Robin Hood
Sunday 2 November, MGM+
Jack Patten as Robin Hood (Photo: Aleksandar Letic/MGM+)
No, I don’t have an MGM+ subscription either, but this new version of Robin Hood might be enough to make you sign up (or at least get the seven-day free trial). Sean Bean plays the mean Sheriff of Nottingham, who collects the townsfolk’s taxes on behalf of the new Norman monarchy – whether they can afford it or not.
Fed up with the crushing regime, local Rob (Jack Patten) starts a rebel group of thieves to – you guessed it – steal from the rich and give to the poor. And while this isn’t a modern adaptation, Rob’s love interest Marion (Lauren McQueen) is far more than a damsel in distress in this retelling, instead infiltrating the Norman court and feeding information to the gang.
All’s Fair
Tuesday 4 November, Disney+
Kim Kardashian as Allura Grant and Naomi Watts as Liberty Ronson (Photo: 2025 Disney)
Kim Kardashian made her TV acting debut last year in Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story: Delicate and seems she was so impressive that the showrunner hired her to lead his next series, legal drama All’s Fair. She’s joined by Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close and Naomi Watts, who play lawyers at an all-female law firm, specialising in high-profile (and very expensive) divorces.
It’s all power suits and bitchy quips as the women help LA’s elite to separate from their significant others with as much money in their pockets as possible. Vapid? Yes, but it’s also harmless, glossy fun.
I Love LA
Wednesday 5 November, Now
Rachel Sennott as Maia (Photo: HBO)
Hollywood darling Rachel Sennott (who you might recognise from films like Bottoms and Shiva Baby or from Charli XCX‘s Instagram) stars in her own comedy about a gang of ambitious wannabe influencers surviving in image-obsessed LA.
Maia (27 years old) is more or less enjoying her life, living with her boyfriend (Josh Hutcherson) and assisting talent agent (Leighton Meester). That is until her ex-best friend, influencer Tallulah (Odessa A’zion), decides to move from New York to California, and signs up as a client to Maia’s agency. I Love LA is being touted as the Gen Z Girls, so if it’s warts and all female friendship you’re after, this is the series for you.
Death by Lightning
Thursday 6 November, Netflix
Mathew Macfadyen as Charles Guiteau (Photo: Larry Horricks/Netflix)
When it comes to assassinated American presidents, everyone remembers Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy, but this limited series (executive produced by the duo behind Game of Thrones, David Benioff and DB Weiss) recounts the death of James A Garfield.
Played here by Michael Shannon, Garfield rose to power in 1881 on the proviso that he would clean up the corruption and dirty politicians who ran the country. But he was shot dead just a few months later by mentally ill lawyer Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen), whose delusions convinced him that he was instrumental in Garfield’s election success.
Pluribus
Friday 7 November, Apple TV
Rhea Seehorn as Carol Sturka (Photo: Apple)
Vince Gilligan has a lot to live up to with his new series, having previously created Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. While still set in Albuquerque, New Mexico and starring Rhea Seehorn (who played Kim Wexler in Better Call Saul), Pluribus is Gilligan’s first story outside of the Breaking Bad universe.
Seehorn is Carol Sturka, an irritable author who seems to be the only person unaffected by a mysterious virus that has taken hold of the human race. You’ll be glad to hear that this bug is nothing like Covid – instead, it makes everyone deliriously happy and nice to one another… which is absolutely unbearable when you’re the only one still miserable.
All Her Fault
Friday 7 November, Now
Sarah Snook as Marissa Irvine (Photo: Sarah Enticknap/PEACOCK)
Based on Andrea Mara’s 2021 novel, this zippy thriller kicks off with every parent’s worst nightmare – a missing child. Succession’s Sarah Snook plays Marissa, whose son Milo is nowhere to be seen when she goes to pick him up from a playdate with a boy from school. Worse, she doesn’t recognise the woman who answers the door, who claims to have no knowledge of Milo ever being there.
As searches for the missing boy begin, rumours and suspicion over the women closest to the disappearance spreads like wildfire – and soon even Marissa finds herself implicated.
The Beast in Me
Thursday 13 November, Netflix
Claire Danes as Aggie Wiggs and Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis (Photo: Netflix)
When two stars of the most revered American spy dramas in recent memory – Clare Danes of Homeland and Matthew Rhys of The Americans – star in a series from the creator of The X-Files, it’s worth paying attention.
Danes is Aggie Wiggs, a writer of mysteries grieving the loss of her son, while Rhys plays her slimy new neighbour Nile Jarvis, who – Aggie discovers – was once accused of murdering his own wife. Aggie can’t help but investigate the truth behind the allegations and soon becomes embroiled in a twisty game of cat and mouse with her wily neighbour. Sometimes the truth hurts – literally.
Malice
Friday 14 November, Prime Video
David Duchovny as Jamie, Carice van Houten as Nat and Jack Whitehall as Adam (Photo: Prime Video/PA)
Jack Whitehall has dipped his toe into the acting world a few times, but Prime Video’s new psychological thriller marks his most serious role to date. He plays Adam Healey, a charming tutor who, upon meeting the wealthy Tanner family while on holiday in Greece, sees an opportunity to climb the greasy pole.
When he – by no accident – ends up working for them back in London, Adam begins to wheedle out their secrets and weaponises them, turning the Tanners against each other. Why? That’s something patriarch Jamie (David Duchovny) is determined to find out.
Landman season two
Sunday 16 November, Paramount+
Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris (Photo: Emerson Miller/Paramount+)
Yellowstone might have come to a disappointing end last year, but Landman is proof that showrunner Taylor Sheridan hasn’t lost his Midas touch – the first episode was watched by a staggering 35 million people worldwide.
Going into the highly anticipated second series, the eponymous “landman” Tommy has reluctantly been made the boss of oil and gas company M-Tex, following the death of his boss Monty (no more Jon Hamm, I’m afraid). His new power puts his friendly relationship with the fieldworkers under strain, while Monty’s widow Cami (Demi Moore) is more hinderance than help. Who’s really in charge of M-Tex? I’m sure they’d both have different answers…
The Death of Bunny Munro
Thursday 20 November, Now
Matt Smith as Bunny Munro and Rafael Mathé as Bunny Junior (Photo: Sky UK)
Bunny Munro (Matt Smith) is a door-to-door salesman, flogging beauty products to the housewives of Brighton. He’s also a self-professed lothario, sleeping with the women who invite him into their living rooms to distract himself from the fact that his wife, Libby (Sarah Greene), has killed herself. Trundling alongside him is his 9-year-old son, Bunny Junior, who whiles away the hours by speaking to the ghost of his mother as his father takes him on an unruly road trip across southern England.
Based on the 2009 novel by Nick Cave (who also provides the music), this is a dark, funny, delicate tale of grief and the relationship between father and son.
Stranger Things season five
Wednesday 26 November, Netflix
David Harbour as Jim Hopper and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven (Photo: Netflix)
Netflix is known for splitting its most popular series into two parts (partly to build suspense, partly to keep us all subscribed for another month), but the final season of sci-fi behemoth Stranger Things will arrive in three different “chapters”.
The first four episodes, which come after three years away, open with Hawkins in a bad state – not only has Vecna escaped the Upside Down and disappeared without a trace, but the military has put the entire town on lockdown while they hunt for Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown). But with the next instalments arriving on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, we’ll probably have to wait for the inevitable showdown between Vecna and the gang.