TV & Satellite Week – 03 August 2019

Stath Lets Flats

Genre: Comedy Available: Now

Season: 1 Episodes: 6 Runs: 24min

With series two starting on C

soon, catch up with the antics of

incompetent London letting agent

Stath (Jamie Demetriou), who

only has his job because his

father owns the business.

Stath’s sister Sophie is

played by Demetriou’s

real-life sister Natasia,

while Agatha Raisin’s

Katy Wix co-stars.

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Genre: Family comedy

Available: Monday 5 August

Season: 1 (Part 2) Episodes: 10 Runs: 30min

TVSW says: Old-style sitcom

Siena Agudong stars as angel-faced

teenager Nicole – AKA Nick – who comes

to live with the Thompson family. She claims

she is a distant relative, but she is really

being used by her imprisoned father to

gain revenge on the Thompsons. As series

one resumes with new episodes, mum Liz

(M e l i s s a Jo a n H a r t) i s s t a r t i n g t o b e c o m e

suspicious about Nick’s true identity, while

the teen continues to realise that her new

family might not be so bad after all.

No Good Nick

NEW

Genre: Fantasy drama Available: Monday 5 August

Season: 4 Episodes: 10 (released weekly) Runs: 40-55min

TVSW says: Highly recommended

Preacher

Catch up before

the new series...

What we’re watching...

Please Like Me

Seasons: 1- 4 Episodes: 32 Runs: 25-28min

Australian comedian Josh Thomas writes and stars

as twentysomething Josh, who realises he’s gay after

being dumped by his girlfriend. It’s a quirky comedy

that tackles serious issues with warmth and humour.

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Season: 1 Episodes: 6 Runs: 24-30min

It may not be quite as good as Toast of London, but

Matt Berry is still wonderfully watchable as Victorian

detective Eli Rabbit, while David Dawson has fun with

his role as Joseph Merrick, AKA the Elephant Man.

W1A

Seasons: 1- 3 Episodes: 14 Runs: 29-58min

The BBC proves it can laugh at itself in this clever

mockumentary series starring Hugh Bonneville as

the BBC’s head of values. ‘Yes, no, brilliant,’ as Jason

Watkins’ head of strategic governance would say.

Natasha Lyonne

in Russian Doll

A sneak peek at what’s being watched in the TV&Satellite Week office

What the critics are saying

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THIS WEEK: COMEDIES

Sadly, it’s the end of the road

for TV’s wildest ride as Preacher

returns for a fourth and final

series, following Texas preacher

Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper),

his badass ex-girlfriend Tulip

(Ruth Negga) and Irish vampire

Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) as they

g e t c a u g h t u p i n a n a l m i g h t y

battle spanning heaven and hell.

The new season picks up after

the Saint of Killers murdered

Satan for his role in the death of

his daughter. He’s now headed

back to Earth to hunt down

J e s s e , w i t h E u g e n e i n t ow...

Secret Obsession

Genre: Thriller Runs: 97min

Campy, over-the-top, but

gripping is the verdict

on this thriller about a

woman (Brenda Song)

suffering from amnesia,

whose husband (Mike

Vo g e l) w h i s k s h e r a way t o

a remote location to recover.

* Deadly Class

Genre: Thriller Season: 1 Episodes: 10

Runs: 43-54min

The comic-book action drama,

starring Benjamin Wadsworth

and set in a school for future

assassins, has won praise

for its smart casting and

audacious style, but

critics have questioned

if there’s much beneath

its flashy surface.

Cable Girls

Genre: Period drama Available: Fr i 9

August Season: 4 Eps: 8 Runs: 40min

Also known as Las Chicas del Cable,

the Spanish period drama has been

one of Netflix’s most popular foreign

productions. It follows the lives

and loves of four women

working for the national

phone company in Madrid

in the 1920s and 1930s.

After an explosive season-

three finale, the friends

face fresh challenges.

Russian Doll

Season: 1 Episodes: 8 Runs: 25-30min

Orange Is the New Black’s Natasha Lyonne stars as

Nadia, a software engineer who relives her 36th

birthday party in New York in an ongoing time loop

in this funny and satisfying dark comedy series.

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