TELEVISION
MISTER WINNER: SERIES 1 (BBC2;
BBC IPLAYER)
What is it? Six-part sitcom following the
misadventures of hapless everyman,
Leslie Winner.
Why should I watch it? Matt Morgan,
one of our most distinctive comedy
writers (The Mimic, Hospital People),
here goes some way to reviving the spirit
of silent slapstick, running his latter-day
Buster Keaton headfirst through a
generally inspired selection of sight gags.
Best episode? “The Piano”, which
opens with a terrific routine in and
around an acupuncture clinic.KILLING EVE (BBC
IPLAYER) Decide for
yourself whether the
sophomore season of the
blackly comic thriller
measures up to its
outstanding debut run.
MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS
NO INTRODUCTION
(NETFLIX) David
Letterman returns to lower
the defences of Kanye
West, Ellen DeGeneres and
Lewis Hamilton.SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT
(NETFLIX) Spike Lee’s
state-of-America address
expands its canvas and
colour palette, before
leaving controversies
trailing in its wake.120 • AUGUST 2019
WHAT TO STREAM THIS MONTH:by Mike McCahillTHE OTHER TWO (E4; ALL4)
What is it? The best new American
sitcom of 2019.
Why should I watch it? In following
the baffled thirty-something siblings
of an overnight teen pop sensation,
this super-sharp Lorne Michaels
production actually succeeds in
being a comedy about something:
the rapid acceleration of fame in the
modern era, and how little talent
seems to be involved.
Best episode? Episode Nine of
ten, set entirely aboard a chaotic
charter plane.
Best character? Leads Heléne Yorke
and Drew Tarver should go
stratospheric after this, but the whole
ensemble’s terrific:
shoutouts to Molly
Shannon as the
siblings’ mother,
and Ken Marino
as our would-be
Bieber’s useless
agent.READERSDIGEST.CO.UK/CULTURE/FILMBBC PICTURES / CHANNEL 4