TV Picks: 25th October – 31st October
The Outlaws
Monday
BBC One, 9.00pm
Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken makes his UK television debut in this new comic thriller from Stephen Merchant.
Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken makes his UK television debut in this new comic thriller from Stephen Merchant.
The four-part miniseries will follow the unexpectedly intersecting paths of a prisoner on death row in the US, a Vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar.
Leading the star-studded cast will be David Tennant (Des), Dolly Wells (The Pursuit of Love) and Lydia West (It’s A Sin) alongside Stanley Tucci (Feud) in the titular role of the Inside Man.
A panel of leaders from the UK production sector and Netflix consider the rapid changes in the market and explore their possible longer term impacts on audiences, broadcasters and producers.
Chair
Lorraine Heggessey, Chair, Grierson Trust and Advisor, Channel 4 Growth Fund
Speakers
Ralph Lee, Chief Executive, Production, BBC Studios
Brandon Riegg, VP, Unscripted and Documentary Series, Netflix
Sanjay Singhal, Chief Executive, Voltage TV
Jane Turton, CEO, All3Media
Take a Hike, a new series in which five hikers compete for the title of ultimate guide, could just as easily have been called Come Hike With Me. Each week sees a different hiker take the lead, judged by the others on their route, picnic, views and fun.
At the beginning of August, Reese Witherspoon sold her company, Hello Sunshine. Even in a world where film-stars-turned-brands have become 10 a penny, the Oscar winner made international headlines thanks to the jaw-dropping sale price – reportedly $900m. Witherspoon said she was “thrilled to be working with Blackstone, Kevin, and Tom to grow a next-generation media company”.
Staunton will take over the role from Olivia Colman, with the fifth series expected to cover the monarch’s reign in the 1990s and early 2000s, including the divorce of Prince Charles from Princess Diana and the death of the princess in 1997.
The role of Prince Phillip will pass from Tobias Menzies (This Way Up) to Jonathan Pryce (Game of Thrones), while Elizabeth Debicki (The Night Manager) will take on the role of Princess Diana from Emma Corrin.
When Team GB hit an all-time low at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, finishing 36th in the league of nations, the governing bodies launched an ambitious project to transform British sport.
The much-loved comedy series is back once again, following the sexual exploits and general mishaps of the students at Moordale High.
The second series saw Otis (Asa Butterfield) and Maeve’s (Emma Mackey) illicit sex clinic discovered by Otis’ sex therapist mother Jean (Gillian Anderson).
Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) was caught in a love triangle with new student Rahim (Sami Outalbali) and former school bully Adam (Connor Swindells), who was learning to make peace with his sexuality.
As one of the first comedians to tour the world since lockdown began, Russell Howard invites the cameras to follow along for a three-part documentary.
Created by Canadian comedian Mae Martin, the hilarious, warm and deeply personal comedy-drama sees Martin play a fictionalised version of themself: a bi-sexual stand-up navigating a new relationship with their straight girlfriend George, played by Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts), while trying to keep their addictive impulses at bay.