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Ingrid (Sally Phillips), Austin (Michael Theo) and  Julian (Ben Miller) continue their adventures in season two of Austin.

ABC comedy Austin returns with more humour, heart and Michael Theo

There is much to rejoice about this Australian and British comedy drama co-production, which shines with a beautifully peculiar wit.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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Tom Walker is the new co-host on The Great Australian Bake-Off.

‘Let’s try a freak’: How this chaotic comedian landed TV’s most wholesome show

Tom Walker is the strangest pick for the Bake Off shed to date – but history proves the show is right to do it.

  • Meg Watson
The Mitford Sisters in Outrageous: you couldn’t make this up if you tried.

What to stream this week: The Mitford sisters and five more picks

You couldn’t make the story of the Mitford sisters up if you tried. Also, the piano man himself, Billy Joel, opens up in a candid documentary.

  • Craig Mathieson
Filippa Coster-Waldau as Smilla in the TV adaptation of the best-selling book Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow.

It was a groundbreaking crime book – and this TV adaptation is even stranger

Smilla’s Sense of Snow brings Peter Hoeg’s 1992 literary thriller firmly into the future with an energy crisis twist.

  • Craig Mathieson
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (left) and Pedro Pascal as best friends Ben Grimm and Reed Richards.

The Fantastic Four’s real superpower is bringing the fun back to Marvel

Starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby, this retro resuscitation is a welcome return to Marvel’s once familiar tongue-in-cheek tone.

  • Sandra Hall
Bessie Carter as Nancy Mitford in the TV series Outrageous.

The wild true story of the infamous Mitford sisters comes to life

A new TV series charts the early life of the sisters, one of whom was called ‘the most beautiful woman in Britain’ and another who was linked to the Nazis.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
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Scott Cam on the upcoming season of The Block in Daylesford

‘It can get out of control’: Why The Block is getting back to basics

Scott Cam admits “we probably had a little bit too much drama last year”. So what can we expect from this year’s season?

  • Nicole Elphick
Tim Robinson (left) and Paul Rudd: Unlikely buddies in Friendship.

Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson and the art of social suicide

The new film Friendship is a comedy of embarrassment as a man with no friends teams up with an adventurous TV weatherman.

  • Sandra Hall
Jonah Hauer-King, Sarah Pidgeon, Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline and Tyriq Withers face a horrific dilemma.

I Know What You Did sequel is hooked on setting up another sequel

This reboot of the 1997 slasher movie has more ideas than the original, but makes less sense than these films usually do

  • Jake Wilson
Clockwise from top: Ballard, The Keepers, The Institute, Snowfall, Untamed, The Cleaner.

What to stream this week: Eric Bana’s Netflix thriller and five more picks

An American murder mystery featuring Eric Bana and Sam Neill? Weirdly, we’ve seen this story before. Plus: a much-hyped Stephen King adaptation.

  • Craig Mathieson

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