We Are Not Alone

Monday

Dave, 9.00pm

Set six weeks after aliens have conquered Earth, this new comedy from Ghosts stars Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond interrogates the absurdities of humankind through the eyes of their new masters, the Gu'uns, be it capitalism, nuclear weapons or a cup of tea.

Having set up base in Clitheroe, three Gu'un chiefs who name themselves Trater (Vicki Pepperdine), Gordan (Mike Wozniak) and Greggs (Joe Thomas), employ local underachiever Stuart (Declan Baxter) as a human mediator. But while delivering their message to the masses, he attempts to aid the resistance.

Secrets of Playboy

Monday

Channel 4, 10pm

This documentary from Channel 4 explores the hidden secrets lurking behind the Playboy brand, and the complex world created by its founder, Hugh Hefner.

While he claims to have built his Playboy empire to start a sexual revolution that would liberate both men and women, the magazine magnate would use his power and influence to manipulate and exploit women and silence whistle-blowers.  

The Traitors

Tuesday

BBC One, 9:30pm

Claudia Winkleman hosts this new game show that sees 22 strangers compete in a castle in a game of trust and treachery. With three contestants assigned as secret traitors intent on “murdering” the others to remove them from the game, the group must work together to figure out who among them are the killers and banish them before they wind up dead.

The survivors are in with a chance of winning up to £120,000, but if a traitor remains undetected, they steal all the money.

The Patient

Wednesday

Disney+

A new psychological thriller from the creators of The Americans, Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg. Steve Carell stars as the recently widowed therapist Alan Strauss, who's one day held prisoner by a particularly desperate patient.

Sam Fortner (Domhnall Gleeson) is a serial killer who demands Alan curb his homicidal urges. And so, in order to survive, Alan must unwind his twisted mind to stop him from killing again.

Granite Harbour

Friday

BBC One, 7pm

Having completed his final tour with the Royal Military Police, Lance Corporal Davis Lindo aspires to become a detective at New Scotland Yard. He’s surprised, then, to find himself sent to the north-east of Scotland, far away from anything he has known before, to become a detective constable.

When a local oil magnate dies in mysterious circumstances in Aberdeen, trainee Lindo is thrown in at the deep end and must impress his colleagues or be left out in the cold.