Innholdsfortegnelse for 10-May-25 i TV&Satellite Week

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EASTENDERS Kathy and Harvey’s affair is exposed… by Cindy The Slaters are forced to ditch their plans for a holiday when a camper van they were hoping to borrow is no longer available. But for Harvey, there are bigger problems to deal with when, out of the blue, Jean proposes. The shell-shocked cabby fails to give his partner an answer, and she flees in tears and confides in Kathy, whom Harvey is having an affair with. Later, when he tries to apologise to Jean for upsetting her, the gran mistakes his words for an acceptance. In a right two and eight, Harvey heads out to see his lover, but as he and Kathy share a kiss, Cindy spots them and records the intimate moment. She then gatecrashes a ‘welcome home’…

SCI-FI Doctor Who Saturday, 7.10pm, BBC1 An adventure steeped in the power of the spoken word awaits in this week’s Doctor Who as the TARDIS lands in Nigeria. After arriving in Lagos, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda (Varada Sethu) meet The Barber (Ariyon Bakare), whose shop is at the heart of the local community. But as they learn of an entity called the Spider, it’s clear that all is not peaceful there. ‘This was my favourite location of the season,’ says Gatwa, 32. ‘Lagos is where the Doctor goes to get his hair cut – which is also my favourite thing to do! Also, the TARDIS in Africa is a great thing.’ WORD POWER This week’s episode, The Story & the Engine, is written by Nigeria-born British playwright Inua…

Andor LAST ONE Available: Wednesday 14 May Genre: Sci-fi Season: 2 Eps: 10-12 An explosive final three episodes move events on a year as the massacre on Ghorman continues to send shock waves around the galaxy, leading to even greater rebellion against the Empire’s evil grip. With the help of flashbacks to explain their meaningful history, the first action-packed episode follows the subversive work of antiques dealer Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) and his assistant Kleya Marki (Elizabeth Dulau) on Coruscant, as Kleya is forced into a particularly important and dangerous mission. With his lover Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) leaving him in last week’s episodes, Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) is feeling lonely but also more willing to take risks to strike at the Empire – and he now has the newly reprogrammed droid K-2SO by his side…

NEW FACTUAL Inside Our ADHD Minds Monday, 9pm (times vary), BBC2 (box set, BBC iPlayer) Two years ago, Chris Packham gave TV viewers a vivid and moving insight into the experiences of people who, like him, have autism, in the award-winning documentary Inside Our Autistic Minds. Now, the 64-year-old is back with a two-part series that explores the experiences of people with the conditions ADHD and dyslexia. In the opener, he meets Henry and Jo, who both have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is characterised by an inability to focus, as well as impulsive and hyperactive behaviour. Jo, 51, is a council employee from Hertfordshire, and only received her diagnosis two years ago after finding the symptoms had been amplified by the menopause. After years of chopping and changing…

LIVE GOLF Thursday & Friday, from 1pm, Sky Sports Golf & Sky Sports Main Event After taking a well-earned break following his thrilling triumph at the Masters in April, Rory McIlroy returns to the fairways this week when he tees off at the PGA Championship, the second major of the year. Having finally claimed the green jacket at Augusta to complete a historic career grand slam, the 36-year-old will be brimming with confidence at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. ‘If I keep playing the way I am, anything is possible,’ says McIlroy, who has won the PGA Championship twice, in 2012 and 2014. ‘If I produced the shots I needed over the last few holes at Augusta, then I am capable of doing anything in this game.’ No…

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NEW SCI-FI Murderbot From Fri 16 May, Apple TV+ (first two eps from Fri 16 May, then weekly) It may have a sinister-sounding name, but there’s nothing to fear from Alexander Skarsgård’s tough-looking cyborg Murderbot in Apple TV+’s action-packed sci-fi comedy. Based on the novels by Martha Wells, the 10-part series is set in the distant future when humans have colonised the solar system and interstellar travel is common. It’s a time where cyborgs are used for all kinds of tasks, including security, construction and moving cargo. But when a security cyborg – or SecUnit – manages to secretly override a piece of programming that ensures it obeys orders, a whole new world opens up to the bot… Calling itself Murderbot, the android is acutely aware of what will happen…

DRAMA The Handmaid’s Tale Saturday, 9pm, C4; & Prime Video After leaping from a train to escape a vengeful mob in last week’s opener to the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale, Serena Joy Waterford appears to have landed well and truly on her feet. This week, the once-powerful figure in Gilead miraculously finds shelter at a remote settlement for women and children in a place called Canaan, where she and her baby boy, Noah, are welcomed with open arms. Going by the name of Rachel, Serena, played by Yvonne Strahovski, finds a chance to rediscover herself in this faith-based community built on empathy and care. SPLIT LOYALTIES But when Commander Joseph Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) and his new wife, Naomi (Ever Carradine), track her down a few months later with…

NEW CRIME DRAMA Long Bright River From Sunday 11 May, Channel 4 Streaming Known for bubbly roles in Mean Girls and Mamma Mia!, Amanda Seyfried won a new army of fans with her Emmy-winning performance as real-life tech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes in 2022’s The Dropout. Now, the 39-year-old star is diving into much darker territory with a gritty crime thriller that’s being hailed as the next Mare of Easttown. Adapted from Liz Moore’s 2020 novel, eight-parter Long Bright River – which is also due to air weekly on C4 from next week – follows Mickey Fitzpatrick (Seyfried), a tenacious, compassionate beat cop who patrols the blue-collar, high-crime Philadelphia neighbourhood of Kensington, which is grappling with the opioid crisis. In the first episode, Mickey is called to the scene of an overdose…

Here’s an early look at Netflix’s much-anticipated adaptation of Richard Osman’s novel The Thursday Murder Club. Available from Thursday 28 August, the film, directed by Chris Columbus and produced by Steven Spielberg, is based on the first of Osman’s bestselling whodunnits about a group of pensioners who come together to try to crack unsolved crimes. Dame Helen Mirren plays former spy Elizabeth, alongside Celia Imrie as one-time nurse Joyce, Pierce Brosnan as exunion worker Ron, and Sir Ben Kingsley as retired psychiatrist Ibrahim. But when a body is discovered on the grounds of their retirement community, the quartet face danger as they battle to unmask the killer. UNDERESTIMATED Naomi Ackie co-stars as local cop Donna De Freitas, who befriends the senior-citizen sleuths. Meanwhile, Henry Lloyd-Hughes is enigmatic Bogdan, Sir Jonathan…

Brenda Blethyn C4’s adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novel A Woman of Substance will see the actor play driven Emma Harte, who moves from rags to riches across the 20th century. Jessica Reynolds is the young Emma. Sam Claflin In U&Drama’s version of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, the actor will portray a sailor who escapes prison and assumes an aristocratic identity before undertaking a vengeful mission. Keeley Hawes The actor will star in C4’s drama Falling, penned byJack Thorne, in which she plays a nun who starts to have feelings for a Catholic priest (Paapa Essiedu). Rakie Ayola and Jason Watkins also appear. Coming Back U&W’s Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake is returning for a Christmas special and two more series, which will once again see the…

NEW AWARDS BAFTA Television Awards Sunday, 7pm, BBC1 With a host of top shows including Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, One Day, Baby Reindeer and Rivals, 2024 was a brilliant year for TV. This year’s BAFTA Television Awards celebrates the best of the best, with actor and The Traitors US star Alan Cumming hosting the event for the first time from London’s Royal Festival Hall. Here, Cumming, 60, tells TV&Satellite Week more about his hopes for the big night… This is your first time hosting the TV BAFTAs. Are you excited or nervous? Both! Initially you think, ‘Oh, that’s so fun, what an honour,’ then you realise it’s with a crowd of people who are all your peers. But it’s like throwing a party, and I like having gatherings and…

NEW THRILLER The Game Monday-Thursday, 9pm, 5 A retired detective suspects his new neighbour is a serial killer he failed to catch in 5’s latest psychological thriller The Game. Airing over consecutive nights this week, the four-parter follows former DI Huw Miller (Jason Watkins), who can’t settle into retirement because he remains haunted by the memories of a case he couldn’t solve – that of a murderer dubbed The Ripton Stalker, who toyed with his victims before killing them. When the enigmatic Patrick Harbottle (Robson Green) moves into a house on his street following the previous occupier’s apparent suicide, Huw is startled when Patrick utters the phrase, ‘Catch you later’ – the sinister sign-off that the killer used to taunt Huw. Huw is confident he’s got his man, and as…

NEW 25 Years of Location, Location, Location Wednesday, 9pm, C4 Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp take over C4 on Wednesday as they celebrate 25 years of their property show. They also reunite for a new series of Location, Location, Location (8pm), a collection of out-takes, Kirstie & Phil: Bleeps, Bloops & Best Bits (10pm), and a showing of the first-ever episode (10.30pm). ‘We are genuinely great friends,’ says Spencer. ‘That’s why we’ve done the show for so long.’ LIVE Eurovision Semi-Finals Tuesday & Thursday, 8pm, BBC1 Scott Mills and Rylan Clark are on commentary duties in Basel, Switzerland, as this year’s contest gets under way. Across the two preliminary heats, 31 countries are competing for 20 available spots in the grand final on Saturday17 May, where they’ll join pre-qualified ‘Big…

NEW Hysteria! Available: Friday 16 May Genre: Comedy horror Season: 1 Episodes: 8 (first three episodes from Friday 16 May, then weekly) If you like Stranger Things, you might want to check out Paramount+’s supernatural comedy-horror series Hysteria!, which follows a group of teenage metalheads caught up in a demonic killing in the late 1980s. Set in the fictional town of Happy Hollow, the eight-parter focuses on outsiders Dylan (Emjay Anthony), Spud (Kezii Curtis) and Jordy (Chiara Aurelia). Bullied and teased by the cool kids at their high school, the trio put all their energies into their rock band. After the ritualistic killing of the town’s star quarterback, the local community is terrified that a satanic cult is responsible. As police chief Ben Dandridge (The Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell) tries to keep everyone calm, Dylan seeks to benefit…

NEW FACTUAL Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire Sunday, 9pm, BBC2 A day of celebration became a day of devastation on 11 May 1985 when newly promoted Third Division champions Bradford City took on Lincoln City in their last home match of the season at their Valley Parade stadium. Just before half-time, a small fire was spotted in the stadium’s wooden main stand. Within minutes, it had grown into a raging inferno, trapping hundreds of fans inside. ‘I remember looking at the back of my hands and seeing the skin bubbling up,’ recalls Bradford City supporter Matthew Wildman, who was 17 years old at the time of the disaster and suffered 50% burns. ‘I collapsed on the floor and this lad carried me towards the pitch, and I threw myself over…

PREMIERE Rebellious Available from Sunday, Sky Premiere It’s a fairytale as old as time: princess - tick; handsome suitor and his faithful steed - tick; an evil sorceror and a dragon - tick, tick. No need to worry, though - this story has been updated for a new generation of wannabe princesses and their princes. Princess Mina hatches her own plans to free herself after she’s kidnapped, while husband-to-be Ronan uses his brains rather than his brawn to help out. With obvious nods to some Disney classics-it’s fun trying to spot them all! - this is great fun. The Super Mario Bros. Movie Available now, Netflix If you’ve not yet caught this animated adventure based on the super popular Nintendo game, you have a powered-up treat in store! Brothers Mario and…

Fountain of Youth In Apple TV+’s action film, John Krasinski and Natalie Portman play siblings on an epic quest. Code of Silence ITV1’s thriller sees Rose Ayling-Ellis as a deaf woman helping the police nail a criminal gang. Eurovision As the grand final gets under way in Basel on BBC1, Remember Monday fly the flag for the UK. The Bombing of Pan Am 103 Connor Swindells and Lauren Lyle star in the BBC1 drama.…