Glastonbury begins and Squid Game ends: What's coming up this week

By Mark Savage, music correspondent

After taking the world by storm, Squid Game is coming to an end on Friday.

Since launching in 2021, its first season racked up more than 265 million views making it Netflix's most-watched show ever. The second season isn't far behind, with about 192.6 million watches, landing it at number three on the platform.

The story follows Seong Gi-hun who competes in deadly children's games for a chance to win a cash prize that could erase his enormous debt.

Creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who lost teeth from the stress of making the show, called the ending "bittersweet". Initially imagining the series stretching across five seasons, Dong-hyuk found a natural ending point during writing.

He explained: "I'm relieved because I finally get out of the Squid Game world, but at the same time I have to say goodbye to all the good memories... So it is kind of sad in that way."

Lead star Lee Jung-jae added: "It hasn't sunk in with me yet... When I get to see how the fans respond to it maybe I can be ready to say goodbye to Squid Game and Seong Gi-hun."

By Tom Richardson, Newsbeat reporter

Depending on who you speak to, Hideo Kojima is either a visionary prophet or a self-indulgent, wannabe movie-maker. But there's no doubting he's one of the most influential video game designers of all time – and he's got a new one out this week.

Sequel Death Stranding 2, out on PlayStation 5 from Thursday, picks up the story of protagonist Sam Porter Bridges, a delivery man who lugs precariously balanced cargo across a post-apocalyptic Earth.

We've only got four paragraphs here, so won't attempt to recap the – ahem – complex plot (Kojima's storylines and love of long cinematic sequences are the biggest source of "self-indulgence" accusations), but early signs point to a deeper, more varied experience in the moment-to-moment gameplay.

And although people criticise them, Kojima's previous scripts have anticipated real-world events such as the rise of online misinformation and the Covid-19 pandemic with eerie accuracy. So maybe you shouldn't skip the cutscenes, acted by an all-star cast including Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux and Elle Fanning.

Brad Pitt is not cutting corners when it comes to bringing F1 to the big screen.

He and his co-star Damson Idris were spotted speeding real cars around Silverstone while filming during the 2023 and 2024 Grand Prix.

Pitt plays burnt-out racer Sonny Hayes who is pulled out of retirement to help fictional team APXGP.

Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski is behind the camera, he's been keen to make sure the film feels authentic to fans of the sport. There's a thumping Hans Zimmer score, stunning shots of international race courses and realistic high-speed crashes that will make the whole cinema gasp.

If you're an F1 fan there are a lot of Easter eggs to be hunting for- the film is stuffed with cameos including drivers such as Lewis Hamilton and commentators David Croft and Martin Brundle.

The film is in cinemas from Wednesday.