What To Watch This Week 15.04.24
films and TV will see you through the week.
MONDAY
Blue Lights, BBC
BBC’s Belfast-set police drama is back for a second season. Grace, Tommy and Annie are now a year into the job, but Jen is still haunted by the harrowing events of last season. In this first episode, the team are faced with a drug-fuelled crime that takes them deep into a loyalist estate and the pressure is on for the group to get to the bottom of it.
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TUESDAY
Danny Dyer: How To Be A Man, Channel 4
Famous East End hard-man Danny Dyer is travelling around the UK to find out if there is a war on masculinity. In this two-part documentary, he will be delving into what it means to be a man today, in typical Dyer fashion but with a level of unexpected nuance. In the first part, Dyer meets a misogynistic TikTok influencer.
WEDNESDAY
The Circle, Netflix
A popularity competition like no other, The Circle is back for the sixth season. Here, contestants are judged on their ability to win friends and influence them in the ultimate social media challenge. Hosted by comedian and Survival of the Thickest star Michelle Buteau, the contests either play honestly and create a fake persona to strategise their way to the top. But this season has something different in store. In a series-first, real-life contestants will be competing against an AI-bot catfish.
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Our Living World, Netflix
Netflix’s new wildlife-documentary Our Living World documents life on earth, narrated by A-list actress Cate Blanchett. You may not think the grazing patterns of Arctic reindeer have much in common with hippos on the African plain, but this new series documents the intricate links of the natural world that connect us all.
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THURSDAY
The Apprentice Final, BBC
This year’s most gruelling job interview ends tonight. Alan Sugar, complete with his cheesy one-liners, will be choosing from two candidates to decide which one is worthy of his £250,000 investment. What will come out on top – a boutique fitness studio or pies?
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FRIDAY
Rebel Moon Part 2, Netflix
Zack Snyder does big budget action films so well – 300, Justice League, Man of Steel are just a few examples. Part one of Rebel Moon came out at the end of last year, and fans have been on tenterhooks waiting for the next instalment. In this one, the story picks up as Kora and the rebels are preparing for the upcoming war with the Motherworld on Veldt – including training up the villagers – for a David versus Goliath battle.
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Sometimes I Think About Dying
This a new romantic-comedy-drama from indie director Rachel Lambert stars Daisy Ridley (Star Wars), only this time the actress makes departure from her big budget blockbusters to play a lonely and depressed office worker who develops a connection with a friendly co-worker. Offbeat and irreverent, it has love at its core.
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SATURDAY
Feud: Capote Vs The Swans, Disney+
Ryan Murphy's (American Horror Story, Dahmer) latest off-beat creation transports viewers to the glamorous 1960s, offering a glimpse into the life of iconic writer Truman Capote. A central figure of 1960s New York high society, Capote grapples with the complexities of his world as both a participant and observer – worsened when his scandalous book about the elite is published. Starring Tom Hollander (The White Lotus) in the role of Capote, and a stellar cast including Chloë Sevigny (American Psycho), Naomi Watts (King Kong), Calista Flockhart, and Jessica Lange, this series presents a haunting yet beautiful portrayal of a man whose charm thinly veiled his vulnerabilities.
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