Innholdsfortegnelse for 6-Jul-24 i TV&Satellite Week

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NEW THRILLER End of Summer Saturday, 9pm & 9.55pm, BBC4 (box set, BBC iPlayer) The Bridge’s Julia Ragnarsson plays bereavement therapist Vera, whose younger brother Billy mysteriously vanished when she was a teen in BBC4’s Swedish thriller End of Summer. Based on the hit novel by crime writer Anders de la Motte, the six-part slow-burn story begins on a summer evening in 1984 with the suicide of Vera’s mother following the tragic disappearance of five-year-old Billy from their home in rural Sweden. Fast-forward 20 years and Vera meets a familiar young man called Isak, who joins one of her group-therapy sessions in Stockholm after his adoptive mother dies. Transfixed by Isak’s eerily familiar childhood memories of cornfields and a house with a distinctive cat-shaped weather vane, Vera begins to wonder if…

Presumed Innocent Genre: Thriller Season: 1 Episodes: 8 (released weekly) There is no shortage of twists and turns in this gripping adaptation of Scott Turow’s thrilling novel. Jake Gyllenhaal (right) gives a fine performance as Chicago chief deputy prosecutor and family man Rusty Sabich, whose colleague Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve) is brutally murdered. But when it comes to light that Rusty had been having an affair with Carolyn, he becomes the prime suspect. The top-notch cast includes Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, Peter Sarsgaard and The Handmaid’s Tale’s O-T Fagbenle. Under the Bridge Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 8 Riley Keough (right) and Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone star in a thought-provoking drama based on the shocking murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk in British Columbia, Canada, in 1997. Bridgerton Genre: Drama Season:…

Descendants: The Rise of Red NEW Available: Friday 12 July Genre: Fantasy drama Once upon a time… there was a musical fantasy movie that introduced the world to the nefarious offspring of Disney’s greatest villains. Since its 2015 release, Descendants has spawned two smash-hit sequels, and this week, the legacy continues in a fourth adventure titled The Rise of Red on Disney+. The action whisks fans away to Wonderland, where Princess Red (Kylie Cantrall), the rebellious daughter of the fearsome Queen of Hearts (played by singer and The Masked Singer panel-list Rita Ora), receives an invitation to attend the prep school in Auradon. But when her mother drops Red off at the school, she spies an opportunity to incite a coup and take over Auradon, all the while barking ‘off with…

Those about to Die Prime Video’s drama, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, centres on the gladiators of Ancient Rome. Mr Bigstuff Sky Max’s comedy sees Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson as chalk-and-cheese brothers. Lady in the Lake Apple TV+’s thriller about the investigation of a death in 1960s Baltimore stars Natalie Portman. Euro 2024 Final BBC1 and ITV1 present the action as the tournament concludes. Who will be crowned champions?…

THE JETTY BBC1, July In this brooding four-part Lancashire-set crime drama, Jenna Coleman (right) takes centre stage as dedicated detective Ember Manning, who investigates when a lakeside holiday home catches fire. When links emerge to a podcast about a case involving a mysterious disappearance and a disturbing relationship between two underage girls and an older man, Ember has to take an unsettling look at her own past… Amelia Bullmore, Ruby Stokes, Matthew McNulty and Tom Glynn-Carney co-star. KAOS Netflix In a darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology, Hollywood star Jeff Goldblum (below) takes on the role of Zeus, cruel and all-powerful king of the Gods, in this series from award-winning writer Charlie Covell. When Zeus wakes up one morning and discovers a wrinkle on his forehead, he believes it’s…

‘There are lots of my own experiences I was able to embellish for the series’MICHELLE DE SWARTE NEW COMEDY DRAMA Spent Monday, 10pm (times vary), BBC2 (box set, BBC iPlayer) When high-end model Mia realises that she has frittered away her fortune, she is faced with some harsh home truths, not least how to survive without money, in BBC2’s new comedy drama Spent. Michelle de Swarte stars as Mia, and she’s also written the show, which is loosely based on her own experiences of being a model for the likes of Gucci, Burberry, Missoni and Tommy Hilfiger. WAKE-UP CALL The six-part series opens with Mia in New York and getting a stark reality check from her accountant. ‘Mia’s facing a big tax bill because she has frivolously spent all of…

NEW Cooking Buddies Wednesday-Friday, 6pm, CBBC Buddy Oliver, the 13-year-old son of Jamie Oliver, hosts this series in which he teaches kids how to cook simple meals. They, in turn, share their skills with him – be it street art or BMX riding. Expect his dad and other members of the Oliver family to make guest appearances. NEW Reginald the Vampire Thursday, 9pm & 10pm, Sky Sci-fi (box set, Sky Box Sets/NOW) After being turned into a vampire, Reginald Andres (Jacob Batalon, left) has finally got his life together in the second season of the comedy. He’s found his place among an unlikely group of friends, including the cool vampire who sired him, Maurice (Mandela Van Peebles), and his co-worker and love interest Sarah (Em Haine). LAST ONE Bake Off:…

Riz Ahmed The actor (above) will write, produce and star in an as-yet-untitled Prime Video comedy following Shah Latif, a down-on-his-luck thespian who could be set to land the role of his dreams but experiences turmoil when he becomes embroiled in a bizarre conspiracy. The Thursday Murder Club David Tennant (above), Daniel Mays and Naomi Ackie are joining Netflix’s adaptation of Richard Osman’s novel about four crime-solving pensioners played by Dame Helen Mirren, Celia Imrie, Pierce Brosnan and Sir Ben Kingsley. The Twelve The second eight-part series of the Australian legal drama will air on ITVX later this year and sees Sam Neill (above) return as barrister Brett Colby. Twelve jurors hear the case of ex-lovers accused of murder after a body is found in a well. Frances O’Connor co-stars.…

Douglas Is Cancelled In ITV1’s comedy drama, news presenter Douglas Bellowes (Hugh Bonneville) is shocked after a guest at a wedding he attended goes on social media to accuse him of making a sexist joke. Paul Whitehouse’s Sketch Show Years On Gold, the comic examines the history of the sketch show, highlighting the work of the Monty Python gang and the timeless appeal of 1970s classics such as The Two Ronnies. The Terracotta Army with Dan Snow Channel 5’s documentary sees the historian travel to Xian in China to reveal how the 2,000-year-old clay warriors were discovered by farmers in 1974 and are still being unearthed today. Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials In C4’s two-parter, the actor fronts her first TV documentary, taking a deep dive into the infamous Pendle…

MYSTERY THRILLER Saturday, 2.25pm & 10pm, Sky Premiere ★★★★ Next to Last Night in Soho, Thomasin McKenzie’s previous foray into psychosexual thriller territory, Eileen might at first be dubbed Drab Days in Massachusetts. Until, that is, exotic Rebecca (Anne Hathaway) flutters into the title character’s life: a startling femme fatale in fire-engine red who offers McKenzie’s timid prison staffer both a whiff of temptation and the chance to escape the grim juvenile detention facility she works at when not pandering to her drunken ex-cop of a father (Shea Wigham). British director William Oldroyd – working from Ottessa Moshfegh’s 1960s-set 2015 novel – brings us a female-led story about a young woman kicking against her restricted circumstances, but halfway through a neat reversal deftly diverts the action into Coen brothers territory. A…

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NEW THRILLER The Night Caller Sunday-Wednesday, 9pm, Channel 5 A lonely cabby develops an unhealthy obsession with a late-night DJ, sparking a shocking chain of events, in Channel 5’s four-part thriller The Night Caller, shown across four nights this week. Liverpudlian Tony Conroy (Sherwood’s Robert Glenister) is a former teacher who lost his job, family and his confidence following a major trauma. ‘We don’t know why at the start, but viewers see him haunted by a series of flashbacks,’ explains Glenister, 64. ‘The career he was so passionate about and respected for has gone, and now he’s lonely, vulnerable and making ends meet by driving a cab.’ As he drives around in the evening, Tony becomes increasingly hooked on listening to a late-night radio show called NightTalk, hosted by DJ…

CORONATION STREET Roy gets a shock visitor… but who is it? Poor Roy is a shadow of his former self after he was wrongly imprisoned for Lauren’s murder, but with employee Shona ‘off sick’, he forces himself to leave the cafe to take her some soup. He soon regrets his decision when he’s approached by a gang of yobs. Roy’s terrified as they call him names, and he stumbles to the floor. Carla finds him in obvious pain, and guilt-ridden Shona admits that she feigned illness to force Roy to get back behind the cafe counter. Things take a turn for the worse as Roy struggles to breathe properly and is rushed to hospital. Over at Weatherfield General, as he recovers from treatment, a surprise visitor turns up. He or…

NEW COMEDY DRAMA So Help Me Todd Thu, 9pm, Alibi (box set, Sky Box Sets, Virgin TV Box Sets & NOW) There’s good and bad news for fans of US legal comedy drama So Help Me Todd – this week, a second season begins on Alibi, but it will be the last run of the show, following its cancellation in April. At the end of the first series, attorney Margaret Wright (The Morning Show’s Marcia Gay Harden) and her son, private investigator Todd (Grey’s Anatomy’s Skylar Astin), were facing mixed fortunes. She’d been promoted to partner in her Portland, Oregon, law firm and he’d regained his PI licence. Yet their personal lives were running less smoothly with the return of Margaret’s ex Harry (Mark Moses) from Iceland and Todd’s love…

NEW FACTUAL Ibiza Narcos Sunday, 9pm, Sky Documentaries & Sky Showcase (box set, Sky Box Sets & NOW) Each year, millions of tourists flock to Ibiza, drawn by its beautiful beaches and vibrant club scene. But as Sky Documentaries’ new series Ibiza Narcos reveals, the island was once a sleepy place and its transformation into one of the world’s party capitals was fuelled by a lucrative and dangerous drugs trade. The three-parter, which follows earlier series Liverpool Narcos and Dublin Narcos, features interviews with many of the drug dealers and smugglers who have profited from Ibiza’s notoriety. It shows how the island first began to change when it became part of the hippy trail in the 1960s and 1970s, attracting free spirits who smoked marijuana and took LSD. ‘It’s the…

NEW Cooking Buddies Wed-Fri, 6pm, CBBC & BBC iPlayer Could Buddy Oliver be ready to step into dad Jamie’s TV chef’s shoes? He definitely gets in some good practice here, with a brand new 10-part series in which he shares his passion for cooking with his guests. While his new friends show him the things that they’re good at, from boxing to karate, in return Buddy teaches them how to make tasty dishes including spicy tomato pasta and pizza. Prepare to be inspired once you’ve watched this – dinner could be down to you tonight! NEW Descendants: The Rise of Red Available from Friday, Disney+ The fourth film in the popular musical series features Red (above), the daughter of Alice in Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora), and Chloe Charming, whose…

Stags Paramount+’s shock-laden drama Stags, airing later this year, follows the fallout from a pre-wedding celebration that goes badly wrong. The six-part series is set in South America, where Stu (Nico Mirallegro) is having a holiday to remember with his pals before he gets married. But their plans to head home to the UK after a week of partying are thwarted when they land themselves in deep trouble and are sent to a terrifying prison island, where intimidating siblings Selma and Branco Quispe (Paulina Gálvez and Oscar Foronda), who are at loggerheads with each other, rule the roost. As danger stalks them all, their tight-knit friendships come under pressure and the stags realise they need to make some tough decisions to ensure their survival… Created by Daniel Cullen and filmed…