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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.
NOWTRY...
THEHOTZONE, NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC
Thisupcomingsix-partdramais
inspiredbythetrueeventsof 1989
thatsawscientistsin Americatrying
tocontaina lethalEbolaoutbreakin
monkeysbeforeit hithumans.Julianna
MarguliesandLiamCunninghamstar.
TV
GEM!
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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.