What’s on TV – 27 July 2019

Villanelle

kills Eve?

8

TVweek

Words:

Nick Cannon, Hannah Davies, Victoria Wilson

Photos:

BBC, Getty, National Geographic, Netflix

TVWEEK

What you’ll be watching

in the weeks ahead

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When RuPaul’s Drag

Race UK comes to

BBC3 Online, there will be

a special guest judge in

the shape of Spice Girl

Geri Horner. Ginger Spice

will be joining RuPaul and

Michelle Visage on the hunt

for the next drag superstar.

Coming

soonÉ

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Sir Lenny Henry will host

a new series celebrating

comedy duo Morecambe and

Wise. Gold’s four-parter Trust

Morecambe & Wise will

include rarely seen footage,

comic turns from special

guests and appearances by

Eric and Ernie’s co-stars.

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Quest Red’s new series Vicky

Pattison: NoFilter will follow

the Geordie Shore star as she takes

on the dilemmas she faces in life

since hitting 30. Expect lots of

honest chat about relationships,

careers, body image, social

media and babies...

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The tough girls of GLOW

will get a new boss for

series three when it begins

on Netflix. Hollywood star

Geena Davis will appear in

the wrestling comedy as

Sandy Devereaux St Clair,

the entertainment director

of a Las Vegas hotel.

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Jo Martin, who’s

previously starred in The

Long Song and Fleabag, is

joining BBC1 medical drama

Holby City. She will play

consultant neurosurgeon

Max McGerry, who Ric asks

to hang around for a very

important reason...

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Mission aborted...

Villanelle (left)

and Eve flee

E

ve Polastri’s covert operation for

MI6 is suddenly compromised,

causing major consequences for

both Eve and psychopath Villanelle,

as Killing Eve concludes this week.

Villanelle is still in Rome, working

undercover for MI6 to find out more

about creepy

billionaire Aaron

Peel’s secret

weapon, with

agent Eve (Sandra

Oh) monitoring

her from close by.

Everything seems

to be going to

plan, but when

Villanelle – who’s

posing as New

Yorker Billie –

discovers her

evil former handler

Raymond (Adrian

Scarborough) is a

prospective buyer for Aaron’s

weapon, Eve realises Villanelle’s in

trouble and needs help.

Rescue bid

Eve bursts into Aaron’s home to save

her, blowing the recent recruit’s

cover in the process, and events

take a dramatic turn. Later, Villanelle

arrives at Eve’s hotel to find an

angry Raymond waiting... with an

axe! As a fight ensues, Eve shows

up and it becomes clear she’s learnt

a lot from hanging out with cold-

blooded killer Villanelle...

‘This connection Eve has made

with Villanelle is fascinating,’ says

Jodie Comer, who plays the assassin.

‘Whether that’s something Eve is

happy about is another question –

Villanelle, however, is thrilled!’

Mix-up

As the pair flee to

some Roman ruins,

Villanelle’s excited

about what the

future holds for

them both. Eve,

however, just wants

to get home to

London. Realising

Eve doesn’t share

her plans for them

to spend their lives

together, Villanelle

is heartbroken –

and shoots Eve! Is she dead?

‘The most interesting part about

playing Villanelle is the exploration

of her emotions, or lack of them,’ says

Jodie. ‘There’s a flicker of humanity

about her and, just when we think

we’ve found it, we lose it again.

‘Assassins can feel like creatures

from another planet, whereas there’s

something earthy about Villanelle.

She gets away with murder, quite

literally, but I love her!’ n

When Eve and assassin Villanelle’s secret

mission goes wrong, someone ends up dead!

H

Gordon

Ramsay

will travel to

remote corners

of the globe

for National

Geographic’s

Uncharted. The

daredevil chef

is in search of

inspiration and

new ingredients,

from weaver

ant eggs in Laos

to Peruvian

cactus worms!

LAST

IN SERIES!

KILLING EVE

Saturday, 9.15pm BBC1Drama

Horrible host...

Aaron invited

Villanelle to Rome