The best new TV to stream next week – from Unstable to Kindred | The Sun

THE streaming world may be facing a string of axes recently, but there's plenty of new and returning shows to enjoy.

The Sun's TV Mag have rounded up all the show's hitting the streaming platforms this week for you to binge.

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Unstable

COMEDY Rob Lowe’s career has experienced a real renaissance in the last few years, thanks to hit shows including Parks & Recreation and The Grinder (though the less said about ITV cop series Wild Bill, the better). Now, the chiselled former Brat Pack star has another new vehicle: this wacky eight-episode comedy. Rob plays Ellis Dragon, a narcissistic, eccentric Elon Musk-style tech billionaire who’s working to make the world a better place. Trouble is, he’s also going through something of an emotional breakdown. Thankfully, his much more balanced and mature son Jackson is on hand to play the parent and help Ellis get back on track – and perhaps save his company. With a top cast that includes Fleabag’s Sian Clifford as the company’s no- nonsense CEO Anna, Unstable looks set to be another Lowe career high point.

Kill Boksoon

FILM Every working parent finds it hard to juggle career and family. But Gil Bok-soon (Jeon Do-yeon) has it particularly tough – and that’s because she’s not only a single mum but also a highly effective contract killer. Unfortunately for Gil, it turns out that bumping people off for a living doesn’t necessarily make for a particularly peaceful home life, or a happy teenage daughter. Who’d have thought? Things take a particularly messy turn when, just before Gil is about to renew her contract with the man who trained her, Cha Min-Kyo (Sol Kyung-gu), she finds herself in a dramatic kill-or-be-killed incident. A breathless and entertaining action thriller from South Korea.

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Emergency: NYC Available from Wednesday

Humbling and heroic shows about the UK’s incredible emergency services have become a regular fixture on our screens. This eight-part series promises to show us something different, by taking viewers across the Pond to find out what a working day – and night – is like for emergency medical workers saving lives in New York. Along the way, we meet paramedics, transplant surgeons, paediatric trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons and helicopter flight nurses, all trying to cope with the fast-paced, intense and unceasing task of caring for those in need of urgent help in the city that never sleeps. While the setting is less familiar than we’re used to, the feelings of admiration and respect are exactly the same.

Wellmania Available from Wednesday

Life is looking pretty sweet for food blogger Liv (Celeste Barber), in this uproarious new eight-part comedy drama. She’s just been picked to be a judge on a top US cookery show and fame and fortune await. But disaster strikes when Liv’s unhealthy lifestyle catches up with her during a trip home to Australia and she finds herself in a race against time to get fit enough to be allowed back into the US to do the show. Lightly lampooning the lengths people will go to perfect healthy living, it’s irreverent, fast-paced and guaranteed to put a smile on the face of anyone who’s found themselves doing very silly things in the search for well-being.

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The Big Door Prize Available from Wednesday

Wouldn’t you like to know what your life’s true potential was? That’s the set up of this enjoyably off-kilter 10-part comedy-drama starring Chris O’Dowd and Gabrielle Dennis. A small American town is sent into a spin when a strange machine appears overnight in the local grocery store, a machine that claims to be able to tell people their true calling and destiny in life. Some, like local school teacher Dusty (Chris) are sceptical, while others – like his wife Cass (Gabrielle) – are thrilled by what the machine tells them. And it isn’t long before the machine’s effect starts stoking tensions and causing divisions.
Quirky but with a sinister undercurrent that continually makes you wonder where the plot could be headed, it’s a show that should appeal to fans of the brilliant Severance.

Tetris Available from Friday

Anyone who’s ever played classic video game Tetris will know how ridiculously addictive it is, but you might not know the twist-laden and dramatic true story behind how Tetris became such a world-conquering phenomenon. That story is told in this thrilling new movie, which whisks us back to 1988, when relations between the US and the Soviet Union were more than frosty. American businessman Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) is blown away when he happens upon Tetris, then making it his mission to bring the game to a global audience. It won’t be easy: the Tetris’ inventor, Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov), is Russian, and the Soviets turn out to be very protective of who’ll get to profit from its success. Blending Cold War spy thriller vibes and fun performances – look out for an almost unrecognisable Roger Allam as Robert Maxwell – the film’s as engrossing as the game itself.

Eva The Owlet Available from Friday

Meet Eva, a “little owl with big ideas” who lives in the woodland village of Treetopington, where she and her best friend – and next-door neighbour – Lucy get up to all manner of colourful, captivating and surprising adventures, learning plenty of important lessons about growing up along the way. Based on the bestselling book series Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott, it’s exactly the kind of exciting but imaginative and thoughtful animation that pre-schoolers will love – and parents will be more than happy to let them watch. A real hoot.

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The Power Available Friday

When teenage girls across the world suddenly develop the ability to fire jolts of electricity from their fingertips, it brings about an unexpected and at times violent shift in the global balance of power. That’s the premise of this thrilling and thought-provoking nine-part sci-fi drama, which follows six girls from different backgrounds, living in different parts of the world, and stars Toni Collette as forward-thinking Mayor of Seattle Margot Cleary-Lopez.

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Kindred Available Wednesday

Based on the classic sci-fi novel by Octavia E. Butler, Kindred tells the story of young black New Yorker Dana (Mallori Johnson), who moves to modern-day Los Angeles, only to find herself suddenly transported back in time to the American south of the early 19th century. Here, confronted with the terrible realities of slavery, segregation and inequality, she attempts to make a difference. While the series has come in for some criticism in the US for not doing justice to the original book, it’s hard to fault Mallori’s performance.

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Rabbit Hole Available Sunday

Kiefer Sutherland is no stranger to high-octane dramas, thanks to his roles in 24 and Designated Survivor, and he’s back in this intriguing eight-part spy thriller, playing John Weir, a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage. When Weir is framed for murder by powerful forces able to influence and control populations, all bets are off in a twist-heavy conspiracy drama. Jack Bauer’s heyday was two decades ago, but Kiefer definitely still has what it takes as an action hero. Co-starring Charles Dance, Rabbit Hole guarantees that the deeper you go, the deadlier it gets… *Two episodes available Sunday, then weekly

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Teen Mom UK: Next Generation Available Thursday

The British version of the hit US reality show has given a revealing insight into the joys and struggles of teen motherhood. Now, a brand-new generation prepare to share their stories with us as we meet Whitney, Angel, Chloe, Ellie and Isha. With new faces, new personalities and new bumps along the way, it promises to give an unvarnished look at the lives of young women who can sometimes be judged harshly by society. When Whitney says: “I don’t wanna be the girl that just got pregnant and did nothing with her life,” you’ll be willing them all on.

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London Kills Available Monday

This police procedural – previously shown on BBC1 – has gone slightly under the radar, but as series three lands on Acorn TV, it’s the perfect time to get on board. Hugo Speer stars as DI David Bradford, who heads an elite murder squad. David’s trying to put the killing of a witness behind him, but a new death sees the past resurface and DS Vivienne Cole (Sharon Small) finds her personal life under the spotlight. This may not have the bells and whistles of some flashier cop shows, but the talented cast draw you in, while the on-location filming adds authenticity.

Missing Angle Available Monday

This riveting and emotional French crime drama centres around Suzanne Brunet (Muriel Robin), whose teenage daughter Julie vanished in June 2012. Eight long years later, Suzanne comes across an old newspaper with a photo taken 18 months earlier at a protest, featuring a woman with her back facing the camera and wearing the same shirt Julie wore when she disappeared. With her hopes reinvigorated by the first sign that Julie could still be alive, will Suzanne be believed by anybody who can help – and what is her next move? An intriguing tale of maternal love. In French, with English subtitles.

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Monumental: Ellie Goulding At Kew Gardens Available Friday

Ellie Goulding’s catchy single Like A Saviour has received heavy radio airplay ahead of her fifth studio album Higher Than Heaven’s release next month, a this hour-long special – part of a new series where recording artists perform at iconic venues – is a chance to see a powerhouse performer do her thing in a unique setting. It’s filmed at London’s Kew Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which is a perfect fit as Ellie is a goodwill ambassador for U.N. Environment. Monumental sees Ellie perform songs from her new album live for the first time, and there are also interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.

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