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of those wellness
places, but along with
all the fab food and
luxury spas, the owners
are keen on nurturing
the mind and spirit. So
Galetti joins the daily
meditation session for
restaurant staff, while
Coren recites poetry
and introduces a
night of Mozart and
Beethoven where the
musicians play without
charge.Amazing Hotels:
Life Beyond the
Lobby
BBC Two, 8pmIt’s the final visit of the
three-part series and
our presenters Monica
Galetti and Giles Coren
are pretty bowled over
by Schloss Elmau,
a Disneyesque haven
of romantic perfection
nestled in the snowy
Bavarian Alps. It’s onefeeder lines and chase
sequences. Still, caveats
aside, Sheen relishes
his role and does a fine
line in psychopathy that
has a touch of Anthony
Hopkins about it. As
Malcolm, Tom Payne
captures the intensity
of a man who still
suffers night terrors
thanks to his unusual
childhood. Granted, it’s
a strange double act,
but I’ve seen worse.tips from his dad, who
is incarcerated in
Hannibal Lecter-style
isolation in a gothic-
looking prison and
keen to reconnect
with his son? He sure
should. There’s a nice
noirish look and feel to
the central story, even
if the supporting action
is conventional, buddy-
cop fodder, with Gil
and junior cops Dani
and JT supplying drollmethodology of killers.
However, in scenes
designed to show
Malcolm’s unusual
professional methods,
he’s soon fired by the
bureau and recruited
by his former NYPD
mentor Gil (Lou
Diamond Phillips)
to work on a case that
appears to involve
a copycat of the
Surgeon’s best work.
Should Malcolm getbut not unenjoyable
new US drama. They
would be strange words
at the best of times, but
here they are creepy
because Martin is a
serial killer known as
“the Surgeon” who is
about to be carted off
by the cops. We next
find Malcolm grown up
and working for the FBI
as a criminal profiler
who clearly learnt a lot
from his dad about theViewing Guide
Ben Dowell
Prodigal Son
Sky One/Now TV, 9pm
“You’re my
son, I love
you, I will
always loveyou because we’re the
same,” Dr Martin
Whitly (Michael Sheen)
tells Malcolm at the
start of this schlocky
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7. 00 The One Show Topical stories hosted
by Alex Jones and Michael Ball7 .3 0 EastEnders: Who Killed Lucy
Beale? The double-length 30th
anniversary episode of the soap,
in which Lucy Beale’s murderer is
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10 .3 0 BBC Regional News and Weather
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Whitehall, Alex Brooker, Kevin Bridges
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third Test in the three-game series,
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world-renowned musicians. See
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10.4 5 Newsnight Emily Maitlis presents
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interviews with the man himself as
well as friends and colleagues Pete
Waterman, Jenny Powell and Bobby
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