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The Four Seasons to Flintoff: the seven best shows to stream this week

Tina Fey’s new cringe comedy tackles three couples whose lives unravel on a doomed holiday. Plus: an intimate documentary about the extraordinary life of the cricketer Three apparently stable couples, all deep into middle age and preoccupied with statins and second homes, go on an annual holiday together. It’s expected to be a gentle affair but Nick (Steve Carell) is about to drop a bombshell: he’s bored and frustrated and he’s leaving Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver). Tina Fey’s comedy, adapted from a 1981 film starring Alan Alda who cameos here, is a mixture of deepest cringe – an unsuspecting Anne has organised a vow renewal party and invited everyone they know to witness their collapsing marriage – and melancholy revelations about fading dreams. Before long, the other two relationships are getting a thorough stress test too. Netflix, from Thursday 1 May Continue reading...

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