TV & Satellite Week – 03 August 2019

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Gemma Chan plays

a thirtysomething

under pressure

to have children

Eileen discovers Jan

is a people trafficker!

ii It took bucket-loads of courage

for Eileen to let builder Jan into

her life. So she’s horrified when

she finds him at the nail salon

with Rachel and

Nikolai, and realises

her new fella

is involved in

the people-

trafficking ring.

Eileen has

had an inkling

that he’s hiding

something.

Earlier, when Seb

is beaten up, she

phones Jan to tell him,

and struggles to believe him

when he says he’s in Birmingham.

Her fears are confirmed when she

arrives at the salon to find him

and the gang hastily loading the

fixtures and fittings into a van.

Jan declares that he has never

cared for her, but Eileen has more

to worry about than a broken

heart as a fight then breaks out,

and Nikolai smashes her phone

to stop her calling the police.

Fortunately, the cops arrive

and raid the joint.

Back on the cobbles,

Seb is distraught as he

waves goodbye to

manicurist Alina,

who has been found

a safe house. But

there’s sadness for

Eileen, too, who, once

again, has been let

down by a wrong ’un. Can

she find a way to bounce back?

ii PLUS Gary finds an investor

for Underworld, Robert tries

to persuade Vicky not to leave,

Emma discovers her dad has

cancer, Imran tries to scam

Claudia, and Carla is offered a

job by an old business associate.

The police raid

the nail salon

Eileen faces up to

Nikolai when she

finds Jan and the

gang at the salon

This week’s soaps at a glance

Soap Diary

EMMERDALE

iiKim offers to buy the burnt-out factory

(above), Kerry and Amy try to hide their

guilt, Robert tries to persuade Aaron to

go ahead with the surrogacy, and Charity

and Vanessa arrange to move into Jacobs

Fold as Debbie heads to Scotland.

EASTENDERS

iiIqra catches Habiba with Adam (above),

Mick collapses, the police close in on a

suspect for Phil’s attack, Chantelle helps

Whitney with her clothing empire, Callum

struggles to write his wedding vows, and

Sheree has a proposition for Denise.

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Chan starred

as Minn-Erva in

Captain Marvel

George is still in cahoot s with

slave trader Ralph Hanson,

though, isn’t he? Yes, he’s never

going to be perfect. I think it would

be a disservice to him as a character

to strip away his capabilities as a

villain. He’s definitely still villainous,

but there’s more of a sense of him

as a human being this series.

Have things softened between

him and Ross since Elizabeth’s

death? Yes, their priorities have

changed. They’re still pitted against

each other personally and politically,

but the days of fighting in the pub

are behind them. There’s a kind of

maturity to them, although they’re

still capable of childish behaviour.

Will you be sad to say goodbye

to George? Yes, definitely. You

put part of what you own into that

character. I’ve loved playing him, so

it will be sad to leave him behind.

I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet.

C an you tell us what your last

scene is like? I love my last scene

very much – it’s satisfying and

moving and clever. Actually, I think

my last word might be ‘goodbye’.

Have you taken any souvenirs

from the set? Yeah, my pockets

are full! Seriously, George’s stuff

is all so ridiculously extravagant.

A golden marble table in my little

flat? Probably not!

in her shoes. I’ve

never internet-

dated. I know

people who are

in healthy, happy

relationships through

this process. But I’ve also

heard horror stories. You get the

spectrum of that here.

Why does Hannah consider

freezing her eggs? Like many

women, she’s struggling with

the anxiety that comes with

living in a society constantly

reminding women about

their ‘biological clock’. Her

doctor in the film is a real-life

doctor, Dr Ippokratis Sarris,

and he explained everything

to Hannah as if it was a real

consultation. It was very

educational. I was

surprised by some

of the figures and

how [freezing eggs]

is not a fail-safe

insurance policy.

How does making

I Am Hannah compare to

filming blockbusters like Crazy

Rich Asians or Captain Marvel?

They are different experiences.

After making those studio films,

I was craving something a lot

more intimate. We worked with

the bare minimum of crew and

shot it over 10 long, intense days.

What’s great about Dominic’s

I Am trilogy is that you see the

stories from a woman’s point

of view and feel everything as

she’s going through it. If we

can come away from them and

empathise and be less judgmental

of others and ourselves, that’s

a good thing.

As Mia in

Humans