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1 day ago | 
theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Phil Harrison |Hannah Davies |Graeme Virtue |Simon Wardell
David Frost Vs9pm, Sky DocumentariesOf all David Frost’s TV interviews, his 28 hours with disgraced former president Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal was his most watched and most important. The inside story is told here, opening a series that revisits Frost’s work (later subjects are Elton John and the Middle East). Contributors include his son Wilfred, Nixon insiders Frank Gannon and Ken Khachigian, and Ron Howard and Michael Sheen (the director and star of the 2008 film Frost/Nixon).
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3 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Ellen Jones |Phil Harrison |Hannah Davies |Jack Seale |Simon Wardell
Inside Our ADHD Minds9pm, BBC TwoAutistic presenter Chris Packham returns with his Inside Our Minds series, this time meeting people with ADHD to make a film about what life is like for them. Tour guide Henry describes his struggle to regulate attention as being like the balls in a tombola. Jo, meanwhile, was diagnosed during the menopause; it’s another diagnosis missed more often in women. Touching and informative.
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3 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Graeme Virtue |Jack Seale |Ellen Jones |Simon Wardell
Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park 9pm, Sky DocumentariesAs the nation enjoyed the eased lockdown in June 2020, Bibaa Henry celebrated her birthday with friends and family in Fryent Park, London. But by the next day, nobody could get in touch with Bibaa and her sister Nicole “Nikki” Smallman. After 36 hours, and continual mistakes by the police, Nikki’s boyfriend found the sisters dead in the park.
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4 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Phil Harrison |Jack Seale |Ali Catterall |Simon Wardell
Families Like Ours9pm, BBC FourAnother double bill of Oscar winner Thomas Vinterberg’s Danish climate crisis drama, which follows the evacuation of Denmark after the news that rising water levels will submerge the country. In episode three, the nation gathers for a church service that marks the official end of the state of Denmark. Then, people get desperate for payments, while others depart on dangerous journeys – and some face the grave consequences of their actions.
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5 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Simon Wardell
Pick of the week Gladiator IIConsidering the success of the original, it’s a surprise it has taken 24 years for Ridley Scott to return to the Colosseum. But there’s still a lot of familiarity in his ancient Roman sequel – from returning characters to elaborate fight scenes and animal antics. Paul Mescal stars as Lucius, the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus, who is living a quiet life in north Africa until an invading Roman army take him into slavery.
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6 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Simon Wardell |Ellen Jones
Open House: The Great Sex Experiment10pm, Channel 4The eye-popping reality show, in which couples attempt to open their relationships, returns for a third romp. Mark and Tanith wonder if having sex with other people can help build trust – especially after one of them cheated.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Hollie Richardson |Hannah Davies |Ellen Jones |Graeme Virtue |Simon Wardell
9pm, Sky Max Natasha Lyonne’s cool crime caper was one of 2023’s most entertaining shows, following Vegas casino worker Charlie (Lyonne) whose ability to instantly detect when people are lying gets her in big trouble with bad people and sets her on the run. As season two starts, she is still being chased across America – but stopping to use her skill to solve a different “howcatchem” in every star-studded episode.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Hannah Davies |Ellen Jones |Graeme Virtue |Simon Wardell
Poker Face9pm, Sky Max Natasha Lyonne’s cool crime caper was one of 2023’s most entertaining shows, following Vegas casino worker Charlie (Lyonne) whose ability to instantly detect when people are lying gets her in big trouble with bad people and sets her on the run. As season two starts, she is still being chased across America – but stopping to use her skill to solve a different “howcatchem” in every star-studded episode.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Jack Seale |Simon Wardell
Like Prime Video’s hit show Last One Laughing (but not nearly as good), here’s another comedy competition that rewards silence – and this time it’s the audience who need to shut it, or else the £250,000 prize fund dwindles with each outburst. Trying to break them in week one: comedians including Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri. Dermot O’Leary is the host with a few tricks of his own up his sleeve – and he’s the only one allowed to laugh.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Phil Harrison |Ellen Jones |Simon Wardell
Malpractice9pm, ITV1A messy new case in the second series of the hospital thriller, which this time follows well-intentioned but shifty psychiatric registrar Dr James Ford (Tom Hughes). James is distracted by his phone when a struggling mother comes in for a postnatal checkup and is later involved with the sectioning of a patient. But by the end of the day a tragedy happens, and all of his decisions about the two patients are scrutinised – while he appears to be hiding a secret.
