Roku UK: New Releases and Recommendations for 16th October 2014

This week we’ve seen some of our favourite shows return with a brand new series. These include The Apprentice, The Walking Dead, Sleepy Hollow and Peaky Blinders. And the good news is that they are all available to watch on Roku whenever you like! There’s lots more to watch though, read some of our recommendations below and let us know what you watch by posting in the comments box below.

• Whitechapel (Series) – When a modern-day killer mimics the murders of Jack the Ripper, a team of detectives and a tour guide join forces to bring the copycat to justice. Watch it now on Netflix.
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Movie) – Thorin and his band of dwarves flee the Orcs, pushing Bilbo toward a confrontation with the dragon Smaug in the second instalment of the Hobbit saga. Watch it now on Netflix.
• Workaholics (Series) – Meet Blake, Adam and ‘The Ders’ – Three best friends who work together from 9 to 5, live together from 5 to 9 and party together 24/7! Watch the start of season 3 on Now TV.
• For a Few Dollars More (Movie) – Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name returns for another fistful of spaghetti Western action, hooking up with Lee Van Cleef’s rival bounty hunter to track down a sadistic killer. With anti-heroes as dry and unforgiving as the desert, maniacally laughing villains, and expertly conducted gunplay, it’s another great blast from Serge Leone’s West. Catch it on Now TV.
• Where the Devil Hides (Movie) – In the devout community of New Bethlehem, six girls are born on the same day to different mothers. Eighteen years later they are approaching adulthood when – one by one – they start to mysteriously disappear. The finger of suspicion points at the village leaders led by Elder Beacon (Colm Meaney) but there are also rumours of a serial killer…or a more supernatural terror. Watch it now on Sky Store.
• Starred Up (Movie) – An explosively violent 19-year-old offender (Jack O’Connell) is transferred to adult prison where he finally meets his match in a jail-hardened lifer – his father (Ben Mendelsohn). Rupert Friend is the counsellor who tries to reconcile the two, but his work is cut out under the uncaring regime of a pitiless governor (Sam Spruell). Available on Sky Store.
• Freshers (Series) – Reality entertainment series exploring the experiences and personal stories of freshers as they laugh, cry, party and panic through their way through the first week at university. Watch the first episode now on ITV Player.
• Drifters (Series) – Watch the second series of this comedy exclusively on 4oD. In the first episode Meg is traumatised when her parents announce a trial separation. But perhaps fit new neighbour Scott, who offers to practise his counselling skills on her, can ease the pain?
• The Apprentice (Series) – Catch up with the first two episodes of the latest series which sees ambitious entrepreneurs start their fight for a life-changing investment from Lord Sugar. Both are available now on  BBC iPlayer.
• No Foreigners Here – 100% British (Documentary) – This series takes a warm and humorous look at what it means to be British. The first three episodes, covering both weddings and parenting, are available to stream now on Demand 5.

Golden Oldie:

• Thelma and Louise (Movie) – Good girls Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis ditch their unworthy menfolk and take a wild ride into movie folklore in Ridley Scott’s exhilarating road movie. Not only a feminist rebel yell but a touching tale of friendship, it takes everyone on a funny and unforgettable trip over the edge. Watch this 1991 drama on Now TV.