Tucci in Italy — Disney Plus
The effortlessly cool and charming Stanley Tucci has found a new role as a popular travel guide and foodie. In this show he puts all his extramural skills to good work as he travels the spectacular landscapes and picturesque cities of Italy in search of dishes that prove his maxim that the best way to know a people is through their food. It is perfectly filmed, highlights Tucci’s talent for easy engagement with everyone he meets and is informative and mouthwatering in equal measure.
A Different Man — Rent or buy Apple TV+
Sebastian Stan and activist and neurofibromatosis sufferer Adam Pearson prove a well-matched team in director Aaron Schimberg’s critically acclaimed dark comedy drama about an actor with neurofibromatosis who decides to undergo a risky experimental medical procedure to transform him into a matinee idol. As his new life frees him of the social stigma of his previous face, it only serves to bring to the fore the dark insecurities and psychological issues hiding beneath the surface with increasingly nasty results.
Northern Exposure — Prime Video
The often overlooked but hugely influential comedy drama series from the 1990s finally finds a home for its six seasons of eccentric oddball humour and touching empathetic celebration of difference. Rob Morrow stars as New York doctor Joel Fleischman who arrives in the fictional, remote Alaskan town of Cicely to pay back the state’s funding of his medical degree with an initially begrudging four years of medical service. At first, he does everything he can to get out of fulfilling his end of the bargain but gradually he and the audience come to love the eccentric characters and charms of the town.
Grosse Pointe Garden Society — Showmax
Suburban Detroit garden lovers are thrown into a web of murder, deceit and mischief in this enjoyable dark comedy series from creators Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. After things get criminal and dark, four ordinary members of a suburban garden club are forced to band together to keep a secret that has far worse consequences than plant-care tips and will test them to the limit.
Pernille — Netflix
A refreshingly honest, all too relatable human drama series, this Norwegian show follows the ordinary but quietly funny daily life of single mother Pørni as she struggles to balance the demands of caring for her three children, her ageing father and the many children she encounters in her job at a child welfare service.
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