Innholdsfortegnelse for 19-Jul-25 i TV&Satellite Week

Washington Black NEW Available: Wednesday 23 July Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 8 The globetrotting journey of a gifted young boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation is told in Disney+’s ambitious period drama Washington Black, which follows the youngster as he battles persecution and pursues liberty against the odds. We first meet George Washington ‘Wash’ Black as a 19-year-old in 1837 when he is living incognito in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and developing a revolutionary flying machine, which he plans to exhibit in London. However, the arrival of bounty hunters brandishing a ‘Wanted’ poster with an image of his younger self brings Wash face to face with his brutal childhood… ‘This is a story about a curious, intelligent young boy born on a plantation in Barbados who manages to escape and goes on this epic, larger-than-life adventure,’…

Smoke Available: From Fri 25 July Genre: Thriller Season: 1 Episode: 6 of 9 (released weekly) As the blazes continue to rage across Umberland, the net begins closing in on the fire starters in this week’s episode of Apple TV+’s thrilling drama series Smoke. Detective Michelle Calderone (Jurnee Smollett) is digging deeper into the Old Sully fire that killed four people and was ruled by arson investigator Dave Gudsen (Taron Egerton) to be caused by an electrical fault. SUSPICIONS Dave’s ex-partner Ezra Esposito (John Leguizamo) was always convinced that Dave was an arsonist, but fire chief Harvey Englehart (Greg Kinnear) never took Ezra’s claims seriously. So how would it affect him if Ezra’s hunches prove true? ‘He would have his heart broken,’ reveals Kinnear, 62. ‘Harvey has a long-standing friendship…

Live Aid at 40 BBC2’s docuseries marking the anniversary of the legendary gigs sees Bob Geldof (above) reflect on how David Bowie encouraged him to broadcast a film during the concerts, which showed children whose lives were devastated by the famine. Insomnia In 5’s thriller, lawyer Emma (Vicky McClure, above) struggles to sleep in the run-up to her 40th birthday, which scares her, as the same thing happened to her mother, who had a psychotic breakdown. Then her behaviour takes a disturbing turn… The Walking Dead: Dead City The return of Sky’s spin-off finds Maggie (Lauren Cohan, above) facing a fight with a group of walkers, while Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is manipulated into rallying New York’s gangs to combat the attack. Jimmy Doherty’s Big Bear Rescue As he rehomes…

Comedy Drama PREMIERE Sacramento Sky Premiere, 6.30am & 3.30pm Michael Angarano and Michael Cera play two friends who set off on a road trip to find themselves. With Kristen Stewart. Rugby Union LIVE! Australia v British & Irish Lions: 1st Test Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports The Lions, kick-off 11am Coverage of the Wallabies v the Lions. Athletics LIVE! Diamond League: London BBC1, 1.15pm & BBC iPlayer The 11th meeting of the season should feature Olympic champion Noah Lyles of the USA in action in the 100 metres. OnDemand NEW Krays: London Gangsters Available today Docuseries about the notorious Kray brothers, featuring never-before-heard audio tapes.…

Football LIVE! Women’s Euro 2025 BBC1 or ITV1, kick-off 8pm Tonight’s semi-final takes place at Geneva’s Stade de Genève, with the winner through to the final on Sunday. Travelogue Coastal Adventures with Helen, Jules and JB 5, 8pm JB is in Norfolk, tracking the journey of Colman’s mustard from farm to factory. Crime Drama My Life Is Murder U&Alibi, 9pm Bill Bailey guest stars in tonight’s episode of the whodunnit, as Alexa tries to solve the mystery of a businessman’s demise. OnDemand NEW Trainwreck: PI Moms Available today This episode of the Trainwreck strand focuses on a group of ‘soccer moms’ who were recruited as PIs.…

Superhero Drama PREMIERE Kraven the Hunter Sky Premiere, 10.50am & 8pm Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as Marvel antihero Kraven, who uses the senses and strength of animals to hunt bad’uns. Comedy NEW Here We Go BBC1, 9pm & 9.30pm (box set, iPlayer) More chaos is on the cards for the Jessop family, as the sitcom returns for a third series. Katherine Parkinson stars. OnDemand NEW The Assassin Available today Keeley Hawes stars as a former assassin whose estranged son finds about her dark past. With Freddie Highmore. OnDemand NEW Happy Gilmore 2 Available today Almost 30 years on from the original, Adam Sandler’s Happy is in need of funds, so makes a golfing comeback. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms & conditions: magazinesdirect.com/terms.…

NEW CRIME DRAMA S.W.A.T. Sunday, 9pm, Sky Max & Sky Showcase US drama S.W.A.T. returns for an action-packed eighth and final season this week – or does it? Given that the high-octane show was also cancelled after its sixth and seven seasons, only to be granted a reprieve each time, perhaps Sergeant Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson (Shemar Moore) and his Special Weapons and Tactics unit aren’t hanging up their firearms just yet. ‘After Season 6, we got cancelled on a Friday and uncancelled on the Monday,’ says David Lim, who plays former vice-squad officer Victor Tan. ‘And once Season 7 ended, I was ready to say goodbye – then it was announced that we were coming back!’ But if this really is the end, the cast promise to go out on…

Smoke Genre: Thriller Season: 1 Episodes: 9 (released weekly) Rocketman’s Taron Egerton stars as Dave Gudsen, a former firefighter turned arson investigator, who is reluctantly paired with ambitious detective Michelle Calderone (Lovecraft Country’s Jurnee Smollett) in the hunt for two serial arsonists in America’s Pacific Northwest. Egerton and Smollett give rich performances as the troubled pair in a dark thriller brimming with tension, while a major plot twist fairly early on turns everything on its head in a series inspired by a real-life pyromaniac. See feature, page 16. Squid Game Genre: Thriller Season: 3 Episodes: 6 The dystopian Korean survival drama reaches its thrilling conclusion with Gi-hun, AKA Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae, right), more determined than ever to bring down the deadly game’s Front Man (Lee Byung-hun). Murderer Behind the Mask Genre: Documentary Season: 1 Episodes: 2 A harrowing account of the murder of 36-year-old…

Critical: Between Life and Death NEW Available: Wednesday 23 July Genre: Documentary Season: 1 Episodes: 6 A sunny day in south London turned into a nightmare last summer when four people were injured in a funfair-ride accident. The story is retold in the opener of this new series about the work of the London Major Trauma System (LMTS). After couple Alison and Nick took their seats on a ride, Alison’s sister Claire watched on in horror as the attraction suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure. ‘I saw heads and bodies bashing into the railings, like crash-test dummies,’ she recalls. ‘The whole of the side of Nick’s face was open – just this big hole.’ Alison was taken to nearby King’s College Hospital in Camberwell, while Nick was admitted to St George’s in Tooting, so each could be treated…

Krays: London’s Gangsters Saturday 19 July Two-part documentary series on twins Ronald and Reginald Kray, who built a notorious criminal empire in the 1950s and 1960s in London. Justice on Trial Monday 21 July Court is back in session as Judy Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, presides over re-creations of eight landmark criminal cases in the American justice system to explore whether the right verdicts were delivered. Millers in Marriage Monday 21 July Drama about three siblings, the Millers, played by Edward Burns (who also directs and writes), Gretchen Mol and Julianna Margulies as they navigate relationships, careers and personal fulfilment. With Minnie Driver, Campbell Scott and Benjamin Bratt. Trainwreck: P.I. Moms Tuesday 22 July Documentary. In the 2000s, a group of Californian ‘soccer moms’ were trained by a…

FAMILY COMEDY From Tuesday, to buy or rent from digital stores, including Prime Video and Sky Store Disney’s 2002 animated movie about the friendship between a lonely six-year-old girl and an anarchic alien is the latest to get the live-action treatment and, unlike some of Disney’s recent remakes, the result largely captures the qualities that made the original so beloved. As before, the furry blue extraterrestrial, genetically engineered to be an agent of destruction, crash lands on Hawaii pursued by the scientist who designed him, Dr Jumba (Zach Galifianakis), accompanied by nerdy researcher Pleakley (Billy Magnussen). Before they can lay hands on him, however, the havoc-wreaking creature gets himself adopted and named Stitch by the equally rambunctious Lilo (Maia Keloaha, wonderful), who has been sowing her own brand of mayhem…

LIVE CRICKET From Wednesday, Sky Sports Cricket & Sky Sports Main Event Fans at Old Trafford should be in for a treat when the sides reconvene for the fourth match of India’s five-Test tour. So far, the fascinating series has seen some outstanding individual performances, including Shubman Gill’s history-making 269 in the second Test, an innings that set a new record for the highest individual Test score by an Indian captain. He’d earlier also passed the milestone of 2,000 runs in Test cricket. Other highlights have included England’s Jamie Smith’s five boundaries in a single over at Edgbaston as the Surrey star smashed a century in just 80 balls – the joint-third-fastest 100 by an England player and the fastest by an England wicketkeeper. LIVE GOLF LIV Golf UK Friday, ITVX…

Crime Drama NEW Karen Pirie ITV1, 8pm (box set, ITVX) Lauren Lyle returns as Val McDermid’s DI Karen Pirie, who is called upon to reinvestigate a 40-year-old kidnapping. Thriller NEW The Veil C4, 9pm (box set, C4 Streaming) Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) is a veteran MI6 agent tasked with identifying an ISIS threat in this spy thriller. Crime Drama NEW S.W.A.T. Sky Max & Sky Showcase, 9pm The action drama returns for an eighth and final series, and the team’s latest mission is a personal one for Hondo. Drama NEW The Narrow Road to the Deep North BBC1, 9.15pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Jacob Elordi stars in this WW2 drama as an Australian PoW in the Far East. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms…

Football LIVE! Women’s Euro 2025 BBC1 or ITV1, kick-off 8pm Live action from the second semi-final at Stadion Letzigrun in Zurich, as two teams battle it out for a place in Sunday’s final. OnDemand NEW Washington Black Available today Following the story of a young boy from Barbados to the wider world, this is an adventure of epic proportions. OnDemand NEW Critical: Between Life and Death Available today Cameras follow trauma teams at the Royal London Hospital. OnDemand NEW Tin Soldier Available today Scott Eastwood stars as a former soldier who has to face his demons and infiltrate the cult he once fled. With Jamie Foxx.…

Damian Richard Dormer Julie’s indestructible handler in the contract-killing business has built a successful career without getting his hands dirty. Sean Jack Davenport Another contract killer working under Damian’s umbrella of agents, quick-witted Sean’s relationship with Julie goes way back. Marie Gina Gershon A mysterious character who guards long-held secrets, loves graphic novels and is driven by a deep-rooted anger. Luka Gerald Kyd The easy-going local butcher, who is used to Julie’s high-handed ways, unexpectedly finds himself forced to cooperate with her. Aaron Alan Dale Driven by power, the billionaire made his fortune in the mining industry but struggles to keep his business and personal lives separate. Kayla Shalom Brune-Franklin Fiercely loyal, Aaron’s daughter works in the charitable arm of the family business and is a force for good. Ezra…

Dexter: Resurrection From Friday 25 July, Paramount+ Born in New Jersey in1969, Peter Dinklage won four Emmys and a Golden Globe for his performance as Tyrion Lannister (inset) in fantasy drama Game of Thrones (2011-19). In 2018, he played 1970s James Bond actor Hervé Villechaize in one-off TV biopic My Dinner with Hervé alongside Jamie Dornan. On the big screen, he starred in 2022’s Cyrano and voiced talking goat Dr Dillamond in last year’s box-office smash Wicked. HIS NEW ROLE This week, Dinklage joins Episode 4 of Dexter: Resurrection as billionaire venture capitalist Leon Prater. After Dexter (Michael C Hall) acquires an invitation to attend a dinner party for individuals who share similar dark urges, he’s introduced to Leon and learns that Leon’s fascination with the macabre extends to owning many…

Idris Elba Netflix’s as-yet-untitled documentary will see the actor (above) join King Charles III to celebrate 50 years of the King’s Trust – previously known as the Prince’s Trust – and its work with young people, as he reveals how a grant from the charity helped him to study acting. I’m Glad My Mom Died Jennifer Aniston (above) will star in Apple TV+’s 10-part dramedy, inspired by Jennette McCurdy’s memoir about a self-centred mother and her complex relationship with her teenage daughter, who is the star of a successful children’s TV show. What’s in the Box In Netflix’s six-part game show, airing from December, Neil Patrick Harris (above) will oversee proceedings as pairs of contestants answer trivia questions and try to guess what’s inside a variety of giant boxes, with…

SCI-FI COMEDY Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes Prime Video A wonderful zippy, trippy sci-fi flick from Japan which starts with a basic premise and fires it into outer space. Cafe owner Kazunari Tosa learns his TV monitor in his shop shows what is happening two minutes into the future. Soon he’s forced to share this phenomena with a collection of friends until the whole thing spins into insanity. Filmed on iPhones as a single take, it’s delirious fun and, at a lightning fast 70 minutes, cheerfully gallops along. Subtitled. 2020, 12, 70MIN MYSTERY THRILLER Following BFI Player Director Christopher Nolan’s debut feature is a low-budget gem. Following people out of curiosity, writer Jeremy Theobald becomes involved with Alex Haw, who appears to be a thief and draws Theobald into a…

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Factual NEW Fake or Fortune? BBC1, 9pm As the series returns, Fiona Bruce meets carer Barry, who thinks he may have found a lost work by Winston Churchill. Comedy NEW Mandy BBC2, 10pm & 10.15pm (box set, iPlayer) The return of Diane Morgan’s short-form comedy sees the hapless Mandy Carter still on the hunt for suitable employment. OnDemand NEW Justice on Trial Available today Judy Sheindlin, best known as Judge Judy, presides over recreations of eight real-life trials. OnDemand NEW Millers in Marriage Available today Edward Burns wrote, directs and stars in this drama about siblings navigating marital ups and downs. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit: www.tvandsatsubs.com/D67K * Terms & conditions: magazinesdirect.com/terms.…

Cookery NEW Tom Kerridge Cooks Spain ITV1, 8.30pm The chef sets off on a road trip across Spain in his food truck starting in the Bay of Biscay, known for its fresh seafood. Drama NEW Unforgivable BBC2, 9pm A family is struggling to come to terms with the aftermath of abuse in this one-off drama. With Anna Maxwell Martin. Documentary NEW One Day in Southport C4, 9pm The harrowing events of 29 July 2024, when a mass stabbing at a dance class in Southport left three young girls dead. Comedy NEW Mr Bigstuff Sky Max & Sky Showcase, 9pm & 9.30pm (box set, Sky Box Sets) As the series returns, Lee and Glen are on a mission to track down their dad. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: 6 ISSUES FOR £1* Simply visit:…