This week’s home entertainment: from We Are Who We Are to Belushi – The Guardian

Television

Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is the mastermind behind this poetic, eight-part, coming-of-age drama set on a US military base in Italy. It follows 14-year-olds Fraser Wilson (It star Jack Dylan Grazer) and Caitlin Harper Poythress (Jordan Kristine Seamn) as they explore friendship, first love and the anguish of being teenagers.Tuesday 24 November, 10.45pm, BBC One

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll launches this latest foray into the Japanese artform: an Aztec-themed series created by the Mexican-American animator Sofa Alexander. Set in Mesoamerica, it tracks the journey of a boy called Izel, tasked by the Gods with saving humanity.Saturday 21 November, Crunchyroll

Arriving with perfect timing, series 11 of what has now been fully cemented as a national institution has been marked by its spectacular flops, from nightmare-inducing 3D cake busts to disastrous Sussex pond puddings. You sense the winner will be whoever can panic the least in the increasingly overheated tent.Tuesday 24 November, 8pm, Channel 4

High-school drug dealer Jared (newcomer Joel Oulette) is the focus of this new Canadian sci-fi drama based on Eden Robinsons novel. When a strange man from Jareds past arrives in town, he starts seeing visions that lead him to uncover some dark family secrets.Monday 23 November, 9pm, Syfy

Based on Robyn Carrs novels, romantic drama Virgin River returns for a second season. After fleeing the titular town at the end of last season, Alexandra Breckenridges Mel returns to confront her feelings for Jack, whose friend-with-benefits Charmaine is pregnant with his child.Friday 27 November, Netflix

The star of classics such as Animal House and The Blues Brothers, by 30 John Belushi was a comedy great. But three years later, a drug-related accident in LAs Chateau Marmont ended his life. Here, Penny Marshall, Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase recount his turbulent life.Friday 27 November, 9pm, Sky Documentaries

This compelling tale focuses on Elon Musks disrupted plans to colonise Mars. After Musk and his company, SpaceX, arrived in Boca Chica, Texas to test their rockets, they were confronted by retirees who felt they were being intimidated into leaving their homes.Thursday 26 November, 10pm, Vice

This documentary examines how, in 1971, an unidentified man, known by the alias DB Cooper, hijacked a plane, extorted a $200,000 ransom, and has escaped capture ever since.Monday 23 November, 9pm, BBC Four

Artist Christopher Spencers darkly comic collages have come to epitomise the melancholy mood of Brexit Britain, and in this documentary we follow Spencer as he stages a series of works on displays across the country.Tuesday 24 November, 9pm, Sky Arts

The extraordinary life of the multi-instrumentalist and Afrobeat pioneer is explored in this 90-minute documentary. Kuti who died in 1997 remains one of modern musics most influential figures: a counter-cultural revolutionary who was a target of Nigerias military junta and once married 27 women in one ceremony.Saturday 21 November, 9.30pm, BBC Two

Podcasts can be an immense source of new information, gripping storytelling, or distracting conversation, but in Field Recordings the medium is turned into something else entirely. Comprised of sensuous snippets of audio from various natural locales around the world, this podcast is a meditative hidden gem, perfect for playing when you might need a moments calm.Daily, widely available

Host Nick van der Kolk presents this spin-off from the ever-popular storytelling pod Love + Radio. In The Secrets Hotline, Van der Kolk provides a safe, discursive space for anonymous callers to share their troubles and experiences, sometimes picking up the odd celebrity guest, too. A pensive and affirming listen.All episodes available, Luminary

Following Maxwells arrest by the FBI this summer on charges of the sexual abuse of minors, investigative journalist John Sweeney explores the life of Jeffrey Epsteins alleged co-conspirator for a sobering six-part pod, fleshing out the circumstances that may have led the socialite into a demi-monde of money, power and horrific crimes.Weekly, widely available

Recently nominated for gongs in the Australian podcast awards, Guardian Australias flagship news podcast is fast becoming the go-to source for important news that might not always make the headlines on this side of the equator. Recent episodes have included Helen Garners diaries and the Covid-19 vaccine.Weekdays, the Guardian

Earlier this year, the journalist Gary Suarez created Cabbages, a weekly newsletter highlighting underground rap talent. He has now launched an offshoot podcast, co-hosted by Jeffrey Laughlin, in which rappers mix with film and food critics to chat about topics including Adam Sandlers latest film, Hubie Halloween.Weekly, widely available

(Alan Ball) 95 mins A fine performance by Paul Bettany is at the heart of this 70s-set South Carolina drama. As with Balls Six Feet Under, a death revives suppressed trauma when Bettanys Frank, a gay academic in New York, drives home for his bigoted fathers funeral, joined by his partner Wally (an effervescent Peter Macdissi) and niece Beth (Sophia Lillis from It).Amazon Prime Video, out Wednesday 25 November

(Yeon Sang-ho) 116 minsSet four years after his 2016 loco zombie thriller Train to Busan, Yeons sequel is an ebullient mashup of Escape from New York and Mad Max, as Gang Dong-wons ex-soldier returns to undead-infested South Korea to find a van full of cash. The bravura car chases all but make up for the loss of the originals tension.Digital platforms, out Monday 23 November

(Alexander Nanau) 109 minsMethodical but shocking doc following a Romanian newspapers investigation into the excessive number of deaths of burns victims after a club fire, which develops into an expos of vast corruption in the countrys healthcare system. Cameras also track a new health minister struggling to deal with the crisis.Digital platforms, out Monday 23 November

(15) (David Darg & Price James) 91 minsSelf-indulgent but entertainingly candid, this fly-in-the-ring doc follows the Scream actor as he returns to pro wrestling 20 years after being gifted a world title. The industry hates him but hes determined to do it right this time.Digital platforms, out Monday 23 November

(No cert) (Ron Howard) 116 minsAmy Adams gives it her all in this misery memoir taken from JD Vances tale of his working-class Ohio childhood, dominated by an unreliable, drug-addicted mother (Adams) and hard-nosed Mamaw (Glenn Close).Netflix, out Tuesday 24 November

Careworn Lynn (newcomer Roxanne Scrimshaw) and wild Lucy (Nichola Burley) are twentysomething wives and mothers, and lifelong best mates, but deep-rooted fears and a shocking incident test their friendship to breaking point. Writer-director Fyzal Boulifas debut is a wrenching tragedy, with electrifying central performances.Saturday 21 November, 10.55pm, BBC Two

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This week's home entertainment: from We Are Who We Are to Belushi - The Guardian