THE WEEKEND IS kicking off – but what should you watch?

We’ve taken a look through what’s on offer and picked out series and movies that you can check out over the next three days on streaming and the telly.

Plainclothes

(L-R) Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey in Plainclothes Curzon Home Media Curzon Home Media

This American film flew a little under the radar when it landed in cinemas, so now’s a chance to enjoy director Carmen Emmi’s fine debut. It’s about young undercover police officer Lucas (Tom Blyth), who’s tasked with targeting men who are cruising in a mall and arresting them for indecent exposure. But one day he catches the eye of Andrew (Russell Tovey), which cracks open Lucas’s own sexuality.

Streaming on Sky Cinema Premiere and NOW now.

Young Sherlock

Hero Fiennes Tiffin as young Sherlock Holmes. Daniel Smith / Prime Daniel Smith / Prime / Prime

Guy Ritchie directs this new series, which is pitched as ”an irreverent, action-packed mystery that charts the legendary origin story of the world’s greatest detective”. Hero Fiennes Tiffin plays the young Sherlock Holmes, who in this reimagining meets James Moriarty (Irish actor Dónal Finn) and finds himself dragged into a murder investigation that threatens his liberty.

Streaming on Prime now.

These Sacred Vows

Tom Vaughan Lawlor as Fr Vincent and Shane Daniel Byrne as Glen RTÉ RTÉ

It’s the finale of John Butler’s series These Sacred Vows. A week of drama comes to a head as the day of the wedding arrives. But how did Father Vincent (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) die? That’s the question on viewers’ lips, and we’ll find out the answer on Sunday.

Will be aired on Sunday at 9.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.

Vladimir

(L to R) Rachel Weisz as The Protagonist and Leo Woodall as Vladimir in episode 2 of Vladimir. Netflix © 2026 Netflix © 2026

If you’re looking for a new steamy series, try this adaptation of the book by Julia May Jonas. It stars Rachel Weisz as ‘the protagonist’, a passionate but reckless professor who becomes fixated on her new younger colleague, Vladimir (Leo Woodall) just as her own husband is facing a scandal of his own.  

Streaming on Netflix now.

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

The Manchurian Candidate MGM MGM

Here’s your classic film watch of the weekend: The Manchurian Candidate, directed by John Frankenheimer in 1962. This stars Frank Sinatra as Major Ben Marco, a Korean War veteran who unravels a plot to brainwash his old platoon. Considered one of the all-time greats. Plus, Murder, She Wrote fans take note: it stars Angela Lansbury too.

Available to watch on Sunday 8 March at 9pm on Sky Arts and NOW (not available on demand).