Netflix quietly adds gripping thriller with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score and hit ITV drama as October slate is revealed
A TV show with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score that was once dubbed ‘the best new series’ is landing on Netflix this month.
Christina Ricci’s Yellowjackets will be making an appearance on the streaming platform after becoming a runaway hit in 2021.
The epic show followed a high school girls football team and what happened to them after a shocking plane crash.
On their way to a tournament, the plane crashed and left them stranded in the wilderness which ultimately sees them turn into a cannibalistic clan in order to stay alive.
Making use of time-jumps, the programme shifts between 1996 and the present day which allows fans of the show to see just who managed to stay alive in the wilderness after all these years and begin to predict when and how the others might meet their end.
Yellowjackets first launched on US channel Showtime as well as being aired on streaming site Paramount+ but it will begin airing for the first time on Netflix today.
So far, the programme has aired two series with a third already in development.
As well as leading lady Christina, the series also stars Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Samantha Hanratty.
Yellowjackets isn’t the only thing which is set to make its debut on Netflix for the month.
Martin Freeman and Happy Valley legend Siobhan Finneran’s acclaimed ITV drama A Confession has also been added to the streaming service.
The six-part series followed the real-life case of Sian O’Callaghan after she went missing following a night out in Swindon back in 2011.
Martin plays Steve Fulcher in the show and sees how he breached the police‘s guidelines and code of conduct in order to catch the man responsible for Sian’s death.
It presented a battle with the ethical rules after it was revealed Steve had questioned him with no lawyer and whilst not under caution but how it ultimately led to his conviction for Sian’s death and the death of another woman.
Speaking of taking on the role at the time, Martin said: “He [Steve] didn’t kick or punch anybody. He didn’t frame anybody up. He didn’t put words into anybody’s mouth.
“My sympathy and my empathy is certainly with Steve Fulcher, let’s put it that way, and not just because I’ve played him.
“I don’t know how anyone could say he did the wrong thing, morally.
“I’m also somebody who believes passionately that police have to be accountable. Of course they do. But still, morally, I’d much rather coppers like him were out there.”
Netflix arrivals this October
Here are some of the other films and shows to look out for this month on Netflix
- Bridesmaids
- Couples Retreat
- Get Him to the Greek
- Point Break
- The Karate Kid Collection
- Till Death
- Unfriended