Innholdsfortegnelse for 27-Sep-25 i TV&Satellite Week

NEW Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain Sunday, 8.20pm, BBC2 (box set, BBC iPlayer) Born in Texas in 1975, Eva Longoria began as a soap star on The Young and the Restless before her breakthrough role as cheating Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives (2004-12). Since then, she’s guest-starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Empire and Only Murders in the Building and toured Mexico for food travelogue Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico. HER NEW APPEARANCE This week, Longoria explores her roots again as she begins a culinary trip around Spain, tasting its flavours and immersing herself in its culture. In this first of eight episodes, she heads to Barcelona where she makes meatballs and squid in a restaurant kitchen, before exploring the surrounding region, sampling seafood and enjoying a dish rustled up by world-renowned…

Charlie Brooker The writer (above) has penned an as-yet-untitled Netflix series, which offers a comic take on the crime-thriller genre and follows a detective on the trail of a twisted serial killer. Paddy Considine, Lena Headey and Georgina Campbell will star. The Choir Gavin & Stacey’s Ruth Jones and James Corden (both above) will reportedly team up again to create and star in Apple TV+’s comedy, which will centre on a man who has been living abroad until troubled times lead him to come back to the UK and reunite with his sister. Grown Ups Adrian Dunbar (above), Sinéad Cusack and Sarah Greene will appear in Netflix’s Dublin-set drama, based on Marian Keyes’ novel about an Irish family who are left reeling when their son dies. Barry Ward, Robert Sheehan…

Steve NEW Available: Friday 3 Oct Genre: Drama A big-hearted, frazzled head teacher grapples with volatile students, dwindling resources and his own mental health in a powerful 1990s-set drama starring Cillian Murphy. Writer Max Porter has adapted his 2023 novella (titled Shy, and which follows a struggling student) to shift the focus onto head teacher Steve during one long, critical day at Stanton Wood, a ‘last chance’ reform school for troubled boys. But just as a documentary crew arrives to film a social-interest piece, the staff discover the school will be closing in a matter of months, sending Steve into a spiral of despair and a battle with addiction. DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ‘Both my mother and father are retired teachers, my grandfather was a head teacher, and all my aunts and uncles are teachers, so…

WESTERN Meek’s Cutoff Mubi Michelle Williams, Zoe Kazan and Shirley Henderson remind us that cowboys didn’t have the Wild West all to themselves in this fine western. They play doughty pioneer women whose mettle is tested when their wagon train gets lost crossing forbidding terrain in 19th-century Oregon. This doesn’t have any of the action usually associated with the genre, but it conveys an authentic account of what life was really like on the frontier trail. 2010, PG, 102MIN DRAMA Still Alice MGM+ Julianne Moore is remarkable as a linguistics professor with early-onset Alzheimer’s. The first sign that her 50-year-old Alice has the disease is a tiny conversational slip at a party with her husband (Alec Baldwin) and grown-up children (Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish and Kristen Stewart). Then the disease…

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Crime Drama NEW Blue Lights BBC1, 9pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Belfast response officers Grace, Annie and Tommy are drawn into the world of organised crime, as the series returns. Documentary NEW Secrets of the Brain BBC2, 9pm Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the evolution of the human brain over hundreds of millions of years. Thriller Task Sky Atlantic, 9pm Tom (Mark Ruffalo) is convinced there is a mole on the task force, as the operation to track down the Dark Hearts continues. Factual NEW Will & Ralf Should Know Better U&Dave, 10pm (box set, U) Will Mellor and Ralf Little return for more challenges, starting with tank driving.…

Football LIVE! Europa League & Europa Conference League TNT Sports Celtic, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Rangers and Crystal Palace are in action. Factual NEW George Clarke’s Homes in the Wild C4, 8pm George visits amazing builds in beautiful Antipodean isolation, in this new series. Documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home BBC1, 9pm A moving account of the last chapter of Ozzy’s life and his final stage appearance. Drama All Creatures Great and Small 5, 9pm The recent erratic behaviour of Siegfried causes strife for Mrs Hall in the village.…

Scooby-Doo Takeover From Wednesday, Boomerang With the spooky season upon us, there’s no better way to get in a ghoulish mood than joining the Scooby-Doo gang as they take over Boomerang in October, with back-to-back episodes and new movies. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1-7 available now, ITVX With just a few weeks to go until Halloween, you might have enough time to watch all seven seasons of the 1990s supernatural teen drama. The Football Academy Mon-Fri, CBBC & iPlayer The documentary follows young aspiring footballers at the Tottenham Hotspur Academy. All episodes available on BBC iPlayer.…

The Lost Bus NEW Available: Friday 3 October Genre: Action drama On 8 November 2018, a faulty power line sparked the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, reducing the town of Paradise to ashes and resulting in 85 deaths. Yet amid the tragedy, stories of heroism emerged. Among them, how two strangers – bus driver Kevin McKay and teacher Mary Ludwig – were thrown together, risking their lives to guide more than 20 children on a school bus through the raging inferno to safety. Now, the stirring tale has been turned into an Apple TV+ action movie, The Lost Bus, starring True Detective’s Matthew McConaughey as Kevin and Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera as Mary. As the movie begins, driver Kevin’s life is full of turmoil. His father has just died, his mother…

Chad Powers NEW Available: Tuesday 30 Sept Genre: Comedy Season: 1 Eps: 6 (first two episodes from Tue 30 Sept, then weekly) When cocky American Football player Russ Holliday disgraces himself by missing an easy touchdown and getting into a tussle with the father of a young fan in a wheelchair, it’s suddenly the end of his stellar career. Russ (played by Hit Man star Glen Powell) finds his shameful antics broadcast to millions and he’s soon plastered across the tabloids and social media for all the wrong reasons. ‘The show is about a guy in the most masculine arena who makes a mistake,’ says Powell. ‘A normal, well-adjusted man would apologise and move on but Russ doesn’t have that ability. He takes zero accountability, doubles down on his bad habits, and goes to the furthest lengths to…

Rob & Rylan’s Passage to India As the pals explore India’s culture in their BBC2 travelogue, the opener sees them perform on the streets with rapper Naveen Koomar. They also try puppetry when they meet artists living near a rubbish dump. Coldwater ITV1’s thriller follows John (Andrew Lincoln, above) as he moves his family to a rural Scottish town, but when an incident with a youth results in John losing his temper, he finds himself beholden to his enigmatic neighbour Tommy (Ewen Bremner). Michael Palin in Venezuela As the broadcaster travels to one of South America’s most dangerous but stunning countries on 5, he visits a poverty-stricken neighbourhood and a luxury hotel in Caracas. He also dines with a Pemón family. Doc In the Sky Witness drama, brusque medic Amy…

NEW FACTUAL Will & Ralf Should Know Better Mon, 10pm, U&Dave (box set, U) Will Mellor and Ralf Little have been friends since they co-starred in BBC sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps – and last year the pals teamed up for a TV travelogue in which they took on challenges designed to help them adapt to and thrive in midlife. Now, the dynamic duo are heading out of their comfort zones once more in a new three-part series of Will & Ralf Should Know Better. From tank driving and sleeping in a haunted building to performing as a drag act, the unlikely lads are once again up for anything. ‘Will and I were Britain’s archetypal lads 20 years ago. Now we’re Britain’s middle-aged men,’ smiles…

Comedy PREMIERE Panda Plan Sky Premiere, 9am & 6.20pm Slapstick comedy, impressive stuntwork from Jackie Chan and a cute panda (even if it is CGI) - the family will love this one. Football LIVE! Premier League TNT Sports & Sky Sports Today’s live coverage features Brentford v Manchester United, Nottingham Forest v Sunderland and Spurs v Wolves. Entertainment Strictly Come Dancing BBC1, 6.55pm The pro-celebrity couples perform their first dance routines for the judges, who won’t be voting anyone off this week. Drama NEW Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue BBC1, 9.25pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Nine bodies are recovered after a plane crash - but only one died in the accident……

Cricket LIVE! Women’s World Cup Sky Sports Cricket & Sky Sports Main Event, from 10am Co-host nations India and Sri Lanka open the 50-over-a-side competition. Football LIVE! Champions League TNT Sports & Prime Video Matchday two kicks off with Bodø/Glimt v Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea v Benfica & Galatasaray v Liverpool (Prime Video). Documentary NEW Taylor C4, 9.15pm & 10.15pm Two-parter looking at the career and cultural impact of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, leading up to the Eras Tour. OnDemand NEW Chad Powers Available today Co-created by and starring Glen Powell, this comedy centres on a disgraced college footballer who tries to start over.…

Romantic Comedy PREMIERE Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Sky Premiere, 6am, 2.10pm & 8pm Bridget (Renée Zellweger) is caught up in a love triangle in this latest outing. Crime Drama NEW Borderline ITV1, 9pm (box set, ITVX) Amy De Bhrún and Eoin Macken star as cops from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, investigating a murder. Comedy NEW How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) BBC1, 9.30pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Hapless broadcaster Alan Partridge tackles the subject of mental health. OnDemand NEW The Lost Bus Available today Fact-based drama telling the story of the rescue of a school bus trapped in a blazing wildfire. Stars Matthew McConaughey.…

NEW ENTERTAINMENT Have I Got News for You Friday, 9pm, BBC1 With its razor-sharp wit, irreverent attitude to current affairs and a revolving door of quality guests, Have I Got News for You has been must-see Friday-night TV ever since its debut on 28 September 1990. As the show returns to celebrate its 35th anniversary (and 70th series), Victoria Coren Mitchell is in the hosting hot seat as team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton take a satirical look at the week’s biggest news stories. Here, the duo share their highlights from working together… What are your standout moments from the show’s history? Merton Ian once told a joke in Latin – there’s no other series on the BBC that masquerades as a prime-time show and would feature a joke…

NCIS: Tony & Ziva Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 10 (released weekly) Fans of NCIS’s on-off couple Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) finally get their longed-for spin-off series and the chemistry between the pair is as sizzling as ever in this bright and breezy show. Flashbacks reveal what happened after Tony was reunited with Ziva, who had faked her own death to protect their young daughter. Now living in Paris, but not together, the pair are soon racing around Europe as fugitives from Interpol after being framed. Highest 2 Lowest Genre: Thriller Episodes: One-off Denzel Washington (right) gives a solid performance as a music mogul faced with the dilemma of whether to pay a fortune to get back the kidnapped son of his trusted chauffeur in Spike Lee’s thriller. It’s Always Sunny in…

Monster: The Ed Gein Story NEW Available: Friday 3 October Genre: Horror Season: 3 Episodes: 8 British actor Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) portrays real-life American serial killer Ed Gein in the latest, and by far the most chilling, instalment of Ryan Murphy’s Monster anthology series. Following on from the story of Jeffrey Dahmer and the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, Monster: The Ed Gein Story is set in rural 1950s Wisconsin, home to seemingly mild-mannered recluse Gein, who gains notoriety when it is discovered that he robbed graves and used women’s body parts in horrific ways. His chilling house of horrors and macabre legacy inspired films like The Silence of the Lambs and Psycho, and in a separate narrative, the drama switches to the bright lights of Hollywood to focus on Psycho’s director Alfred Hitchcock (Tom…

Billy the Kid Sunday 28 September Tom Blyth returns as gunfighter and outlaw Henry McCarty, AKA Billy the Kid, in the third and final season of the western drama. Billy is still at large and Sheriff Pat Garrett (Alex Roe) is determined to capture him – dead or alive. The Art of Living with Niklas Ekstedt Monday 29 September The Swedish chef travels the world to uncover the secrets of longevity. He visits places where the expectation of reaching 100 years old is particularly high, mainly due to dietary choices. Chad Powers Tuesday 30 September Comedy starring Top Gun: Maverick’s Glen Powell as narcissistic Russ Holliday whose promising college football career imploded after an unforgivable mistake in a championship game. In an attempt to make a comeback, Russ disguises himself…

MOVIE OF THE WEEK NAKED GUN Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson show their funny side in this hilarious reboot COMEDY From Tuesday, buy or rent from digital stores including Prime Video and Sky Store Perfectly cast Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson prove more than game for a laugh in this relentlessly silly revival of the hit 1980s/1990s cop comedy series. Neeson’s two-decade run of playing super-competent action heroes in the Taken movies and their successors gives an extra comic spin to his role here as blundering Los Angeles detective Frank Drebin Jr, son of Leslie Nielsen’s bungling officer in the original films. And Anderson’s blonde bombshell past makes her a good fit for her femme fatale character here, true-crime author Beth Davenport. The plot that brings the two of them…

FREE TO WATCH BBC iPlayer A free video-on-demand service from the BBC, featuring BBC dramas including Luther, Doctor Who and Line of Duty, as well as hits including The Responder and This City Is Ours. There are many comedies, too, from Not Going Out to Ghosts and Mrs. Brown’s Boys, plus all episodes of The Traitorsand Race Across the World. You can also watch BBC channels live. It’s available online and on devices including mobile phones, tablets and smart TVs. ITVX This free streaming channel is the home for all ITV shows, films and much more - from drama box sets such as Trigger Point to Love Island episodes and James Bond movies. It can be accessed on smart TVs and an app to download. You can upgrade to ITVX Premium…

Football LIVE! Premier League Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League Today’s action features Aston Villa v Fulham and Newcastle v Arsenal. Golf LIVE! Ryder Cup Sky Sports Golf & Sky Sports Main Event All of the action from Bethpage Black in New York as Europe and the USA go head-to-head in the singles’ matches. Factual NEW Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain BBC2, 8.20pm The actor sets out to learn about the culture and history of her ancestral home Documentary NEW The Disappearance of Jay Slater C4, 9pm The family and friends of Jay Slater try to learn what happened in his final hours.…

Football LIVE! Champions League TNT Sports Newcastle travel to Belgium’s Union Saint-Gilloise, Arsenal host Olympiacos and Monaco entertain Manchester City. Factual NEW Portrait Artist of the Year Sky Arts & Sky Showcase, 8pm The artists’ first sitters of this year’s contest are The One Show’s Alex Jones, singer Yungblud and actor Kyla Harris. Factual NEW Grand Designs C4, 9pm Kevin McCloud follows more self-builds, starting with artist Sarah, who is planning a radical home in the Durham Dales. Factual NEW Perfect Pub Walks with Alexander Armstrong More4, 9pm Alexander’s first walking buddy for this series of scenic strolls is James May.…