Woman’s Own – 26 August 2019

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RICHARD ARNOLD’S

MUST-WATCH TV!

Paul Bradley

Aspartofthe20th

anniversarycelebrations

ofBBC1’sHolbyCity, the

actorwillreprisehisroleas

ElliotHope,whowillvisit

hisoldfriendandprotégé

JacNaylor,butdoeshe

haveanulteriormotive?

RachelRiley

The Countdownstaris one
of the fourbravecelebs
who willbelookingafter
a familyoffourchildrenfor
four daysinMyFamous
BabysitteronW,which
explorestherealityof
modernparenting.

1 TheGreat

BritishBakeOff,C4

Paul,Prue,Sandiand

Noelareallbackasthe

nation’sfavouritenaughty

butnicetelevisualtreat

returnsfora newseries,

markinga decadeofsoggy

bottomsonourscreens.

2 TheDarkCrystal:Age

OfResistance,Netflix

A stellarlineupvoicesthe

charactersin thisnewseriesthat

is a prequeltoJimHenson’s 1982

filmTheDarkCrystal, including

StarWarslegendMarkHamill,

TaronEgerton(Rocketman) and

SimonPegg.A mustforfans.

3 CoronationStreet,ITV

It’shardtoremembera time

whenblueskieshoveredoverNo 11

CoronationStreetandthisweekis

noexceptionasEileenandSebfind

themselvesin gravedangerasthe

peopletraffickerRachelreturns...

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CHERNOBYL, SKYATLANTIC

EmilyWatsonandStellanSkarsgård

in thepowerfuldramabasedonthe

horrificreal-lifeeventsofthe 1986

Chernobylnuclearaccident.Jessie

BuckleyandJaredHarrisalsostarred.

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THEHOTZONE, NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC

Thisupcomingsix-partdramais

inspiredbythetrueeventsof 1989

thatsawscientistsin Americatrying

tocontaina lethalEbolaoutbreakin

monkeysbeforeit hithumans.Julianna

MarguliesandLiamCunninghamstar.

TV

GEM!

TV

GEM!

StellanSkarsgård

andEmilyWatson

inChernobyl

LiamCunningham

andJuliannaMargulies

inTheHotZone

Getset,bake!

Noel,Sandi,Prue

andPaulareback

Hup,Deetand

Riansetoutto

savetheirworld

Seb and Eileen

find themselves

in peril in Corrie

TELLY

Top

Dad’s Army: The

Lost Episodes, Gold

Kevin McNally heads

the cast as Captain

Mainwaring in

this special

recreation of three lost

episodes of the much-

loved comedy.

Peaky Blinders

, BBC1

The new series of

1920s gangster drama kicks

off with two tension-filled

episodes as Cillian Murphy,

reprises his role as the

fearsome Thomas

Shelby.