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Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Juliette Binoche, Michael Stuhlbarg and Sophie Turner star in HBO's new scripted adaptation of the Netflix true-crime sensation The Staircase
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Sam Levinson's drug-fuelled teen drama returns with sex, blood, and torrential love triangles. Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Sydney Sweeney, and Maude Apatow star
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TV's favourite serial killer (as played by Michael C Hall) returns in this sequel series created by showrunner Clyde Phillips. Jennifer Carpenter and Jack Alcott star
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Jesse Armstrong's cut-throat comedy-drama – following the family-led media empire Waystar RoyCo – returns for a third season. Adrien Brody and Alexander Skarsgård also star
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Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain star in Hagai Levi's new HBO remake of Ingmar Bergman's lauded 1973 miniseries
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In this Sky/HBO detective drama from Brad Ingelsby, Kate Winslet stars as small-town detective Mare Sheehan. Guy Pearce and Evan Peters also star
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In this moralistic crime thriller, penned by Peter Moffat, Bryan Cranston stars as an esteemed judge who has to hide his son's devastating crime. Michael Stuhlbarg also stars
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Gabriel Byrne, Andrea Riseborough and Dane DeHaan star in this violent examination of the international drugs trade
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This special 12-hour live broadcast sees one continuous shot moving through Osea island. Sam (Jude Law) has been chosen as the father, but has to fulfil a gruelling initiation first
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In the third episode, Sam (Jude Law) endures a nightmarish journey to finally escape Osea Island. But everything's against him
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Sam (Jude Law) spends yet another day on Osea Island, learning more about its folklore and becoming closer to anthropologist Jess (Katherine Waterston)
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In a strange and elusive collaboration between Sky and Punchdrunk, The Third Day stars Jude Law as a reluctant visitor to a mysterious island off the British coast
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Lila (Gaia Girace) and Elena (Margherita Mazzucco) return for the next chapter in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan coming-of-age story, The Story of a New Name
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Based on the novel by Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True follows the decades-long relationship between house-painter Dominick (Mark Ruffalo) and his schizophrenic brother Thomas
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Paolo Sorrentino's The New Pope sees Pope Pius XIII (Jude Law) in a coma, and the Vatican scrabbles to find a new supreme pontiff. Is John Malkovich the answer?
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From anxiously funny This Way Up with Aisling Bea to the drug-filled realities presented in Euphoria with Zendaya, 2019 has been a year packed with excellent television
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In Catherine the Great, Helen Mirren stars as the famous (and infamous) empress of Russia. Many try to push her off the throne, but she's not having any of it
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In Succession, Kendall (Jeremy Strong) returns to fulfil his father's wishes, Shiv (Sarah Snook) gains a more pivotal role, and business patriarch Logan (Brian Cox) wants to buy his rivals
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This new Sky Atlantic series chronicles the rise of Roger Ailes, former CEO of FOX News, played by a fat-suited Russell Crowe. Naomi Watts and Sienna Miller also star
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In Euphoria, Zendaya stars as Rue Bennet, a 17-year-old drug addict just out of rehab. She tries to navigate her anxious, Gen-Z life without any intention of getting clean
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In episode 6, Nicole Kidman proves she's the best of the best as Celeste faces a courtroom hearing for child custody.
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In episode 5, Ed (Adam Scott) tells Madeline (Reese Witherspoon) how he feels, and Mary-Louise's (Meryl Streep) lawyers press firmly on Celeste (Nicole Kidman)
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In episode 4, Renata (Laura Dern) feels the sting of bankruptcy and Mary-Louise (Meryl Streep) grows into more of a villain
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In episode three, Madeline (Reese Witherspoon) endures marriage counselling, Mary-Louise (Meryl Streep) continues her investigation, and Jane (Shailene Woodley) dates Corey
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In episode two, Tell-Tale Hearts, the Monterey Five begin to feel paranoid about Perry's murder. And Mary Louise (Meryl Streep) continues to pursue her suspicions
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Big Little Lies has returned! Meryl Streep joins Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman for its second season. And things aren't looking good for the 'Monterey Five'...
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Chernobyl has been rated the Top TV Show of All Time on IMDb, surpassing The Wire, Breaking Bad, and even Planet Earth II. Here's what all the fuss is about
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In the Chernobyl finale, Legasov (Jared Harris) stands up in court to give evidence of the meltdown. He must decide between telling the truth or continuing the lie
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In episode 4, Boris (Stellan Skarsgård) and Legasov (Jared Harris) have to deal with deadly graphite. Meanwhile, the young volunteer Pavel (Barry Keoghan) joins Animal Control
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In Chernobyl episode 3, Boris (Stellan Skarsgård) and Legasov (Jared Harris) continue to climb through Soviet hoops, while Ulana (Emily Watson) visits the victims in Moscow
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Legasov (Jared Harris) raises deep concerns about the power station. He travels to Chernobyl with the Deputy Chairman Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgard) to investigate
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In Chernobyl, Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) traces the politics behind one of the deadliest nuclear disasters in history. Jessie Buckley stars