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Heroic pilots hit and miss in Spielberg and Hanks’s costly saga; a no-frills history of the miners’ strike grips; Nicole Kidman stars in a languid Hong Kong thriller; and flat caps off to Jay Blades and David JasonMasters of the Air Apple TV+Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain ( Channel 4) | channel4.comExpats Amazon Prime VideoDavid & Jay’s Touring Toolshed (BBC Two) | iPlayerThe thing I find with zillion-dollar TV epics is that, as you watch, you’re wondering where all the dosh went. Take Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air, the long-delayed nine-part second world war drama starring Austin Butler, Callum Turner and Anthony Boyle. The third series in a loose Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks-produced trilogy after Band of Brothers and The Pacific, it’s based on Donald L Miller’s book about real-life US airmen, the 100th Bomb Group, who flew out of Thorpe Abbotts in Norfolk. Continue reading...