Get your year off to a good start with a whole host of new tv, books, and films.
One Day | TV | Netflix | 8th February
One Day tells the story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who, on 15th July 1988, the night of their graduation, speak for the very first time. The next morning, they go their separate ways but where will they be on this one ordinary day the next year, and the year after that, and every year that follows? Each episode finds Dex and Em, one year older, on this one particular date, as they grow and change, move together and apart, experience joy and heartbreak. One Day is a decades- spanning love story, based on the worldwide bestselling novel by David Nicholls.
James May: Our Man in India | TV | Amazon Prime | 5th January
As the third instalment of the series after traveling Japan and Italy, James May takes on his greatest adventure yet: a 3,000 mile coast- to-coast epic across India. The most populous – and perhaps most extraordinary – country in the world. Starting by the Arabian Sea and finishing at the Bay of Bengal, his journey will encompass incredible landscapes, from the baking deserts of Rajasthan to the dramatic Himalayan foothills and explore environments as diverse as the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans, through to the global megacities of Mumbai, Delhi, and Kolkata.
Arthur’s Whisky | Film | Sky Cinema | Available January
This Sky Original film is a charming feel-good comedy about living in the moment. When Joan’s (Patricia Hodge OBE) husband dies she discovers he had invented an anti-aging elixir that literally takes the years off. Sharing it with her two friends Linda (Diane Keaton) and Susan (Lulu) the three rejuvenated women waste no time in painting the town red, but they soon realise it’s a very different world to the one they remember.
The Fury | Alex Michaelides | Book | Penguin | 1st February
Alex Michaelides, Author of The Silent Patient, has a new crime release this year which is already critically acclaimed by authors such as Stephen Fry. Described as a Greek tragedy in the guise of a postmodern thriller, the novel takes place on a private Greek island wherein film star Lana Farrar invites a group of her old friends to stay. Seven people are trapped on the island. One of them is a murderer. But which one?
No Hard Feelings | Film | Sky Cinema Available January
Coming to Sky Cinema in January is No Hard Feelings starring Jennifer Lawrence. On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to “date” their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.