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An intriguing Tokyo-set crime thriller, Daisy Haggard's heartwarming comedy-drama and a captivating tiger documentary - add these to your watchlist now…

In one scene, Shelly - who's married to an ambitious detective in the Garda (Barry Ward) and lives in a well-appointed house in leafy suburbia - is volunteering to bake cupcakes for a school event; in the next, she's being approached by a threatening stranger and meeting him, in disguise, in a hotel room. This extraordinary documentary follows the award-winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet (Planet Earth III, Attenborough's Life In Colour) as he joins a team of conservationists in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who are determined to save the critically endangered eastern lowland gorilla from extinction. The apes' best hope lies in tourism and the vital revenue they will bring to the area, but first Vianet must win the trust of the family's notorious alpha male, a 450lb silverback called Mpungwe, who is fiercely protective of his 23-strong group and not easily won over... (90 minutes)

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