Innholdsfortegnelse for 8-Nov-25 i TV&Satellite Week

The Beast in Me Available: Thursday 13 November Genre: Thriller Season: 1 Episodes: 8 Claire Danes reunites with the team behind Homeland for a tense cat-and-mouse thriller that takes the concept of a ‘nosy neighbour’ to dangerous extremes. With a title inspired by a Johnny Cash song, the gripping eight-parter follows acclaimed author Agatha ‘Aggie’ Wiggs (Danes), who has retreated from the public eye and battled writer’s block since the death of her young son. But when flashy, enigmatic real-estate mogul Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys) – who was once a suspect in his wife’s disappearance – moves into her affluent Upstate New York neighbourhood, Aggie is inspired to make him the subject of her next novel. As the pair begin to forge an uneasy friendship, however, Aggie’s research into his life and case leads to a deadly…

Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth NEW Available: Monday 10 November Genre: Documentary Season: 1 Eps: 2 Love Island host Caroline Flack was one of Britain’s biggest TV stars when she took her own life on 15 February 2020, just weeks after she was charged with assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, following an argument at her London home. Her grieving mum, Christine, believes her daughter’s death, at the age of 40, started with the decision to prosecute Caroline rather than issue a caution. Now, in a moving two-part Disney+ documentary, Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth, she’s fighting for answers. ‘After Caroline’s death, I knew an injustice had been done,’ says Christine. ‘This doesn’t bring Caroline back but by doing this documentary I want people to know the truth of what happened with Caroline that night.’ When…

Trigger Point The return of the ITV1 drama sees bomb-disposal expert Lana (Vicky McClure, above) and her team try to help a man escape from a booby-trapped taxi. And the incident soon sparks the dogged hunt for a terrorist who is out for revenge. It: Welcome to Derry A young boy, Matty, disappears from the creepy Maine town in Sky Atlantic’s horror prequel, but his classmate Lilly (Clara Stack) is disturbed when she hears his voice in her bathroom pipes… Robson Green: World’s Most Amazing Walks U&Yesterday’s travelogue follows the actor on some stunning treks across the globe. In the opener, he hikes along the Hadrian’s Wall. Daisy May and Charlie Cooper’s NightWatch In BBC2’s paranormal series, the siblings spend the night in buildings that are said to be haunted,…

NEW PROFILE Richard Burton: Wild Genius Wed, 9pm, BBC2 (Wales, BBC1) With his mellifluous baritone voice, on-screen charisma and notorious relationship with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton was famous for films like The Robe and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Now, the extraordinary story of how a miner’s son from Wales became one of the most celebrated actors of his generation is told in a new BBC documentary, Richard Burton: Wild Genius, to mark what would have been the star’s 100th birthday. ‘As a Welsh person, the first voice you hear isn’t your mother’s, it’s Richard Burton’s. He’s the perfect example of a Welsh success story,’ says Michael Sheen, who appears in the documentary with fellow actors Gabriel Byrne, Iwan Rheon, Dame Sian Phillips and Claire Bloom. Burton was born Richard…

NEW Anti-Bullying Week: Live Lesson Monday, 11am, CBBC & BBC iPlayer Blue Peter’s Abby Cook and Newsround’s De-Graft Mensah team up for this live lesson inspired by the message ‘Power for Good’. NEW A Very Jonas Christmas Available from Friday, Disney+ The Jonas Brothers star as fictional versions of themselves in this festive comedy, in which the trio race to make it ho-ho-home for Christmas. NEW Stan & Gran Weekdays, 7.55am, Milkshake! on 5 This new animated series follows 7-year-old Stan and his grandmother as they investigate mysterious goings-on in their village.…

NEW DRAMA Play for Today Thursday, 9pm, 5 More than four decades since it last aired, groundbreaking drama series Play for Today is making a triumphant return. Known for fearless storytelling and championing new talent, the BBC1 anthology ran from 1970 to 1984, delivering unforgettable dramas such as Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party and Rumpole of the Bailey. Now, 5 is reviving the landmark series with four new stand-alone plays starting with Never Too Late – a darkly comic, irreverent look at ageing starring Anita Dobson. INDEPENDENT SPIRIT ‘It’s a good story and pertinent today because people are living long lives,’ says Dobson, 76, who plays Cynthia, a sharp-tongued, independent woman facing the prospect of being moved into a retirement home by her daughter, Amanda (Tracy-Ann Oberman). ‘Cynthia wants independence and…

HYENAS Hyenas are renowned scavengers, which brings tensions for pregnant Tandala as she battles to keep her offspring safe. ‘Hyenas are tough, but events can turn on a knife edge,’ reveals executive producer Mike Gunton. ‘When Tandala finds a meal, she comes into conflict with wild dogs – but then a lion comes in and steals the kill! There’s a hilarious moment when Tandala finds dead prey and drops it in some water to hide it from her clanmates.’ LEOPARDS Devoted mother Olimba is raising her cubs Moyo and Mutima alone, but jeopardy looms, and as Mutima grows older, Olimba comes to see her as a threat. ‘The young leopards have different personalities,’ says Blakeney. ‘We see Mutima build her confidence and become a powerful, independent leopard with territory of…

Murdaugh: Death in the Family Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 8 (released weekly) In 2023, prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife Maggie and their son Paul. The shocking events have already been the subject of a Netflix docuseries and a TV movie and this drama, based on the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, carefully untangles the threads of a narrative that includes several other deaths, opioid addiction and corruption. Jason Clarke as Alex and Patricia Arquette as Maggie (both pictured) give powerhouse performances in a devastating tale of the destruction of a rich and powerful family. The Diplomat Genre: Thriller Season: 3 Episodes: 8 The twists keep coming in the third season of the gripping political thriller with Keri Russell as US ambassador to the UK, Kate Wyler (right). Rufus Sewell is in stellar form as…

Being Eddie NEW Available: Wednesday 12 November Genre: Documentary From breakthrough teen comedian to Hollywood A-lister, Eddie Murphy shares the story of his 50-year career in star-studded Netflix documentary Being Eddie, which features friends and fellow comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock. ‘There’s no one else like Eddie. Nobody,’ says Angus Wall, who directs the film. ‘He’s been famous longer than just about anyone alive and he’s never lost who he is. He has survived it all with grace.’ The one-off film looks back to how Murphy’s career kicked off when he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live straight from high school. It also chronicles his 1980s box-office hits Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America and Trading Places, plus his 1990s movie The Nutty Professor, which saw him play multiple…

Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth Monday 10 November Two-part documentary about presenter Caroline Flack, who, after her arrest for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend in December 2019, was vilified in the press and online, culminating in her taking her own life in February 2020. Her mother, Christine, uncovers new details about her daughter’s final months. See feature, page 16. Marines Monday 10 November Docuseries following America’s 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit as they conduct combat exercises in the Pacific, giving an inside look into the rigorous training and emotional moments of the young Marines. Bat-Fam Monday 10 November Animation. Batman (voiced by Luke Wilson), Alfred (James Cromwell) and young Damian Wayne, AKA Little Batman, juggle protecting Gotham City with day-to-day life at Wayne Manor, where the other residents include Alfred’s grand-niece…

More premieres and Day by Day planner❯❯❯ PERIOD HORROR Available now, Netflix Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro finally brings his lifelong ‘passion project’ to the screen in a sumptuous retelling of Mary Shelley’s classic tale of a monster and its creator. Staying largely faithful to the 1818 Gothic novel, del Toro sets his adaptation during the Crimean War and splits the narrative, with Oscar Isaac’s obsessive, egotistical Victor Frankenstein helming chapter one. As Victor regales his life story to a Danish navy captain (Lars Mikkelson) – whose crew rescues him from a raging giant with super-strength in the icy Arctic – he reveals how he assembled a monstrous man from scavenged body parts in electrifying flashbacks that don’t hold back on the gore. The second chapter is told from the…

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Laura Linney In BBC1’s one-off drama But When We Dance, the actor teams up with Rhys Ifans to play pianist Emma and deputy head Tony, who both receive a diagnosis of Parkinson’s and form a bond. Rory Kinnear also appears. Nick Blood The actor stars with Saffron Hocking, Brendan Coyle and Peter Serafinowicz in U&Dave’s crime drama Hit Point, in which detectives Leo and Bella investigate a case involving the west London underworld. Coming Back The upcoming Christmas special of BBC1 comedy Amandaland will seeJennifer Saunders join the cast as posh and exuberant Joan, the aunt of Amanda (Lucy Punch, right), and sister of snooty Felicity (Dame Joanna Lumley). Shaun Evans will play ex-con Ozzie in the second run of BBC1 drama This City Is Ours, which is filming now…

NEW James May’s Shed Load of Ideas Tuesday, 9pm, Quest Born in Bristol in 1963, James May shot to fame alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond as hosts of BBC2 motoring show Top Gear (inset) from 2003 to 2015 before the trio took their madcap travels to Prime Video in The Grand Tour. He’s also journeyed to Italy, Japan and India for Prime Video series James May: Our Man in… and recently presented 5’s James May’s Great Explorers, telling the stories of the world’s most-famous adventurers. HIS NEW SHOW This week, May is in his Wiltshire workshop, where he will try to help fix Britain’s biggest bugbears by employing simple solutions and ingenious engineering. Then, after a hard day’s work, he will relax in his own Swallowcliffe pub, the Royal…

Kennedy The Netflix drama series will star two-time Oscar nominated actor Michael Fassbender (above) as patriarch and ambassador Joe Kennedy Sr, the father of JFK and RFK, and follows the lives of the US political family as they come to prominence in the 1930s. Sponsor In Apple TV’s thriller, Jason Segel (above) will play Peter, who is involved in a bad car accident after drink-driving. He chooses to join a recovery programme rather than go to prison, but at his first meeting, as he looks for a sponsor, he connects with a mysterious man. Bad Day Netflix’s action comedy will see Cameron Diaz (above) as a single mother who is experiencing the worst 24 hours of her life – but she does everything she can to fulfil a promise she…

Palm Royale NEW Available: Wednesday 12 November Genre: Comedy drama Season: 2 Episodes: 10 (released weekly) Put on your fanciest frock, pour yourself a delicious cocktail and venture into the decadent – and often murky – world of 1960s Palm Beach society once more as Palm Royale returns for a second season on Apple TV. Kristen Wiig returns as Maxine, the former beauty queen trying to claw her way back to the top of Palm Beach’s most exclusive club following last season’s very public breakdown at the now infamous Beach Ball, where she learnt her husband, Douglas (Josh Lucas), had impregnated manicurist Mitzi (Kaia Gerber), and where her friend and confidant, bartender Robert (Ricky Martin), was accidentally shot. ‘People are wondering where we might go from that season finale,’ says Bridesmaids’ Wiig. ‘In the opener, Maxine’s happy,…

SCI-FI MYSTERY The Endless Prime Video Film-maker duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead also star in this trippy tale as brothers who escaped a ‘UFO death cult’ when they were teens, but return 10 years later to uncover the truth about it. It turns out to be way weirder than they remember, with everyone looking exactly as they did when the brothers left… Harking back to Benson and Moorhead’s first film, Resolution, this superb puzzle-box of a movie is as inventive as it is engaging. 2017, 15, 111MIN WESTERN The Harder They Fall Netflix This starry revenge western sees outlaw Deadwood Dick (Jonathan Majors) reconvene his old gang, including former flame Stagecoach Mary (Zazie Beetz), to take down fearsome crime boss Rufus Buck (Idris Elba). Only Buck has reteamed with…

A desperate dad experiences turmoil as he hunts for his child in Netflix’s latest Harlan Coben adaptation Run Away. The eight-part drama, based on the bestselling crime author’s 2019 novel, airs from 1 January 2026 and stars James Nesbitt as Simon Greene, who appears to have an idyllic family life. But his world is turned upside down when his eldest daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) vanishes. Simon eventually tracks down Paige in a park, where she has clearly taken drugs, but following a violent altercation, he is left trying to find her again as he delves into a sinister underworld and shocking revelations come to light. SUPPORTING PLAYERS Minnie Driver plays Simon’s wife Ingrid, while Ruth Jones is private investigator Elena Ravenscroft, who helps him, and Alfred Enoch, Lucian Msamati,…