Innholdsfortegnelse for 3-Jan-26 i TV&Satellite Week

NEW DRAMA Waiting for the Out Sat, 9.30pm, BBC1 (box set, iPlayer) Countless films and TV series have centred on the experiences of prison inmates behind bars. But the compelling new drama Waiting for the Out, based on Andy West’s acclaimed memoir, also reflects on the challenges faced by friends and family in the outside world. The six-parter stars Josh Finan (The Responder) as Dan, a young academic whose family life has been blighted by crime and jail time. ‘Dan was brought up in a family where the male figures – his dad, uncle and brother – have been incarcerated at various points as he was growing up. But crucially, he didn’t go down that route,’ says Finan. Now at a crossroads in his life, Dan takes a job teaching…

Girl Taken Available: Thursday 8 January Genre: Thriller Season: 1 Episodes: 6 The horrific abduction of a teenager casts a long shadow in Paramount+’s tense new thriller Girl Taken. In the six-parter, single mum Eve Riser (Jill Halfpenny) and her 17-year-old daughters Lily and Abby – played by real-life sisters Tallulah and Delphi Evans – are living in the fictional northern town of Hollowfell. While Lily is keen on partying with boyfriend Wes (Levi Brown), Abby has her sights set on university, and her apparently charming English teacher Rick Hansen (Alfie Allen) has been helping her to prepare. When Lily and Abby have a bust-up at a gathering, Lily storms off and accepts a lift home from Rick – only for the teacher to reveal his terrifying true nature when he takes her to a remote cottage…

The War Between the Land and the Sea BBC1’s Doctor Who spin-off sees UNIT worker Barclay (Russell Tovey) negotiate at a summit with an ancient underwater species. Conflict erupts, but a bond with ambassador Salt (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) also develops. The Imposter In 5’s thriller, ailing Melbournebased hotelier Helen (Jackie Woodburne) gets a shock when a woman (Kym Marsh) turns up and claims to be her long-lost daughter, who was adopted as a baby. But the newcomer is not all that she seems… Accidental Tourist Nervous traveller Stephen Mulhern submits to the whims of pals Ant and Dec on ITV1 as they send him to South Korea. He has an emotional encounter with a shaman, plucks up the courage to try seafood, and goes free-diving. Steve Backshall’s Royal Arctic Challenge On…

NEW HISTORY Lucy Worsley’s Victorian Murder Club Mon, 9pm, BBC2 (box set, iPlayer) Following her true-crime programme about Jack the Ripper, historian Lucy Worsley turns her attention to another serial killer who was terrorising Victorian London at the same time. ‘I really enjoyed my Jack the Ripper investigation,’ says the 52-year-old. ‘But a lot of people won’t know about another serial killer who was operating in the same period and in the same city.’ Between 1873 and 1902, London was rocked by the so-called Thames Torso Murders, a series of grisly crimes for which no one was ever brought to justice. GRUESOME MYSTERY ‘This forgotten serial killer may have murdered as many as five women in 19th-century London,’ explains Worsley. ‘His hallmark was to dismember the bodies of his victims and…

Rentaghost Saturday, 7.15pm, BBC4 Viewers of a certain generation will remember the comedy about a group of ghouls, including jester Timothy Claypole. Ahead of its 50th anniversary on Tuesday (6 Jan), here’s a chance to watch a classic episode. The Family Plan 2 Available now, Apple TV The perfect choice for movie night, this follow-up follows the Morgans as they travel to London for Christmas. But when Dan’s resentful criminal long-lost brother turns up, a wildgoose chase ensues across Europe. Balamory Coming to CBeebies in 2026 We’d like to know what the story is behind the comeback of the show, which is being revamped and is due to hit our screens later this year, with characters including Miss Hoolie set to return.…

NEW DRAMA A Thousand Blows From Friday 9 January, Disney+ Stephen Graham smiles as he casts his mind back to the time he spent immersed in a world of Victorian bare-knuckle boxing while filming hit Disney+ drama A Thousand Blows. The Emmy-winning actor met up with TV&Satellite Week on set to talk about his return to Steven Knight’s gritty gang drama set in London – and the Adolescence star can’t wait for people to see the next chapter. ‘A Thousand Blows is a fictitious story, but many of these characters actually existed and Steven has woven real historical events into the piece brilliantly. It’s a beautiful tapestry,’ he tells us. ‘It’s honestly a dream job to work on. You should see the sets – I haven’t seen anything like it…

THRILLER The Night Manager Sunday, 9pm, BBC1 As the new series of The Night Manager continues, Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) travels to Colombia on a perilous mission to win the trust of villainous arms dealer Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva). After living quietly as Alex Goodwin for several years, Jonathan now adopts another new identity – that of Matthew Ellis, a reckless, high-flying financier from Hong Kong – in a bid to infiltrate Teddy’s circle. When he arrives in Medellín, he’s surprised to encounter Roxana Bolaños (Camila Morrone), a businesswoman from Miami who he met at a birthday party for MI6 boss Rex Mayhew (Douglas Hodge). But as Roxana helps Jonathan work his way into the South American gunrunner’s confidence, she knows that she’s playing a dangerous game. Here, Morrone,…

The Roses Genre: Comedy Episodes: One-off Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch (both above) are on top form, brilliantly exchanging caustic one-liners as Ivy and Theo Rose, a once blissfully happy couple whose marriage becomes terrifyingly toxic, in a bitingly witty black comedy – a remake of 1990’s The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. When Theo’s career as an architect dramatically implodes, Ivy’s seafood business takes off in spectacular fashion and the cracks begin to appear in their marriage. Before long, it is all-out war between the pair. Jay Kelly Genre: Comedy drama Episodes: One-off George Clooney (right) is Jay Kelly, a movie star who spontaneously takes a trip across Europe in what becomes a journey of selfdiscovery as he reflects on his life and his legacy, in a bittersweet tale. Hunted…

Tehran Available: Friday 9 January Genre: Thriller Season: 3 Episodes: 8 (released weekly) As one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors, Hugh Laurie is in the privileged position of being able to cherry-pick his roles. But the 66-year-old star admits that there’s only one current TV show that really captures his imagination. ‘I told my agent the only thing I love is Tehran,’ he recalls. ‘I went on about it for so long that he called up one day and said, “You’re in it!” I hadn’t seen the script, I didn’t know who the character was, but I’m such a fan that I was on the next plane.’ In the third season of the thriller, Laurie plays Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector working in Iran who needs the help of undercover Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan (Niv…

Baylen Out Loud Monday 5 January The second season of the reality series chronicling the daily challenges of Baylen Dupree, a young woman living with Tourette’s syndrome. As she and her fiancé Colin Dooley plan their wedding, Colin’s time in the US Air Force is coming to an end, meaning he must find another job. Spring Fever Monday 5 January Korean romcom series. A cold-hearted teacher from Seoul comes to a small-town high school with her mind set against the place. There, she meets the uncle of one of her students, a man whose fiery passion could melt the coldest of hearts. The Curse Monday 5 January One-off Polish comedy drama. Two sisters find their lives plagued by misfortune until one day their gran reveals a long-hidden secret to them…

More premieres and Day by Day planner❯❯❯ MUSICAL Available now, buy or rent from digital stores including Prime Video and Sky Store Charismatic stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande continue to cast a potent spell in the second half of the blockbuster two-part film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, but taken as a whole, Wicked: For Good doesn’t have the same magic as its predecessor. In part, that’s because Erivo and Grande’s characters are largely kept apart by the story, which picks up where the first film ended with Erivo’s outcast Elphaba unjustly demonised as the Wicked Witch of the West, while Grande’s radiant Glinda assumes ever greater popularity in the land of Oz. Although Glinda remains pretty in pink, things are much darker this time, as the animals…

LIVE AFCON Knockout stage Sat-Tue & Fri, 4seven & E4 The Africa Cup of Nations reaches the round-of-16 over the weekend, with matches played Saturday-Tuesday, before the first two quarterfinals take place on Friday. Mohamed Salah will want to put his recent club tribulations behind him as Egypt seek a record-extending eighth title. LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE Manchester City v Chelsea Sunday, kick-off 5.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League With both sides still harbouring title ambitions, this should be a hotly contested match at the Etihad. Blues forward Cole Palmer will be hoping it’s fifth time lucky as he tries to score against his former club. LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal v Liverpool Thursday, kick-off 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League Sky Sports are…

Bull Jeremy Ned Dennehy The brother of Elephant Boys leader Indigo Jeremy, Bull becomes prominent in the gang and is involved in a bitter feud with Hezekiah and the Goodson brothers. Sophie Lyons Catherine McCormack The notorious American criminal arrives in London from New York with plans to pull off an ambitious job with the help of the Forty Elephants. Prince Albert Victor Stanley Morgan The young royal and heir to the throne wants Hezekiah to teach him how to fight in the hope of settling a grudge, and makes the boxer a very generous offer.…

NEW Britain’s Favourite Railway Stations with Si King Thursday, 9pm, More4 Along with his late pal Dave Myers, Si King fronted the BBC series The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook (inset) from 2006 to 2007. Together, the pair’s many shows included The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain (2009) and The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food (2017). King has also been an occasional presenter and guest on Saturday Kitchen. HIS NEW SHOW In a new four-part series, train enthusiast King, 59, joins transport historian Siddy Holloway and architect Damion Burrows to explore the UK’s vast railway network, which boasts more than 2,600 stations, checking out some of our most eclectic hubs to uncover their fascinating history. This week, he visits York Station, while Holloway travels to Lowestoft and Burrows takes a trip to…

Matlock Wed, 9pm, Sky Witness Kathy Bates (left) is back as Madeline ‘Matty’ Matlock, a retired attorney who joined New York law firm Jacobson Moore in a secret bid to expose their involvement in covering up her daughter’s opioid death. In the Season1 finale, Matty’s mentor Olympia (Skye P Marshall) discovered that her ex-husbandJulian (Jason Ritter) had concealed vital documents – but where do her loyalties lie? And can she fool the whipsmart Matty? Evil Sunday, 9pm & 10pm, Sky Max & Sky Showcase (box set, Sky Box Sets & NOW) All episodes of the horror thriller will be available for the first time on Sky, including the UK premiere of the fourth and final season. This week, there’s another chance to catch the opening two episodes of the first series.…

Hancock Park Regé-Jean Page (above) will feature in Netflix’s racy thriller about a family trying to maintain their standing among LA’s elite. But after a charming stranger rents the guest house in their back garden, he infiltrates their world and their darkest secrets come under threat. Mosquito Disney+’s six-part comedy will star The Great’s Nicholas Hoult (above) and Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones as newly married Ed and Kate, whose lives start to implode when a troublesome insect sets off a chain of events and some surprising revelations emerge. The Rest Is Football When the 2026 World Cup kicks off in North America, Gary Lineker, Micah Richards and Alan Shearer (all above) will host a daily TV version of their football podcast. The Netflix series will see them analyse matches and…

HORROR 30 Days of Night Prime Video For 30 days a year there’s no daylight in the remote Alaskan town of Barrow. Ideal conditions, then, for Danny Huston’s feral, bloodthirsty vampires to run amok… Intrepid sheriff Josh Hartnett and his estranged wife Melissa George try to ensure the monsters don’t have things all their own way, while creepy Ben Foster’s mysterious stranger is also hanging around in this astonishing-looking, imaginatively grisly horror. 2007, 18, 108MIN ROMANTIC COMEDY Plus One Prime Video Faced with a summer full of weddings, single friends Maya Erskine and Jack Quaid decide to join forces to survive the ordeal of seemingly never-ending nuptials. The wedding romcom is a well-worn genre, but it comes up fresh here thanks to the stars’ genuine funny bones. The movie has…

David Morrissey The actor will star in ITV1’s six-part thriller Gone as Michael Polly, a headmaster at a private school who comes under suspicion when his wife disappears, but cop Annie Cassidy (Eve Myles) vows to unravel the truth. Matthew Macfadyen In eight-part BBC1drama Legacy of Spies, inspired byJohn le Carré’s espionage novels, the actor will play Cold War secret agent George Smiley, who’s on a mission to find a Russian enemy. Charlie Hunnam co-stars. Coming Back BBC1 drama Riot Women, starring Lorraine Ashbourne andJoanna Scanlan and following the formation of a punk band, will return for a second run exploring the fallout after Kitty (Rosalie Craig) received some startling info. The third three-part run ofJimmy McGovern’s BBC1 anthology drama Time will be based in a young offender institution. David…