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Binge highlights for the month of March include Succession, The Last of Us, Beyond Paradise, Rain Dogs, Better, Sanditon, Bullet Train, Elvis, Superman & Lois and Gotham Knights. Succession (Season 4) Roy siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) are a united front when this award-winning series picks back up, having formed an alliance against their father, Logan (Brian Cox), in their bid to stop him from selling off Waystar Royco to Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård). Premieres Monday March 27 The Last of Us (Season 1) Things are looking bleak for our reluctant hero, Joel (Pedro Pascal), as this gripping post-apocalyptic saga heads into its final few episodes for season one. Bleeding out after being stabbed, can he be saved by teenager Ellie (Bella Ramsey) or will her biggest fear – ending up alone – finally be realised? Season finale Monday March 13 Beyond Paradise (Season 1) Kris Marshall reprises his Death in Paradise character Humphrey Goodman in this spin-off, which follows the detective inspector as he relocates to fiancée Martha’s (Sally Bretton) hometown of Shipton Abbott, near the Devonshire coast, for a fresh start. But the crime rate turns out to be surprisingly high in this not-so-sleepy town… Premieres Saturday March 4 Rain Dogs (Season 1) Daisy May Cooper stars in this dark comedy from newcomer Cash Carraway as writer and single mum Costello Jones, a woman hustling to survive and provide a better life for her whip-smart young daughter, Iris (Fleur Tashjian), with a little help from her free-spirited bestie, Gloria (Ronke Adekoluejo), and ‘soulmate’ Selby (Jack Farthing). Premieres Tuesday March 7 Better (Season 1) Two decades ago, young police officer Lou (Leila Farzad) struck a deal with Col (Andrew Buchan) that accelerated her career and made Col – who’s now the head of Leeds’ criminal underworld – rich and powerful. Now, as a tragedy threatens her family, Lou’s forced to confront her choices and bring down the man she’s come to love as a brother. Complete season drops Tuesday March 14 Sanditon (Season 3) The final chapter in the adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel will offer long-awaited conclusions to Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) and Georgiana Lambe’s (Crystal Clarke) love stories. Following her shock engagement to Ralph Starling (Cai Brigden), is the door really closed for Charlotte and Alexander Colbourne (Ben Lloyd-Hughes)? Premieres Wednesday March 22 Bullet Train Tasked with retrieving a briefcase on Japan’s bullet train to Kyoto, seriously unlucky assassin Ladybug (Brad Pitt) – who’s determined to put his recent string of bad luck behind him – discovers he’s not the only hired killer onboard the world’s fastest train as conflicting agendas result in a comical bloodbath. Premieres Thursday March 9 Elvis Former child star Austin Butler gives the performance of his career in this Baz Luhrmann biopic, chronicling Elvis Presley’s rise from humble beginnings to become the King of Rock’n’Roll, before his overbearing manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks), tragically drove him to an early grave. Premieres Tuesday March 21 Superman & Lois (Season 3) From Bruno Mannheim (Chad L Coleman) to Atom-Man (Paul Lazenby) and Lex Luthor (Michael Cudlitz), the Man of Steel, aka Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin), and his family will have plenty of villains to contend with when we return to Smallville – picking up weeks after the events of season two, and Superman’s defeat of Ally Allston (Rya Kihlstedt). Premieres Wednesday March 15 Gotham Knights (Season 1) Bruce Wayne’s adopted son, Turner Hayes (Oscar Morgan), finds himself at the centre of the action when his father is killed and he’s accused of murder. Forging an alliance with the children of Batman’s enemies, and with the help of Robin (Navia Robinson), can they clear their names while being the heroes Gotham City so desperately needs? Premieres Wednesday March 15 MARCH HIGHLIGHTS KEY HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 27: SUCCESSION  SEASON 4 PREMIERE Roy siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) are a united front when this award-winning series picks back up, having formed an alliance against their father, Logan (Brian Cox), in their bid to stop him from selling off Waystar Royco to Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård). Teaser MARCH 13: THE LAST OF US SEASON 1 FINALE Based on one of the world’s most popular video games, the story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. Features Australian stars Anna Torv and Murray Bartlett. Trailer MARCH 7: RAIN DOGS  SEASON 1 PREMIERE New eight-episode comedy series, from the brilliant new voice of Cash Carraway, is an unconventional love story between a working class single mum, her 10-year-old daughter, and a privileged gay man. Trailer MARCH 14: BETTER SEASON 1 PREMIERE From the producers of Chernobyl and This Is Going To Hurt, the new five-part drama series, starring Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie) as DI Lou Slack and Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) as Col McHugh, explores themes of loyalty, family and morality, as well as the power of human conscience. Trailer MARCH 4: BEYOND PARADISE  SEASON 1 PREMIERE Kris Marshall reprises his Death in Paradise character Humphrey Goodman in this spin-off, which follows the detective inspector as he relocates to fiancée Martha’s (Sally Bretton) hometown of Shipton Abbott, near the Devonshire coast, for a fresh start. MARCH 22: SANDITON  SEASON 3 PREMIERE The final chapter in the adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel will offer long-awaited conclusions to Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) and Georgiana Lambe’s (Crystal Clarke) love stories.  MARCH 9: BULLET TRAIN FILM Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common. MARCH 21: ELVIS FILM The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. MARCH 9: NOPE FILM The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to