Innholdsfortegnelse for 18-Jan-25 i TV&Satellite Week

NEW CRIME DRAMA High Potential From Thursday 23 January, Disney+ (first two eps from Thursday 23 January, then weekly) Kaitlin Olson is a familiar face to fans of raucous sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, having played self-centred bartender Dee Reynolds in the cult comedy since 2005. Now, the actor is flexing her dramatic muscles alongside her comedy skills as she stars in quirky Disney+ crime procedural High Potential. Based on a French series, the 13-parter is set in Los Angeles and follows single mum Morgan Gillory, a colourful, outspoken cleaner with an exceptional IQ, who’s recruited by the LAPD Major Crimes unit after she solves a murder while tidying their office. Here, Olson, 49, tells us more… What appealed to you about this project? I love that it’s something different.…

Prime Target NEW Available: Wednesday 22 January Genre: Thriller Season: 1 Episodes: 8 (first two eps from Wed 22 Jan, then weekly) A brilliant young mathematician finds himself in deadly peril when he makes a breakthrough that threatens global security in a tense conspiracy thriller from Apple TV+. Eight-part series Prime Target follows Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall), who’s on the verge of succeeding where the finest minds in history have failed – by finding a pattern in prime numbers. It’s an achievement that could have huge consequences for the planet. The random nature of prime numbers means they are the basis for all digital encryption, protecting everything from the world’s banks to the nuclear weapons of global superpowers. However, if someone unlocked a sequence behind prime numbers, then the codes for all these things could be at…

Whiskey on the Rocks NEW Available: Wednesday 22January Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 6 It sounds stranger than fiction, but this darkly comic political satire about a diplomatic crisis that nearly sparked World War Three is actually based on a true story. Swedish-language series Whiskey on the Rocks recounts the terrifying brinkmanship that ensued when a Soviet submarine ran aground near a Swedish military base in October 1981. The six-parter starts aboard the Whiskey-class Soviet sub U-137, which goes off course in the Baltic sea following a navigational error, and crosses into Swedish waters before hitting a submerged rock and becoming stranded. When the sub is spotted by a fisherman, the news is relayed to the Swedish authorities. Meanwhile, the Soviets are desperate to recover the vessel, and the USA gets wind of what could be a…

Call the Midwife As the 1970s arrive in the BBC1 period drama, residents of the Isle of Dogs cause havoc when they declare their independence, while the Nonnatus House team support a schoolgirl whose religious mother struggles with her pregnancy. Playing Nice When Pete (James Norton) and Maddie (Niamh Algar, above) learn that their son Theo was switched at birth in ITV1’s four-part thriller, they realise Theo’s biological parents want to maintain control of the situation at any cost… Patience C4’s crime drama sees shrewd DI Bea Metcalf (Laura Fraser, above right) spot that neurodivergent police archivist Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis, above left) has an innate talent for crime-solving after she discovers a vital link. 7/7: The London Bombings In BBC2’s docuseries on the terrorist attack, survivors including Martine…

NEW FACTUAL The Fear Clinic: Face Your Phobia Tuesday, 8pm, C4 In the UK alone, around 10 million people suffer with a phobia – whether that’s common types like claustrophobia or arachnophobia, or more unusual conditions such as emetophobia (a fear of vomiting) and coulrophobia (a fear of clowns). But help is at hand in C4’s new series The Fear Clinic: Face Your Phobia, which follows 20 fearful Brits as they put faith in a revolutionary centre in Amsterdam that specialises in a pioneering treatment based on the latest neuroscience – and the results are pretty staggering. Ollie has a rare phobia of balloons, known as globophobia, which has dominated his life since an awkward childhood party. ‘It sounds ridiculous to be terrified of an object that wouldn’t cross most…

LAST ONE CRIME DRAMA Patience Wednesday & Thursday, 9pm, C4 With her unique ability to untangle tricky cases, autistic police archivist Patience Evans has solved some baffling crimes in York while under the mentorship of DI Bea Metcalf. But there are two more cases that require her close inspection before the drama bows out this week. In Wednesday’s episode, Patience (Ella Maisy Purvis) is personally pulled into an investigation after her friend and autistic-support-group leader Billy (Connor Curren) discovers his brother is dead. But when the body vanishes from the mortuary slab, should the team be on the hunt for a bodysnatcher or did the ‘corpse’ simply get up and walk away? ‘Patience has a special relationship with Billy; they’re each other’s comfort people,’ says Purvis, 21, who is among…

The Six Triple Eight Genre: Drama Episodes: One-off The true story of how a battalion of Black female soldiers sorted out a massive backlog of mail for the US Army during World War Two is turned into a stirring drama by writer/director Tyler Perry. Kerry Washington stars as Major Charity Adams, the commanding officer of the 6888th battalion, tasked with sifting through 17 million pieces of post in six months. Working in difficult conditions and facing open hostility from white male officers, the women use ingenuity to achieve their goal. Blink Genre: Documentary Episodes: One-off A once-in-a-lifetime adventure is permeated with sadness as a Canadian family goes on a trip around the world before three of the children lose their sight to an incurable disease – retinitis pigmentosa. The Secret Lives of Animals Genre: Documentary Season: 1 Episodes: 10 Hugh Bonneville…

The Night Agent NEW Available: Thursday 23 January Genre: Drama Season: 2 Episodes: 10 Heroic FBI agent Peter Sutherland (The Big C’s Gabriel Basso) accepted the offer to work in the field after saving the life of the US President at the end of Season 1 of Netflix’s action-packed spy drama The Night Agent. As the series returns, Peter is staking out a suspected mole in Thailand, alongside new mentor Alice (Pitch Perfect’s Brittany Snow). ‘Alice is Peter’s point of contact in Thailand,’ explains Snow. ‘She’s a very skilled agent, and used to a lifestyle of solitude.’ When their cover is blown, Peter goes AWOL but continues the investigation. Meanwhile, former tech CEO Rose Larkin (Luciane Buchanan), who grew close to Peter in the opening season as he saved her from assassins, receives a suspicious phone call…

Prime Target Wednesday 22 January Conspiracy thriller. A brilliant mathematician (One Day’s Leo Woodall) is on the verge of a major breakthrough that will give him the key to every computer in the world. But he begins to realise someone is trying to destroy his idea. With Euphoria’s Quintessa Swindell, Stephen Rea and David Morrissey. See feature, page 14. Whiskey on the Rocks Wednesday 22 January Political satire inspired by real events. On 28 October 1981, a Soviet nuclear Whiskey-class submarine runs aground inside a restricted Swedish military area. With global superpowers on edge, Sweden’s Prime Minister, Thorbjörn Fälldin, faces the immense challenge of keeping peace between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and US President Ronald Reagan. See feature, page 16. W.A.G.s to Riches Wednesday 22 January Brand-new reality series following…

ACTION THRILLER Friday, 11.55am & 8pm, Sky Premiere Back in the late 1980s/early 90s, action thrillers coming from Hong Kong were the best being made anywhere in the world. And of those film-makers, John Woo was king. Sadly, his transition to Hollywood never quite hit the heights of his homegrown movies, and his career seemed to have gone with a whimper. But this remake of his iconic 1989 film seems to dispel that. A full-blown balletic gunplay tour-de-force, it’s a riot of ridiculous set pieces. And there’s enough twists and turns from the original to make this a stand-out in itself, foremost being the main character. The first version saw the cool, charming Chow Yun-Fat as the assassin with a strict moral code, now it’s the lithe, slick Nathalie Emmanuel,…

Here’s a sneak peek at Robert De Niro as he takes centre stage in dark political drama Zero Day. The six-parter, airing on Netflix from 20 February, sees the Hollywood legend play popular former US President George Mullen. A cyberattack results in thousands of deaths, and George heads up the commission to locate those responsible before they strike again. Tech giants, Wall Street bankers and government officials all have their own agendas, however, and George has to establish whether the threat comes from outside or internal forces. But during his investigation, George must also address his own long-buried secrets… Angela Bassett co-stars as shrewd current President Evelyn Mitchell, while Lizzy Caplan is George’s politician daughter Alexandra, and Jesse Plemons is his one-time aide Roger Carlson. Joan Allen plays George’s ambitious…

Rose Ayling-Ellis The actor will guest-star alongside Ncuti Gatwa later this year in an episode of BBC1’s sci-fi saga Doctor Who, which showrunner Russell T. Davies describes as ‘one of the most frightening we’ve ever made.’ Romesh Ranganathan Sky Max’s four-part travelogue Can’t Knock the Hustle will see the comedian journey across India, the USA, South Korea and Canada to assess how different countries tackle the work-life balance. Joe Swash & Stacey Solomon In BBC1’s reality show Stacey & Joe, the couple open up about their family life as they juggle work, holidays and exam results, and even build a fishing lake. Coming Back For a second run of C4’s Renovation Rescue, Vogue Williams and Luke Mabbott take over as hosts and help more property owners unleash their DIY talents…

Caleb Williams Mark Lewis Jones Nathan’s brother is a former Royal Marine who has suffered great trauma in his past. Eva Bartosz Natalia Kostrzewa Polish immigrant Eva is working as a cleaner for a neighbouring farmer when tragedy strikes. Sadie Simpson Carly-Sophia Davies Johnny has a crush on his fellow pupil, but will he come to regret their friendship? Rhys Simpson Gerran Howell Sadie’s older brother works for drugs boss Kenny and is running a drugs operation in his neighbourhood.…

A League of Their Own Thu, 9pm, Sky Max & Sky Showcase After making his name in hardman movie roles such as Mean Machine (inset) and The Football Factory, Danny Dyer joined the cast of BBC soap EastEnders in 2013 as Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter, leaving in 2022. He’s also presented BBC game show The Wall and C4 reality series Scared of the Dark, and last year starred in comedy Mr Bigstuff for Sky Max and Disney+’s adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. HIS NEW APPEARANCE This week, devoted West Ham fan Dyer and Arsenal midfielder Jorginho guest on Sky Max entertainment show A League of Their Own, joining team captains Jill Scott andJamie Redknapp plus regular panellist Micah Richards and comedian Rob Beckett for some zany sports-based challenges.…

Rafa In Netflix’s docuseries, Majorcan-born tennis legend Rafael Nadal (above), along with his family and coaching team, will reflect on his life, his achievements on the court – which saw him win 22 Grand Slam men’s singles titles – and his retirement in 2024. Silo Apple TV+’s sci-fi thriller will return for a third and fourth run, which will conclude the series, as mysteries are set to be solved about the dystopian underground world where engineer Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson, above) and her comrades are fighting for survival. Joanne Froggatt The star (above) is joining Guy Ritchie’s as-yet-untitled Paramount+ drama as Jan, the wife of Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy), a fixer to crime boss Conrad Harrigan (Pierce Brosnan). Paddy Considine, Lara Pulver and Anson Boon co-star.…

Star Trek: Section 31 NEW Available: Friday 24January Genre: Sci-fi The ever-expanding Star Trek universe boldly ventures into new territory with a spin-off film that sees Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh reprise her role of the infamous and ruthless Emperor Philippa Georgiou. After then-Captain Georgiou’s untimely death in Season 1 of Star Trek: Discovery, a gleefully wicked mirror universe version of the character appeared. She had ruled the Terran Empire before crossing over into the Prime universe. Now, as the franchise’s first-ever TV film beams onto Paramount+, we find Georgiou in the ‘lost era’ of the early 24th century, where she’s living under a new alias and running a nightclub, The Baraam, in space outside the United Federation of Planets. But when Alok Sahar (Omari Hardwick), the leader of Starfleet’s secret division known as Section…

ADVENTURE Gladiator II On all week Paul Mescal looks impressive in this sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic, though he lacks the commanding presence of original star Russell Crowe. That said, Scott piles on the action spectacularly in a story that is effectively a remake of the first film, thrusting Mescal’s noble warrior into the Roman arena and pitting him against all manner of foes, including ferocious baboons, a rhino and, in a flooded Colosseum, even sharks. Amid the brutal fights to the death, Denzel Washington steals the film as the wily gladiator owner who is using Mescal’s hero for his own ends. From 14 Jan. 2024, 15, 155MIN MUSICAL Wicked On all week Giving us the backstory for the Wicked and Good Witches from the1939 classic The Wizard of…

Wonderblocks Weekdays, 8.20am, CBeebies From the creatures of Numberblocks, Alphablocks and Colourblocks comes this series all about problem solving. Together with their friends Go and Stop, the blocks help turn little learners into problem-solving whizzes. My Life: The Fastest Boy in the World NEW Thursday, 6pm, CBBC Following Alfie, a 10-year-old motorbike racing champion with ADHD and autism, as he sets out to break a new land speed world record. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Available now, Disney+ Jude Law stars in this coming-of age story set in the Star Wars galaxy, in which a group of kids try to find their way back home.…