Innholdsfortegnelse for 22-Feb-25 i TV&Satellite Week

Isabella Salucci Geraldine James The terrifying matriarch of a Soho crime family will do anything to protect her empire. Eddie Cobb Michael Duke Billie’s friend, an unconventional fellow performer, joins her at Kate’s new club. Damaso Salucci Dustin Demri-Burns Isabella’s eldest son and heir is rocked by a family crisis, but he is intrigued by Kate. Frederick Asquith-Gore Will Keen The father of one of Evie’s pals, the Minister for Policing wants to tackle vice. Frank Turner Ian Bonar Brutal and heartless, the cop is training the first women officers and oversees Violet’s work. Silas Huxley Nabhaan Rizwan The charming medium and occultist catches Evie’s eye as she tries to process her loss.…

DOCTOR’S ORDERS Berlin ER has been co-created by British writer Samuel Jefferson, drawing on his background as a one-time A&E doctor. ‘Because of the trauma of the job, I’d never wanted to write a medical show. But I had all these stories,’ he says. ‘The experience I’d had in the emergency room in the UK was shared by doctors we met in Germany and I wanted to show the reality of that life. ‘Some medical series see doctors and nurses as superheroes, but medicine is less glamorous and shiny. It’s about human beings struggling with themselves.’ Berlin ER NEW Available: Wednesday 26 February Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 8 (first two episodes from Wed 26 Feb, then weekly) Life and death in a pressurised, underfunded and run-down emergency department is brought into the spotlight in Apple TV+’s fast-moving,…

No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski NEW Available: Monday 24 February Genre: Cookery Season: 1 Episodes: 6 Imagine a cross between Stanley Tucci’s cookery travelogues and Who Do You Think You Are? and you’ll get a flavour of Antoni Porowski’s new Disney+ series No Taste Like Home. ‘Food can tell you more about who you are and where you come from than you could ever imagine,’ says Queer Eye food-and-wine expert Porowski, 40. ‘So in this series we go back to celebrities’ countries of origin and explore their family history through the lens of food. Then we introduce them to family ancestors they didn’t necessarily know about. ‘The whole series is a sensory overload in the best way. You get to explore different countries, cultures and dishes.’ Also airing weekly on National Geographic (Wed, 10pm), the…

Unforgotten DI Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and DCI Jess James (Sinéad Keenan) battle to identify a body found on marshland in the return of ITV1’s cold-case drama. But a surprising link to one of Sunny’s past investigations comes to light… Virdee BBC1’s Bradford-set crime drama sees troubled detective Harry Virdee (Staz Nair) turn to his drug-boss brother-in-law to find a missing teen as gang warfare is brewing, while there’s also a tense meeting with his estranged father. Big Boys As the third series of the C4 sitcom kicks off, Danny (Jon Pointing) and Jack (Dylan Llewellyn) are entering their final year at uni. First, Jack’s raucous cousin takes everyone on holiday to Greece, where Jack gets spectacularly sunburnt. James May’s Great Explorers In Channel 5’s history show, the presenter boards…

NEW FACTUAL Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin Tue, 9pm, Sky History & Sky Showcase (box set, Sky Box Sets/NOW) In August 2000, shortly after Vladimir Putin was elected Russia’s President, its navy was carrying out a series of training exercises in the Barents Sea. But after explosions on board, the nuclear submarine Kursk sank to the bottom of the Arctic waters with 118 submariners trapped inside. Now, this two-part documentary shows how Putin ignored the West’s offers of help for five days and then deliberately scuppered rescue missions, preferring to let the men die rather than expose his country’s secrets. ‘I just wanted to help him save their lives,’ recalls Bill Clinton, US President at the time, who features in the documentary. ‘But Putin knew that if we went…

COMEDY DRAMA The White Lotus Monday, 9pm, Sky Atlantic Most actors would give their back teeth to land a role in hit comedy-drama anthology The White Lotus – and Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood was no exception. Winning the part of hotel guest Chelsea was a dream come true for Wood, who was a huge fan of the show. But she admits that when the opportunity to audition came along, her nerves almost got the better of her. ‘I’d never experienced auditioning for something that I was already a fan of before, and I was overwhelmed,’ she recalls. ‘I was really scared, but then I went for it – and luckily it all happened quite quickly. I think if it had stretched out over a long time, I would…

NEW CRIME DRAMA Bergerac Thursday, 9pm, U&Drama (box set, U) Brassic’s Damien Molony takes on the role of Jersey detective Jim Bergerac this week in a hotly anticipated reboot of the 1980s BBC1 cop drama. The six-part series, penned by Being Human creator Toby Whithouse, finds the detective struggling with alcoholism following his wife’s death. However, after his teenage daughter Kim (Chloé Sweetlove) moves in with her grandmother Charlie (Zoë Wanamaker) for more stability, Jim realises his life needs to change. A lifeline comes along in the form of a high-profile case when the daughter-in-law of wealthy tycoon Arthur Wakefield (Philip Glenister) is murdered, and Jim asks to be assigned to the investigation – much to the frustration of lead detective Barney Crozier (Robert Gilbert). TV&Satellite Week joined Molony, who…

Paradise Genre: Thriller Season: 1 Eps: 8 (released weekly) This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown and its creator Dan Fogelman reunite for a stylish thriller brimming with tension and twists. Brown plays Secret Service agent Xavier Collins, who comes under suspicion when American President Cal Bradford (Dead to Me’s James Marsden) is found murdered in his home in the apparently idyllic city of Paradise. One of the President’s top advisers, Samantha Redmond (Mare of Easttown’s Julianne Nicholson), takes charge of the investigation while Xavier also seeks answers in a city that is not what it seems. Vietnam: The War That Changed America Genre: Documentary Season: 1 Episodes: 6 Ethan Hawke narrates an unflinching look at the Vietnam War, which combines first-hand accounts and archive footage of the conflict. American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson Genre: Documentary Season: 1 Episodes: 4 A new docuseries about the murders…

1923 NEW Available: Sun 23 Feb Genre: Western Season: 2 Episodes: 7 (released weekly) Wealthy Montana patriarch John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner, was laid to rest at his beloved ranch last year in Season 5 of modern-day western saga Yellowstone. But the harsh realities of frontier life continue for his forebears as prequel series 1923, starring Harrison Ford and Dame Helen Mirren as Jacob and Cara Dutton, returns for a second run. A dramatic end to the first season saw Jacob’s big-game-hunter nephew Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) being separated from his new bride Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) after throwing her ex-fiancé Arthur over the side of a boat off the coast of Italy. And he’ll face further obstacles as he attempts to return home and save the ranch. EPIC VOYAGE ‘Spencer encounters strong resistance at pretty much every…

1923 Sunday 23 February In the second season of the Yellowstone prequel, a brutal winter brings new challenges for Jacob (Harrison Ford) and Cara Dutton (Dame Helen Mirren), while Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) has been separated from Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) after a tumultuous voyage. See feature, page 16. Snowpiercer Sunday 23 February All four seasons of the dystopian thriller previously shown on Netflix. Seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the survivors live on a perpetually moving train that circles the globe. Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly star. The Baldwins Monday 24 February Reality series following Hollywood star Alec Baldwin, his wife Hilaria and their seven children, as they tackle family life while in the public eye. Total Control Monday 24 February In the third season of the…

NEW The Baldwins From Mon 24 Feb, Discovery+ (released weekly) A member of the fraternal acting dynasty, Alec Baldwin’s first leading role was as Jack Ryan in 1990’s The Hunt for Red October (inset). His other film credits include Pearl Harbor, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Departed and Mission: Impossible movies Rogue Nation and Fallout. On TV, he won acclaim playing Jack Donaghy in the hit comedy 30 Rock, and for his portrayal of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live. HIS NEW SHOW This week, the 66-year-old actor opens his home to cameras in new reality series The Baldwins, which follows his movie-star lifestyle with wife Hilaria and their seven children, but it’s set against the backdrop of Baldwin’s trial for involuntary manslaughter following an accidental shooting on the set of…

Apex Eric Bana (above) is joining the cast of Netflix’s thriller about a bereaved woman (Charlize Theron) who takes a trip into the hostile Australian wilderness, but ends up fighting for survival as a terrifying serial killer is on her tail. Taron Egerton also appears. Star City Anna Maxwell Martin (above) and Rhys Ifans will star in Apple TV+’s For All Mankind spin-off, exploring an alternate version of the space race. The series will focus on the USSR, where cosmonauts and intelligence officers work together on an ambitious space programme. The Whisper Man Based on Alex North’s novel and starring Robert De Niro (above), Netflix’s drama follows a crime writer who reaches out to his estranged father, a retired cop, after his son is abducted. But links emerge to a…

Running Point NEW Available: Thursday 27 February Genre: Comedy Season: 1 Episodes: 10 Kate Hudson stars in Netflix’s new comedy Running Point as the newly appointed president of a world-famous basketball team. She plays ambitious but underappreciated Isla Gordon, who is forced to take over the family business and become the boss of the Los Angeles Waves when her brother is embroiled in a scandal. However, Isla not only has to prove her mettle to the outside world, but as the only sister in a family full of competitive brothers, she must also show her own siblings that she deserves her place at the head of the table. ‘Isla is a strong female figure who’s navigating a male-dominated industry, and I like that the story explores sibling dynamics, which adds depth and relatability,’ says Hudson, 45, whose…

MURDER MYSTERY A Haunting in Venice Disney+ Nimbly mixing opulent staging with eerie tingles and laughs, director-star Kenneth Branagh’s fine third Agatha Christie foray is very enjoyable. His sleuth Hercule Poirot is living a quiet life in post-World War Two Italy, when a writer (Tina Fey) coaxes him into attending a seance hosted by a medium (Michelle Yeoh) in a palazzo, where the mood soon turns murderous. The solution to the puzzle is bemusing, but there’s plenty to savour en route. 2023, 12, 103MIN COMEDY DRAMA Tetris Apple TV+ This true story about the race to secure the global rights to the legendary videogame is an unexpected treat. It’s 1988, the Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse, but the underdog heroes we are rooting for are Henk Rogers…

Operation Ouch! Mon-Thu, 5.30pm, CBBC & BBC iPlayer NEW Dr Chris, Dr Xand and the gang return for a brand new series, which is set to include their insight on topics including space medicine and AI. DC League of Super-Pets Available now, Netflix Superman’s dog, Krypto (voiced by Dwayne Johnson), sets out to save the Justice League from a vengeful guinea pig in this animated adventure. Andy’s Global Adventures Weekdays, 3.55pm, CBeebies & BBC iPlayer Andy is back to take us on more adventures as he sets out to learn about animal families and their babies. NEW…

Ellie Simmonds In ITV1’s documentary Ellie Simmonds: Should I Have Children?, the Paralympic swimmer will share her dilemma over whether to start a family, as she speaks to medical experts and parents. Tahar Rahim The actor will portray a killer who is set to testify against his fellow criminals in Sky Atlantic’s thriller Prisoner, but he and his prison-officer escort (Izuka Hoyle) must go on the run after their transport convoy is ambushed. Kiefer Sutherland Sky Cinema’s comedy film Tinsel Town, airing this Christmas, sees the actor star as an egotistical Hollywood idol who comes to the UK to resurrect his career but ends up appearing in a village panto. Coming Back Filming is under way on the third run of BBC1’s Belfast-set crime drama Blue Lights, as response officer…