THE BEST OF THE WEEK AHEAD SEVEN-DAY LISTINGS FOR APRIL 3-9
The Many Saints Of Newark
Daily, Sky Cinema Premiere,
times vary
Directed by Alan Taylor from
a script co-written by David
Chase, this 2021 prequel
to The Sopranos is not an
essential extra but it has lots
to offer fans of the series and
anyone fond of mob tales in
general. Alessandro Nivola
plays a new protagonist,
and James Gandolfini’s son,
Michael, is perfectly cast as
a teenage Tony Soprano.
FILM OF
THE WEEK
Wogan — In His Own Words
Today, Radio 2, 9pm
Zoë Ball presents a
celebration of the 50th
anniversary of the late Sir
Terry Wogan’s hugely popular
Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
The programme centres on a
previously unheard interview
with him from the 1980s in
which he discusses his family,
his life choices, his work ethic
and his television successes.
Persuasion
Britbox
As an antidote to Sanditon and
Bridgerton, why not immerse
yourself in the real thing.
Adrian Shergold’s 2007 version
of Jane Austen’s 1817 social
comedy is TV costume drama
at its finest, thanks, in part,
to the humour of Simon
Burke’s script (with a subtle
breaking of the fourth wall)
and Sally Hawkins’s endearing
performance as Anne Elliot.
RADIO PICK
OF THE WEEK
DEMAND PICK
OF THE WEEK
TWO TO TANGO
TELEVISION DOUBLE ACTS
WITH CHEMISTRYPICK OF
THE WEEK
THATCHER
& REAGAN —
A VERY
SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP
Today, BBC2, 9pm
“They quickly became
Margaret and Ron,” recalls
Ronald Reagan’s foreign
policy advisor Dick Allen,
after a 1978 meeting between
the future leaders of the UK
and the US. Presented by theAnt and Dec
They have a
winning
formula.
The duo has
won the award for most
popular TV presenter at the
National Television awards
for twenty years running.Noel
Fielding
and Matt
Lucas
Former
hosts Mel and Sue have
nothing on this presenting
pair who are the cherry on
the cooking show’s cake.Claudia
Winkleman
and Tess
Daly
They filled
Bruce Forsyth’s tap shoes.
Winkleman’s self-
deprecating humour
balances Daly’s polish.Susanna
Reid
and Piers
Morgan
They made
GMB essential viewing at
breakfast. He was
outrageous, she made him
palatable — even likeable.Jamie
Carragher
and Gary
Neville
These two
rivals are now the most
dynamic duo in sport. They
fuse blunt banter with
incisive tactical analysis.journalist Charles Moore,
author of Margaret Thatcher’s
biography, this stately two-
parter examines the personal
and political dynamics
between them as the 1980s
unfolded. While they were
united in their desire to halt
the Cold War and meet the
nuclear threat presented by
the Soviet Union, eyewitnesses
and archive material bear
witness to their disagreements
too — their differing opinions
over Russian sanctions, for
example, or Reagan’s desire
to see the Falklands War
quickly and peacefully settled
(“We’re friends with both of
the countries engaged in this
dispute,” said the president,
about Britain’s democraticgovernment and Argentina’s
military junta led by General
Galtieri). The documentary
offers insights into a famed
“special relationship”, from
speechwriter Peter Robinson’s
assertion that “Reagan is^
at his best when there’s a
woman in the room,” to his
fundamental dislike of face-
to-face confrontation. With
contributions from Thatcher’s
personal assistant, Cynthia
Crawford, press secretary
Bernard Ingham and a raft of
American advisors, it offers
an intriguing in-the-room
portrait of these divisive
“peas in a pod” and of how
power operates on the
human scale.
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