What’s on TV

Manifest

Netflix

Whilst travelling from Jamaica to New York City, Montego Air flight 828 experiences a brief period of severe turbulence.

When they land at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York, the planes 191 passengers and crew learn from NSA deputy director Robert Vance that over five and a half years have passed while they were in the air during which time, they were presumed dead.

As they re-join society, the passengers begin to face the fact that their lives and loved ones are not the same as they were, while they also begin to experience guiding voices and visions representing events yet to occur referred to as ‘Callings’. The Devil’s Hour

Amazon Prime

Lucy is a social worker dealing with family and relationship woes.

She wakes every night at exactly 3:33 after experiencing terrifying visions during so called Devil’s hour between 3am and 4am.

Her eight-year-old son is withdrawn and emotionless. Her mother speaks to empty chairs. Her house is haunted by the echoes of a life that is not her own.

Lucy’s name is inexplicably connected to a string of brutal murders in the area and she is drawn into the hunt for the serial killer. Spirited

Apple TV+

Each Christmas Eve the Ghost of Christmas present (Will Ferrell) selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits but this season he picked the wrong Scrooge.

Clint Briggs (Ryan Reynolds) turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself re-examining his own past, present and future.

For the first time ‘A Christmas Carol is told from the perspective of the ghosts in this hilarious musical twist on the classic Dickens tale.

The modern retelling is a sweet & spicy holiday treat.

The Outlaws

Amazon Prime

The Outlaws is about a group of misfits brought together by community service.

Every character is struggling with their lives but it is the shared feeling of rejection that they faced from the society that brought them together.

The Outlaws is funny, emotional and at the same time thrilling to watch. Christopher Walken, Stephen Merchant star. Wednesday

Netflix

Wednesday is an American coming of age supernatural comedy/horror series based on the character Wednesday Addams from the Addams Family.

Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday investigates a murder spree while making new friends and foes at Nevermore Academy. The Santa Clauses

Disney +

The Santa Clauses is a spin off series which picks up where the movie franchise left off.

Fans of the 1994 movie The Santa Clause and its sequels will be delighted to see Tim Allen reprise his role of Scott Calvin, an ordinary man who was forced to step into Santa’s shoes to save Christmas, but now Scott has realised he is rapidly approaching retirement and must find a worthy successor.

Bad Sisters

Apple TV+

After their brother in law John Paul dies under unexpected circumstances, The Garvey sisters, Eva, Grace, Ursula, Bibi and Becka find themselves at the centre of a life insurance investigation.

The series flips between timelines, one before John Paul’s death in which Eva, Ursula, Bibi and Becka plot to murder John Paul for his treatment of grace and one after John Paul’s death in which a determined insurance agent tries to prove the sister’s malicious involvement to save his struggling business.