Pick of the week
Nobody Wants This
The first series of this sparkling romcom about Kristen Bell’s sex podcaster Joanne and Adam Brody’s hot rabbi Noah was given real spice by its sense of jeopardy. The pair were obviously made for each other but could their union survive the cultural realities underpinning their lives? It’s time to find out. Will Noah’s family accept the relationship continuing on an inter-faith basis? How will Joanne handle Shabbat? (“Ooh! I love how shiny this bread is!”). Can Joanne feasibly continue with her famously plain-speaking podcast? Nobody Wants This insistently carries an important message about tolerance – but the breezy dialogue and crackling chemistry help it slip down easily.
Netflix, from Thursday 24 October