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‘Dirty Lines’, ‘White Hot’ & ‘Last Man Standing’: Five things to stream now

Phone sex, a famous clothing brand and the murder of rap legends Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. are topics tackled in the latest shows

'Dirty Lines' is an entertaining comedy drama based on the true story of Amsterdam’s first phone sex line service.
'Dirty Lines' is an entertaining comedy drama based on the true story of Amsterdam’s first phone sex line service. (Netflix)

DIRTY LINES

An entertaining slice of comedy drama based on the true story of Amsterdam’s first phone sex line service started in the 1980s by two eccentric brothers, told by the young, innocent college student who joins the company looking to achieve financial independence and becomes witness to its spectacular rise and fall.

Where to stream it: Netflix

How much time you'll need to binge it: 5 hours

WHITE HOT: THE RISE & FALL OF ABERCROMBIE & FITCH

Alison Klayman’s documentary examines the '90s phenomenon of the clothing brand that represented all-American white male preppy masculinity and conquered the malls of America before revelations of racist, exclusionary marketing and hiring practices brought the empire spectacularly crashing down and relegated it to the dustbin of history as a cautionary tale and embarrassingly myopic adventure in the history of US consumerism.

Where to stream it: Netflix

How much time you'll need to binge it: 90 minutes

LAST MAN STANDING

Twenty years after his documentary about rap legends Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. attempted to get to the bottom of their murders, documentarian Nick Broomfieldc examines the story of the one man who many whispered may have been responsible but were too afraid to say anything about — former Death Row Records CEO and last man anyone wanted to mess with — Suge Knight, to ask whether he might hold the answers to the decades old unsolved mystery of the legendary rappers’ deaths.

Where to stream it: Showmax

How much time you'll need to binge it: 100 minutes

WHY DIDN’T THEY ASK EVANS?

Hugh Laurie directs this enjoyably breezy crime caper based on a book by Agatha Christie. When the body of a man is discovered at the foot of the cliffs by a small-town Welsh golf course — his last words set former soldier Bobby Jones and his friends on a journey to figure out who Evans is, who “they” are and why he wasn’t asked.

Where to stream it: Britbox

How much time you'll need to binge it: 3 hours

ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL

David E Kelley brings this sometimes uneven adaptation of the book by Sarah Vaughan to the small screen. Starring Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery and Rupert Friend, it’s a political drama about what happens when a handsome MP is accused of sexual misconduct by his mistress and the effects that the scandal has on his wife and the prosecutor in charge of the case.

Where to stream it: Netflix

How much time you'll need to binge it: 4 hours