What to watch on TV and streaming this week

Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, this series drops us in the middle of one of the most tumultuous periods of the Roman Empire.

Inspired by the book of the same name by Daniel P Mannix, the story is set against a backdrop of corrupt chariot racing and bloody gladiator fights in the most powerful city in the world.

The population is restless, greedy for money and led by bloodlust.

This epic drama follows the pursuit of power and corruption as the Emperor Vespasian presides over the fabled Colosseum of Rome.

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This show is about the ageing parents and children that drive you to distraction, this brutally honest comedy series explores the paradoxes that every parent knows – but will never admit out loud.

Paul (The Office’s Martin Freeman) and Ally (Daisy Haggard) juggle life’s daily tasks, full-time careers, a mortgage, children and their relationships with their parents.

When Ally’s estranged father Michael suddenly shows up on their doorstep, he becomes like a third child, only adding to the daily challenges of parenting the couple’s two young children, Luke and Ava.

You can watch it on ABC Live stream here for free.

Once-estranged brothers Glen (Ryan Sampson), a nervy perfectionist and carpet salesman, and Lee (Danny Dyer), who’s on the run from his past, find themselves living under the same roof with Glen’s shoplifting fiancee Kirsty (Harriet Webb) in a suburban cul-de-sac.

Of course, all hell – and hilarity – breaks loose in this fun British comedy.

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Conspiracy theories, death and foul play are the focus of this new series starring Forest Whitaker.

In the elite world of academia and politics in upstate Martha’s Vineyard, Talcott Garland is an esteemed law professor whose life is abruptly turned upside down when his father, Judge Oliver Garland (Forest), dies of a suspected heart attack.

Soon the judge’s death is questioned by an investigative journalist (Tiffany Mack) who believes it may have been murder.

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Set sometime in the near future, when normal life on Earth as we know it has been decimated, Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his two sons, Thomas (Maxwell Jenkins) and Joseph (Jaeden Martell), face the unrelenting nightly attacks of a mysterious and violent evil in this post-apocalyptical film.

When Thomas fails to return home before sundown one day, Paul must leave the safety of their farm to find his son, forcing the family to execute a desperate plan to survive the things that go bump in the night.

It’s an intense, edge-of-your-seat ride in the style of A Quiet Place.

You can stream the series on Stan, no worries if you don’t have a subscription, sign up here and start watching now for as little as $12/month.

History meets mystery in this seven-part series, based on the 2019 novel by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman.

When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966, Maddie Schwartz (Natalie Portman), a housewife with a secret past, pursues a career as an investigative reporter and becomes obsessed with unravelling the crime and the killing of a local bartender.

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