Sally Wainwright goes punk! Michaela Coel is back! And Robert De Niro smashes on to streaming like a man with something to prove! Now on Netflix. James Norton and Niamh Algar star as parents who go through the trauma of learning their baby was switched at birth β but it is James McArdle as the other dad who really ramps up the horror.
A juicy, creepy new year drama to sink into. This is a two-part series about its origins, meteoric rise and the less than wonderful effect it had on the world at large.
Now, at last, it is returning to remind us why we fell for its twisty-turny thrills in the first place. Once again, the staff of Lumon Industries attempt to repair their split consciousnesses. Once again, Ben Stiller directs. You are right to be excited. When we left Mo, he had got himself stranded across the border in Mexico.
Playing Jimmy Savile might have shaken something loose in Steve Coogan, who now seems much happier to use his impersonation skills in the service of real drama.
January, Channel 4. Zero Day is a political conspiracy thriller about cyber-attacks. And then, smashing on to streaming like a man with something to prove, Robert De Niro. No show this year will have a cast this dazzling. A Thousand Blows, however, has the potential to stand out from the crowd.
