TV Picks: 3rd May - 10th May
Monday
RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under
BBC One, 11.20pm
RuPaul’s Drag Race airs from Australia and New Zealand for the first time to find the queen of the Land Down Under.
RuPaul’s Drag Race airs from Australia and New Zealand for the first time to find the queen of the Land Down Under.
Tracy Ifeachor (Quantico), James Frain (Star Trek: Discovery) and Sharon D Clarke (Rocks) have been cast, as well as Celine Buckens (Bridgerton), Kerr Logan (Game of Thrones), Lolita Chakrabarti (Vigil) and RTS Award-winner Sinéad Keenan (Little Boy Blue).
Erin Doherty (The Crown), Billy Howle (The Serpent), Pippa Bennett-Warner (Gangs of London) and Jack Farthing (Poldark) will star in the six-part series exploring obsession, deceit, identity and grief.
Also joining the talented young cast will be Poppy Gilbert (Stay Close), Akshay Khanna (Grace), Brandon Micheal Hall (Search Party) and newcomer Alexander Eliot.
With series ten premiering on Sunday 18 April and series 11 soon to start filming, Call The Midwife will now be on air until 2024.
Series 12 and 13 will consist of eight 60 minute episodes and two Christmas specials.
Creator, Writer and Executive Producer, Heidi Thomas, said: “It’s an incredible privilege to be able to look back on a decade of Call The Midwife, and yet know that our journey is still very far from over.
From writer, actor and comedian Liam Williams, Ladhood explores the highs and lows of teenage life.
Williams explores the roots and realities of modern-day masculinity by looking at his own memories of a misspent adolescence.
Series two will follow a teenage Williams (Oscar Kennedy), with his best mates Ralph (Samuel Bottomley), Addy (Aquib Khan) and Craggy (Shaun Thomas), tackle the fun and hardships of being a teenager in a Leeds suburb in the early noughties.
David Tennant (Des), Dolly Wells (Dracula), and Lydia West (It’s A Sin) will all star in the four-part series, alongside leading man Stanley Tucci (Spotlight) in the titular role.
Directed by Paul McGuigan (Sherlock), the gripping miniseries will follow the unexpectedly interconnected lives of a prisoner on death row in the States, a Vicar in a quiet English town and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar.
Filming for the eight-episode series will take place in the UK and locations across Europe.
Both Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer will return to star in the series as Eve Polastri and Villanelle.
Sandra Oh said: “Killing Eve has been one of my greatest experiences and I look forward to diving back into Eve’s remarkable mind soon.
“I’m so grateful for all cast and crew who have brought our story to life and to the fans who have joined us and will be back for our exciting and unpredictable fourth and final season.”
Michaela Coel discusses writing her groundbreaking series I May Destroy You as she accepts the awards for Mini-Series, Actor - Female and Writer - Drama at the RTS Programme Awards 2021, in partnership with Audio Network.
Created by the team behind A Very English Scandal and written by Sarah Phelps (Dublin Murders), the three-part series will focus on one of the most notorious legal case of the 20th century: the Duke of Argyll’s divorce from Duchess Margaret Argyll.
Under the aggressively watchful eye of the 1960s media, Margaret, once famed for her charisma, style and beauty, dominated front pages as her divorce carried allegations of theft, forgery, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery and an explicit polaroid picture.
With everyone spending more time at home, the series aims to inspire a nationwide spring clean with Stacey offering handy upcycling and organisational hacks for a busy household.
Stacey will be joined by her skilful friends to declutter and makeover Britain’s homes, with carpenter and upcycler Robert Brent, organiser supreme Dilly Carter, and cleaning obsessive Iwan Carrinton offering their expertise.