Denzel Washington returns to one of his signature roles in the first sequel of his career. Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed – but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?

Savvy deal-spotting readers who grabbed themselves a special Sky Sports Golf Pass from Now TV still have plenty of top action to look forward to with The Open, which gets underway next week, and Ryder Cup in September.

21st Century Fox has boosted its offer for Sky to £24.5bn in the wake of rival Comcast’s £22bn offer. The latest offer is up significantly on Fox’s original £18bn bid and shows the company is firmly committed to acquiring the 61% of Sky it doesn’t already own.

Other rights held by the channel include Boodles Chester May Festival, William Hill St Leger, Coral Welsh Grand National as well as the Breeders’ Cup, US Triple Crown, Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Billed as a “lavish new drama series,” the eight-hour series will be produced for the channel by Red Planet Pictures with co-production partners, MASTERPIECE based on Austen’s original 11-chapter fragment.

The best intentions often come back to haunt you. Mission: Impossible – Fallout finds Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his IMF team (Baldwin, Pegg, Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong.

The first half of season four began with one figure huddled around a campfire, and ended with nine. Characters who started their journeys in isolation collided with each other in unexpected ways and found themselves in one of the last places they ever expected to be…together.