GROUP CELEBRITY DIRECTOR NATHALIE WHITTLE ROUNDS UP THE BEST FILMS, TV SHOWS AND CULTURAL TREATS TO ENJOY
TV picks
STONEHOUSE
Real-life couple Keeley Hawes and Matthew Macfadyen (above left and centre) unite for this drama based on the true story of disgraced MP John Stonehouse. The three-part series reveals how the MP faked his death and fled to Australia in 1974, leaving behind his loving wife Barbara (Hawes) and three young children. Utterly engrossing. ITV
CALL THE MIDWIFE
The beloved drama returns for a 12th series. It’s 1968 and Enoch Powell’s speech strongly criticising mass immigration casts a shadow over Poplar. Meanwhile, Nonnatus House has a new team member, Sister Veronica (Rebecca Gethings). Familiar faces also return, including our cover star Jenny Agutter as Sister Julienne. Read our interview with Jenny on page 10. BBC One
THE GOLD
The infamous Brink’s-Mat robbery of 1983 is the subject of this gripping new series. Six armed men break into a security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport – and find gold bullion worth £26m. Dominic Cooper, Jack Lowden and Hugh Bonneville star. BBC One
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ROMANTIC GETAWAY
Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan provide all the laughs in this Bonnie-and-Clydestyle sitcom. The pair play a couple desperate for a baby, but having run out of money for more IVF, they decide to ‘borrow’ the cash they need from their boss – and soon find themselves on the run. A tonic for the winter blues. Sky Comedy and NOW
THE PALE BLUE EYE
This twisty whodunnit will keep you guessing until the end. When a US army cadet is found dead at the United States Military Academy, it’s up to Detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) to follow the clues, aided by a young writer named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling). Toby Jones and Gillian Anderson (left) also star. Netflix
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Helena is the queen Six years since her last of soaps small-screen role, Helena Bonham Carter is back, as soap legend Noele Gordon. This drama from Russell T Davies (who also wrote It’s A Sin) charts Noele’s time on long-running ITV series Crossroads – and her shock sacking in 1981, whic
