Innholdsfortegnelse for 15-Nov-25 i TV&Satellite Week

DRAMA Play for Today Thursday, 9pm, 5 A long-married couple’s lives implode after they land the lottery jackpot in one-off drama Big Winners. The latest instalment in 5’s Play for Today anthology sees Sue Johnston and Paul Copley play Edith and Arthur Thistle, who are stunned when their numbers come up and they win £14 million. Arthur is soon planning how they can enjoy the money, but for Edith, the windfall causes her to take a stark look at her life and their 53-year relationship. And as she also watches young mum Jade (Alexa Davies) and her daughter gamely embrace a new start when they move in across the road, she tells Arthur that she wants a divorce. ‘Edith has led a dull life – it’s like she has given up.…

NEW CRIME DRAMA Cooper & Fry Tuesday, 8pm, 5 Robert James-Collier and Mandip Gill found fame in two of Britain’s best-loved series, as scheming servant Thomas Barrow in Downton Abbey and as plucky assistant Yasmin Khan in Doctor Who. Now, the pair are teaming up as TV’s latest crime-fighting partnership in 5’s new murder mystery Cooper & Fry. Based on the novels by Stephen Booth, the four-part series follows two mismatched detectives – laid-back rural DC Ben Cooper and ambitious DC Diane Fry, who’s transferred from Leeds under mysterious circumstances. Thrown together to probe murders in the fictional town of Edendale in the Peak District, the pair adopt very different policing methods to get results. ‘When Diane arrives in Edendale, she seems cold, but she’s obviously running away from something,…

Nobody Wants This Genre: Romantic comedy Season: 2 Episodes: 10 The second season of the witty romantic comedy picks up where it left off with rabbi Noah (Adam Brody) and agnostic sex-and-dating podcaster Joanne (Kristen Bell) deciding they want to be together despite Joanne not being prepared to convert to Judaism. The chemistry between Brody and Bell remains natural and charming, while the supporting cast are equally enjoyable to watch, notably Justine Lupe as Joanna’s sister Morgan and Timothy Simons as Noah’s brother Sasha. 9-1-1: Nashville Genre: Drama Season: 1 (Part 1) Eps: 6 (released weekly) Death-defying rescues mix with personal dramas in the 9-1-1 spin-off starring Chris O’Donnell as fire captain Don Hart and Jessica Capshaw as his wealthy wife Blythe. Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost Genre: Documentary Episodes: One-off Ben Stiller’s personal account of the long and bumpy marriage of…

The Carman Family Deaths NEW Available: Wednesday 19 November Genre: Documentary In September 2016, wealthy young American Nathan Carman and his mother Linda set off on Nathan’s fishing boat for a night-time trip to catch tuna off the coast of New England – an outing that ended in tragedy when friends reported that the vessel had not returned the next day. After a week of searching by the US Coast Guard, 22-year-old Nathan was found aboard a life raft by a passing cargo ship. Tragically, Linda was missing – and was later presumed dead in the icy waters of the Atlantic. MURKY DEALINGS Nathan claimed that the boat sank after suddenly taking on water, but as officials investigated, they became suspicious of his account. As they dug deeper, they also linked Nathan to…

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NEW FACTUAL King of Lies: Football’s Greatest Con Sunday, 8pm, Sky Documentaries In the early 2000s, Notts County, the world’s oldest pro football club, was facing an uncertain future as its financial difficulties saw it placed into administration. But then, just as fans were praying for a miracle, a mysterious consortium supposedly backed by the Bahraini royal family stepped in to buy the club. And at a time when foreign investment into football clubs was becoming commonplace, it looked as though this would be the answer to those prayers. ‘They said they wanted to buy a football club from the lower divisions and take it all the way to the Premier League, and they were being backed by mega money,’ recalls Peter Trembling, who was installed as the club’s chairman.…

LIVE CRICKET From Thursday, play starts 2.30am, TNT Sports 1 & Discovery+ One of sport’s greatest rivalries resumes when England’s cricketers take on Australia in the most-anticipated Ashes series for years as the first Test begins in Perth in the early hours of Friday morning. TNT Sports and Discovery+ will be showing every Test live throughout the night as captain Ben Stokes’ side seeks to regain the famous urn after the Aussies retained the Ashes in England in the summer of 2023. The first match will be played at Perth’s Optus Stadium, which opened in 2017. It’s the first time the state-of-the art venue has staged an Ashes Test, with all 13 previous meetings between the sides held at the city’s WACA ground. The second Test at the Gabba in…

Cookery NEW Celebrity MasterChef BBC1, 9pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) The cookery challenge returns, with celebrities including Katie McGlynn and Antony Costa taking part in the first heat. Documentary NEW Hazardous History with Henry Winkler Sky History, 10pm Taking a look at some of the dangerous items that used to be a part of normal life. OnDemand NEW Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy Available today Documentary charting singer Selena Quintanilla’s early music career. OnDemand NEW June Farms Available today Going behind the scenes at Matt Baumgartner’s 120-acre farm, a sought-after wedding venue in upstate New York.…

Drama NEW The Death of Bunny Munro Sky Atlantic, 9pm (box set, Sky Box Sets) Matt Smith is Bunny Munro, a door-to-door salesman who sets off on an out-of-control road trip with his young son. Drama Play for Today: Big Winners 5, 9pm A couple who have been together for over 50 years win big on the lottery. Stars Sue Johnston and Paul Copley. Cricket LIVE! Australia v England: 1st Ashes Test TNT Sports 1, play starts at 2.30am The battle to regain the Ashes begins in Perth, in the first of the five-match series. OnDemand NEW A Man on the Inside Available today Retiree-turned-sleuth Charles (Ted Danson) goes undercover at a college, as the comedy returns.…

NEW Bros in Control Weekdays, 5.45pm, CBBC & BBC iPlayer Best mates Adam Beales and Joe Tasker are back for more funny, gungy and gross games, created by Adam’s little brother, Callum. Gabby’s Dollhouse From Monday, Netflix With the live-action adaptation currently in cinemas, brand new episodes of the animated series drop on Monday. Gabby’s adventures kick off with a visit to the Emerald Kitty City to meet the Wizard of Meow! NEW Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Available on Thu, Netflix In what has been confirmed to be the final season, the group works together to stop Biosyn’s plans to weaponise the dinosaurs.…

NEW DRAMA Wild Cherry Saturday, 9pm & 9.55pm, BBC1 (box set, BBC iPlayer) Dark revelations and the fallout from a devastating scandal bring upheaval for two mothers living on an exclusive estate in BBC1 drama Wild Cherry. The six-part series is created and written by Nicôle Lecky and is set in the fictional enclave of Richford Lake, where author and influencer Juliet Lonsdale (Eve Best), who comes from a wealthy background, and her friend, self-made businesswoman Lorna Gibbons (Carmen Ejogo), enjoy seemingly idyllic lives with their families. Juliet’s confident daughter Allegra (Amelia May) and Lorna’s smart child Grace (Imogen Faires) are also best pals, but trouble brews at the teenagers’ private school when the pair of them are accused of making an inappropriate video. BEHIND THE CURTAIN ‘I wanted to…

NEW Sara Davies’ Christmas Craft Off Friday, 2pm, ITV1 Born in County Durham in1984, the craft-firm entrepreneur joined the panel of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den (inset) in 2019 as the show’s youngest female investor. She took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2021, has appeared in Countdown’s Dictionary Corner and completed an Arctic challenge for Comic Relief in 2024. HER NEW SHOW In her new series, Davies, 41, invites celebrities to roll up their sleeves and discover the magic of festive crafting in daytime show Sara Davies’ Christmas Craft Off. She’s joined by the likes of Love Island’s Dani Dyer, Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley, presenter and wine expert Olly Smith and Benidorm star Tony Maudsley, who learn how to make handmade cards, gorgeous gifts and wow-factor Christmas centrepieces. ‘Often people find crafting a…

Only Murders in the Building Disney+’s comic whodunnit, starring Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short (all above) as true-crime podcasters and sleuths, will return for a sixth run set in London, as the trio look into the apparent death of podcaster Cinda (Tina Fey). Rabbit, Rabbit In Netflix’s thriller, Adam Driver (above) will play an escaped convict who is tracked down to a truck stop, where he takes several hostages and the situation quickly intensifies. Can an experienced FBI crisis negotiator reason with him? Finding Harmony Kate Winslet (above) will narrate Prime Video’s documentary, which explores King Charles’ philosophy of harmony within the natural world, and his passion for the environment, by following the work of his charity The King’s Foundation.…

Landman Sunday 16 November In the second run of Taylor Sheridan’s drama set in the booming oilfields of modern-day Texas, newly widowed Cami Miller (Demi Moore) and landman Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton) are now in control of the M-Tex oil company. See feature, page 4. The Honeymoon Murder: Who Killed Anni Dewani? Sunday 16 November True-crime docuseries. In November 2010, Swedish bride Anni Dewani was murdered while on honeymoon in South Africa after the taxi in which she and her British husband Shrien Dewani were travelling in Cape Town was hijacked. The series includes interviews with Anni’s family and Shrien’s defence counsel as well as CCTV footage, police accounts and coverage of the court proceedings. Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy Monday 17 November Documentary about the life…

PERIOD DRAMA From Friday, Netflix Set in the north American forests of the early 20th century, this beautifully shot, patient period drama recounts the poignant story of itinerant logger Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), whose solitary existence is transformed when he meets and marries Gladys (Felicity Jones) and becomes a father. Robert’s employment takes him far from the family’s idyllic riverside log cabin for long periods and, after a shocking incident, he becomes convinced something bad will happen to him, and his worst fears and premonitions – including the ‘train dreams’ of the title – are realised when tragedy strikes. All the while, the beautiful landscape around him is being transformed by the relentless logging, unstoppable advance of the railroad, and rapidly evolving 20th-century technology by which Robert’s own life will…

Rugby Union LIVE! Autumn Nations Series TNT Sports 1, S4C & Discovery+ Today’s matches include England v New Zealand (k-o 3.10pm), Wales v Japan (5.40pm) and Ireland v Australia (8.10pm). Football LIVE! World Cup Qualifiers BBC2, coverage from 4.45pm Wales travel to Liechtenstein (k-o 5pm), while Scotland’s away trip to Greece (k-o 7.45pm) will not be a time to relax. Drama NEW Wild Cherry BBC1, 9pm & 9.55pm (box set, iPlayer) Two mothers (Carmen Ejogo, left, and Eve Best, right) are at odds when their daughters are involved in a scandal. Documentary NEW Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator C4, 9pm Could Adolf Hitler’s genes have played a part in his psychology and behaviour?…

Football LIVE! World Cup Qualifiers BBC2, BBC3 & S4C, k-o 7.45pm Wales take on North Macedonia, while Scotland face Denmark in a battle for first place in qualifying Group C. Crime Drama NEW Cooper & Fry 5, 8pm Two detectives (Mandeep Gill and Robert James-Collier) are thrown together to investigate a series of strange deaths. Documentary NEW Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood Sky Arts, 9pm Looking at the career of the Hollywood icon, most famous for Singin’ in the Rain. Documentary NEW The Black Swan BBC4, 9pm & 10pm (box set, BBC iPlayer) Controversial documentary in which a lawyer teams up with journalists to expose the Danish criminal underworld.…

Comedy NEW Daddy Issues BBC1 & BBC3, 9.35pm (box set, iPlayer) As the comedy returns, Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood) is settling into life as a new mum, with Malcolm a proud Grandad. OnDemand NEW The Family Plan 2 Available today The Morgans’ Christmas vacation to Europe turns out to be a blast in this fun, action-packed sequel. OnDemand NEW Train Dreams Available today Joel Edgerton stars as a loner working on the railroad in this beautifully filmed period drama. With Felicity Jones. OnDemand NEW One Shot: Ed Sheeran Available today Adolescence director Philip Barantini films the singer performing his greatest hits around New York.…

The Family Plan 2 NEW Available: Friday 21 November Genre: Action comedy The much-loved Morgan family is heading across the pond for a follow-up to their 2023 caper The Family Plan, with Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington joining the cast as a gun-toting ghost from the past. Retired government assassin and dad of three Dan (Mark Wahlberg) plans a festive trip for all the family to visit daughter Nina (Zoe Colletti) in London, where she’s studying. But Nina’s new boyfriend, Omar (Reda Elazouar), isn’t the only surprise awaiting them – the mysterious Finn (Kit Harington) turns up and he is harbouring a dangerous grudge against Dan. Car chases, heists and family squabbles ensue as the gang – including Dan’s wife, Jessica (Michelle Monaghan), and sons Kyle (Van Crosby) and Max (Peter and Theodore…

The Mighty Nein NEW Available: Wednesday 19 November Genre: Animation Season: 1 Episodes: 8 When a powerful ancient relic known as The Beacon ends up in the wrong hands, an unlikely gathering of fugitives and outsiders must unite to stop the total disintegration of their kingdom in Prime Video’s new series The Mighty Nein. The brainchild of the team behind animated series The Legend of Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein is set 20 years after the events of that show, and is deliberately darker and grittier. TOUGH STUFF ‘From the start, we set a harsher tone,’ says executive producer Travis Willingham, who also voices the character of magically gifted sailor Fjord. ‘The opening five minutes don’t even feature the main cast – instead, the sky shatters, and people murder their spouses. It makes you ask, “What is happening…

Shetland In the return of BBC1’s crime drama, Ruth (Ashley Jensen) and Tosh (Alison O’Donnell) investigate when an elderly woman is found murdered in a remote hamlet. But they’re surprised to learn she had a link to one of their colleagues. All Her Fault Sky Atlantic’s thriller sees mum Marissa (Sarah Snook) go to pick up her son from a play date after her friend Jenny (Dakota Fanning) sends her a message. But Marissa is distraught when the text appears to be a hoax and her child is missing… Celebrity Race Across the World The return of BBC1’s adventure spin-off finds famous faces and their loved ones journeying through Central America, with actor Dylan Llewellyn and his mum Jackie struggling to ask for directions. Game of Wool Tom Daley hosts…

NEW FACTUAL Hazardous History with Henry Winkler Monday, 10pm, Sky History & HISTORY Play From children’s science kits with radioactive components to theme parks with life-threatening rides, TV legend Henry Winkler returns to our screens this week to look at perilous products and pastimes from bygone years in the eight-part series Hazardous History on Sky History and HISTORY Play. We met Winkler, best known as super-cool biker Arthur ‘The Fonz’ Fonzarelli in the 1950s-set sitcom Happy Days, to hear more… What can you tell us about some of the hazardous products featured? The first episode is all about dangerous toys. One of them is the Atomic Energy Lab from 1950 – children could use it to create their own mini version of an atomic cloud. It contained radioactive chemicals and uranium.…

CRIME MYSTERY Decision to Leave Mubi Hitchcockian vibes abound in this sumptuous South Korean murder-mystery love story. A mountain climber lies at the bottom of a cliff – did he fall or was he pushed? Detective Park Hae-il suspects the latter when he meets the dead man’s wife (Tang Wei), who seems unruffled that she’s just been made a widow and, it’s revealed, was routinely maltreated by her late husband. But is she a murderer? A film that casts an intoxicating spell. Subtitled. 2022, 15, 139MIN BLACK COMEDY Not Okay Disney+ A razor-sharp indictment of influencer power and social media obsession, this dark comedy stars the excellent Zoey Deutch as a self-centred millennial. She fakes surviving a bombing attack and laps up all the attention, joining a survivors’ support group…

Factual NEW King of Lies: Football’s Greatest Con Sky Documentaries, 8pm How names including Sven-Göran Ericsson (above) were caught in a scam. Reality NEW I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! ITV1, 9pm Ant and Dec are back in Aus as a new batch of celebrities settle into jungle life. Drama NEW Summerwater C4, 9pm (box set, C4 Streaming) Residents at a lochside holiday village are forced to confront their darkest secrets after a tragic event. Continues to Tuesday. OnDemand NEW Landman Available today Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) has to step up at the firm following Monty’s death, as the drama returns. With Sam Elliott.…

Factual NEW Sara Cox: Every Step of the Way for Children in Need BBC1, 8pm Cameras follow the Radio 2 presenter as she sets off on a 135-mile challenge. Factual NEW Grand Designs: House of the Year C4, 8pm Kevin McCloud presents the contest for outstanding architectural design. Documentary NEW Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks BBC2, 9pm Artist Tracey Emin is among those exploring JMW Turner’s private sketches. OnDemand NEW The Mighty Nein Available today Fantasy animation series in which a group of fugitives and outcasts must work together to save their realm.…