Everyone is talking about the eponymous new documentary, Martha. Here’s what we know, plus other series to watch this month …
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Martha on Netflix
Martha Stewart’s documentary is a hot topic since its release last week, so we had to dive right in. For more than five decades, Martha has shaped our culture, in both big and small ways, from teaching us all how to fold a fitted sheet to creating an empire. This documentary covers the breadth of her extraordinary life, through intimate and revealing interviews with the icon herself and her inner circle. R.J. Cutler (director of Elton John: Never Too Late, The September Issue), documents this rise to success.
The documentary breaks down the stories and secrets of America’s most celebrated home-maker, the first-ever influencer and first female self-made billionaire. Martha herself brings us through her life, starting from her childhood in Nutley, New Jersey, to her time modelling, her run as a stockbroker, her catering business and her media empire. Martha also shares her perspective on her conviction and the opportunities she created from that time, her unlikely friendship with rapper Snoop Dogg and even the roast of Justin Bieber.
A remarkably candid insight into the twists and turns of Martha’s life, this is the ultimate tell-all of one of the most iconic and important cultural figures of the last half-century. Watch now on Netflix.
Sweetpea on Sky Atlantic
Sweetpea is the ultimate gorey, graphic and gripping series to dive into this week. In this twisted ‘coming-of-rage’ thriller, Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Fallout) stars as a quiet wallflower who develops a taste for murder. Purness is masterful at acting deranged, while remaining likeable. Sweetpea‘s cast also includes Calam Lynch, Nicôle Lecky, Jeremy Swift and others – this dark comedy drama is the perfect combination to get us through the month. Photograph via Sky Atlantic.
The Day of The Jackal on Sky Atlantic on Thursday, November 7
Premiering on November 7, Eddie Redmayne stars as an elusive assassin who meets his match in a British intelligence officer tracking him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe. The famous tale based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel is one of the most iconic political thrillers to grace the screen. The BAFTA-winning and Oscar nominated film was originally released in 1973, while this modern re-telling sees Lashana Lynch as the MI6 agent working tirelessly to track the Jackal down before he can eliminate his next target. The series also stars more notables including Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Lia Williams and Chuckwudi Iwiji. It looks like it will have us glued to our seats all over again! Photograph via Sky Atlantic.
Bad Sisters; Season 2 on Apple TV on Wednesday, November 13
The much anticipated season two hints at a story as twisted and schadenfreude-filled as the first. Following Irish sisters played by Sharon Horgan, Eve Hewson, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle and Sarah Greene, the new season picks up two years later when past truths resurface and the ladies are thrust back into the spotlight. Suspicions are at an all-time high as the sisters are forced to work out who they can trust. The first trailer has just been released, with the deadly focus switched to Duff’s new husband, played by Owen McDonnell. We can’t wait for this one. Photograph via Apple TV.
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