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New on-demand TV highlights for anyone
who likes aliens, royals, ghost hunters, talking
pine martens or grown-up tricycle jockeys
Truth Seekers
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost both
created and star in this Amazon
Original series – the pair’s first
television reunion since Spaced.
It’s a spooky sitcom that follows
a team of amateur paranormal
investigators – when they stumble
upon a supernatural conspiracy,
the crew must bring all their skills
to bear to avert disaster.
S1 / Amazon Prime Video, 30 OctHis Dark Materials
The Beeb’s solid adaptation of
Philip Pullman’s gloomy children’s
novels continues with the second
season of His Dark Materials.
Pullman’s books always felt like
a more worldly counterpoint to the
blithe straight-bat fantasy of the
Harry Potter series, and the BBC’s
screen version captures their grim,
mature nature well.
S2 / BBC iPlayer, 15 NovDoctor Sleep
Looking for a creepy watch as those
nights draw in? Look no further
than Stephen King’s Shining sequel,
starring Ewan McGregor as a
grown-up Danny ‘the kid on the
tricycle’ Torrance. Having spent
years battling the trauma of the
events at the Overlook Hotel,
Danny discovers a young girl with
powers even greater than his...
Film / Now TV / Sky, Nov (date tbc)The Crown
Olivia Colman returns as Lizzie
Windsor in the fourth series of
Netflix’s lavish royal biographical
drama. This run is set during the
Thatcher years (she’s played
by Gillian Anderson!) and will also
introduce Lady Diana Spencer, as
well as covering the strange night
when Michael Fagan broke into
Buck House for a bedside chat.
S4 / Netflix, 15 NovThe Good Lord Bird
Ethan Hawke plays firebrand
abolitionist John Brown in this
adaptation of James McBride’s
novel of the same name. Hawke
is also co-creator and executive
producer for the eight-part series,
which tells the story of Brown’s
attempt to spark a slave revolt and
is true to the novel’s humorous,
often surreal tone.
S1 / Now TV / Sky, Nov (date tbc)
The Invisible Man
This timely reworking of HG Wells’
classic sci-fi tale stars Elisabeth
Moss as a woman who believes
she’s being stalked by her ex... who
has found a way to make himself
invisible. With friends dismissing
her experiences as delusions, she
must face her tormentor alone. A
perfect psychological pant-wetter
for Halloween.
Film / Now TV / Sky, 30 Oct
The Mandalorian S2 / Disney+, 30 Oct
Ready for more Mando? A second eight-episode slice of the first live-action Star Wars
series makes planetfall on 30 October, giving Disney+ subscribers the opportunity to
find out what scrapes our taciturn bounty hunter – still protecting The Child (aka ‘Baby
Yoda’) – will get into next. Hardcore fans have no doubt already hoarded snacks and
booked the day off for a bingewatch, but even those for whom the recent films have
proved a disappointment might prefer The Mandalorian’s darker, more grounded feel.