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This month’s on-demand TV highlights range from grumpy farmers to regular folks, while travelling back to the 80s and to other worlds

Clarkson’s Farm

Motoring journalist and famous grumpy person Jeremy Clarkson has to run a farm despite having no farming experience. What follows is, presumably, hilarious – because Clarkson is in it. We can only hope they give him an ailing plaas in the Free State to spruce up for the next season. Hey, Top Gear travelled to Africa all the time.

S1 / Amazon Prime Video

Normal People

There’s no acting like British acting so this tale of first love between two Irish teens, a BBC-made limited series with a Golden Globe nomination, proves to be a punch in the emotional gut. Based on the novel by Sally Rooney, viewers can look forward to people being… well… normal. Their situation? That’s not as normal as they’d like.

S1 / Showmax

The Last Mercenary

The Muscles from Brussels may be a tad wizened and creaky these days, but fans of action flicks will be cheered to see Jean-Claude Van Damme back on the screen – even if it is in a French-language Netflix movie. JCVD plays a super-merc forced out of retirement for (you guessed it) one last job: to save his son from mobsters.

Film / Netflix

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Kevin Smith, famous for making films where stoned slackers talk about He-Man and Skeletor, has been handed the keys to the cult cartoon franchise for a miniseries of his own. Smith says it’ll have a more mature direction than the original… even though Prince Adam is still wearing furry underpants.

S1/Netflix

Ted Lasso

On paper, Ted Lasso never should have worked. The premise – brash American football coach takes over ailing English soccer team, despite knowing nothing about the sport or the country – is about as hackneyed as they come; but the first season’s wit and warmth won the critics (and us) over. Bring on the second.

S2/AppleTV+

Physical

Discovering yourself through the magic of aerobics only sounds like a strange concept to South Africans who didn’t see that stuff every morning on SABC. This 80’s dark comedy tale starring Rose Byrne will take you back to a weirder time, when working out in tights could be a full-time job. Bring on the Body Beat.

S1/AppleTV+

Lisey’s Story S1 / Amazon Prime Video

Based on the novel by Stephen King, Lisey’s Story follows the titular Lisey (played by Julianne Moore) as she comes to terms with the last task her deceased husband, author Scott Landon, has given her. Part fantasy-horror, part romance, part thriller, this eight-episode series, penned by King himself and starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Jason Leigh alongside Moore, will have you on the edge of your seat. Long-time Stephen King fans will see that there are, indeed, other worlds than this.

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