YARDIE (2018) Stream on Amazon. Idris Elba’s directorial debut, “Yardie,” centers on D, an aspiring rapper living in Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1970s. Involved in the drug trade, D gets sent to London in the ’80s, where he reunites with his childhood girlfriend and their daughter. But when D encounters the man who killed his brother 10 years earlier, he decides to seek revenge. The Amazon Original film is based off Victor Headley’s 1992 novel of the same name. In The New York Times review, Jeannette Catsoulis wrote: “‘Yardie’ (the title is Jamaican patois for a gang member) has something to say about the way immigrants can become trapped in the loyalties and vendettas of their homelands."

PENELOPE KEITH’S VILLAGE OF THE YEAR Stream on Acorn TV. Actress Penelope Keith hosts a competition show that likely wouldn’t be made anywhere but Britain: Keith, along with her team of three judges (an archaeologist, craft expert and garden designer), travel from village to village soaking in each destination’s charm and beauty. They partake in local events like custard pie-throwing contests, observe villagers who carry barrels through the mountains and visit surfing communities, all with the mission of finding the best village in Britain.