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

THRILLER Protection Sunday & Tuesday, 9pm, ITV1 DCI Hannah Wheatley hoped DI Liz Nyles would prove a powerful ally when informant Jimmy McLennan and his wife were murdered in the opening episode of ITV1 crime thriller Protection. However, as the six-part series continues this week, Hannah is convinced the witness-protection officer had a hand in the killings. Because Liz was responsible for the safety of Jimmy, who was due to be a star witness in the trial of Eddie Crowther, Hannah thinks her colleague helped the kingpin bump off his former employee. ‘Hannah is new to the force,’ says Katherine Kelly, who plays her. ‘But Liz comes from a policing family, so at the start Hannah thinks that Liz could be really helpful, maybe even a bit of a mentor.…

The Studio NEW Available: Wednesday 26 March Genre: Comedy Season: 1 Episodes: 10 (first two eps from 26 March, then weekly) Seth Rogen satirises the movie industry in Apple TV+’s new comedy series The Studio, which depicts the power struggles, high-stakes pressure and complete chaos of film-making. The Superbad star co-created and co-directed the 10-parter with his long-time collaborator Evan Goldberg and also plays eternally flustered Matt Remick – the new studio head at Continental Studios – who craves approval while believing he’s ‘singlehandedly keeping film alive’. But when the studio’s eccentric CEO Griffin Mills (Bryan Cranston) orders him to make a blockbuster based on the Kool-Aid drinks brand, how can Matt make both art and money while corporate demands, egocentric creatives and squabbling executives are driving the company into the ground? ‘Evan and I were…

Million Dollar Secret NEW Available: Wednesday 26 March  Genre: Reality Season: 1 Episodes: 8 (episodes 1-3 from 26 March; episodes 4-6 from 2 April; episodes 7-8 from 9 April) How far would you go when a million dollars is on the line? That’s the premise behind Netflix’s new The Traitors-style reality competition Million Dollar Secret, which puts 12 people against each other as they hunt down the secret millionaire hiding among them. As guests of a luxury lakeside estate called The Stag, each contestant starts the show by receiving a wooden box. Eleven are empty, but one contains $1m. And it’s for that guest to keep – but only if they can hide their identity as the millionaire throughout their stay. ‘Imagine finding a million dollars in your room, knowing it’s yours to keep, but only…

The Au Pair 5’s thriller sees married couple Zoe (Sally Bretton) and Chris (Kenny Doughty) hire home help Sandrine, but she embarks on a mission to harm the family by drugging Zoe’s diabetic dad before placing Zoe herself in danger. Ten Pound Poms In the second run of BBC1’s 1950s-set drama, Kate (Michelle Keegan) has gone on the run with her son. However, when he misses his adoptive mother, Kate devises a new plan for their future, only for events to go awry. Great Continental Railway Journeys The return of BBC2’s travelogue finds Michael Portillo heading to Croatia, where he visits a Roman amphitheatre, while he also explores the residence of former Yugoslav dictator President Tito. Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway A C4 documentary follows the actor’s audacious campaign…

NEW PROFILE Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future Thursday, 8pm, Sky Arts Few authors have been responsible for such a cult phenomenon as Douglas Adams with his comedy sci-fi franchise The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which spawned a TV series, comic books, stage shows and a 2005 film. Now, the story of Adams’ spectacular career and troubled personal life is told in Sky Arts documentary Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future. Born in Cambridge in 1952, Adams was struggling to get his writing career off the ground in London in the early 1970s and had to work as a bodyguard to make ends meet. ‘As far as we were all concerned, life was rosy for him,’ remembers Adams’ brother James Thrift. ‘But then my mother went…

Evening Planner Comedy Drama NEW Crongton BBC3, from 7pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Comedy drama set in the fictional urban estate of Crongton, where Lemar (aka Liccie Bit) has some growing up to do. Football LIVE! World Cup Qualifier: England v Lativia ITV1, k-o 7.45pm Jordan Pickford and his England team-mates face Latvia for the first time. Documentary NEW Love and Loss: The Pandemic 5 Years On BBC1, 8pm Documentary looking back to when COVID-19 brought the world to a stop. OnDemand NEW David Blaine: Do Not Attempt Available today The magician travels the world to meet people who perform death-defying feats. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms & conditions: magazinesdirect.com/terms.…

Evening Planner Profile NEW Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future Sky Arts, 8pm Profile of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author, now seen as a visionary. Documentary NEW Brianna: A Mother’s Story ITV1, 9pm The mother of murdered trans teenager Brianna Ghey talks about how her death has sparked a campaign for change. OnDemand NEW Holland Available today Nicole Kidman stars in this unsettling thriller, about a teacher whose seemingly perfect life is turned on its head. OnDemand NEW Bosch: Legacy Available today Titus Welliver is back for the third and final season as PI Harry Bosch, investigating a missing family. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms & conditions: magazinesdirect.com/terms.…

NEW CRIME DRAMA Beyond Paradise Friday, 8pm, BBC1 In the last series of BBC1’s Beyond Paradise, DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) realised their long-awaited wedding day was becoming far too extravagant for their liking and ultimately decided to stay unmarried for the time being. As the Devon-set Death in Paradise spin-off begins its third outing, the couple remain deeply in love, but soon face new challenges. With Martha deciding to move her restaurant, Ten Mile Kitchen, to bigger premises, the couple find themselves struggling to make time for each other, which leaves them wondering if they can commit to fostering a child in the long-term as they’d hoped. Here, Marshall, 51, and Bretton, 44, tell TV&Satellite Week what’s in store for their characters… How are…

Toxic Town Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 4 Jodie Whittaker leads a peerless cast in the powerful true story of one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals – the negligent management of toxic waste in the former steel town of Corby in Northamptonshire that led to babies being born with physical abnormalities in the 1980s and 1990s. Whittaker stars as Susan McIntyre, one of several real-life mothers, played by among others The White Lotus’ Aimee Lou Wood and Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie, fighting a long battle to get justice for their affected children. Running Point Genre: Comedy Season: 1 Episodes: 10 A winning sports comedy, co-created by Mindy Kaling, starring Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon, who’s met with scepticism when she takes over running the family-owned LA Waves basketball team. Abbott Elementary Genre: Comedy  Season: 4 (part 1) Eps: 8 The US mockumentary…

The Hunt Monday 24 March Dutch drama inspired by the real-life murder of 16-year-old Marianne Vaatstra in 1999. The case gripped the Netherlands but remained unsolved until it was reopened in 2012. Each episode tells the story from a different person’s perspective, all connected to the case in some way, and looks at the impact of the killing on their lives. David Blaine: Do Not Attempt Monday 24 March Magician David Blaine goes around the world to discover amazing skills, which he then seeks to master. They include placing a knife inside his nostril and attempting to kiss a cobra on the head in an effort to push the boundaries of what is considered magic. See feature, p11. Con Mum Tuesday 25 March Documentary about renowned pastry chef Graham Hornigold,…

MOVIE OF THE WEEK SCI-FI ADVENTURE Available now, Netflix If you come to The Electric State knowing the illustrated book by artist Simon Stålenhag on which it is based, you are going to be disappointed. Prime Video’s Tales from the Loop does his quiet retro-futurism far more justice. If none of this means anything to you, though, then this adventure from the Russo brothers (Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame etc) is a playfully inventive journey. After a war between humans and once-subservient robots, all mechanised beings are forced into an enclosure called the Electric State, where people are not allowed. That’s not going to stop Millie Bobby Brown’s teen rebel, searching for her brother with the aid of Chris Pratt and their robot sidekicks. In their way are not just…

Evening Planner Athletics LIVE! World Athletics Indoor Championships BBC2, from 10.30am Team GB’s Amber Anning will be hoping to make it to tonight’s 400 metres final. Game Show NEW 99 to Beat ITV1, 6pm Brothers Adam and Ryan Thomas host this game show in which 100 players battle it out to be the last one standing. Entertainment NEW Big Night of Musicals BBC1, 6.50pm Jason Manford hosts as a stellar line-up of West End stars perform numbers from musicals including Cabaret and Titanique. Action Thriller PREMIERE Plane C4, 9.15pm Gerard Butler is well versed in action roles; here he plays a pilot who teams up with a suspected killer (Mike Colter). SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms & conditions: magazinesdirect.com/terms.…

Evening Planner Entertainment NEW A League of Their Own: The Rally Sky Max & Sky Showcase, 9pm (box set, Sky Box Sets) The team race from London to Turin. Travelogue NEW Neil & Martin’s Bon Voyage U&Gold, 9pm (box set, Sky Box Sets) The former Men Behaving Badly co-stars celebrate their 40-year friendship with a journey through southern France. Comedy Drama NEW The Change C4, 10pm & 10.30pm (box set, C4 online) Bridget Christie’s comedy returns, and Linda’s husband Steve has arrived to bring her home - will she go willingly? OnDemand NEW Con Mum Available today The unbelievable story that unfolded when chef Graham Hornigold, was contacted by a woman claiming to be his birth mother. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms & conditions:…

Evening Planner Crime Drama NEW Beyond Paradise BBC1, 8pm Following their crossover sketch with Not Going Out on Comic Relief, it’s business as usual for Humphrey and Martha. Documentary My Brain: After the Rupture BBC2, 9pm Following the recovery of broadcaster and musician Clemency Burton-Hill after suffering a brain haemorrhage in 2020. OnDemand NEW Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip Available today Eva Longoria stars. NEW The Life List Available today Sofia Carson (Carry-On) stars as Alex, who sets out to complete her teenage bucket list after her mother’s death. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms & conditions: magazinesdirect.com/terms.…

When Humphrey and Martha first moved to Shipton Abbott, Martha went into business with Archie Hughes (Strike Back’s Jamie Bamber), a charming local businessman who also happened to be her ex-boyfriend. Archie still carried a torch for Martha, but she made it clear his feelings weren’t reciprocated, and bought him out of the restaurant after he tried to kiss her. Archie was absent for the second series, and Bamber assumed that was the end of the character’s story – until he was approached about a comeback. ‘Characters are there to serve a purpose in the story, and I thought I’d done that in making Humphrey and Martha’s new life in Devon a little more complicated,’ Bamber, 51, tells TV&Satellite Week. ‘So I was delighted when Tim Key, the producer, threw…

Maxine Peake The Great Celebrity Bake Off Sunday, 7.40pm, C4 Born in Bolton in 1974, Maxine Peake played Twinkle in sitcom Dinnerladies (1998-2000) and starred as Veronica in Shameless (2004-07). In 2006, she gave a chilling portrayal as killer Myra Hindley in ITV true-crime drama See No Evil: The Moors Murders, and she has also had starring roles in Silk, Little Dorrit, Criminal Justice, Three Girls and Anne, plus episodes of Black Mirror and Inside No. 9. HER NEW APPEARANCE Peake heads to the famous tent for this week’s heat of The Great Celebrity Bake Off, going up against Roman Kemp, Sarah Beeny and Amelia Dimoldenberg. ‘It was lovely chatting to Paul Hollywood and Noel Fielding about Dinnerladies but I’m about as useful in the kitchen as Twinkle was!’ laughs…

Vladimir Rachel Weisz will star in Netflix’s blackly comic eight-part drama, based on Julia May Jonas’ novel, about a woman whose life is falling apart until she becomes fascinated by her intriguing new colleague and then sets about making her secret fantasies a reality. Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape from Now Paramount+’s feature-length documentary will see the rocker and his family reflect on his health challenges as he prepares to perform on stage with Black Sabbath for a final time. I Will Find You In Netflix’s adaptation of Harlan Coben’s novel, Sam Worthington will play a man serving a life sentence for murdering his son, even though he is innocent. But when he hears the son may be alive, he tries to break out of prison to find out more.…

ROMANTIC COMEDY Palm Springs Prime Video Following a random cosmic accident, wedding guests Adam Samberg and Cristin Milioti find themselves trapped in a time loop. The duo try to entertain themselves and escape their 24-hour prison, in the process falling for each other and evoking the wrath of a fellow guest… Though its Groundhog Day premise is hardly new, Palm Springs manages to be a heartfelt romcom, daffy time-travel adventure and even a pertinent morality tale. It’s terrific. 2020, 15, 90MIN ROMANTIC COMEDY Rye Lane Disney+ Just when the romcom looked out of juice, along comes this: a winning meet-cute on the streets of south London that feels like a perkier Notting Hill. Nothing links meek David Jonsson and free-spirited Vivian Oparah, but when she gatecrashes his awkward lunch date…

Evening Planner Motorsport LIVE! F1: Chinese Grand Prix Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports F1, race starts at 7am Can Lando Norris better last year’s second place finish in Shanghai this time? Drama NEW This City Is Ours BBC1, 9pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) James Nelson-Joyce stars as Michael, who starts to picture a life outside the gang he’s in when he falls for Diana. Thriller Protection ITV1, 9pm Nyles (Siobhan Finneran) takes drastic measures to protect her highly vulnerable witness, as the crime drama continues. Profile NEW Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness BBC2, 9pm Profile of the Liverpudlian comedian, using home movies and personal diaries. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms & conditions: magazinesdirect.com/terms.…

Evening Planner Documentary NEW Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks BBC1, 9pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) The actor meets a group of older people to teach them British Sign Language. OnDemand NEW The Studio Available today Comedy drama starring Seth Rogen as the new boss of Continental Studios, a job that may well destroy all he’s worked for. OnDemand NEW Side Quest Available today Mythic Quest spin-off anthology, featuring four stories of people whose lives have been affected by the video game. OnDemand NEW Million Dollar Secret Available today You can’t trust anyone in this new reality series, as one of the players has a million dollars - but who? SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms & conditions: magazinesdirect.com/terms.…