The best new TV to stream next week – from Leave The World Behind to Your Christmas Or Mine? 2 | The Sun

Last Christmas, Gianna (Pilar Fogliati) gave herself a few weeks to find a boyfriend to bring home to her family, to avoid all those annoying questions about her love life – or lack of. In the second, six-episode season of the warm, witty Italian comedy, it’s a year later and – shock, horror! – Gianna is no longer single. For once, it looks like her Christmas is going to be the romantic, cosy holiday she’s always longed for. However, with only weeks until the traditional family Christmas Eve dinner, Gianna makes a terrible mistake that shatters her relationship. Cue a desperate festive mission to win back her ex and make everything right again for Christmas.

Dew Drop Diaries – Available from Monday

Children have a remarkable habit of losing precious toys, clothing or other important items. Thank goodness, then, for Eden (voiced by Scarlett Estevez), Phoebe (Sydney Mikayla) and Athena (ViviAnn Yee), aka the Dew Drops. This fun-loving trio of three-inch tall fairies-in-training spend their days doing good deeds and helping children in The Big City find much-loved missing things. And this week the gang return in a second series of the colourful, adventure-filled animated series.

Blood Coast – Available from Wednesday

Anyone still mourning the end of fast-paced French police procedural Spiral should definitely check out this six-episode series. This equally unglossy and action-packed show follows a no-nonsense, rule-bending group of police officers – including Alice Vidal (Barbarians’ Jeanne Goursaud) – from the southern city of Marseille, who are ready to use any means necessary to track down a dangerous drug dealer intent on plunging the city into bloody chaos. Forget the traditional sun-soaked, idyllic image of the French south coast and get ready for something much more gritty and down to earth. In French with subtitles.

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Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever – Available from Friday

Most kids love the Christmas holidays, but it’s turning out to be a supremely stressful time for disaster-prone Greg Heffley (voiced by Wesley Kimmel) in this new festive instalment of the much-loved animated adaptations. After accidentally damaging a snowplough while making a snowman with best friend Rowley, Greg is convinced that he won’t be getting the new video game console he wants for Christmas. If that wasn’t bad enough, when the weather takes a turn for the worse, he finds himself snowed in with his family, promising no escape from grumpy older brother Rodrick and annoying little brother Manny. Will Greg’s Christmas be the worst one ever?

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Tongue Thai’d – Available from Monday

Get ready for a culinary tour unlike any other as drag icon Pangina Heals returns with her spicy chat show. Pangina (who will be the host of Drag Race Thailand next year) welcomes eight brave guests – Raja, Jaida Essence Hall, LaGanja Estranja, Jared Goldstein, Priyanka, Blu Hydrangea, Lady Camden and Sasha Colby – to four of LA's most authentic Thai restaurants. While the one-on-one convos are guaranteed to be fiery, the heat level will also increase with each course of beautiful Thai cuisine. Tongue Thai'd has a strong claim to be called "the hottest show on TV" for a very good reason.

Drag Race Italia – Available from Thursday

Ciao, bella! Third time's the charm as the always enjoyable Drag Race Italia returns for season three, hosted once again by the fabulous Priscilla. Actress Chiara Francini also returns as a judge, while there are two fresh new faces on the judging panel. Actor Paolo Camilli, who played Hugo on The White Lotus season two, and singer and DJ Paola Iezzi will be casting an expert eye over the queens hoping to be crowned Italy's Next Drag Superstar. TV Mag's early favourites are Morgana Cosmica, La Prada and Lina Galore – but who will claim the ultimate prize?

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Your Christmas Or Mine? 2 – Available from Friday

Last year's festive feel good romantic comedy of errors Your Christmas Or Mine? introduced us to lovebirds Hayley (Cora Kirk) and James (Asa Butterfield), who were from very different backgrounds, with very different families. Now the sequel ramps up the travel-plans-gone-awry concept of the first film, and a booking mishap by Hayley’s dad Geoff (Daniel Mays) sees their respective families ending up at each other's wildly different holiday accommodation. Expect a culture clash of epic proportions as returning cast members Alex Jennings, David Bradley, Angela Griffin and Natalie Gumede are joined by comedy legend Jane Krakowski as James’ dad Humphrey’s (Alex) new American girlfriend.

Merry Little Batman – Available from Friday

The season of goodwill has come to Gotham City, but with The Joker, The Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy and Bane up to no good, it’s unlikely to last long. Sure enough, when Batman (voiced by Luke Wilson) gets lost in the snow and the fiendish, green-haired clown and co decide to steal Christmas, it’s left to Bruce Wayne’s son, Damian (Yonas Kibreab), to pull on his small-sized Batsuit and save the day – and the festive season. Featuring a strong voice cast, which also includes James Cromwell as trusty butler Alfred and Reid Scott as Commissioner Gordon, this entertaining animated special is a gift for all young superhero fans.

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Hollywood Houselift With Jeff Lewis – Available from Wednesday

Interior designer to the stars Jeff Lewis is back, ready to work his eye-catching, stylish magic again – and his roster of celebrity clients for season two is very impressive. Christina Ricci, Gina Rodriguez, Josh Duhamel, Regina Hall, Noah Beck, Kate Bosworth and Cynthia Bailey are just some of the Hollywood names who have reached out to Jeff and his team. But with Jeff also dealing with a home renovation of his own, the pressure is truly on. The projects are varied – from reimagining a tricky kitchen to creating a perfect family backyard – and the demands are high, but the one liners and the laughs are always guaranteed.

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Thriller 40 – Available from Saturday

Michael Jackson's Thriller, released in 1982, is still the all-time best-selling album worldwide. This fascinating documentary celebrates the making of the ground-breaking record and explores how Jackson became the biggest pop star on the planet in the early 80s. A starry roll call of music royalty including Mary J. Blige, Usher, will.i.am and Mark Ronson, plus John Landis (who directed MJ’s Thriller video), all chime in on the album's impact. Never-seen-before footage shows how iconic tracks including Billie Jean and Beat It came together, and how Jackson's distinctive image wowed fans all around the world.

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Southern Hospitality – Available from Friday

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Get ready to be whisked off to Charleston in South Carolina for a second season of this glamorous, gossip-fuelled reality show. Reassuringly, life is as dramatic, complicated and entertaining as ever for restaurateur Leva Bonaparte and the staff at her fancy nightclub and bar, Republic Garden & Lounge. The usual gang – including Mia Alario, Joe Bradley, Bradley Carter, TJ Dinch and Grace Lilly – are all back, and spicing things up this time round is new VIP server Oisin O’Neill, who comes armed with an irrepressible, larger-than-life personality. And while business is booming, the team’s close-knit chemistry is put at risk by rumours, cheating allegations and the return of some ghosts from the past.

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