Miniature Workshops, Sycamore Trees, and The Abandons

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 5th December 2025, including:

In 1850s Washington, two families led by powerful matriarchs — one wealthy, one poor but deeply loyal — battle for supremacy on the lawless frontier in Netflix Western The Abandons.

A recently retired English professor (Jane Seymour) discovers a knack for investigation and interferes with the cases assigned to her police detective son, in season 3 of Harry Wild, on U.

Channel 4 go inside the police hunt to solve the mystery of the destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree in September 2023 - a crime of extraordinary vandalism that shocked Britain. This is The Sycamore Gap Mystery.

It's the little things that mean the most. Sara Cox and a team of magnificent makers bring cherished memories back to life. The models may be tiny, but the joy they bring is huge in The Marvellous Miniature Workshop on BBC iPlayer.

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