The Beauty
Disney Plus
Ryan Murphy’s much-anticipated satire about a beauty serum that has chilling consequences, with Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall. Commissioned in the aftermath of 2024’s The Substance, starring Demi Moore. It's dark and camp, but are 11 episodes de trop?
Steal
Amazon Prime Video
Finance-themed hostage drama. Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones) plays an office worker at an investment firm taken hostage during a multibillion pound heist. Also stars Archie Madekwe, Anna Maxwell Martin and Peter Mullan.
The Secret Of Me
Channel 4
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BBC Three
Return of Lucia Keskin’s sitcom about a feckless young woman instructed to complete a series of tasks when her parents die. Offbeat, lo-fi comedy.
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