Four intriguing programs from around the globe this week. The Crowded Room (AppleTV+) features Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried in a crime mystery that starts in 1979.

First Inventors (10/NITV) tracks the work of First Nations investigators who delve into over 65,000 years of invention and innovation.
Based on a True Story (Foxtel/Binge) is a comedy that parodies a true crime podcast.

The Swarm (Foxtel/Binge) is the most ambitious series this week. It's an eco-thriller about an underwater mystery that threatens the planet.

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The Idol is igniting debate about the merits of the sex soaked saga from HBO (Binge/Foxtel) just days after it replaced Succession in the schedule. Also on the show this week we look at the Bump spin-off, Year Of (Stan), and British period drama Funny Woman (Binge/Foxtel).

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A diverse slate of good shows this episode starting with Prime Video's feminist noir comedy Deadloch set in Tasmania. There's lots to like, but watch it for Kate Box. Stan has the Spanish drama about real life adult movie star Nacho Vidal. It's a sex-filled R-rated romp telling how Nacho went on to feature in around 700 porn movies. Finally we look at Hunt for Raoul Moat on Britbox which is a brilliant dramatisation of Britain's biggest manhunt for a very violent offender.

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A diverse slate of good shows this episode starting with Prime Video's feminist noir comedy Deadloch set in Tasmania. There's lots to like, but watch it for Kate Box. Stan has the Spanish drama about real life adult movie star Nacho Vidal. It's a sex-filled R-rated romp telling how Nacho went on to feature in around 700 porn movies. Finally we look at Hunt for Raoul Moat on Britbox which is a brilliant dramatisation of Britain's biggest manhunt for a very violent offender.

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Bonus episode: Andrew and James unwrap all the drama from the Waystar board vote in the final ever episode of Succession. In this bonus episode we also have a competition with a great Succession prize pack.

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The Clearing is the first Disney+ Australian original drama production. It’s well made with a great cast, but will audiences shy away from the subject matter? Also Rose Byrne is reunited with Seth Rogan on AppleTV+ in a relationship that is very Platonic. Then relive some great dancefloor classics and learn about the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer on Foxtel & Binge.

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There are a few thumbs up, a definite thumbs down and a couple of maybes in this week’s program list. The new episodes include Pete Davidson’s life exposed in Bupkis (Foxtel/Binge).

The new Australian series In Limbo (ABC/iview) balances between comedy and the sorrow of loss. High Desert and Silo are both biggish budget productions on AppleTV+ with one more successful than the other.

Finally we look at Air (Prime Video), the drama about Nike signing Michael Jordan that reunites Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Don’t miss the journey the hosts travelled to find the program of the week.

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More excellent viewing tips this week from the new series Ten Pounds Poms (Stan) and Queen Charlotte (Netflix) to The Messenger (ABC) and A Town Called Malice (Foxtel/Binge). Plus listener emails, the return of Five Bedrooms, and Tim Ross with a must-watch series on Aussie homes. What will be the TV Gold Show of the Week?

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Another massive week of quality TV from Love & Death (Foxtel/Binge) with a murder in Texas, Citadel brings big budget spies to the smaller screen, two new series both called The Diplomat (Netflix & Foxtel/Binge), White House Plumbers (Foxtel/Binge) and great new Aussie dramas Safe Home (SBS) and North Shore (10). A lot to choose for show of the week.

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