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In Season 3 of the coming-of-age comedy Never Have I Ever, Indian American teenager Devi continues to deal with the everyday pressures of high school and drama at home, while also navigating new romantic relationships. Watch it on Netflix.
We’ve rounded up three great shows you should keep an eye out for this week.
Start with a comedy-drama that follows a first-generation Indian-American teen who wants to improve her status at school, but friends, family, and feelings don’t make it easy on her. Then watch a docu-series exploring the dramatic history of British cinema. Or opt for a comedy about a cowardly man-child, who still lives at home with his mother and other close relatives and works at a non-profit rehabilitation centre called Hugs Not Thugs.
In Season 3 of the coming-of-age comedy Never Have I Ever, Indian American teenager Devi continues to deal with the everyday pressures of high school and drama at home, while also navigating new romantic relationships. Watch it on Netflix.
From Alfie, Get Carter and Chariots of Fire, to A Clockwork Orange, Trainspotting and The Full Monty, this visually striking documentary series tells the colourful story of modern British cinema. Decade by decade, across four episodes spanning 1960 through to 2010, it portrays how British cinema held up a mirror to society, reflecting the youth revolution of the 1960s, the grit of the 1970s, the social divide of the 1980s, the new hope of the 1990s and the disillusionment of the noughties. Narrated by actor and comedian Nick Helm, Reel Britannia explores the stories that shaped Britain’s filmic identity. It features new interviews with a range of award-winning directors, including Terry Gilliam, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Hanif Kureishi, Mike Newell, Simon Beaufoy, David Leland and Terence Davies, and archival interviews, alongside behind-the-scenes footage. Watch season 1 from August 18 on BritBox.
Inspired by the life and stand-up of star and co-creator Chris Estrada, This Fool is an irreverent, cinematic half-hour comedy set in working-class South Los Angeles. The show centres around Julio Lopez, a 30-year-old who still lives at home, has been dating his girlfriend on and off since high school and finds any excuse to avoid dealing with his own problems. Julio works at Hugs Not Thugs, a gang rehabilitation non-profit, where he butts heads with his older cousin Luis, an ex-gang member who just got out of prison and moved in with Julio and his family. Catch it on Disney+.
