Innholdsfortegnelse for 12-Oct-24 i TV&Satellite Week

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CORONATION STREET Joel is murdered… but whodunnit? Lisa is convinced that Joel has taken his own life, and it looks like she’s right when his body is found floating in a river. But a post-mortem reveals that the predatory solicitor was already dead when he entered the water, leading the cops to conclude that he was murdered. Kit questions Lauren, who was groomed and attacked by Joel, about her whereabouts on the night of his death. But when it’s revealed that Joel died from two blows to the head with a heavy weapon, another suspect emerges – teenager Mason, whom Yasmeen reveals she threw out of No.6 for being in possession of a crowbar. Tipped off by Lisa’s daughter Betsy, Mason makes to dump the crowbar in a bin, but…

NEW HORROR COMEDY The Radleys Fri, 12.30pm & 8pm, Sky Premiere Actors Damian Lewis and Kelly Macdonald play an ordinary couple with a very bloodthirsty secret in Sky’s horror comedy The Radleys, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Matt Haig. Seemingly ordinary British parents Peter and Helen live in middle-class suburbia but they’re hiding their true nature as vampires from everyone, including their kids! Things then take a sinister turn when their supposedly vegan teen daughter Clara, played by Renegade Nell’s Bo Bragason, is attacked by a boy in her class and her inherent blood lust takes over, forcing Peter and Helen to reveal the truth about their ‘family disease’. FIENDISH FAMILY SECRETS To hide the body and protect the family, they must even call on the help of…

Joan Desperate mum Joan (Sophie Turner, above) temporarily puts her daughter into care in ITV1’s 80s-set drama. But her life changes when, while working in a jewellery shop, she steals some gems, then teams up with dodgy antiques dealer Boisie (Frank Dillane). Paddy and Chris: Road Tripping BBC1’s travelogue sees Top Gear’s Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris journey through Europe to discover how to grow old in style. The pair begin in Sweden, where they enjoy a sauna with some septuagenarians. Anna Richardson: Love, Loss & Dementia In C4’s documentary, the presenter, whose father lives with dementia, explores the impact of the condition, which is Britain’s biggest killer, and hears about potentially life-changing new treatments. The Cleaner As crime-scene cleaner Wicky (Greg Davies, above) mops up at a mansion in…

NEW Phoenix Rise All 10 episodes available from Friday, BBC iPlayer The award-winning drama returns for a fourth series and, as the new school term begins, a new headteacher (played by Corrie’s James Burrows) is settling in. Of course, it doesn’t take long for Billy (above, right) to get on his wrong side. Meanwhile, the gang find that the boiler room has been closed off indefinitely - how will they survive without their safe haven? As the drama continues, the students will be tested like they’ve never been before but, despite all the odds, they prove that love and friendship always wins. NEW BBC micro:bit Live Lesson Tuesday, 1 1 am & BBC iPlayer Pupils are welcomed to a top-secret training camp where Gladiators Phantom and Dynamite and two teams of…

NEW DRAMA Rivals From Friday 18 October, Disney+ Fans of Dame Jilly Cooper have been waiting breathlessly for this racy adaptation of her bestselling 1988 novel Rivals, which delves into the back-stabbing and bed-hopping world of wealth and power. Based on the second novel in the Rutshire Chronicles series, this deliciously British eight-part romp is set in the 80s and follows the long-simmering feud between power-hungry TV boss Lord Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) and devilishly handsome Tory MP Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell). During a franchise renewal year, Tony has grand plans to expand his media empire and hires brilliant new chat-show host Declan O’Hara (Aidan Turner) and ace producer Cameron Cook (Nafessa Williams). But when he spies an opportunity to publicly destroy his arch-rival Rupert, can Tony finally get revenge…

NEW COMEDY The Office Australia From Friday18 October, Prime Video We cringed at chilled-out entertainer David Brent and Michael ‘That’s what she said’ Scott – now, get ready to meet Hannah Howard, the nightmare boss in Prime Video’s Australian version of The Office. Based on the iconic BBC mockumentary created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the eight-part series promises a satirical slice of corporate culture Down Under as it follows day-to-day life at Sydney packaging company Flinley Craddick (its slogan: ‘Think inside the box’). The opening episode sees Hannah battling to keep her office open amid the rise of home-working, in a move that proves unpopular with many of her employees. We caught up with Australian comedian Felicity Ward, 44, who plays Hannah, to find out more… What can…

NEW COMEDY Everyone Else Burns Thursday, 10pm & 10.30pm, C4 (box set, Channel 4) They say ‘the family that prays together, stays together’. However, in the household of David Lewis (The Inbetweeners’ Simon Bird), husband, father-of-two and member of a puritanical religious sect, that is looking increasingly doubtful as Manchester-set comedy Everyone Else Burns returns. As we rejoin the Lewis clan, attitudes to love and marriage within the order come under the spotlight when daughter Rachel (Amy James-Kelly) agrees to choose a husband from within the church, a move that prompts David’s wife Fiona (Kate O’Flynn) to reassess how suited she and her husband are as life partners. ‘For Fiona, that makes her question the last 20 years of her life,’ explains Bird. ‘Which is fair enough, because David is…

LAST ONE COMEDY Young Sheldon Sunday, 8pm & 8.30pm, E4 After seven years of exploring the unconventional upbringing of child genius Sheldon Cooper in East Texas, The Big Bang Theory prequel Young Sheldon concludes its story this week in an emotional two-part series finale. Following the sudden death of Sheldon’s father George Sr (Lance Barber) from a heart attack in last week’s episode, the Coopers are preparing for his funeral – and Sheldon (Iain Armitage) is considering the ways in which he could have said goodbye to his dad if he had known what was coming. ‘Reading these two scripts for the finale was so emotional and so incredible,’ says Armitage, 16. ‘Our writers are so talented, so I wasn’t at all surprised by how wonderfully they were able to write…

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Genre: Drama Season: 2 Episodes: 9 Based on the murders of José and Kitty Menendez, who were gunned down in their Beverly Hills home by their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989, the latest instalment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series is elevated by strong performances. After Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch) are arrested, the brothers maintain that they had feared for their lives after years of sexual abuse by their father (Javier Bardem), which they claimed their mother (Chloë Sevigny) knew all about. A Very Royal Scandal Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 3 Michael Sheen and Ruth Wilson are excellent in the second dramatisation of Prince Andrew’s 2019 Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis. The story is opened out to show…

The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh NEW Available: Thursday 17 October Genre: Comedy Season: 1 Eps: 8 Lost star Naveen Andrews leads the cast as engineer Mahesh Pradeep, who uproots his family from India to America for a business opportunity, in this series inspired by the personal experiences of Black-ish producer Vijal Patel. The comedy follows the humorous (and tumultuous) events of the family’s first few months in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is often told through hilarious flashbacks from an interrogation room. It soon transpires that since first arriving in the US, Mahesh, his wife Sudha (Sindhu Vee) and three kids, Bhanu, Kamal and Vinod, have found themselves embroiled romantically, personally and professionally with a polar-opposite family in their suburban Pittsburgh neighbourhood, leading to a brewing feud with surprising twists. So can the…

NEW FACTUAL The Man Who Definitely Didn’t Steal Hollywood Friday, 9pm (times vary), BBC2 When flamboyant Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti bought the legendary MGM/UA studios in November 1990, it made headlines around the world. The Hollywood studio, which was once behind classic films such as The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind and the James Bond franchise, had hit hard times and it was hoped the self-made billionaire could reverse its fortunes. ‘MGM Studios was like a city. It had all the major directors making lavish, extraordinary, fantastical and beloved movies,’ says writer John Lahr, one of the many Hollywood insiders interviewed in this feature-length film. ‘Their boast was they had all the stars in the universe.’ To announce his arrival in Tinseltown, Parretti brought in an actual lion…

NEW CRIME DRAMA The One That Got Away (Cleddau) Sun, 9pm, S4C (box set, BBC iPlayer) If you’re a fan of Welsh noir crime dramas like Craith (Hidden) and Y Gwyll (Hinterland), you won’t want to miss this intriguing murdermystery starring Elen Rhys and Richard Harrington and set during a wild winter in Pembrokeshire. The Welsh-language six-parter begins when DI Ffion Lloyd (Rhys) is called back from Cardiff to the coastal town of Pembroke Dock to investigate the murder of a young woman that bears eerie similarities to a series of killings from the community’s tortured past. ‘The people of Pembroke Dock are still haunted by echoes of the Heart Knot Murders, which happened 12 years ago,’ explains Rhys, 41. ‘The locals are terrified when the memory of that is…

The Office US Steve Carell won a Golden Globe for his role as Michael Scott in the US remake, which ran for nine seasons between 2005 and 2013. Stromberg This German series wasn’t an official remake of The Office, but when the BBC threatened legal action, the comedy’s producers added a credit saying it was ‘inspired by’ the British show. La Ofis This South American version of the show ran for one season in 2008 in Chile. The series starred Luis Gnecco as Manuel Cerda, the manager of paper company Papeles Lozano. Konttori Stand-up comic Sami Hedberg played Pentti Markkanen in the Finnish remake of the show. Set in Riihimäki, home to Finland’s highest flagpole, the show ran for three seasons between 2017 and 2019.…

East of Eden Netflix’s seven-part adaptation of John Steinbeck’s acclaimed 1952 novel about the challenges faced by several generations of a troubled California family will see Florence Pugh (above) head the cast, while Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist and Hoon Lee co-star. Margo’s Got Money Troubles In Apple TV+’s drama, based on Rufi Thorpe’s book, Michelle Pfeiffer (above) plays the mother of a cash-strapped student (Elle Fanning) who falls pregnant and starts a successful OnlyFans account. Nicole Kidman also appears. The Woman in Cabin 10 Guy Pearce (above), Hannah Waddingham, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and David Morrissey have joined the cast of Netflix’s thriller, which stars Keira Knightley as a journalist on a cruise who is drawn into a dark mystery when a passenger is thrown overboard.…

The Devil’s Hour NEW Available: Friday 18 October Genre: Thriller Season: 2 Eps: 5 There are time loops to navigate and a horrific crime to solve as mind-bending supernatural thriller The Devil’s Hour returns for a second series. Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife, Becoming Elizabeth) is back as Lucy Chambers, who this time is working as a detective inspector and is forced to team up with mysterious killer Gideon Shepherd (Peter Capaldi) to prevent a brutal murder from happening. Actors Nikesh Patel, Alex Ferns, Meera Syal and young star Benjamin Chivers all reprise their roles, with Top Boy’s Saffron Hocking also joining the cast as DS Sam Boyd. TV&Satellite Week spoke to Raine, 42, to hear more… How does Season 2 compare to the first? It’s less spectral, there’s no…

LIVE CYCLING From Wed, Eurosport 1, BBC2 & BBC3 Having returned home with a haul of medals from the Paris Olympics, Great Britain’s track cycling team arrives in Denmark this week looking for more medal success in the velodrome. Leading the charge at the World Championships in Ballerup, near Copenhagen, will be triple Olympic medallist Emma Finucane. The 21-year-old from Carmarthen crowned her Games debut this summer by making history as the first British woman in 60 years to claim a hat-trick of medals in any sport at a single Olympics – winning gold in the women’s team sprint alongside Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell, plus bronzes in both the individual sprint and keirin. TOUR DE FORCE ‘Paris was exhausting, a huge rollercoaster of emotions, and I came home proud,’…

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