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The Guardian
9 hours ago
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- The Guardian
TV tonight: Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski star in The Gilded Age
9pm, Sky AtlanticJulian Fellowes's New York-set costume drama continues to underwhelm in its third series. Somehow, it's never quite racy or absorbing enough to excuse its lack of literary weight, plus some of the dialogue feels like a parody of period potboiler tropes. Ada (Cynthia Nixon) has become heavily involved in the temperance movement – which isn't suiting Agnes (Christine Baranski) at all. Elsewhere, George's railroad plan is in danger of hitting the buffers. Phil Harrison 7pm, BBC ThreePrepare for 00s nostalgia at its finest with this throwback batch of episodes documenting the birthday parties of some super-rich US teens of 2007. First up, there's fashion-lover Amberly's gloriously OTT runway-themed bash, before a young, pre-music and acting fame Teyana Taylor plans an 80s old-school skateboard party to remember. Nicole Vassell 9pm, BBC TwoA domestic dispute has left a mother and daughter with serious stab wounds, but Worcester police are entering a volatile situation. There are children in the house, tempers are running high and the woman's partner claims to have acted in self-defence. PH 9pm, ITV1An uncompromising lawyer, his cocky assistant and their impatient boss: the regular template for many a crime drama. This one just happens to be set in Tudor times. Shardlake faces mounting pressure from pushy John Barak to rush the case after Goodhap mysteriously vanishes. But he's determined to uncover the truth. Ali Catterall Sign up to The Guide Get our weekly pop culture email, free in your inbox every Friday after newsletter promotion 9pm, Channel 4The death in 1979 of the British nurse Helen Smith at an expat party in Saudi Arabia had wide-ranging ramifications that are explored in this documentary. Smith's apparent fall from a balcony was ruled an accident but was she murdered? And, with Margaret Thatcher's government fixated on oil deals with the Saudis, did the British authorities turn a blind eye? PH 10pm, BBC TwoThe BBC warms up for Glastonbury by offering highlights of the festival through the decades. We begin in the 70s, when Glastonbury was a very different, somewhat wilder affair. Expect appearances from future holders of the Sunday legends slot including Dolly Parton, Al Green, ELO and Barry Gibb. PH
The Guardian
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
TV tonight: how Michael Sheen's mega ‘debt heist' helped hundreds of people
Monday, 9pm, Channel 4 Michael Sheen is attempting a 'debt heist' – using £100,000 of his own money to buy £1m worth of debt from people in south Wales, then write it off. How is this possible? In a documentary that follows his mission, Sheen explains the secondary debt market and how high-cost credit is ruining so many lives. But this is no millionaire's vanity project; it exposes the evils of the current credit system in the UK (the banks made £44.3bn profit in 2023, he says). He speaks to the people trapped in debt, as well as an illegal loan shark, while also calling for a fairer system and having a conversation with Gordon Brown about how he can get the government to listen and bring about change. Hollie Richardson 8pm, BBC Two From Netflix's hit drama, The Queen's Gambit, to the real-life scandal of Magnus Carlsen accusing his opponent of cheating with anal beads, chess has rebranded itself as the most exciting game over recent years. Sue Perkins hosts this new series, in which 12 charismatic players – including the Swashbuckler and Killer Queen – compete in games and tasks to become grandmaster, while experts analyse their techniques. HR 9pm, BBC One 'I intend to surrender – with one non-negotiable condition.' In the penultimate episode of this superior crime thriller, DCI Harry Virdee is in hospital with anaphylactic shock after near-death by wasp sting, as the Saw-style serial killer contacts the police with an intriguing offer. Ali Catterall 9pm, BBC Two The concluding part of Norma Percy's hefty series about the decades leading up to the 7 October 2023 attacks. It picks up in 2017, with Donald Trump trying to make peace 'his way' and Benjamin Netanyahu presenting his 'new Middle East'. Trump's former ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, is just one top-level political figure giving crucial insights. HR 9pm, Channel 5 Chaos descends on seamstress Zoe Dalton's idyllic (if bland) life when that antediluvian trope, the mysterious foreign nanny, joins the household. But what is the enigmatic Sandrine (Ludmilla Makowski) hiding? Sally Bretton and David Suchet star in a four-part psychological thriller you could set your grandfather clock by. Ali Catterall 9pm, Sky Atlantic The nagging feeling that Mike White's satire about a group of unhappy one percenters is moving too slowly this year dissipates a little as half the cast go on a sexy, tense boat trip. Back on dry land, the infuriatingly childlike security guard Gaitok (Tayme Thapthimthong) suffers another entirely self-inflicted catastrophe. Jack Seale
