TV tonight: a devastating final chapter in Derek Draper’s Covid story | Television
Kate Garraway: Derek’s story 9pm, ITV1 The inevitable sad ending of three movies. The documentary follows the last years of the life of Derek Draper, a former political activist and psychotherapist who battled the coronavirus for several years and died from complications in January. By allowing intimate contact, Draper and his wife, journalist and Good […]
TV tonight: astounding footage from Ukraine battlefields | Television & radio
Ukraine: enemy in the forest 9pm, BBC Two “I wish I could take a pill to erase my memory,” says Vovan, the Ukrainian unit commander. This extraordinary documentary follows the exploits of the Berlingo Battalion as they protect the railway line, closer to the battlefield than most of us have ever been, thankfully. It’s both […]
Passenger review – this supernatural thriller is scarily fresh | Television
aYou know, former metropolitan detectives who have moved to a quiet town in the north for personal reasons, yearning for the big cases and exciting days of yesteryear. Be careful what you wish for! Detective Lia Ajungwa (Wunmi Mosaku) is our horny gal here in actor Andrew Buchan’s screenwriting debut (no, come back, come back, […]
TV tonight: the amazing photos that show Carrie Fisher’s remarkable life | Television
Carrie Fisher: Life in 10 photos 9pm, BBC Two “I’d rather live my own life than follow someone else’s.” A look back at actor Carrie Fisher’s amazing and eventful life through 10 photos that tell her story. I praise you. From her childhood in Hollywood with her mother Debbie Reynolds, to her first Star Wars […]
TV tonight: Who is The Serpent? Charles Sobhraj faces a real-life interrogation | Television
Real Snakes: Investigating a Serial Killer 9pm, Channel 4 Suspected serial killer Charles Sobhraj, known as “The Snake,” was released from a Nepalese prison in 2022 after serving 19 years for murder. He is currently undergoing psychological questioning regarding a murder case that has never been tried in Thailand. In this intense three-part documentary series, […]
TV tonight: Lenny Henry bows out after nearly 40 years of Comic Relief | Television
Comic Relief: Funny things for money 7pm, BBC One Alan Partridge is back on the airwaves! All-star trailer for The Traitors: The Movie! Join the fun with the gladiators! It’s time for our annual fundraiser, hosted for the final time by Lenny Henry, with help from Maya Jama, David Tennant, Davina McCall and many more. […]
‘Thank God for Zoom!’: the hot new Irish star lighting up UK TV – without having to leave her home town | Television
TA groundbreaking Irish woman is starring in TV drama. Normal People follows Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters, Sally Rooney’s Normal People, Aisling Bea’s This Way Up and Lisa McGee’s Derry Girls. The producer has released “The Dry” in 2022. Critics called it “Irish Fleabag” and the series was nominated for eight Academy Awards. Iftas And it […]
TV tonight: a sexy, woozy drama for romance fans | Television
Ann Amore 9pm, Sky Atlantic This nostalgic Italian romantic drama tells the story of Alessandro (Stefano Accorsi) and Anna (Michaela Ramazzotti), who meet while traveling across Europe in the summer of 1996. Twenty years later, the two find themselves in Bologna. And the spark is still there. But marriage, children, and everything in between aren’t […]
Sunday with Joanna Scanlan: ‘Instead of tidying, I’ll watch videos about tidying’ | Television
Do you get up early or do you lie down? I would like to sleep with you, but I have a dog so I can’t let you sleep with me. Until recently, there were two.Millie was in there too. first love, a BBC sitcom, Vicky Pepperdine and I appeared on it many years ago. She […]
Manhunt to Chicken Nugget: the seven best shows to stream this week | Television & radio
This week’s picks manhunt “He plays a supporting role,” a presidential aide explains of actor and future killer John Wilkes Booth, “but audiences know him primarily for his stunts.” .” Booth’s theatrical assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 was a feat to rival them all. Booth as an actor was much better than his […]