Amazon
Mr Robot
With the world’s financial system thrown into crisis, what remains to be achieved for Rami Malek’s sallow and sunken-eyed computer genius Elliot Alderson? For a start, he needs to conquer the demons that led him to create his titular alter ego. Which is easier said than done when the FBI is on your trail and your fellow hackers want to raise the stakes still further. The welcome return of Mr Robot is sure to be further enlivened by a spot for rapper Joey Bada$$ as Elliot’s friend Leon.
Available from Wednesday
The Girlfriend Experience
The 2009 film of the same name didn’t really cut the mustard. But the transfer of Steven Soderbergh’s brainchild to the small screen has resulted in a striking and, eventually, thrilling and unpredictable drama. Riley Keough stars as Christine Reade, a law student who turns to prostitution, discovers the extent of both her own greed and that of her clients, and unearths a scandal along the way. Not perhaps the most original of dramatic setups but the show itself is icily gripping.
Available now
Netflix
Stranger Things
This smalltown supernatural thriller stars Winona Ryder as a woman whose son goes missing. As she becomes convinced she can communicate with him via ouija board, the townsfolk begin to doubt her sanity. But, before long, all manner of furies are unleashed. In the meantime, the town’s children are taking matters into their own hands. And just to up the quirk quotient still further, a kid with telekinetic powers turns up. An oddball treat.
Available from Friday
Spotless
There are shades of Brotherhood and Breaking Bad about Netflix’s latest import. A long-lost brother with questionable social skills and a nasty surprise in his Transit disturbs our antihero Jean’s domesticity, and suddenly his specialist skills as a scene-of-crime cleaner are in demand. With the fine English supporting cast’s eccentricities seen through the eyes of two French leads, this is blackly comic stuff, with a Tarantino-esque taste for smart dialogue and ludicrous setups.
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BBC3
Clean Eating’s Dirty Secrets
Is clean eating a fad, a health revolution or even, just possibly, neither? Vlogger and body-positive internet phenomenon Grace Victory takes a trip into the self-satisfied world of smoothie bowls and sweet potato brownies and investigates some outlandish claims (sometimes made by people who seem barely qualified to do so). Should food purity be a priority? Or can we continue to enjoy the odd bacon sarnie?
Available from Monday
Podcast
Invisibilia
This hugely popular podcast offers tangential takes on mental health and wellbeing issues. Recent episodes include the story of a drug addict who used the thin line between sanity and derangement to get a home, and the question of whether we should even attempt to solve certain dilemmas or simply let them take their course.
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