Hit comedy-drama The White Lotus is once again taking audiences to paradise before promptly turning it into hell, writes streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.

This week marks the return of the much-talked-about social satire series, The White Lotus, which follows wealthy holiday-goers who have their dream getaway go horribly wrong.

Each season focuses on a new set of guests at one of the luxurious White Lotus resorts that are located in some of the world’s premiere tourist destinations.

Season one was set in Hawaii, while season two introduced a new set of characters enjoying the grandeur of Sicily.

However, season three takes things to South-East Asia, with an ostentatiously opulent resort in Thailand.

This time the show is focusing on the wellness, spirituality and healing movement that increasing numbers of people are turning to in order to escape the stresses of everyday life.

But in typical White Lotus fashion, the stay at this resort is sure to be anything but healing.

Among the guests this time are a rich sugar daddy and his much younger girlfriend whom he pays for companionship, three long-time friends on the ultimate girls’ trip trying to recapture the peak of their youth, and a father taking his family on a mega holiday in a bid to distract from his imminent bankruptcy.

Like season one and two before it, this is bound to be a cringe-inducing experience that’s impossible to look away from. As each episode plays out you can feel the tension in the strings that connect these peculiar characters tighten to a point where it feels like they will snap at any second. When it finally does end up in catastrophe, the results are as funny as they are uncomfortable.

As bizarre as these characters can get, there are certainly pieces of them that audiences will recognise from their own lives, whether it’s people they’ve observed on holiday, at work, a neighbour, even perhaps in themselves.

This is what makes The White Lotus so addictive. The social satire is amongst the sharpest out there. Previously, I’ve described the show as something akin to a human zoo, our laptop, phone or TV screens caging in these intriguing creatures as they frolic around their five-star accommodation.

Show creator Mike White reckons the first two seasons were only “rehearsals” for what he’s delivering this third time round. It drops on Binge February 17.

QUIETLY releasing on Netflix over the new year is an underrated documentary about one of the world’s most famous DJ’s.

Avicii: I’m Tim tells the fascinating and tragic story of the record-breaking songwriter who died at only 28 years old.

For those who aren’t into the electronic dance music genre that Avicii pioneered, the story of this young artist is still one that may deeply resonate.

Avicii, or as he is much less known as, Tim Bergling was born into a normal, quiet upbringing in Sweden.

He started producing music in his teens and his genius was quickly noticed. Bergling was already touring the world with sold-out shows before he was 20.

Over the next few years his influence on the music world was extraordinary, selling more than five million albums and working with some of the world’s biggest artists including Coldplay, Madonna, Lenny Kravitz and Beyonce, to name just a few.

But despite his incredible success, there was an internal battle he hid from those around him.

In news that shocked the world, Bergling was only 28 when he was found dead in Oman as a result of self harm.

I’m Tim offers a look at a naturally quiet soul who wanted to share his music with the world as loudly as he could.

The documentary not only tries to better understand what he was going through, but how it would go on to affect his friends, fans and family.

More importantly is the examination of his meteoric influence on the international music scene. An underrated gem in Netflix’s doco catalogue.