Our top 5 watches this weekend

Looking for something to check out on the small screen this weekend? We’ve got you covered.

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 to check out over the next three days on streaming and the telly. 

The Walking Dead: Dead City

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If you love nothing more than watching zombies lumber around the place, try this Walking Dead spin-off, which is back for a third season. Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan return as Negan and Maggie, who have to get over their friction to start building the first community in Manhattan since the apocalypse. Of course, it isn’t long before drama rears its head.

Airing ​​​​​​Friday (18 September) at 9pm on Sky One. All episodes available on NOW.

The Love Hypothesis

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If you’re more in a rom-com state of mind, try this adaptation of the best-selling novel by Ali Hazelwood. The Love Hypothesis focuses on Olive (Lili Reinhart), a Ph.D. candidate who realises her best friend Anh (Rachel Marsh) has fallen for her crush Jeremy (Nicholas Duvernay). So what does she do? She kisses professor Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman) to show she doesn’t mind. A fake relationship abounds, but can it stay fake for long?

Streaming on Prime Video from 23 September.

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story

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Ryan Murphy sure loves a killer, eh? The latest he is focused on in his Monster anthology series is Lizzie Borden, who was accused of killing her parents with a hatchet in Massachusetts in 1892. This is a significant story in American crime history, and Murphy’s first time looking at a female suspect in a murder case. Lizzie is played by Ella Beatty, daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.

Streaming on Netflix. 

Hamlet (2025)

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Shakespeare’s tragedy is retold in this modern adaptation set in London’s elite South Asian community. Riz Ahmed plays Hamlet, who returns home for his dad’s funeral and discovers his uncle Claudius is marrying his mother. Oh dear. Meanwhile, his dad’s ghost tells him that Claudius murdered him, spurring Hamlet to seek revenge. 

Available from Saturday (19 September) on Sky Cinema Premiere and NOW.

Nirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie

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One of the year’s cult movies, this comes from Canadians Matt Johnson and Jay McCarro. They play fictionalised versions of themselves on a quest to revive their musical duo Nirvanna the Band. They’re accidentally sent back in time, but figure it might be their way to finally get a gig at the Rivoli music venue in Toronto.
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Available from Sunday (20 September) on Sky Cinema Premiere and NOW.

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