IN just a few days, an extensive and colourful variety of new TV shows will be landing on some of the world's biggest streaming platforms.
The Sun has hand-picked the best new shows streaming on Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+, Freevee, Apple+ and Acorn TV next week.
Netflix
Scoop
FILM Available from Friday
The story of the 2019 car-crash TV interview of when the King’s brother Prince Andrew agreed to talk to Emily Maitlis on Newsnight about his links to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been turned into a must-see movie starring Gillian Anderson as Maitlis and Rufus Sewell as Andrew.
With sensational performances across the board and genuine tension - even when you know how the story goes - it’s guaranteed to keep you gripped.
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Ripley
THRILLER Available from Thursday
This stylish eight-part series, starring Andrew Scott as the lead role, is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel, which has already been turned into a movie, The Talented Mr Ripley.
The Fleabag star plays 1960s New York grifter Tom Ripley, who’s hired by a wealthy businessman to track down Dickie (Johnny Flynn), his loafer son living the high life in Italy in this black and white and shot with classy film noir sensibilities.
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It's not long before Ripley finds himself drawn into a world of deceit, fraud and murder, so expect a deliciously dark thriller.
Together: Treble Winners
DOCUMENTARY Available from Tuesday
A new six-part fly-on-the-wall docuseries that follows the Manchester City squad during their remarkable treble-winning 2022-23 season.
An intriguing docuseries that gives insight into the football world with access to the likes of Pep Guardiola, Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.
The Magic Prank Show with Justin Willman
ENTERTAINMENT Available from Monday
An upcoming surprise-filled six-part series hosted by Justin Willman.
The new mind-blowing and entertaining series sees the celebrated magician and his talented team of pranksters use their jaw-dropping skills to engineer ways to help members of the public get revenge on friends and family.
The Antisocial Network: Memes To Mayhem
DOCUMENTARY Available from Friday
The Antisocial Network: Memes To Mayhem tells the story of 4chan, an internet forum which became a breeding ground for all manner of controversies and conspiracy theories.
This powerful documentary takes a deep dive into the murky world of 4chan, charting its beginnings and rise and analysing how and why such a small number of people have been able to sew so much discontent and spread so much disinformation.
Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer
DOCUMENTARY Available from Wednesday
A new three-part true-crime docuseries takes us to Berlin in 2012, where a terrifying string of gruesome murders, in which victims are drugged with a strange substance, has started to send shockwaves and panic through the city’s party scene.
With investigators under increasing pressure to crack the case, the killer remains at large - until one of his intended targets manages to survive.
FREEVEE
Alex Rider
DRAMA Available from Friday
This breathless teen action adventure is based on the fifth book in the hugely popular series and also stars Stephen Dillane as M16 head Alan Blunt and Vicky McClure as his second-in-command, Mrs Jones.
Teenage spy Alex Rider is ready for his deadliest mission yet: to take on the elusive and highly dangerous criminal network known as Scorpia.
APPLE TV+
Loot
COMEDY Available from Wednesday
The marvellous Maya Rudolph returns as billionaire Molly Wells in a second series of this glossy, feel-good comedy.
In season two of the acclaimed drama, Molly starts to find her feet as the boss of her philanthropic organisation, the Wells Foundation, following her divorce from her ex-husband.
Molly decides to focus on her charity work rather than romance - but it isn’t long before her head is turned.
Sugar
DRAMA Available from Friday
John Sugar (Colin Farrell) is a highly-skilled, suave, discreet, and armed conscience private detective in demand in this eight-part thriller—he’s the man the rich and famous ask to help them out of a spot of bother.
The series's cinematic look, film-noir flourishes, and moody soundtrack—not to mention some seriously suited-and-booted Colin Farrell charisma—make Sugar a real rush.
Girls State
DOCUMENTARY Available from Friday
Following the success of their 2018 documentary Boys State - which went inside a special US programme where 1,000 teenage boys were challenged with creating a mock government from scratch - film-makers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss have turned the spotlight on girls.
A timely and fascinating glimpse at the way young people – in particular, young women – perceive politics in an age where democracy appears to be increasingly under attack.
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PARAMOUNT+
Star Trek Discovery
SCI-FI Available from Thursday
Viewers will rejoin Captain Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), Saru (Doug Jones), Paul (Anthony Rapp), and the gang for a fifth and final time as they head off on an intergalactic hunt to locate a mysterious and ancient power whose existence has been deliberately kept hidden for centuries.
The season starts this week with a double bill, followed by new episodes weekly until the end of May.
DISNEY+
Vanderpump Villa
REALITY Available from Monday
Executively produced by reality TV star Lisa Vanderpump, this new unscripted reality show follows Lisa’s hand-picked staff as they live, work and navigate through every extravagant desire of their high-demanding guests in her luxurious French villa.
ACORN TV
Thin Ice
CRIME Available from Monday
This new eight-episode Scandi Noir thriller is a politically-charged hostage drama from Sweden, which takes place under the shadow of the looming climate crisis.
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It follows a Swedish ship owned by a powerful oil company, kidnapped off the coast of Greenland, putting an Arctic oil treaty in jeopardy.
Pregnant intelligence officer Liv Hermanson (Bianca Kronlöff) sets off to investigate as one of the hostages is her husband, Viktor.