Right. If you’ve been following this blog for a few years, you know the drill. Here’s 5 top tips of things you can watch on streaming services this week.

The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix – 8 x 60 mins)

Mike Flanagan does it again, with another spooktastic Gothic adaptation. This time around it’s a take on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story from 1839, updated to the present day with Roderick Marsh now a pharmaceutical patriarch confessing to his past sins upon the deaths of his six children. If you’ve ever seen a Flanagan-Netflix production, you know exactly what you’re getting – well-crafted and well-acted melodrama with just the right amount of scares and spooks.

Fellow Travellers (Paramount+ – 8 x 60 mins)

Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey lead this drama that follows the lives and volatile romance of two very different men. Starting in the 1950s, up until the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, we follow them through purges, wars, protests, and plagues, overcoming obstacles and trying to find their space in a world that refuses to accept their love. Period drama perfection.

Belle Gibson: The Search For Instagram’s Worst Con Artist (ITV+ – 2 x 60 mins)

Since the first Lockdown, I have been obsessed with books, shows and podcasts about con-people. The story of Belle Gibson definitely falls into one of the most unbelievable, a wellness influencer – one of the very first – who advocated a healthy lifestyle as a means of battling her terminal cancer diagnoses. Except she was never actually diagnosed with cancer… No trailer available for this one, but the BBC mini doc below gives you a flavour of what’s to come.

Three Little Birds (ITV+ – 6 x 60 mins)

Inspired by his own mother’s experiences, Sir Lenny Henry is the writer-creator at the helm of this moving mini series. In the 1950s, two women and their friend, leave Jamaica to start a new life in England and fulfil their respective dreams. They quickly realise what they have been promised is far from the reality they face. An essential and personal drama.

Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe (Prime Video – 3 x 60 mins)

Another one for my fellow con-noisseurs, this time about a cult of a different kind. Run by Jeff and Shaleia Ayan, they insist that everyone in the world has a Twin Flame – a perfect match they are meant to be with, no matter what. They invite people to join them, to put in the work to be ready for and find their own twin flames. The dark truth behind their empire makes for important watching.