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Join Steven Ross for his recommendations for your viewing this weekend including lots of cinema tips and some big hitters for the small screen.

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00:00 Hi, I'm Stephen. I'm National World's Digital Trends Writer,

00:03 and I'm here with another episode of ScreenBabble Weekend Watch.

00:06 So I'll be talking you through what to watch this weekend and beyond

00:09 on TV, streaming, and in the cinemas.

00:12 So as I discussed at length in the main podcast,

00:15 Masters of the Air comes to Apple TV.

00:17 You should definitely check out the main podcast for more info on that.

00:20 But essentially, it's another Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg co-production

00:25 following a group of American fighter pilots during the Second World War.

00:29 And their experience of the brutality of warfare

00:34 as they go to war over the skies of Germany.

00:38 There's nine episodes in the series.

00:40 The first two episodes come to Apple TV on Friday the 26th of January,

00:44 and then later episodes will be released weekly.

00:48 Also coming on Friday is Ex-Pats Season 1.

00:52 This is an Amazon Prime six-part drama

00:55 that takes a look at the personal and professional lives

00:58 of a tight-knit group of expats living in Hong Kong.

01:01 It stars Nicole Kidman, among others.

01:04 There's two episodes coming out on Friday,

01:07 and then the rest will come out weekly,

01:09 which seems to be a bit of a theme with streaming services nowadays.

01:13 And then on Friday again, we have The Color Purple coming to cinemas.

01:18 This is a musical remake of the classic Spielberg film

01:22 that starred Whoopi Goldberg.

01:24 This time we have Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, and Colman Domingo in the cast.

01:30 Again coming to cinemas on Friday, All of Us Strangers.

01:34 This is definitely going to be one to watch.

01:36 I'm going to get there myself to see it.

01:38 It's a fantasy drama with Andrew Scott, the hot priest from Fleabag,

01:42 and Paul Mezcal, who you'll know from Normal People.

01:45 So Andrew Scott's character returns to his childhood home after many years away,

01:50 and he finds that his parents are living the same life they did

01:53 when they died 30 years previously,

01:55 and he sort of reunites with them as he develops a relationship

01:59 with Paul Mezcal's character as well.

02:03 Then over on ITV on Sunday, we have the long-awaited Triggerpoint Season 2.

02:09 This sees Lana return from working defusing bombs in Ukraine

02:13 to lead a sort of terror awareness conference,

02:16 particularly on bomb-related terrorism,

02:19 when, surprise, surprise, a bomb is detonated in London

02:23 as the conference is taking place,

02:25 and this sets off another hunt for those responsible.

02:28 Six episodes in this series.

02:30 It'll be coming to ITV1 weekly at 9 p.m. on Sundays,

02:35 and will be available to watch on ITVX after episodes have aired too.

02:40 And then we have on Monday, The Greatest Night in Pop.

02:44 This is a Netflix music documentary

02:48 about the recording of We Are the World

02:50 by the massive mega group at the time that recorded it

02:54 as part of Live Aid, as well alongside Do They Know It's Christmas Time?

02:59 It's basically the true story of how the stars put their egos aside

03:05 to come together for, I guess, the greater good

03:08 to help with that terrible famine in the 1980s.

03:12 We have a couple of projects coming to Netflix on Tuesday.

03:16 So we have NASCAR Full Speed Sports Documentary,

03:19 which will be popular, especially among those who liked F1 Drive to Survive.

03:24 And we also have Jack Whitehall's new stand-up routine, Settle Down,

03:28 which comes to the platform and follows him recently becoming a father,

03:33 so likely will follow the fact that he's settled down and become a family man.

03:37 And then, of course, one to watch out for is The Return of the Apprentice,

03:42 which comes back on Thursday, the 1st of February.

03:45 Episodes will air weekly at 9 on BBC1 and will also be available on iPlayer.

03:51 Karen Brady and Tim Campbell will return as Alan Sugar's aides,

03:55 and of course there'll be a group of frightfully painful, infuriating contestants

04:00 who think they are all the best thing since sliced bread

04:03 competing for Alan Sugar's £250,000 investment,

04:08 which is probably being greatly reduced due to the effects of inflation

04:11 and the cost of living crisis.

04:13 And on that cheery note, that's all from me.

04:15 Thanks for listening and join me again next week for more weekend watch recommendations.

04:20 Thank you.

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