What To Watch on TV This Week: 8th March – 14th March
Race Across The World
Wednesday
BBC One, 9.00pm
No phones. No credit cards. 15,000 kilometres. How hard can it be?
The Last of Us
In conversation with Zai Bennett
Watch our in conversation event with Sky UK & Ireland’s Managing Director of Content, Zai Bennett.
Zai talks to TV and radio broadcaster Nikki Bedi about his extraordinary career and how he oversees Sky’s award-winning slate of original programming such as Chernobyl, Gangs of London and I Hate Suzie, as well as their US content, including recent big hitters The Last of Us and Succession.
The rise of the video game franchise
If there was doubt before, there is none now: The Last of Us and The Super Mario Bros Movie have proved that games can transfer successfully to TV and film.
Audiences and box office have been astonishing: HBO’s post-apocalyptic series The Last of Us pulled in 30 million viewers per episode, while Super Mario – despite a critical lashing – is closing in on $1bn in ticket sales.
Game On! | The new world of opportunity in franchises across video games and TV
The Last of Us was a breakthrough moment in video game adaptations for TV, proving that a game could be developed into a critically acclaimed and popular TV series.
'Game On' brought together a uniquely qualified panel to discuss the increasing creative collaboration between games and TV:
From Big Brother to The Last of Us: 14 series you just can't miss in 2023
The Last of Us
Sky Atlantic
January
What to Watch on TV: 9th January - 15th January
