Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 28th February 2025, including:

Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman takes a sideways look at modern life in a series of stand-up performances powered by his laptop. Series six of Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish is available on U and Dave.

Reformed party girl Kate Hudson must prove herself as a businesswoman when she's unexpectedly put in charge of her family's pro basketball team, in Netflix 10-part comedy series Running Point.

The Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression. Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren star in season two of 1923 on Paramount Plus.

New reality series The Baldwins, on Discovery Plus, gives us unfiltered access into the highs and lows of one of the world's most famous and infamous families.

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As Basel 2025 draws nearer, we wanted to reshare a classic episode, where Steven looks at Eurovision presenters of past to figure out what makes a great host.

Enjoy!

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Highlights from the episode:

Takeaways:

• The history of Eurovision presenters reveals a significant evolution in hosting dynamics over the years, particularly in terms of gender representation.
• To ensure a successful Eurovision, it is advisable to have a team of three to four presenters with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Multilingualism among hosts is crucial, as it enhances the international appeal and accessibility of the contest to a broader audience.
• The importance of having hosts with live entertainment experience cannot be overstated, given the complexity of the Eurovision production.
• Sweden's consistent success in hosting Eurovision suggests that they have an abundance of talent to draw from for future contests.
• The trend of having a majority of female presenters has emerged as a standard practice in recent Eurovision history, reflecting societal changes.

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Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 21st February 2025, including:

Robert De Niro is a former U.S. President called out of retirement to find the source of a deadly cyberattack, only to discover a vast web of lies and conspiracies in Netflix original series Zero Day.

Two best friends from Jamaica fight for survival in the violent melting pot of Victorian London's East End. Stephen Graham and Malachi Kirby star in Disney Plus' A Thousand Blows

Alan Ritchson reprises his role in season three of Prime Video's popular action series Reacher.

A journalist recounts her fight to break free from infamous New Zealand Christian cult Gloriavale in BBC documentary Escaping Utopia.

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On this week's episode, Steven is joined by special guest Kat Stevens to discuss a boat load more national final results including Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Italy.

As the Eurovision field continues to take shape, who are the frontrunners and who are the also rans? Plus, all the latest news and updates as second round tickets go on sale, and Malta's Kant is the hottest topic in Europe.

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Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 14th February, including:

Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy are two highly-trained operatives appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from a mysterious evil that lurks within, in Apple TV movie The Gorge.

Comedian and mother-of-three Katherine Ryan sets out to explore out-of-the-box parenting ideas and meets some of the families across the UK who are living and breathing them. At Home with Katherine Ryan is available on U.

In extraordinary detail, US soldiers and Somali fighters recall the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu and the now-famous downing of three Black Hawk helicopters in Netflix documentary Surviving Black Hawk Down.

Detectives Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker) and Sunil 'Sunny' Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) try to solve a series of cold cases involving murders and historic disappearances in season 6 of ITVX drama Unforgotten.

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It's been a busy week of national finals as Europe gears up for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel... and boy is everyone really leaning into the '69'!

How do Ireland follow up last year's Bambi Thug?

Are Remember Monday representing the UK?

And Malta. IYKYK.

All of this and more as Steven Perkins is joined by special guest and fellow Eurovision superfan Adrian Bradley to break down a Super Saturday of national finals.

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Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 7th February 2025, including:

A group of British celebrities drop into the Central American jungle as prey for one of the world's most fearsome predators... Bear Grylls. Bear believes there is an action hero inside us all even the celebs, but how strong is their will to survive? This is Celebrity Bear Hunt on Netflix.

Secrets unfold one letter at a time. Will Cassandra expose the most private details of her life, or send her sister Jane’s legacy up in flames? Keeley Hawes and Rose Leslie star in BBC iPlayer's Miss Austen.

Downsizing, facing the horror of modern teens - not even an alpha mum can do it alone. And then there's her mother... Lucy Punch stars in Motherland follow up Amandaland on BBC iPlayer.

Kaitlyn Dever and Alycia Debnam-Carey are wellness guru Belle Gibson and her friend Milla, who both use their platforms to 'cure' people in Netflix film Apple Cider Vinegar.

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