All The TV Shows & Films You Won’t Want To Miss This Week
THURSDAY
The Audacity, HBO Max
If Succession's dysfunctional power players and Silicon Valley's tech-world satire appeal, this dark comedy-drama should be on your radar. Set in California's cut-throat tech scene, it follows Duncan Park (Billy Magnussen), a data-mining CEO whose attempts to save his struggling company quickly spiral out of control. His relationship with performance psychologist Dr JoAnne Felder (Sarah Goldberg) becomes increasingly fraught when professional boundaries give way to manipulation and blackmail. With Zach Galifianakis as a rival billionaire, the series takes aim at the egos, questionable ethics and absurd ambitions fuelling the world of Big Tech.
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Nobody Wants This, Netflix
Kristen Bell and Adam Brody return as Joanne and Noah, the unlikely couple whose relationship has kept this romantic comedy firmly on our watch lists. In season three, the pair take a significant step forward by moving in together but their future still comes with plenty of complications. Joanne continues to explore converting to Judaism, with Sarah Silverman joining the cast as a new rabbi, while the wider family brings its own romantic entanglements and unsolicited opinions.
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It Gets Worse, Channel 4
Created by comedian Leo Reich, this new six-part comedy follows three university friends whose lives take a turn when they're forced out of their London flat. Suddenly separated and struggling to keep their lives on track, Ethan (Reich), Abi (Emily Fairn) and Sam (Olive Gray) must contend with precarious jobs, complicated relationships and the general indignities of being in their twenties. With Andrew Scott, Lena Dunham and Amelia Dimoldenberg among the guest stars, the series offers a sharp, slightly chaotic take on friendship and trying to find your feet in the capital.
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FRIDAY
Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House, Cinemas Nationwide
The beloved BBC sitcom heads to the big screen with a new supernatural adventure. Three years after Alison and Mike left Button House with their daughter, the resident ghosts are still getting to grips with life without their favourite living companions. But when a group of teenage ghost hunters breaks into the property for a séance, things take a decidedly more dangerous turn. Julian, the scheming politician, finds himself with an unexpected opportunity to experience the modern world by possessing one of the teenagers – leaving his original host in serious trouble.
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Possible Love, Cinemas Nationwide
From acclaimed South Korean director Lee Chang-dong comes a thoughtful drama about class, desire and the complicated relationships that develop when two very different worlds collide. When documentary filmmaker Ye-ji begins working on a project about former factory workers, she draws a working-class family into her orbit. As the families become increasingly entangled, Mi-ok finds herself drawn to Ye-ji's wealthy husband, Sang-woo, setting off a chain of emotional complications.
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Last One Laughing: Halloween, Prime Video
The hit comedy format gets a seasonal twist in this four-part Halloween special, with a new rule: contestants must keep a straight face while avoiding screams too. With Bob Mortimer sitting this one out, the pressure is on the returning Daisy May Cooper and Lou Sanders, alongside Jack Dee, Reece Shearsmith, Phil Wang, Harriet Dyer and Tom Allen. The comedians face unsettling experiments, unexpected visits from familiar faces and even a gothic poetry recital.
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Klara And The Sun, Cinemas Nationwide
Jenna Ortega stars in Taika Waititi's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed novel, a moving sci-fi drama that explores what it means to be human. Ortega plays Klara, an artificial companion designed to keep loneliness at bay, who spends her days watching the world from a shop window until she's chosen by a teenager named Josie (Mia Tharia). As Klara becomes part of Josie's family, she grows determined to help the girl through a serious illness, guided by her unwavering belief in the power of the sun. Amy Adams also stars as Josie's mother in a story that blends a futuristic setting with questions about love, connection and the lengths we'll go to for the people we care about.
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SUNDAY
This City Is Ours, BBC iPlayer
The Liverpool crime drama returns, picking up just weeks after the explosive events of the first season finale. Michael Kavanagh (James Nelson-Joyce) and his pregnant partner Diana (Hannah Onslow) have barely begun building a new life in Spain when the past catches up with them. Back in Liverpool, the fight for control of the city's criminal underworld continues, while the arrival of a newly released gangster, Ozzie Thompson (Shaun Evans), threatens to make an already volatile situation even worse. Álvaro Morte also joins the cast as Felipe Guzman, whose family has its own reasons to seek revenge.
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