Here’s the best new TV on streaming services; watch it all in one day, then spend the rest of the month birdspotting. Ooh look, a chaffinch!
Roadhouse
Readers of acertain vintage may remember the 1989 Patrick Swayze, er, ‘classic’, now given a timely reimagining by The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman. Jake Gyllenhaal plays afist-happy bouncer drawn into the fight of his life when villainous developers set their sights on the Florida roadhouse where he works. Film / Prime Video, 21 Mar
Palm Royale
Akind of mash-up of Desperate Housewives and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, this ’60s-set comedy drama series stars Kristen Wiig as aworking-class grifter who infiltrates the swankiest members’ club in Palm Beach, Florida. But is she smart, savvy and mean enough to make it among high society’s snooty vampires?
S1 / Apple TV+, 20 Mar
Manhunt
Acat-and-mouse conspiracy thriller set in the aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination, this miniseries follows his friend Edwin Stanton’s pursuit of the killer. Meanwhile the country, still divided in the aftermath of the Civil War, totters on the brink of fresh chaos. Unlike the calm stability of modern America, eh readers?
S1 / Apple TV+, 15 Mar
A Gentleman in Moscow
In the wake of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor) finds himself confined to ahotel on pain of execution. This adaptation of Amor Towles’ bestseller portrays his years of house arrest, and the companions he finds and lessons he learns as history unfolds. Serves you right for being posh, Alex. S1 / Paramount+, 29 Mar
Ripley
No, it’s not an Alien origin story: shot
