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Alice & Jack, Swift Street, How to Poison the Planet, Sugar, White Lies

35m · TV Gold · 24 Apr 17:00

We start this episode with a very different love story, Alice & Jack (BBC First/Binge/Foxtel, series).

Swift Street (SBS, series) tells the story of petty crime in suburban Melbourne.
White Lies (Stan, series) is a crime investigation starring Natalie Dormer set in South Africa.

Sugar (AppleTV+, series) sees Colin Farrell playing LA detective John Sugar.

How to Poison the Planet (Stan documentary) is a brilliant documentary made in collaboration with The Sydney Morning Herald that tells a chilling tale about how we are impacted by poisons let loose by the chemical industry.

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