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The always amazing Anna Torv leads this Australian drama that might seem familiar but accomplishes what few others do.

I don’t say this lightly: these are two of the very best shows of the past decade — this drama, which packs one heck of a punch, is right up there with them.

The Diplomat, Dustfall, Oasis: Look Back In Anger, Marc Fennell’s The State Of Man & Crystal Lake

Across the two hours of 70 Years of Seven, viewers will be taken back through the memories that formed not just their lives but that of Australia with a star-studded anniversary special.

‘I am not and I have never been a close friend of Sam’.

The beloved 2018 rom-com has had a tortured process to mount a sequel. It’s finally happening, but it’s coming back as a TV series.

Shock horror. After Brian De Palma’s 1976 film adaptation, Carrie has been battered around from one forgettable remake to another. Not this time. You’ll remember this one.

Aussie screen star Pia Miranda is stepping into a dream role as co-host of the ABC’s uplifting new culinary contest, Recipe Of The Year

South Australian mums Alisha and Deanne are next to cook but, with tensions still running high, Tiffany and Giancarlo reveal what happened when the camera stopped rolling.

This week, our Screen Queen Clare Rigden is marvelling at the final 7 Up film, checking out Small Prophets, getting freaked out by Carrie, peeping murderous gnomes, and hate-watching The Kardashians.

Known for his empathetic style, doco maker Marc Fennell usually avoids ruffling feathers. But his eye-opening new series on the modern male identity crisis could spark a national reckoning.

This week we’re peeping the excellent new Apple TV series Small Prophets, scratching our heads over Cop This, peeping the Carrie remake and checking in with the “kids” of 70 Up.

David Fincher was with Netflix at the start of its originals mission. With his exit and a plummeting stock price, does the streamer still know what it’s doing?

Sienna Miller and Dominic West face off in the divorce courts in this shiny drama from the creator of Hijack and Lupin.

Cathy Ames steals, lies, cheats and kills, the epitome of the fallen woman. But in this new version of classic tale East of Eden, Florence Pugh gives dimension to someone so easily loathed.

If we are to glean anything from the exit of a high-profile executive at Paramount, it’s that your subscriptions to HBO Max and Paramount+ are about to change.

A Heated Rivalry star’s first follow-up, Florence Pugh in a luxe remake and Nigella enters the Bake Off tent. There’s quite on lot going on in October on the small screen.

Here are 11 shows that won’t have either of you gouging out your eyes with secondhand embarrassment.