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Best TV shows on Apple TV+
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Dark Matter
A devoted family man seeks a path back to his loved ones in a mind-bending nine-part sci-fi thriller adapted from Blake Crouch's best-selling novel. College physics professor Jason Dessen (Joel Egderton) lives in Chicago with his wife Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) and son Charlie (Oakes Fegley), blissfully happy with his life choices. The patriarch is drugged and abducted and regains consciousness in a science laboratory in an alternate Chicago, where another Jason decided to pursue his calling as a quantum mechanics physicist and never married Daniela. Instead, this other Jason built a device that allows the user to travel between every conceivable reality generated from every possible decision or outcome of an event. Jason deduces he has become a victim of himself and his family is in grave dangerThe Big Cigar
Hollywood sprinkles its magic over social revolution in a six-part dramatisation of an outlandish true story, based on Joshuah Bearman's magazine article. Black Panther founder Huey P Newton (Andre Holland) is determined to evade the FBI and escape to Cuba. He enlists the help of famed film executive Bert Schneider (Alessandro Nivola) to pull of an elaborate plan involving a fake movie production. Everything that can go wrong with the hare-brained scheme does and Schneider and his team have to think on their feet to avoid discovery and disasterSugar
Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell stars in and executive produces an eight-part detective story directed by Fernando Meirelles. Private investigator John Sugar (Farrell) is tasked with solving the disappearance of Olivia Siegel (Sydney Chandler). She is the beloved granddaughter of legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell), who will pay handsomely for her safe return. As John follows the haphazard trail of evidence, he unearths the Siegel family's darkest secrets and many compelling motives for wanting to abduct OliviaPalm Royale
A loveable underdog vows to gatecrash 1969 Palm Beach high society in a life-affirming comedy drama written by Abe Sylvia, based loosely on Juliet McDaniel's novel Mr & Mrs American Pie. Insatiable social climber Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) arrives in Palm Beach and quickly realises that the dividing line between the haves and have nots is admission to the most exclusive club in town: Palm Royale. Evelyn Rollins (Allison Janney) is queen bee of this hive of dark secrets and she deeply resents Maxine's efforts to worm her way into rarefied circles where she clearly doesn't belong. Unperturbed, Maxine makes friends with staff including master mixologist Robert (Ricky Martin) to elbow her way into the club and undermine Evelyn's influenceManhunt
A quest for worldwide fame ignites one of the biggest manhunts in American history in a seven-part conspiracy thriller based on the best-selling non-fiction book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase For Lincoln's Killer. A few days after the Confederate surrender in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln (Hamish Linklater) is fatally shot at the theatre, in front of his wife Mary (Lili Taylor), by stage actor John Wilkes Booth (Anthony Boyle). Around 1500 people in the audience witness the callous crime yet Booth manages to escape. U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (Tobias Menzies) spearheads the manhunt to capture Booth and bring him to justice, whatever the personal cost.Masters of the Air
Austin Butler, Callum Turner and Anthony Boyle star in a wartime drama about the 100th Bomb Group, known as the 'Bloody Hundredth', who carry out daring aerial raids over Nazi Germany.The Completely Made-up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Great British Bake Off co-host Noel Fielding portrays the dandy highwayman in an irreverent comedy adventure created by Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis and Stuart Lane, who gleefully rewrite 18th-century history. Corrupt lawman Jonathan Wilde (Hugh Bonneville) appoints himself chief thief-taker in an era of highway robberies and daring heists. Dick Turpin (Fielding) is the most famous of these outlaws, famed across Britain for his glorious hair and unabashed charm. Wilde vows to put Turpin behind bars but his prey is a showman of considerable cunning and guile, who is supported by a band of lovable misfitsConstellation
A brave astronaut vows to piece together her fractured life in a psychological thriller created and written by Peter Harness. In the aftermath of a disaster in space that almost kills her, Jo (Noomi Rapace) returns home to Earth to the loving embrace of her daughter. However, reality back on terra firma doesn't gel with the visions in Jo's head and she fears her duties far above the surface of the planet may have irrevocably warped her mind. Desperate to expose the truth, Jo flirts with paranoia and wild conspiracy theories to reclaim what she contends has been stolen from herThe New Look
Fashion sows seeds of hope during the second World War In Nazi-occupied Paris in a finely tailored 10-part series created by Todd A Kessler, featuring costumes made collaboration with the House of Dior. At a pivotal moment in the 20th century, the reign of Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche) as the world's most famous fashion designer is threatened by the rise of Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn). His creative brilliance restores beauty to the stricken capital and inspires rivals and contemporaries including Chanel, Pierre Balmain (Thomas Poitevin) and Cristobal Balenciaga (Nuno Lopes). Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff curates a soundtrack of contemporary cover versions by the likes of Bleachers, Nick Cave, Lana Del Rey, Matty Healy from The 1975, and Florence WelchShrinking
Grief forces a therapist to readjust his own outlook on life in a comedy drama created by Brett Goldstein, Bill Lawrence and lead actor Jason Segel. Co-starring Harrison Ford.The Morning Show
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon star in a frothy drama exploring the cutthroat world of broadcast news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning.Criminal Record
Two talented police officers vie for supremacy on the streets of contemporary London in an eight-part crime thriller created by BAFTA Award nominee Paul Rutman. Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty (Peter Capaldi) has a long and distinguished career in the capital and he is determined to protect his legacy at all costs. An anonymous telephone call relating to an old case draws the attention of Hegarty and Detective Sergeant June Lenker (Cush Jumbo), who is eager to impress her superiors in the early stages of her career. Against a backdrop of institutional racism, the two detectives impose their chosen narratives on a historic murder convictionMonarch: Legacy of Monsters
Legendary Entertainment laid the foundations of its so-called Monsterverse in 2014 with the big screen action adventure Godzilla directed by Gareth Edwards. Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King Of The Monsters and Godzilla Vs Kong have expanded this fantastical world of interconnected characters and stories, which will deepen further with the release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in April 2024. This 10-part series provides a narrative bridge to the forthcoming sequel, set in the aftermath of the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that left San Francisco in ruins. Schoolteacher Cate (Anna Sawai) joins forces with Army officer Lee Shaw (Kurt Russell) to expose the dark secrets of the shadowy organisation known as Monarch. In flashbacks to the 1950s, the young Lee (played by Russell's actor son Wyatt) works closely with scientist Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) and explorer Bill (Anders Holm) to establish Monarch and protect humanity from hulking kaiju and the omnipresent threat of nuclear warThe Buccaneers
Young American women cause a commotion among 1870s English aristocracy in a music-driven period drama created by Katherine Jakeways and directed by Susanna White, which is inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton's unfinished final novel. Led by an all-female creative team, the series focuses on the exploits of Conchita Closson (Alisha Boe), Lizzy Elmsworth (Aubri Ibrag), Mabel Elmsworth (Josie Totah), Jinny St George (Imogen Waterhouse) and her younger sister Annabel aka Nan (Kristine Froseth). The fun-loving quintet have been instructed to secure wealthy husbands and titles by turning heads during a tightly corseted London season. Jinny and Nan's mother (Christina Hendricks) watches intently as men with power and girls with fortunes disregard centuries of tradition in pursuit of wedded blissThe Essex Serpent
London widow Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes) leaves the city to investigate intriguing reports of a mythical serpent in a mystery based on Sarah Perry's novel. Also starring Tom Hiddleston.John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial
Docuseries chronicling John Lennon's 1980 murderThe Enfield Poltergeist
In 1977, the Hodgson family living at 284 Green Street in Enfield made bold claims about a poltergeist haunting their home witnessed by two of the children, Margaret and her sister Janet. The case ignited newspaper headlines and has been repeatedly dramatised on stage and screen including The Conjuring 2. This four-part documentary delves into more than 250 hours of rare audio recordings to recreate terrifying events from 46 years ago including present-day interviews with people affected by the case. Actors perform testimony on the audio tapes inside a replica of the house in Enfield, blurring lines between fact and fictionThe Changeling
Set in an alternate New York City, a father and husband searches through a magical world for his abducted son and missing wife.The Super Models
Follows Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington revisiting their modeling careers and how they disrupted the '90s fashion scene.Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn
Chronicles the rise and fall of former Nissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, how one of the most admired businessmen became its most famous international fugitive.Invasion
Sci-fi drama about the deadly repercussions of first contact with an aggressive extra-terrestrial race intent on wiping out humanity.Strange Planet
Based on Nathan Pyle's webcomic Strange Planet.Hijack
Gun-toting hijackers take control of Kingdom Airlines flight 29 in a high-stakes airborne thriller created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, which unfolds in real time.The Crowded Room
Danny Sullivan is arrested for his involvement in a 1979 shooting in New York City and claims to have 'blank spots' in his recollection in a legal thriller starring Tom Holland.