TV & Satellite Week – 17 August 2019

* Mr Mercedes

Genre: Horror thriller Available: Now

Seasons: 1- 2 Episodes: 20

Runs: 50-60min

Based on Stephen King’s trilogy,

this thriller is about killer Brady

Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway)

and the retired detective, Bill

Hodges (Brendan Gleeson),

determined to bring him

to justice. Before the

third series begins next

month, catch up with all

previous episodes...

American Factory

Genre: Documentary Available: Wed

21 August Runs: 109min

The first programme from Barack

and Michelle Obama’s production

company is an Oscar-tipped

documentary that looks at the

differences between Chinese

and American workers. It

follows a Chinese billionaire

who opens a factory in

Ohio with the promise of

2,000 jobs for locals, while

also bringing over hundreds

of Chinese workers.

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The Red Sea

Diving Resort

Genre: Action thriller Runs: 130min

Marvel star Chris Evans

c a n ’ t s ave t h i s f i l m a b o u t

a real-life Mossad rescue

mission during Sudan’s

civil war in the 1980s,

according to critics,

who’ve labelled it

hackneyed and lifeless.

T h i s I s F ootba ll

Genre: Sports documentary

Season: 1 Eps: 6 Runs: 55-62min

Amazon Prime Video’s

homage to the beautiful

game, featuring football

stories from around the

world, has scored with

critics, who’ve praised it

for brilliantly capturing

the spirit of the sport.

Watch it

or dodge it

NEW

Genre: Foreign crime drama

Available: Friday 16 August

Season: 1 Episodes: 6 Runs: 51-59min

TVSW says: High-quality thriller

A doctor searching frantically for her

missing baby daughter finds herself tangled

in a web of ruthless criminals, suspicious

c o p s a n d d a r k s e c r e t s i n t h i s F r e n c h t h r i l l e r,

based on the best-selling novel by Harlan

Coben. After eight days in a coma, Dr Alice

Lambert (Alexandra Lamy) wakes up to

discover that she’s been shot and her infant

daughter abducted. The kidnappers want

one million euros for the child, with the

proviso that there’s no police involvement.

No Second

Chance

NEW

Genre: Street-racing contest Available: Wednesday

21 August Season: 1 Episodes: 10 Runs: 45min

TVSW says: The Stig’s got nothing on this

This high-octane 10 -part

reality series sees 28 non-

professional drivers test

their skills on a giant, 100-

acre obstacle course, with

competitors facing extreme

challenges – including dodging

cars hanging upside down, a

seesaw bridge and a slide rail.

The series is produced by

car-mad actor Charlize Theron,

who is currently filming the

ninth Fast & Furious film. ‘Who

doesn’t like a fast car going

around a track?’ she says. ‘It’s

inspired by Ninja Warrior and

the Fast & Furious movies, and

it’s pretty badass. I got to drift

with a fellow South African

[racer Stacey-Lee May], so

that’s a bucket-list item

I can happily cross off.’

Hyperdrive

For fans of

documentaries...

What we’re watching...

Chernobyl

Season: 1 Episodes: 5 Runs: 60-72min

This riveting dramatisation of the catastrophic 1986

nuclear accident in the Ukraine looks set to win big at

the Emmys next month. Jared Harris and Emily Watson

are excellent as scientists trying to contain the fallout.

• The Act

Season: 1 Episodes: 8 Runs: 47-60min

Patricia Arquette is superb as an overbearing mother

who suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy and

turns her healthy teenage daughter Gypsy Rose (Joey

King) into an invalid in a shocking real-life tragedy.

Operation Finale

Runs: 123min

The incredible true story of how Israeli agents carried

out a daring mission to ‘catch and extract’ Nazi war

criminal Adolf Eichmann (Sir Ben Kingsley) from

Buenos Aires in 1960 to bring him to justice in Israel.

Three Girls

Season: 1 Episodes: 3 Runs: 59-60min

Cheat’s Molly Windsor deservedly won a BAFTA for

her powerful performance as one of the young female

victims of the Rochdale child sex abuse ring. Maxine

Peake and Lesley Sharp also provide strong support.

Sam Troughton

and Robert Emms

in Chernobyl

A sneak peek at what’s being watched in the TV&Satellite Week office

What the critics are saying

about the latest releases...

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