Silence Is Golden

Monday

Dave, 9.00pm

Sean Walsh, Katherine Ryan and Fatiha El-Ghorri helm Dave’s new comedy show - a cousin to Prime Video’s recent hit LOL: Last one Laughing. This time, it’s the audience who could lose it all with a chortle.

If they so much as sneeze or giggle, they risk missing out on a collective £250,000. With 30 comedians lurking backstage, their chances aren’t looking great. But what’s in it for the entertainers? If they manage to get that prize pot down to zero, they’ll be able to donate the £250,000 to a charity of their choosing. 

Marie Antoinette (Series Two)

Thursday

BBC Two, 9.00pm

The BBC concludes a story we all know the ending to.

In series two of BBC’s Marie Antoinette, she continues her transformation from the 14-year-old girl forcibly married to Louis XVI into the woman who would become France’s last queen.

Although series one saw Antoinette (Emilia Schüle, Wunderschön) and the Dauphin of France (Louis Cunningham, Bridgerton) face their own set of problems - namely, their struggle to consummate the marriage - series two brings a more serious problem. Antoinette finds herself at the centre of a public scandal, a financial crisis, and a mass of unhappy citizens… and it’s her head on the chopping block.

Long Way Home

Friday

Apple TV+

Trainspotting’s Ewan McGregor and presenter Charley Boorman are now well into their second decade of motorbike explorations. Their first show Long Way Round aired back in 2004 and saw them bike from London to New York. Riding on the back of that high, the road trip was followed by: Long Way Down (travelling from John O’Groats to Cape Town) and Long Way Up (Ushuaia, Argentina to Los Angeles).

For their most recent installation they’re choosing what might seem like their easiest route yet: Ewan’s home in Scotland to Charley’s in England. But, as the title suggests, they’re taking the long route, through Scandinavia, the Arctic Circle, the Baltics, and back through Europe.

Poker Face (Series Two)

Friday

Sky Max

From the maker of the Knives Out franchise, Rian Johnson, Poker Face stars Natasha Lyonne as a casino worker with a built-in lie detector. Each episode brings a new case, and Lyonne’s character Charlie travels all over the US solving murder mysteries with a comedic edge.

Series two follows the same form, but with an impressive roster of special guest stars, ranging from John Mulaney, to Alia Shawkat, to Method Man. Wicked star Cynthia Erivo will make not just one appearance, but six – playing sextuplets.