Gunther’s millions
From Wednesday, February 1, Netflix
It’s anything but a dog’s life for Gunther VI: He’s the world’s richest mutt and sports the kind of bling that would make Snoop Dogg green with envy. Gunther is the fourth generation of a Doge dynasty that began when his grandfather, a mysterious countess with no heirs, was bequeathed millions by her owner. But who really benefits from Gunther’s millions? This four-part documentary is not a shaggy-dog story, but a story of excess, greed and deceit centered on Maurizio Mian, who is hired by the Countess to oversee Gunther’s fortune and builds a vast financial empire with the help of his boss. Tyke.
Dear Edward
Starting Friday, February 3, Apple TV +
In the race to be the best tissue box on telly in February, this new family drama series may win by a nose. It is the life-affirming story of a 12-year-old boy who miraculously survives a plane crash that kills all the other passengers, including his own family. Ready for that Kleenex yet? As Edward and the families of the other dead passengers try to come to terms with their loss, the door is opened to some tense and intense emotional exchanges, as old relationships crumble and new hope emerges from the wreckage of many lives. Best to get a multipack of tissues. Or a sick bag.
You are
From Thursday, February 9, Netflix
Penn Badgley returns as serial stalker/assassin Joe Goldberg in the fourth series of You, this time with a new country, a new identity and a new set of potential victims. Traveling to London and posing as a professor, our homicidal hero has gathered a new circle of friends – but now he has a new problem: another killer is on the loose and targeting his new friends. Joe must turn his talents to detective work to identify the man involved in the murder. As the series goes, don’t be surprised if Joe shows up to jump the shark.
Full swing
From Wednesday, February 15, Netflix
Formula 1: Drive to Survive hit Netflix with its turbocharged documentary series. Get ready for another thrill ride in this documentary series set in the headspinning world of PGA golf. The series follows an elite group of professional golfers as they prepare for tough competition, including the Masters, US Open, PGA Championship and FedEx Cup playoffs.
Hello tomorrow!
Apple TV+ from Friday 17 February
For every scientific breakthrough there is a group of grifters hoping to make a quick buck. The series is set in a retrofuturistic world, a planet where technology is forbidden despite the appearance of American graffiti. Classic 1950s cars cruise the grounds, and retro-looking robots do all the menial tasks. Billy Crudup stars as slick traveling salesman Jack Billings, who recruits a team to flag timeshares on the moon. He set out to convince people that the moon was the ultimate suburban dream of the future, but not everyone was buying the sales pitch. In fact, some wonder what’s really going on behind this lunar life plan, and it’s not long before Jack’s vision for the future starts to look decidedly bleak.
Carnival Row
From Friday 17th February, Prime Video
Orlando Bloom returns as former Inspector Rycroft Philostrate, or Philo, in season two of this fantasy/detective series, set in a world where the mythical creatures known as the Fae Folk seek refuge from a terrible war, leading to conflict between them and their humans. hosts. Philo is charged with investigating murders in the fey community, but he is hiding the truth that he is half-fey. Cara Delevingne also returns as Fay and Philo’s ex-lover Vignette Stonemoss. If you managed to grasp the convoluted plot of series one, you should have some idea of what happens as the series moves towards its epic finale.
Fleishman is in trouble
From Wednesday, February 22, Disney+
It’s the old story: You’re newly divorced, and when your ex-wife suddenly disappears and leaves you with two kids to look after, your dating app is bombarded with no-strings sex offers. That’s the fate of 41-year-old medic Toby Fleischman in this new drama series starring Jesse Eisenberg as Toby and Claire Danes as his missing ex, Rachel. With 11-year-old Hannah and nine-year-old Solly at home, Toby has to put his planned summer sex on hold, but what really happened to Rachel and why hasn’t he heard from her? Soon, Toby is sidelining Manhattan’s eligible women while trying to get to the bottom of this marital mystery.
Outer Banks
From Thursday, February 23, Netflix
This teen drama plays out like a cross between a reality-TV show and The Hunger Games — with a bit of class struggle thrown in — as two disparate groups of teenagers in North Carolina’s Outer Banks battle to find a legendary treasure and claim social supremacy. On the one hand, rich kids who go to stay at coastal resorts on vacation. The Pogs, on the other hand, are local working-class kids who naturally hold a bit of a grudge against the wealthy interlopers. In season three the Pogs find themselves on a desert island, but any dreams of making it a paradise are soon dashed.
The reluctant traveler
Apple TV+ from Friday, February 24
Stanley Tucci did it; Steve Coogan and Rob Bryden did it; Now it’s Eugene Levy’s turn to leave a camera crew behind and pack his valise and vamoose for some exotic locale. The star of Sheets Creek, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman and American Pie admits he’s no globetrotter, preferring to stay close to home, but in this new series the Canadian actor steps out of his comfort zone to learn. About the cultures of places as far away as Costa Rica, Finland, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Portugal and South Africa. He’s going to push the boat out and explore corners of North America he’s never seen before.
Consultant
From Friday, February 24, Prime Video
Christoph Waltz stars in a toxic workplace comedy-drama where not only your job but your life is at stake. Compware, a gaming company, wants to grow its business, so it hires a new consultant to shape the business. Patoff comes up with some very radical and strange ideas about productivity, but employees reluctantly go along with them in the hope of gaining a competitive advantage. However, it’s not long before Patoff appears to be running the company and turns it into a not-so-nice tyranny, in fear of being fired — or, worse, literally terminated.
