TV tonight: Lennie James shines in Bernadine Evaristo’s Mr Loverman | Television
Mr. Rubberman 9pm, BBC One A beautiful film adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's best-selling novel about a 74-year-old Caribbean immigrant who has been in a secret homosexual relationship for most of his life. Barrington “Barry” Walker (Lennie James) is a witty, independent man with a family with his wife, Carmel (Sharon D. Clark). She knows that […]
Alma’s Not Normal series two review – pretty much the perfect comedy | Television & radio
LWhen we meet Alma Nuttall (the conscientious and “wonderful” protagonist of Alma's Not Normal), she trades her grueling job as a frequent chaperone for a six-month tour with an inclusive theater company. I was trying. her experience in the care system; Alma almost missed that chance completely. Feeling guilty about her self-pitying heroin-addicted mother and […]
Chimp Crazy review – like Tiger King for apes … but way more bleak | Television
“MOnky love is completely different from love for a child…When you adopt a monkey, the bond is much deeper…Human children grow up and bond with other people in society. But chimpanzees are different. For them, their mother is everything in their life. ” So says chimpanzee fan Tonia Haddix at the beginning of the documentary […]
Industry season three review – TV’s wildest drama is more thrilling than ever | Television & radio
MIndustry's creators and writers, Icky Down and Conrad Kaye, are in a dangerous but privileged position. Their show, about young Londoners working on the cutthroat ends of the financial sector, has become a sleeper hit. With the arrival of Season 3, the industry has taken its place as more and more people speak that one […]
How to Survive a Dictator: North Korea review – can ‘28 years in hell’ really be a laughing matter? | Television
WWhen he was 11 years old, Munya Chawawa and his family fled the oppressive regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe and settled in Norfolk. That story is told in the comedian, actor, and rapper's 2022 documentary How to Survive a Dictator. A series of interviews with Mugabe's family members and victims were intermixed with satirical […]
TV tonight: dictator obsessive Munya Chawawa takes aim at North Korea | Television
How to survive a dictator: North Korea 10pm, Channel 4Is Kim Jong-un trying to start World War III? Comedian Munya Chawawa may not seem the most obvious candidate for this investigation, but his family fled Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. I've been fascinated by dictators ever since. He had been making documentaries about his country of birth, […]
Heartstopper to Where’s Wanda: the seven best shows to stream this week | Television & radio
This week's picksheart stopper Alice Osman's charming coming-of-age drama returns for a third series. Nick and Charlie's relationship is making progress, although it's still in its baby stage. The focus is on Charlie's struggle to cope emotionally. The result is miscommunication and anxiety. Elsewhere, Tara and Darcy go through tough times and are tested for […]
TV tonight: the horrifying events of Hamas’s attack at Israel’s Nova festival | Television & radio
Surviving October 7: We Dance Again 9pm, BBC Two When a Hamas rocket appeared overhead at Israel's Nova Festival in 2023, revelers mistook it for fireworks. The truth was far more terrifying than they could have imagined. Storyville's horrifying film focuses minute-by-minute on the events experienced by the partygoers. There's no exploration of the broader […]
Ludwig review – like watching Peep Show’s Mark join the police force | Television
IImagine Mark Corrigan from Peep Show growing up, abandoning Jez and Croydon to become a puzzle setter living a quiet life. Not too hard, right? But that wouldn't make for a very interesting show, so let's give him a twin brother who's a police detective who goes missing while undercover investigating a case that he […]
‘Trailblazing’ TV, film and stage actor Cleo Sylvestre dies aged 79 | Television
“Pioneer” actress Cleo Silvestre has died at the age of 79, her representative confirmed. Also known as Cleopatra Palmer, Silvestre has worked in film, stage, television and music since the 1960s, and was the first black actor to play Meg Richardson's adopted daughter Melanie Harper in ITV's Crossroads, becoming the first black actor to play […]