thompson, better known as the Black Widow

BAFTA-nominated look inside a global cult where young girls were sexually abused

The extraordinary story of a London pastry chef’s reunion with a woman claiming to be his mother

The real-life story of a Grey’s Anatomy writer who lied about having cancer

The unsolved disappearances of six young women in Ireland in the 1990s

How a con man wooed women online and swindled them out of millions

A celebrated vegan restaurateur finds her life upended by a mysterious man

Terrifying documentary about the hunt for an online stalker

Shocking documentary charting 20 years of domestic abuse

The seismic HBO true crime documentary

Tiger King director Eric Goode turns his attention to the disappearance of a Hollywood chimp

The true story of author Michael Peterson, accused of killing his wife

Detectives investigate after a skydiver survives a parachute malfunction

Remarkable true crime documentary that took ten long years to film

True story of an American fertility doctor who lied about being the donor for multiple offspring

The story of Amanda Riley, who lied about having cancer

The inside story of a family vlogger, later imprisoned for child abuse, told by her children and ex-husband

Murdered nanny Sandra Rivett’s son investigates Lord Lucan’s disappearance

Documentary series uncovering the financial crimes of boy band impresario Lou Pearlman

Documentary telling the story of a horrific US teen rehabilitation camp

Documentary series about a fertility clinic scammer

The story of Australian influencer Belle Gibson and her terrible web of lies

Documentary looking at what happened when a warder fell in love with an inmate

The inside story of the search for the missing mother-of-two

Documentary about the Rust shooting that focuses on the life of the victim, Halyna Hutchins

True-crime documentary about the theft of $4 billion in bitcoin

Documentary series examining the infamous 1995 murder case

A four-part dive into the allegations against Sean Combs

Follow the police investigation into a Scottish serial killer

Documentary investigating the conspiracy theories lurking behind the Manson family murders
Licensed to stream - where to see 007 on demand

Daniel Craig's brilliant debut as 007, opposite Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre

Sean Connery is on top form alongside Honor Blackman and Gert Frobe as the villain

Roger Moore's finest hour as James Bond, with Richard Kiel as Jaws

Pierce Brosnan's smooth debut as 007, opposite Sean Bean as a rogue agent

Timothy Dalton's swansong as Bond, following 007 avenging an attack on Felix

Daniel Craig goes out with a bang in his final Bond outing

George Lazenby's underrated sole outing as 007
Family fun for the Easter holidays

Will Ferrell joins the voice cast for a sequel that sees Gru in witness protection

Delightful story of an otter who makes a perfect addition to the lives of a couple in the Shetlands

Concert film celebrating the animated classic’s 30th birthday

Chris Pratt is the voice of the cat in this heist-style adventure

The bear goes searching for his Aunt Lucy in the fun third movie in the series

Mr Beast gives away $5 million in an elaborate contest

Baking competition themed around the Harry Potter films

The YouTuber’s many adventures, including crossing America on a penny

Superhero adventure series starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan

A modern reimagining of Jacqueline Wilson’s novel set in Glasgow

Kaitlin Olson stars in a Monk-style mystery series as a single mother with an IQ of 160

Jurassic Park as you’ve never seen it before - in LEGO!

Film of the groundbreaking, award-winning Broadway musical

Prepare to be amazed as the Gladiators unleash prank mayhem

Enid Blyton's stories are given a dark and stylish overhaul

Jude Law headlines a live-action Star Wars series for children

An American ballet dancer in Paris discovers her witchy family legacy

Cult comedy challenge show gets junior spin-off

Idris Elba returns as the alien warrior in this Sonic movie spin-off series

Superman’s dog embarks on an animated adventure
Loved Austin? Here are some top Aussie comedies to watch

The great Aussie comedy about a mother and daughter that became a big international hit

Boy meets girl - and dog - in this offbeat Aussie romcom

Noirish detective comedy set in a small Australian seaside town

Saucy Aussie sex comedy starring The IT Crowd’s Katherine Parkinson

Australian road trip comedy about an unlikely couple on a cross-country adventure

Australian office sitcom about a lawyer trying to make a new start

Easygoing stakeout comedy from Australia

Well-performed Australian comedy about the challenges of being a new mother

Wryly funny Australian comedy about a hitman with a tricky personal life

Squint into the sun as commuters hit the Aussie freeways

The Aussie version of the comedy is the first to have a female lead

Aussie sitcom about families colliding across the social divide

Raucous Australian comedy about health and fitness

Heartfelt and hilarious, a comedy about a man whose best friend comes back to haunt him
Hollywood on Hollywood

Robert Altman’s brilliant Hollywood satire, starring Tim Robbins as an exec whose life is unravelling

Matt LeBlanc gets another shot at fame in this hilarious Hollywood sitcom

Seth Rogen’s starry satire of the movie business

Offbeat American sitcom set behind the scenes of a successful television show

Hollywood insider comedy that's packed with star cameos

Ben Stiller’s riotously silly - and controversial - Vietnam War movie comedy

Hilarious hit French comedy set in a chaotic Parisian talent agency

TV-insider comedy about a revived family sitcom

British take on the hit French showbiz comedy Call My Agent!

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in a glossy newsroom drama
Where to watch the 2025 BAFTA TV nominees

David Mitchell stars as a puzzle setter whose quizzical brain solves crimes

Riveting manhunt drama with flashbacks to the miners’ strike

Testimony from the rare survivors of the first nuclear bombs

Smart and fast police drama set in post-Troubles Belfast

Sophie Willan’s BAFTA-winning comedy of hard knocks

The story of Vogue magazine in the 1990s

A true political story set during the Troubles in Ireland

Delightful story of an otter who makes a perfect addition to the lives of a couple in the Shetlands

The much-anticipated return of the drama set in the darkest corners of King Henry VIII’s court

Riveting drama based on comedian Richard Gadd’s experiences with a stalker

Edgy south London superhero story made with big-budget panache

Deeply cheeky sitcom following Scouse teenagers

Louis Theroux-produced documentary about a controversial affair

BAFTA-nominated look inside a global cult where young girls were sexually abused

TV adaptation of David Nicholls’s novel about life and love

Real-life drama about a terrible miscarriage of justice

Small-town Lancashire collision of heist thriller and buddy comedy

Riveting drama starring Martin Freeman as a policeman cracking under pressure

Gary Oldman plays the leader of a team of out-of-favour British intelligence agents

David Tennant and Aidan Turner head up the cast of a steamy, flat-out fun adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel

Dapper Barry is hiding a secret in Bernadine Evaristo’s life-affirming story

Addictive drama about ruthless bankers and their raunchy after-hours antics

Accusations fly in a small community in New Zealand

Tender story of a gay couple’s journey to adoption

Gillian Anderson stars in a drama that tells the inside story of the BBC interview with Prince Andrew

Shocking and compelling drama, based on a true story

Jodie Foster stars in this eerie, Alaska-set outing for the HBO crime anthology

Adaptation of James Clavell’s epic novel about an Englishman in 17th-century Japan

Boy meets girl - and dog - in this offbeat Aussie romcom
For fans of Formula One

A fast-paced profile of motor-racing legend Jackie Stewart

Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in a real-life tale of 1960s racing ambition

Exhilarating drama based on the racing life of the great Brazilian driver

Asif Kapadia’s BAFTA-winning profile of the racing great

Thrilling drama about James Hunt and Niki Lauda’s F1 rivalry

Famously troubled film about the endurance race starring Steve McQueen

Documentary charting Nigel Mansell’s 1992 F1 World Championship win

The human dramas behind the roaring engines of Formula 1

Full-throttle documentary about the rivalry between two F1 legends

Fact-based story of a British gamer turned racing driver

Dom Toretto and his family are targeted by the vengeful son of a drug lord

Keanu Reeves presents this documentary series about the Brawn F1 team

Action movie with Tom Cruise as a racing car driver
The best films on free TV

Oscar-nominated teen romance set in early 1970s Los Angeles

Brilliant British thriller love story, starring Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson

Near-perfect thriller set in Vienna, starring Orson Welles

An enchanting murder mystery set in 1950s North Carolina

Classic Hitchcock thriller starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood

Matt Damon stars as an astronaut stranded on Mars

Classic fact-based prison drama starring Steve McQueen

Lesley Manville plays a war widow following her fashion dreams

Taron Egerton stars in a rock ’n’ roll fantasy based on the life of Elton John

Old-fashioned actioner starring Gerard Butler and Mike Colter

Director Mel Brooks’ terrific Broadway comedy, starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel

Can Idris Elba and Margot Robbie’s team of supervillains save the world?

One-take kitchen drama starring Stephen Graham as a super-stressed chef

Stylish murder mystery set backstage at a high-end hairdressing competition

The glorious sequel to the smash-hit movie take on the jukebox musical

Mockumentary about a series of murders at a beauty pageant

Pitch-black satire of the super-rich on a luxury yacht
The best films on pay TV

Action-filled disaster movie sequel starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell

Oscar-winner Viola Davis plays a gun-toting US President in an action thriller set at the G20 summit

Pamela Anderson stars in a moving character study of a Las Vegas showgirl on a downward trajectory

Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick star in this fun, gripping suburban thriller

Spirited and surprising portrait of a boy finding solace through surfing after the loss of his dad

Gerard Butler stars in an LA heist thriller that spawned a sequel

The electrifying true underdog story of American boxer Claressa Shields

Florence Pugh stars in a fact-based wrestling comedy

Simmering Irish revenge thriller about the rivalry between rural families

The seven Oscar-winning epic, starring Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif

Blake Lively stars in a controversial drama about domestic abuse

Thriller starring Nicole Kidman as a housewife whose husband may have a dark secret

Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult star in an unsettling real-life story of 1980s American domestic terrorism

The first of a quartet of westerns from Kevin Costner

Family drama starring a digitally de-aged Tom Hanks

Lily James stars in Mike Newell’s good-looking post-war drama

‘Die Hard on a bridge’ featuring Disney star Dylan Sprouse

Channing Tatum's stripper heads to London

Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth headline a Mad Max prequel

Cameron Diaz came out retirement for this fun spy comedy with Jamie Foxx
The finest free drama box sets

A lottery winner decides to keep her jackpot secret in this rags-to-riches saga

Dark medical series from Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio

Four Latina maids navigate life working in Beverly Hills

Stephen Poliakoff’s 1930s-set drama about a black jazz band on the rise

Paul Abbott’s riveting drama about factory life, starring Sarah Lancashire and John Simm

The whole world blacks out and sees visions of their future

Jennifer Connelly is superb in this post-apocalyptic series set on a train

Jason Isaacs is an Edinburgh PI who gets close to the characters

A politician’s wife restarts her legal career when her husband is hit by scandal

Compelling exploration of the American opioid epidemic

Dervla Kirwan stars in a Big Little Lies-style thriller from Ireland

Jodie Comer delivers a powerful performance in this abduction drama

The complete adventures of Michael C Hall’s do-gooding serial killer

Soaring feature-length drama showing how Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean became ice-skating royalty

Time-hopping US family drama with plenty of heart and humour

Timothy Spall gives the performance of a lifetime in this true-crime tale

Atmospheric thriller following the horrific exploits of Arctic explorers

Anna Paquin stars as a PR professional with a messy private life
Top free comedies

Clever multi-generational sitcom starring Colin Hanks and Dianne Wiest

Karma goes around and comes around for Earl Hickey in this hit US sitcom

BAFTA-winning comedy about an incompetent letting agent

Hilarious Isle of Wight comedy with a great British cast

Aardman’s Oscar-winning animal-based claymation shorts

Musical numbers, political satire and musings on turning 40 from The Mash Report comedian

Comedy telling of Alan Carr's childhood, growing up in 1980s Northampton

Office workers become embroiled in a deadly conspiracy

The brilliant sketch show from Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson

Raunchy comedy-drama set in the world of 1970s erotic magazines

The comedian jokes about middle age and motorway service stations

Hilarious musical comedy about a lawyer obsessed with her ex

Glorious slapstick comedy presented as a play-of-the-week show

Parenting sitcom about a barely functioning father and his pregnant daughter
The best laughs on Netflix

An alien crash lands on Earth and takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor

Hilarious US comedy about an ageing girl band’s reunion

Australian office sitcom about a lawyer trying to make a new start

A rich family wind up living in the poor town they bought as a joke

Offbeat domestic comedy about an estate agent turned zombie

Hilarious hit French comedy set in a chaotic Parisian talent agency

A drunk elite team must save Las Vegas in this raucous action comedy

Ellie Kemper plays a naive cult survivor seeking a new life in the city

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody play a raucous podcast host and a rabbi in a sweet and sharp ten-part romcom

Comedy with film icons Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as spurned wives

Biting black US comedy about a recovering alcoholic

Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney star in this caustic TV pregnancy romcom

Will Forte plays an American podcaster pitched into an Irish mystery in this comic thriller

The final series of the Karate Kid sequel show

Raunchy 14th-century comedy set inside an Italian villa as the plague ravages the country outside

Rob Lowe plays an out-of-control tech genius in this sitcom

Ted Danson is the perfect heavenly host in a bittersweet comedy

Michael Douglas stars in a bittersweet sitcom about an ageing actor

High-school coming-of-age comedy based on the childhood of Mindy Kaling

Ricky Gervais plays widower Tony in a darkly comic take on grief
Great documentaries you may have missed

The story of a British window cleaner who may have discovered a Shakespeare portrait worth £200 million

Tom Hanks narrates this epic ten-part tour of the wonders of North and South America

Eye-opening, three-part history of the band, told by the group themselves and Louis Walsh

Oscar-winning documentary about the New York Philharmonic’s first full-time female member

BAFTA-winning documentary featuring interviews with Reeve’s children

Documentary about a father-daughter dance held at a US prison

The story of Australian influencer Belle Gibson and her terrible web of lies

Compelling and impressively made account of the tragedy and the search for the guilty

Documentary about British icon Roger Moore’s rise to global fame

Before their children go blind one family embarks on an incredible trip

Martin Scorsese-produced documentary about The Beatles’ first tour of America

Documentary charting the up-and-down life of US style icon Martha Stewart

Will Ferrell embarks on a heartwarming road trip with an old friend who is transitioning to live as a woman

The story of Vogue magazine in the 1990s
Top TV from around the world

Italian drama series about a rebellious young woman

Sublime Japanese drama about four very different sisters

Rewarding Swedish drama about neighbours who struggle to let a widow move on with her dating life

Ida Engvoll stars in a Swedish romcom about workplace dares

Dutch true-crime drama that tells one story from six perspectives

German sci-fi thriller series about a psychotic smart home

Espionage thriller series charting the activities of France’s top spies

Lively French political drama - like The West Wing with subtitles

A Franco-Japanese wine-tasting drama that's a delight to the senses

A young Swedish couple living in London become involved with a French art student

Friends must readjust when one starts dating the other’s mum

French drama about the lives and crimes of a debonair thief

Adaptation of James Clavell’s epic novel about an Englishman in 17th-century Japan

Tense Second World War submarine series told from the German perspective

German miniseries about the rise of the iconic fashion designer

Stylish coming-of-age thriller set during the political turmoil of Germany in the 1980s

Ukraine’s President Zelensky in the days when he was just a comedian

Sharp and hilarious Swedish comedy about modern motherhood

A gripping Israeli spy show which takes us into the heart of one of the world’s longest-running conflicts

TV series based on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels

Twisty Korean survival thriller that owes a debt to Tom Cruise’s Collateral

The story of a Danish innovation that transformed women's lives

Thrilling Israeli spy series about a secret mission into Iran

The dark and nasty side of technology for students at an engineering school in France

Belgian drama set amid an unsolved early-1980s crime spree
Hidden gems

Kaya Scodelario stars in an addictive, ten-episode drama set in the high-stakes world of ice skating

Hit legal drama starring Rupert Penry-Jones and Helen McCrory

Warm British comedy about a young couple who are struggling to have a baby

Toni Collette is a detective investigating a rape case

Easygoing stakeout comedy from Australia

Bridget Everett stars in this uncommonly real HBO comedy about small-town life

Sheridan Smith is a troubled young woman struggling with her addictions

A team of Swedes help people to organise homes and relationships, to prepare for death while they enjoy life

Noirish detective comedy set in a small Australian seaside town

Australian office sitcom about a lawyer trying to make a new start

Family and crime collide in this hard-hitting US drama

Offbeat celebrity talk show where the guests eat spicy chicken

Fantasy comedy in which a millennial woman moves through multiple relationships in parallel dimensions

Anna Paquin stars as a PR professional with a messy private life

Andrew Scott’s brilliant one-man take on Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, currently dazzling Off-Broadway audiences

Chris O'Dowd stars in a comedy about a machine that turns a town upside down

In the 1970s, FBI agents interview serial killers to tackle unsolved cases

Crime series with Bill Pullman as an eccentric police detective

Michael Douglas stars in a bittersweet sitcom about an ageing actor

Supernatural US drama about shifting realities starring Brit Marling and Jason Isaacs
The 2025 awards season movies

Five-Oscar winning dark romance about an American stripper and a Russian billionaire’s son, now available to rent at home

Rent the triple Oscar-winning drama about architecture, starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones

Jesse Eisenberg's film about Jewish cousins on a road trip

Biopic about Bob Dylan’s early days starring Timothée Chalamet, now available to rent at home

Papal thriller that triumphed at the BAFTAs and came home with one Oscar, now available to rent

Hugh Grant gets creepy in darkly compelling religious horror

Zoe Saldaña is BAFTA and Oscar-winning in a divisive musical crime drama that set a record with its 13 Academy Award nominations

BAFTA-nominated story set in the Orkney Islands starring Saoirse Ronan

Belfast-set musical comedy about an Irish-language rap group that won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut

Rent the first half of this grand Wizard Of Oz prequel musical, winner of 2 BAFTAs and 2 Oscars for its costumes and production design

Kristen Stewart stars in a bruising, BAFTA-nominated New Mexico romance

The perils of a younger, better you - starring Demi Moore, and BAFTA and Oscar-winning for make up and hair

Ultimately uplifting American drama about a prison theatrical production that uses real inmates

Powerful drama about racism based on Colson Whitehead's award-winning novel

Angelina Jolie stars in a hallucinatory drama about Maria Callas's life, now available to rent at home

Harrowing but visually stunning dive into First World War Copenhagen

Well-acted origin story of Donald Trump in 1970s and 80s, now available for home rental

Rent Robert Eggers’ popular, BAFTA-nominated take on the Bram Stoker story, starring Lily-Rose Depp
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Addictive reality TV shows

The US reality relationship show makes its Netflix debut

Glitzy, feud-filled follow-up to Keeping Up With The Kardashians, now back for series six

NYC-set property reality show from the makers of Selling Sunset

The fab five deliver emotional makeovers

The deadly fictional competition is transformed into a real-life contest

Single parents look for love under the watchful eyes of their (mostly) supportive children

Matchmaking show where couples ‘date’ and get engaged without meeting

Meet the elite Los Angeles real estate brokers at The Oppenheim Group

Follow the antics of posh twenty-somethings in the exclusive London borough

Sexy dating show that has become a cultural phenomenon

Sunny real-life spin-off series following yacht crews behaving badly

Netflix's bold dating show, in which romance occurs initially only through words, is back for series eight

Feisty spin-off series of the US reality show

Sassy reality show about the Vanderpump bar and restaurant empire

Fake reality contest in which celebrity reality stars strive to make the underdog come out on top

The race is on - ten Queens get dragged up for the ultimate cabaret

Follow the lives, loves and scandals of a group of real-life Essex guys and girls

Lively reality series following Sylvester Stallone’s family life

Follow Paris Hilton as she gets married and becomes a mother

Reality show dating ‘experiment’ involving multiple sets of twins

Inside the celebrity home renovations of a top interior designer
Best British sitcoms

Motherland spin-off with Lucy Punch and Joanna Lumley

Mealtime mayhem with a stellar cast

Farcical romp through British history with Rowan Atkinson's grasping villain

Odd couple flatmates Mitchell and Webb look for love

Heartwarming sitcom set in a haunted house

Eric and Beth dream of domestic bliss - but their neighbours have other ideas

A naturally funny family in a partially improvised sitcom

Painfully funny sitcom about the madness of modern parenting

Growing pains in Northern Ireland during the Troubles

Parenting sitcom about a barely functioning father and his pregnant daughter

The classic comedy starring Leonard Rossiter as creepy landlord Rigsby

Hilarious Home Guard antics in possibly the greatest sitcom of all time

Diane Morgan’s comedy creation has hapless adventures in the job market

Award-winning mockumentary-style sitcom about bored youngsters in a rural village

Meet the mismatched students sharing a house in hit Ch4 comedy drama

Near-the-knuckle schoolboy comedy that became a smash hit

The best bits from Jennifer Saunders’ classic sitcom

Award-winning comedy about a feisty young woman’s chaotic life

Computer says… yes! The classic comedy with Richard Ayoade

A long-running sitcom that has grown up with its audience

Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney star in this caustic TV pregnancy romcom

Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard endure the trials and tribulations of parenthood

Sitcom created by and starring rising comedy star Mawaan Rizwan

Rose Matafeo stars in a charming, screwball romcom about an unlikely couple

Comedy about two mismatched boys who strike up an unlikely friendship when they're thrown together at university

Katherine Parkinson and Alison Steadman star in this chaotic family comedy

A comedy about real-life love in all its lazy, messy glory

Morgana Robinson is a pugnacious chip shop manager going through a divorce

Romesh Ranganathan plays a father trying to better himself in this bittersweet sitcom
Chilling true-crime dramas

Dennis Quaid stars as an imprisoned serial killer in a based-on-true-life crime drama

Jessica Biel stars as a churchgoer - and suspected axe-murderer

Olivia Colman and David Thewlis play a killer couple in this blistering drama

Shocking and compelling drama, based on a true story

David Tennant plays against type as the serial killer Dennis Nilsen in this gripping three-part true crime drama

Sophie Turner plays one of Britain’s most notorious jewel thieves in this stylish true crime drama

Gripping fact-based French drama about a serial rapist

Sensitively handled drama about the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

Murder mystery drama starring Riley Keough based on real-life events

Harrowing true tale of an undercover hunt to catch a killer

Compelling exploration of the American opioid epidemic

Follow the trail of the Brink's-Mat fools gold in a thrilling star-studded mini-series
Exciting action thrillers

Jeff Bridges is a deadly ex-CIA man forced back into action

High-octane action adventure series based on Lee Child's novels

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch star in a ten-part take on Frederick Forsyth’s hitman novel

Jason Statham stars as an apiarist with very special skills

An FBI agent battles a top-level conspiracy in this thriller

This Is Us star Justin Hartley headlines this US action show

Riveting BBC thriller starring Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes

Immersive action film starring Chris Hemsworth

The first film of the action franchise starring Matt Damon

Slick and action-packed US drama about a disavowed spy

High-octane drama about the birth of the elite military unit

Max Irons stars in this American CIA thriller series

Classic thriller starring Edward Fox as an ice-cold assassin

Robert Redford stars as the CIA analyst embroiled in conspiracy

Will Smith stars in Tony Scott’s conspiracy thriller

The explosive, career-making spy drama starring Jodie Comer

Ryan Gosling plays a former assassin who is forced to go on the run

Smart Cold War tale starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth

A funny, grounded TV take on the spy film

Keanu Reeves's world-weary assassin embarks on a fourth brutal outing

Classy Le Carre adaptation with a knockout cast

MI6’s deputy chief is in hot water in this thriller

Gritty 1980s-set undercover espionage drama starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys

Brian Cox stars in a stylish Cold War thriller

Claire Danes is award-winning in this tense spy thriller

Elisabeth Moss stars as an MI6 agent in a race against time

High-stakes mayhem in this blockbuster global spy show
Strong female stories

Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in Hugo Blick’s brilliant thriller

Dark Irish comedy thriller co-created by and starring Sharon Horgan

Masterful drama with Kate Winslet as a small town sheriff on the trail of a killer

Bittersweet story of a washed-up comedian and a young writer

Glossy, upbeat US drama about three women's lives working on a magazine

Tea Leoni embarks on an unexpected political career in slick US drama

Laura Dern stars in a series she co-created with The White Lotus’s Mike White

Sublime Japanese drama about four very different sisters

A politician’s wife restarts her legal career when her husband is hit by scandal

Kaitlin Olson stars in a Monk-style mystery series as a single mother with an IQ of 160

Anna Paquin stars as a PR professional with a messy private life

Claustrophobic murder mystery set aboard a nuclear submarine

Kathy Bates stars in a 21st-century take on the 1980s American TV lawyer

Housewife turns stand-up in this charming award-winning series

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in a glossy newsroom drama

Gritty classic crime drama starring Sarah Lancashire and James Norton
Glossy American whodunnits

Hitchcockian mystery with Kaley Cuoco as an air stewardess up to her neck in trouble

Emma Corrin and Clive Owen star in a modern murder mystery series

Homeland’s Mandy Patinkin stars in this sunny, Agatha Christie-style mystery

Missing women and a sinister trucker in a dark road thriller

Glossy follow-up to Big Little Lies, starring Nicole Kidman

A body derails a society wedding in a mystery series starring Nicole Kidman

Award-winning series following tourists you wouldn’t want to meet on your holiday

Compelling murder mystery starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant

Glossy melodrama with a starry cast led by Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon

Kristen Bell plays a high school private detective

Comedy whodunnit about a trio of sleuths starring Steve Martin

Mystery comedy about a murder at a high-school reunion
The best Agatha Christie mysteries to stream now

Joan Hickson is outstanding as Agatha Christie’s sharp village sleuth

Aidan Turner stars in this adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery

David Suchet’s definitive performance as the Belgian detective

The best movie adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery

Superb Agatha Christie adaptation with an A-star cast

An all-star BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie’s mystery, with Bill Nighy and Anna Chancellor

Kenneth Branagh’s third star-packed outing as Hercule Poirot

Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot in two glitzy Christie adaptations

Rufus Sewell stars in Sarah Phelps’ spooky fifth Agatha Christie adaptation

Hugh Laurie’s classy adaptation of the 1934 Agatha Christie novel

John Malkovich plays the role of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot

Industry’s David Jonsson plays a novice sleuth in this Christie mystery

David Walliams and Jessica Raine play Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence
Where to watch the best Jane Austen adaptations

Emma Thompson writes and stars in glorious Austen adaptation

Definitive adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1813 classic novel starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle

Gwyneth Paltrow is on glowing form in this Austen adaptation

BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel, which portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters

‘Sequel’ to Pride And Prejudice, starring Matthew Rhys and Anna Maxwell Martin

Alicia Silverstone stars in Hollywood take on Jane Austen’s Emma

Hit period romance based on Jane Austen's unfinished novel

Updated Netflix take on Jane Austen’s tale starring Dakota Johnson
Epic dystopian and sci-fi dramas

Reinvention of the 1973 sci-fi western movie set in the ultimate theme park

A secret organisation with the ability to turn back time finds its newest recruit

Mind-bending sci-fi adventure following a man to the past to save the future

Explosive video game adaptation from the creators of the Westworld TV series

Zombie apocalypse horror that became a global hit

Jennifer Connelly is superb in this post-apocalyptic series set on a train

Epic sci-fi drama based on the novels by Isaac Asimov

Science-fiction mystery based on a novel by Stephen King

HBO's epic, post-apocalyptic drama about a father-daughter bond

Rollicking prequel to the original sci-fi series that's packed with great stories

Dystopian workplace drama starring Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette

Strong Star Wars spin-off centred on a rebel in hiding, now partly free on YouTube

The remains of humanity live deep underground in Apple's finely acted mystery

Ewan McGregor plays the Jedi master in this visually stunning Star Wars show

Sci-fi meets Western in the first live-action Star Wars TV spin-off

Four detectives probe the mystery of a dead body over four timelines

An all-star cast for this apocalyptic climate-change drama

Synthetic humanoids rebel in a gripping sci-fi drama

Contemporary reimagining of the HG Wells alien-invasion classic
A romantic night in

The perfect British romcom starring Renée Zellweger as a singleton

A modern Indecent Proposal, starring Renée Zellweger

Old friends reconnect in a romantic ‘what if’ indie from Canada

Zendaya and Josh O’Connor star in a tennis-world triangle romance

Blockbuster supernatural drama starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore

Tender tale of lost love which foregrounds the migrant experience

Scott Foley stars as a dad in an Italy-set rom-com

South London-set rom-com full of light and life

Broadway musical adaptation of the sharply comic movie

Audrey Hepburn’s first major role alongside Gregory Peck

Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader star in an oddball romance

Classic romantic comedy with Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly

Hilarious musical comedy about a lawyer obsessed with her ex

Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star in Space Race romcom

Rose Leslie and Theo James star in an unconventional romance

Fantasy comedy in which a millennial woman moves through multiple relationships in parallel dimensions

Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling star in this moving portrait of a marriage

The hit Spanish film series gets an English-language remake
Quirky sleuths who are fun to watch

An eccentric detective has to solve a White House murder in this comedic mystery

Sharp US drama series starring Tim Roth as a human lie detector

Miranda’s Tom Ellis plays the Devil himself, operating a nightclub in LA and cracking crime

Kaitlin Olson stars in a Monk-style mystery series as a single mother with an IQ of 160

Modern take on Sherlock Holmes set in New York

Simon Baker stars as a suave, fraudulent psychic who helps to crack crime

Good Wife spin-off that’s well suited to fans of Columbo

Enjoyably comic mystery starring James Roday as a fake psychic who works with the police

Snazzy, modern take on Columbo from the creator of Knives Out

David Mitchell stars as a puzzle setter whose quizzical brain solves crimes

The game's afoot as Benedict Cumberbatch breathes new life into Arthur Conan Doyle's detective

Hugh Laurie stars as the grumpy yet brilliant doctor

Canny amateur sleuth takes on complex cases. With Alan Davies

The police of Great Slaughter have a secret weapon in a forensically minded nun
Powerful Second World War dramas

Mini-series starring Dominic Cooper as the man who created 007

Epic World War II drama series starring Damian Lewis

Watch Gary Oldman’s Oscar-winning turn as Winston Churchill

Grown-up animation series bringing the battles of the Second World War to life

Tense Second World War submarine series told from the German perspective

Epic fact-based WWII drama about US airmen in Britain

High-octane drama about the birth of the elite military unit

Wartime drama about female prisoners in a Japanese internment camp

Drama series about the members of a Jewish family battling to survive the Second World War

Mini-series set in France during WWII, featuring Hugh Laurie and Mark Ruffalo

Wartime classic starring Michael Redgrave, celebrating the daring RAF mission

Catch the people caught in the eye of the storm as the Second World War burns

Gripping WWII drama series pitting the US against the Japanese
Sexy shows that pushed boundaries on TV

Raunchy series about one woman's quest for satisfaction, based on BB Easton's novel

Addictive drama about ruthless bankers and their raunchy after-hours antics

David Tennant and Aidan Turner head up the cast of a steamy, flat-out fun adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel

Sexed-up depiction of King Henry VIII’s infamous reign

Cate Blanchett, Sacha Baron Cohen and Kevin Kline star in a high-class thriller from director Alfonso Cuarón

Zendaya takes the lead in this racy teen drama about addiction and recovery

Racy tale about the sleazy side of stardom - and cults

Glitzy, trashy show about the scheming Earls Park FC WAGs

Billie Piper stars in the drama series about life as a modern sex worker

Racy Regency romp that reinvented the period drama genre

Outrageous historical comedy drama starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult

Tuppence Middleton stars in a sci-fi drama about globally connected humans

The continuing adventures of four women in New York City

An English nurse is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743

Steamy vampire drama series set in the Deep South starring Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
Top sports documentaries

Feature-length documentary about legendary Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel

The human dramas behind the roaring engines of Formula 1

The inside story of golf in this behind-the-scenes sports series

The return of the Drive To Survive-style show about rugby

Sports documentary charting the cricketing battles between the two countries

Charting the rise of the 1990s Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan

Asif Kapadia’s BAFTA-winning profile of the racing great

How two Hollywood A-listers came to the rescue of Wrexham FC

Behind-the-scenes at Sunderland Football Club in victory and defeat

Documentary charting the life of former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson

Documentary charting Nigel Mansell’s 1992 F1 World Championship win

Follow Burnley FC's struggle to return to the Premier League

Documentary series about the tensions of the professional tennis circuit

The rise, fall and rise again of boxer Ricky Hatton

The lives of drivers on and off the track in the high-speed US motorsport

Documentary about a ground-breaking but forgotten international women’s football tournament

An exploration of the influences and opportunities that led France’s Kylian Mbappe to become one of the best players in the world

Documentary series following the highs and the lows of the epic bike race

Go behind the scenes of Spanish football in this documentary series

Sports documentary following the US gymnast on the road to the Paris Olympics
Grand adventures in the Wild West

The first of a quartet of westerns from Kevin Costner

First prequel to the hit contemporary western series Yellowstone

Modern Western drama series about ranchers living near a Texan town

Robert Redford and Paul Newman are the dream acting duo at the centre of this classic western

Anna Torv stars in a sprawling drama set on an Australian cattle ranch

Western series starring Jack O’Connell and Downton’s Michelle Dockery

Kurt Russell stars in a drama about Arizona’s OK Corral

Gritty western from the writer of The Revenant, with Betty Gilpin as a woman crossing dangerous territory

Acclaimed and gritty western series starring Ian McShane and Timothy Olyphant

Visually stunning and emotionally intense western with a superb cast

Contemporary western starring Kevin Costner as a feared ranch owner, now available on Netflix

Jane Campion western, memorably featuring Benedict Cumberbatch

Crime drama based on an Elmore Leonard story

Second prequel to Yellowstone, with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren

A rancher discovers an unfathomable mystery in the Wyoming wilderness

Sky's gritty Spaghetti Western focuses on its female characters

Reinvention of the 1973 sci-fi western movie set in the ultimate theme park