What’s on TV – 27 July 2019

Words:

Nick Cannon, Hannah Davies

Photos:

BBC, C4, Getty, ITV, NBC Universal, Netflix, Sky, UKTV, Viacom

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HIDDEN GEMS SKY & VIRGIN

The best of BBC iPlayer,

ITV Hub, All 4, and more

What to watch on Netflix,

Amazon, and beyond

The secret shows tucked

away in the TV listings

The best on Sky and Virgin

showing this week

We search the TV schedules and

online for the shows you might miss...

A Night In with Bros

BBC iPlayer

Matt and Luke Goss, AKA 1980s pop icons Bros,

host an evening with nostalgic clips, star guests,

behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes from

their surprise hit documentary from last Winter.

Frankenstein’s Monster’s

Monster, Frankenstein

Netflix, available now, one-off comedy

In this mockumentary, David Harbour finds lost

footage of his actor father’s disastrous TV

production of Frankenstein – a discovery that

makes him dig deeper into his family’s secrets!

Eat, Shop, Save

Thursday, 8.30pm, ITV

Eating takeaways and chocolate regularly isn’t

exactly healthy or cheap, which is why the

Laherty family from Bury are in desperate need of

help from Ranvir Singh and her team of experts.

The South Bank Show

Tuesday, 10pm, Sky Arts (Sky 122, Virgin 122)

This profile of comedy duo Reece Shearsmith

and Steve Pemberton sees Melvyn Bragg gain

access into their writing room, plus he watches

them film a new series of BBC2’s Inside No. 9.

Year of the Rabbit

All 4

Matt Berry heads the cast of this six-part spoof

police show set in Victorian London. His hapless

team includes posh Wilbur Strauss (Freddie Fox)

and his boss’ daughter Mabel (Susan Wokoma).

This Is Football

Amazon Prime Video, from Friday

2 August, six episodes as a box set

Experience the passions and triumphs of the

beautiful game. Episodes include the sport’s

role in helping Rwanda after the genocide, and

the secrets of Lionel Messi’s footballing genius!

School of Rock

Wednesday-Friday, 7.30pm, E

Tony Cavalero is back as musician-turned-

teacher Dewey in a second series of the US

musical comedy. The pupils’ future plans are put

in jeopardy when their regular teacher returns.

I Am the Night

Thursday, 9pm, Alibi

When teen Fauna makes a discovery about her

birth, she and a reporter (Chris Pine) dig deeper.

All six episodes of this true-crime series will be on

Sky Box Sets/Virgin TV after the first episode airs.

Dark Mon£y

BBC iPlayer

Manny (Babou Ceesay) and Sam (Jill Halfpenny)

are shattered when their young son Isaac returns

from filming a Hollywood movie and reveals he’s

been abused by a producer in this four-parter.

Otherhood

Netflix, from Friday 2 August, one-off comedy

It’s an age-old dilemma for empty-nesters the world over: how do you

let your children grow up without letting them grow distant? Feeling

marginalised and forgotten on Mother’s Day, longtime friends Carol

(Angela Bassett), Helen (Felicity Huffman) and Gillian (Patricia Arquette)

decide to drive to New York City in the hope of reconnecting with their

adult sons. However, the three mothers soon realise their boys aren’t

the only ones whose lives need to change...

The Misadventures of

Romesh Ranganathan

Sunday, 9pm, BBC

After all Zimbabwe’s troubles over past decades,

comedian Romesh travels there now that Robert

Mugabe is gone to see what it can offer tourists.

Manifest

Tuesday, 9pm, Sky One

In this drama starring Josh Dallas, Montego

Air Flight 828 vanishes mid-trip, only to return

years later having been presumed lost at sea.

However, no time has passed for its passengers...

What

else can

I watch?