Innholdsfortegnelse for 17-May-25 i TV&Satellite Week

Dick Marquise Patrick J. Adams The FBI analyst is keen to work with the Scottish authorities in order to get to the truth. DCS John Orr Peter Mullan The Scottish police chief is unwilling to cede control of the investigation to either London or Washington. Tom Thurman Eddie Marsan The American explosives expert plays a crucial role in proving Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed out of the sky. Kathryn Turman Merritt Wever The FBI officer helps transform the bureau and Department of Justice to be more compassionate. Moira Shearer Phyllis Logan The local is one of the ‘laundry ladies’ who offers to repair victims’ belongings before they are returned to their families. DCI Harry Bell Tony Curran The detective plays an important role when the investigation leads to Libyan…

Little Disasters Available: Thursday 22 May Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 6 When a baby girl is rushed to hospital suffering life-threatening head injuries, a friendship group of parents is ripped apart in psychological thriller Little Disasters. Based on the bestselling novel by Sarah Vaughan, the six-parter stars Troy and Inglourious Basterds actor Diane Kruger as devoted mother of three Jess, whose youngest child, Betsy, has sustained catastrophic injuries while under her care at home. Meanwhile, Jess’ good friend Liz (Jo Joyner), who has known Jess since they met 10 years ago at an antenatal class, is a doctor working in the A&E department the night Betsy is brought in. ‘Jess doesn’t seem to know what happened to Betsy and can’t explain her injuries’, says former EastEnders star Joyner. ‘As a doctor, Liz has protocol to follow…

NEW Tucci in Italy Available: Mon 19 May Genre: Travelogue Season: 1 Episodes: 5 Hot off the success of his BBC2 series Searching for Italy, Stanley Tucci is back for seconds in a deliciously entertaining five-part series exploring his ancestral homeland. Airing on both Disney+ and National Geographic, Tucci in Italy follows the actor, author and full-time foodie on a mouth-watering exploration of the deep connections between Italian cuisine, culture and landscape across five diverse regions. Here, TV&Satellite Week chews the fat with Tucci, 64, about his culinary adventures… What can we expect from this new series? I really wanted to show Italy in a way that people haven’t seen before because it’s incredibly complex. It’s not just pizza, pasta, sunshine, mandolins and the Mafia. There’s much more than that. You’ll also see me eat a lot of…

Malpractice Psychiatric registrar Dr James Ford (Tom Hughes) must undergo interrogation from the Medical Investigation Unit in the second run of ITV1’s drama after he rushes an assessment of a troubled mum so he can help another patient… Dead Man Walking In 5’s documentary, broadcaster Dan Walker visits a state penitentiary in Texas and speaks to killer Charles Thompson, who has been waiting to be executed for more than two decades. He also meets the son of one of Thompson’s victims. The Handmaid’s Tale As the final run starts on C4 and Prime Video, June (Elisabeth Moss) is on a refugee train with nemesis Serena (Yvonne Strahovski). But when Serena gets embroiled in an altercation, it is left to June to try to protect her. The Trial 5’s drama, set…

NEW FACTUAL The British Blood Scandal: Poisoned at School Tuesday, 9pm, ITV1 When Angela Newcombe’s son Neil was offered specialist treatment at a highly regarded boarding school, which included a dedicated medical team, the family were understandably delighted. Neil had haemophilia, a condition where the blood doesn’t clot properly, and he was among a group of children with haemophilia invited to attend the Lord Mayor Treloar College in Hampshire. During the 1970s and 1980s, the school offered haemophiliac pupils a new ‘miracle cure’ called Factor VIII, with NHS treatment on site and the chance to live a normal childhood. Yet Factor VIII, which came from donated plasma imported from the United States, was infected with hepatitis and HIV viruses. And although NHS clinicians knew the risks, they continued treating pupils,…

LIVE FOOTBALL Crystal Palace v Manchester City Sat, kick-off 4.30pm, BBC1 & ITV1 Crystal Palace fans will be hoping it’s a case of third time lucky for their beloved Eagles when Oliver Glasner’s side run out onto the hallowed Wembley turf for the FA Cup final on Saturday afternoon. Founded in 1905, Palace have reached the final only twice before, in 1990 and 2016, losing to Manchester United on both occasions – but this time they’ll be facing the blue half of Manchester when they take on a Pep Guardiola side that has fallen below its usual high standards this season. City won’t want to miss out on their last chance of silverware. The seven-time winners showed glimmers of their old form when they defeated Nottingham Forest in their semi-final…

NEW ACTION DRAMA Fountain of Youth From Friday 23 May, Apple TV+ With age-old mysteries, exotic locations and jaw-dropping stunts, director Guy Ritchie delivers Indiana Jones-style thrills in family friendly action-adventure film Fountain of Youth. The globe-trotting caper follows squabbling treasure hunters Luke (John Krasinski) and Charlotte Purdue (Natalie Portman), estranged siblings who reunite for a wild expedition to unearth ancient secrets and find the mythological fountain of youth. Luke is a daring, rule-breaking artefact hunter, while Charlotte enjoys her grounded, stable life as an art curator in London. But when Luke steals artwork from his sister’s gallery and upends her whole world, Charlotte has little choice but to join Luke’s madcap mission funded by terminally ill billionaire Owen Carver (Domhnall Gleeson). As their puzzle-solving heist spans Bangkok, Vienna, London…

NEW DRAMA Code of Silence Sunday & Monday, 9pm, ITV1 (box set, ITVX) After her acclaimed performance in BBC1 thriller Reunion, former EastEnders actor Rose Ayling-Ellis takes the lead role in ITV1’s six-part crime drama Code of Silence as a lip-reader who puts herself in harm’s way while helping the police. Working in the canteen at a Canterbury police station, cash-strapped Alison Brooks (Ayling-Ellis) dreams of a more interesting life and is tired of being underestimated because she is deaf. However, an opportunity to prove herself arrives when DS Ashleigh Francis (Ghosts’ Charlotte Ritchie) asks Alison to use her lip-reading skills to assist in an ongoing investigation. DS Francis and her colleague DI James Marsh (Broadchurch star Andrew Buchan) are keeping tabs on a criminal gang they suspect is planning…

Étoile Genre: Comedy drama Season: 1 Episodes: 8 Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, the team behind The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, turn their attention to the world of contemporary ballet in this sharply written comedy drama. Two world-renowned but struggling dance companies – one in New York, the other in Paris – agree to swap their best dancers and choreographers for a year. But the personnel involved are less than enamoured with the idea, as New York director Jack (Mrs. Maisel’s Luke Kirby) and his opposite number in Paris, Geneviève (Charlotte Gainsbourg), quickly discover. Carlos Alcaraz: My Way Genre: Documentary Season: 1 Episodes: 3 As cameras follow the Wimbledon champion during the 2024 season, he opens up about trying to balance the demands of being a top tennis player with enjoying life off court with his friends and family. Pangolin: Kulu’s…

Nine Perfect Strangers NEW Available: Thursday 22 May Genre: Drama Season: 2 Episodes: 8 (first two episodes from 22 May, then weekly) A new batch of strangers step into the world of mysterious wellness guru Masha Dmitrichenko in the second run of the hit Prime Video thriller. Playing out over the course of a week, the new eight-part season sees the group arrive at exclusive retreat Zauberwald in the Austrian Alps as they prepare to transform themselves and shed light on their past lives. Masha (Nicole Kidman) has relocated to Europe in a bid to escape legal issues in America. Last time out, she controversially microdosed her clients at her Californian spa with psychedelics. This time, the nine strangers – including billionaire David Sharpe, played by Mark Strong – are connected in ways they could never imagine.…

The Wimbledon Killer Sunday 18 May Docuseries about the murder of 23-year-old Rachel Nickell, who was stabbed to death in broad daylight on Wimbledon Common on 15 July 1992 in front of her two-year-old son, and the ensuing bungled police investigation that concentrated on an innocent man, Colin Stagg. Tucci in Italy Monday 19 May The Devil Wears Prada’s Stanley Tucci journeys through Italy, delving into the heart of the country’s culinary traditions to discover what makes each region unique. Along the way, he meets fellow foodies, farmers, fishermen and artisans, sharing meals and hearing untold stories. Also airing weekly on National Geographic from Wednesday 21 May at 8pm. See feature, page 16. Untold: The Fall of Favre Tuesday 20 May Documentary about former American footballer Brett Favre. A Super…

FANTASY COMEDY From Monday, to buy or rent from digital stores including Sky Store and Prime Video Hollywood films have been mined from the unlikeliest of sources in recent years and turned out to be unexpected cinematic gems. Just think of The Lego Movie and Barbie. A Minecraft Movie isn’t in the same league as those, but this goofy fantasy adventure comedy based on the bestselling videogame of all time has been such a hit with its young target audience that its recent cinema release has seen it breaking records at the box office as well. Even the game’s devotees, however, will find the film’s set up clunky, with Jack Black doing a ton of exposition to explain how his character, Steve, has ended up in the cubist Minecraft universe…

An historic treble is on the cards when Chelsea and Manchester United meet at Wembley on Sunday afternoon for the Women’s FA Cup Final (kick-off 1.30pm, BBC1). The London side will start as favourites as the Blues bid to add the Cup to the Women’s Super League and League Cup wins they bagged earlier in the season. Chelsea, who have been virtually unbeatable since French coach Sonia Bompastor took over last year, are aiming for a fourth Cup victory in five years, while holders United are appearing in a third successive final and seeking revenge for a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in 2023. This season, the Blues won both fixtures in the WSL, albeit narrowly, with Lucy Bronze scoring the only goal of the match when they met in April.…

The Brontës by Anita Rani: Sisters of Disruption NEW Tuesday, 9pm, Sky Arts Broadcaster Anita Rani made her name hosting BBC1’s Watchdog (2009-10) and C4’s antiques series Four Rooms (2011-15). She competed in Strictly Come Dancing in 2015, fronted C4’s 2021 quiz The Answer Trap, and is a regular presenter on BBC1’s Countryfile (inset). HER NEW SHOW This week, Rani presents a one-off documentary reflecting on the influence that authors Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë had on her when she was growing up in Bradford, West Yorkshire, close to where the sisters had lived in Haworth. She also explores how the siblings pushed boundaries with novels such as Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. ‘I’ve always been a fan of the Brontës,’ says Rani, 47. ‘They…

Little House on the Prairie Netflix’s adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books about growing up with her close-knit family in the American Midwest during the 19th century sees Alice Halsey as Laura, with Luke Bracey and Crosby Fitzgerald (above) as her parents. Greyhound A sequel to Apple TV+’s World War Two drama is reportedly due to start filming next year with Tom Hanks (above) writing the script and reprising his role as US Navy commander Captain Ernest Krause, whose crew will face action on the Normandy beaches and in the Pacific. Kill Jackie Daniel Ings (above) will play an uptight lawyer in Prime Video’s thriller, which follows a wealthy woman (Catherine Zeta-Jones) as she battles hitmen who are targeting her. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Julian Barratt, Jonathan Cake and…

Rematch NEW Available: Wednesday 21 May Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 8 The Queen’s Gambit became an unexpected hit for Netflix, turning its lead actor Anya Taylor-Joy into a global star and boosting interest in chess around the world. Now, there’s a new chess-based drama on Disney+ starring Christian Cooke as Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. Set in the late 1990s, Rematch focuses on the true story of the battle between the then world chess champion and an IBM supercomputer dubbed Deep Blue, which was programmed to calculate more than 200 million moves per second. At the time, IBM was losing sales and the firm set its sights on Deep Blue beating Kasparov to increase publicity and company stock. ‘Kasparov had played Deep Blue in 1996 and won, but the following year IBM offered him a lot…

NEW TRAVELOGUE Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet Wednesday, 9pm, More4 Sir David Suchet has always felt connected to Agatha Christie, having played her shrewd Belgian detective Hercule Poirot on TV for nearly 25 years. Now, the actor is touring the world to learn more about the iconic crime writer. More4’s five-parter Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet sees the star journey to locations in Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Canada that the author, then aged 31, visited in 1922 when she accompanied her first husband, Archie Christie, on a mission to promote the 1924 British Empire Exhibition. Along the way, Suchet takes photos with a camera similar to one owned by his photographer grandfather James ‘Jimmy’ Jarché. ‘Every day, I almost had two…

MYSTERY THRILLER Blink Twice Prime Video Down-on-her-luck Naomi Ackie accepts an invitation from billionaire Channing Tatum to stay at his private island. But it’s soon clear that something is amiss… Taking a thrilling leap from acting to directing, Zoë Kravitz’s clever thriller takes its time revealing what is going on. Meanwhile, the scintillating Ackie and Tatum receive pitch-perfect support from Adria Arjona, Alia Shawkat, Haley Joel Osment and Christian Slater. 2024, 15, 103MIN CRIME DRAMA Cherry AppleTV+ Tom Holland stars against type in this expletive-filled, artfully gritty and frequently shocking drama. He plays a promising student who returns from a stint in the US army suffering from PTSD. Falling victim to a spiralling drug addiction, the subsequent debt eventually sees him robbing banks to survive. It can be grim, but…