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The Guardian
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
TV tonight: a fun reboot of early 00s reality show Faking It
9pm, Channel 5The first run of this reality show in the early 00s was underpinned by a sense that the participants were learning not just a new trade but a new outlook. There's less emphasis on that aspect in this revival, but it's fun anyway. We begin with Rex, a luxury estate agent from Surrey who is going to Bolton ('It's a town up north somewhere' apparently) to become a market trader. Given his floppy hair, dainty shoes and adoption of the least convincing northern accent since Daphne in Frasier, he has his work cut out. Phil Harrison 9pm, BBC OneA heavily pregnant Aisling Bea digs into her roots before bringing a new branch into the world. Tracing her lineage through County Laois to the remote Blasket Islands, she discovers strong women and Irish rebels: from a formidable, widowed farmer expanding her land to a great-grandfather who defied British rule. Ali Catterall 9pm, ITV1A deep dive into the infected blood scandal centred on the Lord Mayor Treloar School and Hospital in Hampshire. Through the 1970s and 80s, hundreds of young haemophiliacs were given Factor VIII, a drug intended to cure their condition but that was, in fact, an effective death sentence. A grim insight into one of the worst disasters in the history of the NHS. PH 9pm, Sky MaxA series of delightful working holidays for Big Zuu and his rapper cousin AJ Tracey, as the pair travel the world sampling some of its most expensive dining experiences. They begin in Korea, enjoying a wagyu-heavy barbecue and cooking for Korean royalty. 'I'm a little bit worried about Zuu's behaviour,' confesses AJ, primly. 'He's very loud.' PH 9pm, Sky ArtsAs a childhood 'misfit', and one of the few Asian girls in her Bradford school, Anita Rani was as inspired by the Brontë sisters as Nirvana and Neneh Cherry. In this passionate film, she visits Brontë country to discover why their stories were so disruptive. Hollie Richardson 9pm, Sky WitnessGive this reboot marks for ingenuity: undercover lawyer Kathy Bates only uses the name 'Matlock' because her wily character is a fan of the old TV show. But as season one wraps up, Mattie's covert opioid investigation has been revealed, upsetting her steely colleague Olympia (Skye P Marshall). Can they still work together? Graeme Virtue Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Till, 2023), 10pm, Sky Arts Interspersed with words taken from her own unpublished memoir and a trove of home movie footage, Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill's candid documentary gets as close to the 'bohemian rock chick' Anita Pallenberg as we're probably going to get. She blazed a trail from impoverished Italian aristocracy to feted New York model to lover of three Rolling Stones, retaining her independent spirit through fame, hard drugs and motherhood, mesmerising everyone she met. Simon Wardell
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
TV tonight: Bradford is a city of crime as well as culture in Virdee
9pm, BBC OneA full-throttle opening sequence throws you into the high-octane world of detective Harry Virdee (Staz Nair) in this crime thriller based on Amit Dhand's novels. But it's not just Bradford's turf war that is keeping him on his toes; there's plenty of drama in his private life, with his estranged family disapproving of his interfaith marriage. Virdee is not exactly subtle in leaning into its genre, but there's fun to be had with it, and deeper issues are explored. Hollie Richardson 8pm, Channel 4God bless the air fryer, which this time is used to make a tomato sauce perfect for pastas. Other foodie miracles performed in the last episode of Jamie Oliver's easy-to-follow series are carrot cake, chicken curry, welsh rarebit and a whole Chinese feast. HR 9pm, BBC TwoThoughts of Russia dominate the second half of Katya Adler's tour of eastern Europe. In Romania, she joins Nato forces on an aerial drill designed to send a 'clear and loud message to Moscow'. In Serbia, the country's coal power is of interest to Russia and China. Plus, visiting Kosovo means walking down Tony Blair street. Jack Seale 9pm, Channel 4More from the series where six outspoken Britons experience life on the ground for refugees. An encounter in northern Syria with victims of a recent drone strike sparks emotive debate between Dave, Bushra and Chloe. Meanwhile, Jess, Nathan and Mathilda seem overwhelmed by what they see in Kenya's sprawling Dadaab camp. Graeme Virtue 9pm, BBC Three The pressure mounts in this witty swipe at boarding schools, as the five scholarship students fight to keep their places at St Gilbert's. The insufferable new headteacher, Carol, puts on the school open day, which causes all sorts of problems – from Femi's spoken-word performance to head boy Jaheim going missing. HR 11.10pm, BBC One'Set a place for death at the table.' While this isn't the most cheerful message for a counsellor to deliver, it seems realistic in the face of Angie's struggles to prepare for her passing. This warm Aussie comedy is good at addressing life's most serious moments, and as Angie readies to let go in this season finale double bill, it's as sweet, sour and convincingly human as ever. Phil Harrison Things to Come (William Cameron Menzies, 1936), 3.15am, Talking Pictures TV A landmark in British sci-fi cinema, this stunningly designed 1936 drama, written by HG Wells and directed by William Cameron Menzies, mingles despair at our warlike nature with dreams of a technocratic utopia of unstoppable progress. Spanning 1940 to 2036, it follows the fortunes of Everytown, assailed by conflict and descending into feudalism, until hope arrives in the form of an advanced, aerial global power. A prescient, futurist classic. Simon Wardell • This article was amended on 9 February 2025. An earlier version misidentified a still image from Things to Come as showing Kenneth Villiers, rather than Raymond Massey.
The Guardian
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
TV tonight: Bradford is a city of crime as well as culture in Virdee
9pm, BBC OneA full-throttle opening sequence throws you into the high-octane world of detective Harry Virdee (Staz Nair) in this crime thriller based on Amit Dhand's novels. But it's not just Bradford's turf war that is keeping him on his toes; there's plenty of drama in his private life, with his estranged family disapproving of his interfaith marriage. Virdee is not exactly subtle in leaning into its genre, but there's fun to be had with it, and deeper issues are explored. Hollie Richardson 8pm, Channel 4God bless the air fryer, which this time is used to make a tomato sauce perfect for pastas. Other foodie miracles performed in the last episode of Jamie Oliver's easy-to-follow series are carrot cake, chicken curry, welsh rarebit and a whole Chinese feast. HR 9pm, BBC TwoThoughts of Russia dominate the second half of Katya Adler's tour of eastern Europe. In Romania, she joins Nato forces on an aerial drill designed to send a 'clear and loud message to Moscow'. In Serbia, the country's coal power is of interest to Russia and China. Plus, visiting Kosovo means walking down Tony Blair street. Jack Seale 9pm, Channel 4More from the series where six outspoken Britons experience life on the ground for refugees. An encounter in northern Syria with victims of a recent drone strike sparks emotive debate between Dave, Bushra and Chloe. Meanwhile, Jess, Nathan and Mathilda seem overwhelmed by what they see in Kenya's sprawling Dadaab camp. Graeme Virtue 9pm, BBC Three The pressure mounts in this witty swipe at boarding schools, as the five scholarship students fight to keep their places at St Gilbert's. The insufferable new headteacher, Carol, puts on the school open day, which causes all sorts of problems – from Femi's spoken-word performance to head boy Jaheim going missing. HR 11.10pm, BBC One'Set a place for death at the table.' While this isn't the most cheerful message for a counsellor to deliver, it seems realistic in the face of Angie's struggles to prepare for her passing. This warm Aussie comedy is good at addressing life's most serious moments, and as Angie readies to let go in this season finale double bill, it's as sweet, sour and convincingly human as ever. Phil Harrison Things to Come (William Cameron Menzies, 1936), 3.15am, Talking Pictures TV A landmark in British sci-fi cinema, this stunningly designed 1936 drama, written by HG Wells and directed by William Cameron Menzies, mingles despair at our warlike nature with dreams of a technocratic utopia of unstoppable progress. Spanning 1940 to 2036, it follows the fortunes of Everytown, assailed by conflict and descending into feudalism, until hope arrives in the form of an advanced, aerial global power. A prescient, futurist classic. Simon Wardell
