THE BEST OF THE WEEK AHEAD SEVEN-DAY LISTINGS FOR MAY 22-28
After 24 series, it must be
quite a challenge for this
forensic pathology warhorse
to find exciting new reasons
for corpses to wind up
on the Lyell Centre’s
state-of-the-art slab.
In the first episode of
this season, however,
the writers have used
the reappearance of
Professor Sam Ryan
(Amanda Burton)
to send a few
reanimating
jolts through
the format.
Seventeen years
after leaving the
Lyell, theinscrutable Ryan needs the
help of Nikki Alexander
(Emilia Fox) and Jack
Hodgson (David Caves) when
a fatal shooting close
to home — and to the
heart of the British
government — indicates
the unfolding of a
dangerous conspiracy.
Amid the paranoia, fans
might also enjoy^
the developing
relationship
between Nikki
and Jack, a
glimmer of hope
in the characters’
eternally
unhappy lovelives — although that might
be too easy for a show so fond
of sudden twists and turns.
Victoria SegalTHE WEEK AHEAD
Hunted (Today, C4, 9pm)
Britain’s Strictest
Headmistress
(Today, ITV, 10.15pm)
Dispatches (Monday, C4,
7.30pm) MPs Under Threat
Bake Off — The Professionals
(Tuesday, C4, 8pm)
Liam Gallagher —
48 Hours At Rockfield
(Tuesday, Sky Arts/Max, 9pm)
The Prince’s Trust Awards
(Thursday, ITV, 8.30pm)PICK OF
THE WEEK
SILENT
WITNESS
Monday/Tuesday, BBC1, 9pm
Days Of Heaven
Tuesday, Sky Cinema
Greats, 8am
Terrence Malick’s 1978 film
remains one of the movies
that best captures nature’s
beauty. The love-triangle story
(involving characters played
by Richard Gere, Brooke
Adams and Sam Shepard)
could have been a larger-than-
life melodrama, but the film
makes it small: Malick’s
images of rural Texas put
human activity in perspective.FILM OF
THE WEEK
Cook And Greenaway —
In Perfect Harmony
Tuesday, R4 Extra, 11am/9pm
The story of Bristol’s Roger
Cook and Roger Greenaway,
the leading pop songwriters of
their generation, for the likes
of Cilla Black, Andy Williams
plus the Coca-Cola anthem I’d
Like to Teach the World to Sing.
Their success continued even
after Cook moved to Nashville.Ozark
Netflix
With the final episodes now
available, it is tempting to hail
Bill Dubuque’s family crime
drama as the perfect series.
Hold on a minute now. How
you feel about it will depend
on your feelings towards
Laura Linney and Jason
Bateman’s sociopathic money
launderers. Can a series as
ruthless and cold-blooded
as this have a happy ending?
Does it even deserve one?RADIO PICK
OF THE WEEK
DEMAND PICK
OF THE WEEK
The ghost of autopsies past
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