Innholdsfortegnelse for 18-Oct-25 i TV&Satellite Week

NEW DRAMA The Ridge Thursday, 9pm, BBC2 (box set from Tuesday, BBC iPlayer) After making her name as the titular dogged detective in ITV1’s crime drama Karen Pirie, Lauren Lyle takes on a different role as a doctor whose life unravels in BBC2’s six-part thriller The Ridge. When anaesthetist Mia Beaton (Lyle) makes a last-minute decision to attend her estranged sister Cassy’s wedding in New Zealand, she’s alarmed to get a call from Cassy, pleading for help, moments before her plane takes off – and Mia’s worst fears are confirmed upon landing. ‘She arrives in New Zealand to find out that Cassy has gone missing, and Cassy very quickly turns up dead,’ says Lyle, 32. ‘Then Mia gets embroiled in this rich, old-money family that her sister was marrying into,…

NEW THRILLER The Hunting Party Wednesday, 9pm, U&Alibi America’s most depraved serial killers are on the loose while a team of elite investigators are hot on their trail in U&Alibi’s chilling 10-part crime drama The Hunting Party. Following an explosion at a highly classified prison in Wyoming, known as ‘The Pit’, the notorious murderers, whose executions were faked, are unleashed back into society. As a first-class team is assembled to track them down, former FBI agent Rebecca ‘Bex’ Henderson (Melissa Roxburgh) is persuaded to return to the Bureau to help catch the violent criminals before they go back to their horrific old ways. DIRTY WORK Bex’s expertise at criminal profiling is unparalleled, but a past trauma threatens to resurface when she discovers one of the fugitives is Richard Harris (Tobias…

House of Guinness Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 8 Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s latest based-on-fact drama tells the story of Ireland’s famous brewing dynasty. It opens with the funeral of Sir Benjamin Guinness in 1868 when Dublin was a tinderbox of rebellion and class struggles and the Protestant Guinnesses were seen as a symbol of British rule. The reading of Benjamin’s will provides some shocks for his four adult children (played by Fionn O’Shea, Louis Partridge, Anthony Boyle and Emily Fairn), all of whom have secrets, in an atmospheric and powerfully-acted drama. Slow Horses Genre: Drama Season: 5 Eps: 6 (released weekly) When computer nerd Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung) gets a glamorous new girlfriend, his boss Jackson Lamb (Sir Gary Oldman, right) is immediately suspicious in the return of the gritty, darkly witty spy thriller. All of You…

NEW Nobody Wants This Available: Thursday 23 October Genre: Romantic comedy Season: 2 Episodes: 10 With its unlikely premise of an outspoken agnostic podcaster falling for a kind-hearted rabbi, the first season of Netflix’s romantic comedy Nobody Wants This was an unexpected success. ‘The sweetest surprise is how many people have said they’re so thankful to see a healthy, communicative relationship,’ says Kristen Bell, who plays dating-and-sex podcaster Joanne Williams opposite Adam Brody as rabbi Noah Roklov. ‘I’ve never gotten a response to any show I’ve ever been a part of like this show,’ adds Bell, 45, who’s starred in Veronica Mars and The Good Place. As Nobody Wants This returns for a second season, the couple have to navigate the next stage in their relationship following Noah’s decision to give up his dream of being head…

Molly-Mae: Behind It All Saturday 18 October The second season of the reality series on influencer Molly-Mae Hague, her relationship with boxer Tommy Fury (the couple got back together in May) and her business ventures. Who Killed the Montreal Expos? Tuesday 21 October Documentary looking at the downfall of the Montreal Expos, Canada’s first Major League Baseball team, in 2004 and examining the reasons behind their demise. 9-1-1 Wednesday 22 October Part one of the ninth season of the Los Angeles-set drama with the firefighters still struggling to come to terms with the loss of their beloved captain, Bobby Nash (Peter Krause), while his widow, police sergeant Athena Grant-Nash (Angela Bassett), tries to rebuild her life. 9-1-1: Nashville Wednesday 22 October The second spin-off from 9-1-1 stars NCIS: Los Angeles’…

PERIOD THRILLER From Friday, Prime Video Although the real events of what happened on a remote island back in the early 1930s are still a genuine mystery, director Ron Howard has shaped his own version of events onto this fascinating, truly wild tale, aided and abetted with a cast to die for. Death, deceit and desperation lie at the heart of the story, in which humourless German couple Friedrich Ritter (Jude Law) and his partner Dora (Vanessa Kirby) live on the tiny uninhabited Galapagos island of Floreanna, but are dismayed when fellow Germans Margret Wittmer (Sydney Sweeney), her husband Heinz (Daniel Brühl) and his young son from his previous marriage turn up, also hoping to make this island their home. Things turn from dismissiveness to outright contempt when a woman…

Evening Planner Thriller PREMIERE Lake George Sky Premiere, 6.35am & 9.40pm Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon star in this comedy thriller as two people who decide to play a gangster at his own game. Cricket LIVE! New Zealand v England: 1st T20 International TNT Sports 1, play starts at 7.15am England’s white-ball tour of New Zealand begins with the first of three Twenty20s. Football LIVE! Premier League TNT Sports & Sky Sports Nottingham Forest are chasing their first win since August as they face Chelsea, while table-topping Arsenal play Fulham. Horror Comedy PREMIERE The Menu C4, 9pm Ralph Fiennes stars as a celebrity chef with an agenda for his dinner party guests in this offbeat black comedy.…

Evening Planner Factual NEW Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly: Australia 5, 7pm Graeme Hall heads Down Under to help dog owners with their unruly pets. Football LIVE! Champions League TNT Sports & Prime Video, k-o 8pm Tonight’s games include Man City away to Villareal (TNT Sports 1), while Arsenal take on Atlético Madrid (Prime Video). Documentary NEW Storyville: Sanatorium BBC4, 10pm One-off documentary following the stories of residents at a health centre in Ukraine, while war rages around them. Documentary NEW In My Own Words BBC1, 10.40pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Frederick Forsyth, who passed away in June, talks about his life and career as a journalist and best-selling thriller writer.…

Evening Planner OnDemand NEW A House of Dynamite Available today The United States government responds to a nuclear attack in this thriller. Stars Rebecca Ferguson. OnDemand NEW Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost Available today Ben Stiller’s film about his parents, Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller. OnDemand NEW Eden Available today Jude Law stars in this thriller based on disturbing real-life events that took place on a isolated island in the 1930s. OnDemand LIVE! Basketball: NBA The season opens with Boston Celtics v New York Knicks (t-o 12.30am) and Minnesota Timberwolves at LA Lakers (t-o 3am).…

C4 is offering up a lavish new take on Barbara Taylor Bradford’s bestselling novel A Woman of Substance. The book was previously the subject of a 1985 adaptation starring Jenny Seagrove and Deborah Kerr, and now the new eight-part series, which will air next year, sees Jessica Reynolds as the young Emma Harte, alongside Brenda Blethyn as the older version of the character. As the series begins in 1911, Emma is a poor housemaid at a country house in Yorkshire, but over the decades, through pluck, talent and ruthless ambition, she breaks through class and gender barriers to form a global retail company and become supremely wealthy, although her complex personal life brings her turmoil. ALL-STAR CAST Emmett J Scanlan and Leanne Best co-star as Emma’s employers Adam and Adele…

Perfect Pub Walks with Alexander Armstrong Wednesday, 9pm, More4 Born in Liverpool in1977, Chris McCausland was a web developer until his deteriorating eyesight prompted a change of direction, leading him to start performing stand-up comedy in 2003. He has appeared on Live at Apollo, and, since 2019, made appearances on Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You. Last year, he won Strictly Come Dancing with his dance partner, Dianne Buswell. HIS NEW APPEARANCE In this week’s last episode of Perfect Pub Walks with Alexander Armstrong, McCausland goes on three pub walks through the Wye Valley in Monmouthshire with Armstrong. The pair explore castles, picnic like Georgian gentlemen, and climb a holy mountain. Along the way, McCausland tells Armstrong his life story, discussing his blindness, his…

Lioness Paramount+’s twisty spy thriller, starring Zoe Saldaña (above) as dogged CIA officer Joe McNamara, who oversees covert female-led operations as part of the War on Terror, will return for a third series. Nicole Kidman will also reprise her role as Joe’s boss Kaitlyn Meade. The Muppet Show Sabrina Carpenter (above) will star in Disney+’s special episode of the entertainment show next year, to mark 50 years since the debut of the original series. Together with Seth Rogen, Carpenter will also executive-produce the revival. Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik The former One Direction bandmates (both above) will reunite for Netflix’s as-yet-untitled three-part docuseries following their road trip across America, in which they open up about their lives, parenthood, and how they’ve coped with loss.…

SCI-FI MYSTERY Ash Prime Video On a barren, inhospitable planet, an injured Eiza González awakes with her dead crew members strewn around and no memory of what happened. So when Aaron Paul’s pilot turns up claiming to be part of the team, should she trust him? Although falling back on familiar beats and tropes to tell its sci-fi horror tale, this movie utilises gorgeous, inventive visuals to enhance it, bolstered further by the lead actors commendable work, too. 2025, 15, 95MIN COMEDY DRAMA Animals Mubi Hang on tight for a wild ride as aspiring writer Laura (Holliday Grainger) and American expat Tyler (Alia Shawkat) – flatmates and best friends – pursue a fervently hedonistic existence in Dublin. But cracks in the pair’s decade-old bond begin to show when Laura starts dating…

Evening Planner Factual NEW Fletchers’ Family Farm ITV1, 11.30am Former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher and wife Liz invite cameras back to their farm, ahead of the new lambing season. Football LIVE! Premier League Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League A Super Sunday of action, with Spurs v Aston Villa and Liverpool v Man Utd. Motorsport LIVE! F1: US Grand Prix Sky Sports F1 & Sky Sports Main Event, race starts at 8pm Championship leader Oscar Piastri will be hoping for maximum points in Austin. Drama Riot Women BBC1, 9pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Beth (Rosalie Craig, left) and Kitty (Joanne Scanlan) are set to become the Lennon and McCartney of the group.…

Evening Planner Drama NEW The Hunting Party U&Alibi, 9pm A former FBI profiler (Melissa Roxburgh) heads a team tracking down a group of escaped serial killers in this new thriller. OnDemand NEW Harlan Coben’s Lazarus Available today A forensic psychologist (Sam Claflin) is caught up in a series of cold case murders. OnDemand NEW The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Available today Maika Monroe stars as a nanny out for revenge in this remake of the 1992 thriller. OnDemand NEW 9-1-1: Nashville Available today The latest entry in the 9-1-1 franchise is set in Tennessee, and stars Kate Capshaw and Chris O’Donnell.…

NEW Malory Towers Monday & Tuesday, 6pm, CBBC & BBC iPlayer The school-set drama based on Enid Blyton’s much-loved series of novels returns for a seventh and final season, with Darrell Rivers (Ella Bright, left) coming to the end of her time at the boarding school. As the new term begins, Darrell is called on to create a fun and educational task for everyone, so she asks Mr Parker for help to do a spelling bee. Set in post-war Britain, the school drama has proved popular with viewers since the first season aired in 2020-perhaps partly due to the fact that this coincided with the closure of schools during lockdown. Whatever the reason, we’ll continue to pay visits to Malory Towers on iPlayer whenever we need a dose of cosy…

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost NEW Available: Friday 24 October Genre: Documentary Nobody really knows what goes on behind closed doors. But while Jerry Stiller and his wife Anne Meara were entertaining millions of Americans with their comedy act, their children saw how the line between life and art sometimes became blurred. When his father, a regular on Seinfeld and The King of Queens, died in 2020 – five years after his mother – actor and director Ben Stiller felt compelled to document their lives and explore the impact they had on him and his family. As well as using private recordings and archive performances, the Meet the Parents and Zoolander star also turns the camera on himself for Apple TV+’s heartfelt documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost. Here, in…

NEW 9-1-1: Nashville Available: Wednesday 22 October Season: 1 Episodes: 6 (released weekly) Fans unhappy at the axing of Texas-set drama 9-1-1: Lone Star now have a new series in the first-responder franchise to fill the gap, 9-1-1: Nashville, which launches this week. The cast of the Disney+ series is headed by former NCIS: Los Angeles star Chris O’Donnell who plays Don Hart, captain of the 113 firehouse, and another familiar TV face, Grey’s Anatomy’s Jessica Capshaw, is his wife Blythe. While former rodeo rider Don comes from a blue-collar family, Blythe is a part of a wealthy and powerful blue-blood dynasty. ‘Don straddles being a firefighter with being in this high-end, well-known Nashville family,’ says O’Donnell, 55. The couple’s son Ryan (Michael Provost) has followed in his father’s footsteps and become a firefighter, while…

Frauds Con artist Bert (Suranne Jones) is released from jail after receiving a terminal diagnosis in ITV1’s thriller. She then shocks her ex-partner in crime, Sam (Jodie Whittaker, above with Jones), when she wants them to carry out a major art heist. Film Club In BBC3’s comedy drama, film buff Evie (Aimee Lou Wood) has struggled to leave home after a breakdown, while her best friend and fellow movie fan, Noa (Nabhaan Rizwan, above with Wood), must tell her that he is moving away. Murder Before Evensong 5’s adaptation of Rev Richard Coles’ novel sees Canon Daniel Clement (Matthew Lewis, above) find a body in his church, but he’s stunned when cop DS Vanloo suggests Daniel may have been the intended victim. Rob Brydon’s Honky Tonk Road Trip The star…

NEW TRAVELOGUE Sailing the Shipping Forecast Monday, 9pm, More4 For the past 100 years fishermen and sailors have tuned in to BBC Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast to hear the Met Office’s weather reports for the seas around the British Isles, while many a landlubber has been comforted by the broadcast’s familiar, rhythmic words. ‘Like lots of people, I’ve often drifted off to sleep to the sound of the Shipping Forecast. With names like Cromarty, Dogger and FitzRoy it has a certain poetry to it,’ says Reverend Richard Coles, who explores some of the areas behind these names in his new four-part series, Sailing the Shipping Forecast with the Rev Richard Coles on More4. JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ‘I wanted to go and see what these exotic-sounding places were like and meet…

Evening Planner Documentary NEW Joe Swash: Forgotten Young Dads BBC3, 8pm Joe meets some young fathers to hear their stories about becoming parents. Drama NEW The Forsytes 5, 9pm Jack Davenport (centre) and Stephen Moyer (right) star in this new adaptation of John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga. Documentary NEW Sailing the Shipping Forecast More4, 9pm Rev Richard Coles sets off on a four-part voyage around Britain’s coastal waters. Comedy Drama NEW Leonard & Hungry Paul BBC2, 10pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Two introverted friends (Alex Lawther and Laurie Kynaston) force themselves into the wider world in this new comedy.…

Evening Planner Factual NEW The Pride of Britain Awards ITV1, 8pm Carol Vorderman and Ashley Banjo host the awards for Britain’s unsung heroes. Drama NEW The Ridge BBC2, 9pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Lauren Lyle stars as Mia, a woman who attempts to outrun her troubled life by starting over in New Zealand. Documentary NEW Life After People Sky History, 9pm The documentary exploring what the world could look like if humans vanished from the planet returns for a third series. OnDemand NEW Nobody Wants This Available today Kristen Bell and Adam Brody return in the comedy that was a huge Netflix ratings winner.…