Dream team

Tom Sturridge returns for an Endless family reunion in the second and final season...

- REBECCA MAHONEY JUDY EWENS, CAREN CLARK

The Sandman
Available: Thursday 3 July Genre: Fantasy drama Season: 2 Eps: 12 (eps 1-6 from 3 July; eps 7-11 from Thu 24 July; ep 12 from Thu 31 July)

The surreal, dazzling dream is coming to an end as fantasy drama The Sandman bows out with new realms and long-absent siblings in the second and final season of the comic-book adaptation.

Unfolding across two volumes and a bonus episode, the 12-part closing chapter based on Neil Gaiman's comic books finds the brooding, other-worldly Lord Morpheus, AKA Dream (Tom Sturridge) - who presides over the world of the sleeping - busy restoring his kingdom until a family reunion forces him to reconcile with his past decisions.

Called to meet with his siblings, Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), Desire (Mason Alexander Park) and Despair (Donna Preston), Dream also reunites with two more of the Endless brood: stoic eldest brother Destiny (Adrian Lester) and younger, chaotic sister Delirium (Esmé Creed-Miles).