Watch Captain Hugh Laurie
in space satire Avenue 5
From 22 January
The Thick of It and Veep creator Armando Iannucci launches into
space for his latest comedy, Avenue 5. And judging by the official
trailer for the HBO/Sky show (free to watch at http://www.hbo.com/
avenue-5), the journey hasn’t blunted Iannucci’s satirical skewer.
Avenue 5 stars a dapper Hugh Laurie as Ryan Clark, captain of
hetitular interplanetary cruise ship. When a malfunction leaves it
stranded in space, there’s panic among the crew and passengers
(including Rebecca Front and Nikki Amuka-Bird) and a shrug
from Avenue 5’s useless tycoon Herman Judd (Josh Gad, aka
Olaf in Frozen).
HBO’s website has a couple of trailers but there’s even more
onYouTube, including an official teaser at bit.ly/avenue
anda spoof advert for Judd’s “Luxury Space Experience” at
bit.ly/judd493.
Avenue 5’s eight episodes air weekly on Sky One, three days
after debuting on HBO. Stream on-demand via Now TV with an
Entertainment Pass (£8.99 per month, bit.ly/nowent493), and via
Sky Go with a Sky subscription.Pic ortnight
Welcome back Patrick
Stewart in Star Trek: Picard
From 24 January
The plot of the new Star Trek show is a
closely-guarded secret, but who cares?
Patrick Stewart is in it! Yes, Next
Generation’s
Captain
Jean-Luc Picard
returns to the
Trek universe
after two
decades. And
this time, he’s
got a dog.
Star Trek:
Picard’s 10
episodes arrive
weekly, landing
on Amazon
Prime each
Friday after premiering on CBS in the
US. An extended trailer (bit.ly/
picard493) hints at reunions with
beloved characters including Data
(Brent Spiner), but CBS has geo-
blocked other teasers. Follow
@primevideouk on Twitter for new
clips that you can actually watch.
If you need a catch-up, all seven
seasons of Next Generation are
onNetflixatbit.ly/nextgen493.LViX]CZiÀ^mi]g^aaZg
The Stranger
From 30 January
Two years after Netflix scored a hit
with its adaptation of Harlen
Coben’s novel Safe (still available
at bit.ly/safe493), the team has
reunited to bring another Coben
thriller to the screen.
The Stranger stars Richard Armitage
as a man reeling from
a shock revelation
about his wife
Corinne (Dervla
Kirwan). The
supporting
cast includes
Jennifer
Saunders,
Anthony Head
and Paul Kaye.
All eight
hour-long episodes
arrive on 30 January,
at bit.ly/stranger493.Watchnewepisodesof
Riverdale and Chilling
Adventures of Sabrina
From23/24 January
Twoyoung comic-book heroes return
toNetflix this fortnight. Riverdale,
based on the Archie comics
(archiecomics.com), is back with
new episodes from Thursday 23
January at bit.ly/riverdale493.
A fifth season has been
anounced as being in the works.
A day later, Kiernan Shipka
returns with Season 3 of Chilling
Adventures of Sabrina, whose eight
newepisodes join Seasons 1 and 2 at
bit.ly/sabrina493. Watch Netflix’st s ( o a b20 22 Jan - 4 Feb 2020
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