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Horgan (Catastrophe),
Kunal Nayyar (The Big
Bang Theory) and
Sophie Okonedo. The
team is called in on
a Sunday to interview
Julia Bryce (Okonedo),
the ex-wife of a
convicted killer. What
should be a routine
Q&A soon takes a
provocative turn. As
before, the fun comes
in trying to do the
detective work yourself.Criminal
NetflixThe crime drama
anthology set in the
interrogation room
returns for a second
series. The cops remain
the same, including
Line of Duty’s
Rochenda Sandall, but
the four suspects in the
hot seat this time are
Kit Harington (Game
of Thrones), Sharon“forgotten sporting
heroes” and the film is
a way of reminding the
world about Bird’s
achievements as well as
Louis and his mother
coming to terms with
their feelings of loss
and abandonment.
In his search for
answers Louis takes to
the sea for his own epic
journey in a rowing
boat, despite his fear
of water.was four years old. “I
feel like I missed out on
having a dad,” Louis
says at the start of this
personal film, in which
he tries to piece
together his father’s life
using unseen archive
film (including Bird’s
video diaries at sea),
photos and audio, as
well as the memories
of friends and family.
Louis, 27, sees his father
as one of Britain’sBird, co-founder of the
Ocean Rowing Society,
from continuing his
adventures and he
spent years trying the
harder northern Pacific
route — from Russia to
America. During yet
another attempt in
1996 Bird disappeared.
His empty boat, with
a film camera still
attached, was
recovered, but Bird, 49,
was never found. Louisboat, with no support
vessel. He had to
be rescued by the
Australian navy in the
Coral Sea, 33 miles
from the mainland of
Australia, but because
of how close he was,
the attempt was
recognised and his
feat celebrated
worldwide. In 1991 Bird
and his partner, Polly,
had a son, Louis, but
fatherhood did not stopViewing Guide
Joe Clay
Lost at Sea:
My Dad’s
Last Journey
Channel 4, 10pm
In 1983 the
Londoner
Peter Bird set
out to rowsolo across the Pacific
Ocean, crossing 8,
miles in a 29ft rowing
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Keating presents the magazine show7 .3 0 Fake Britain Dominic Littlewood
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9 .00AmbulanceNew series. Filmed in the
autumn of 2019 , cameras follow a new
cast of characters from the London
Ambulance Service as they care
for the nine million people of the city.
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1 0.4 5 Fort Salem Abigail forges a
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make this complex character a symbol
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fighting for, at a time when the Royal
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