The Sunday Times - UK (2022-05-29)

29 May 2022 59

THE BEST TV FROM MUBI AND BEYOND... FRIDAY 3 JUNE

Today’s platinum jubilee

ceremonies begin with

a serious state event, A

Service Of Thanksgiving

For The Queen’s Reign

(BBC1, 9.15am; Radio 4 FM,

11.10am), which comes live

from St Paul’s Cathedral

and includes a new anthem,

written by Judith Weir, and

the thundering participation

of Great Paul, the largest

church bell in the country.

Dignatories from across

the world will be present,

but which members of the

Queen’s family will attend?

Also, how prominently they

are positioned is likely to be

one of the talking points that

will echo down through the

years. In Encounters With

Elizabeth (Saturday, Radio 4,

8pm), the historian and royal

biographer Robert Lacey

asks people about the time

they met the monarch, from

formal meetings to street

walkabouts.

Clair Woodward

The Matrix Resurrections

(Sky Cinema Premiere,

10am/8pm)

As befits a series that urges us

to view life without illusions,

this belated addition to the

Matrix saga makes jokes about

entertainment companies

churning out sequels for

money. It still has the air of

a weary cash-in, but its self-

awareness is kind of fun, and

the action scenes pass muster.

As well as bringing back

Keanu Reeves, the series’s

trusty star, the film also

remembers his chief colleague

from the old days, Carrie-

Anne Moss. Quite rightly, it

gives her nifty stuff to do.

Dir: Lana Wachowski (2021)

Viva Las Vegas

(BBC2, 1.05pm)

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, a biopic

of the King, is out at the end

of June, and here is a Presley

film that no doubt appeals to

the Moulin Rouge! director’s

tastes: a brightly coloured

musical that pairs its star with

the dynamic Ann-Margaret.

Dir: George Sidney (1964)

Edward Porter

Mio and Rodlo (BBC2, 9pm) Finding Neo: Reeves (SCP, 8pm)

FILM CHOICE

ON DEMAND

Taxi Driver (Netflix)

If you feel like the new season

of The Equaliser didn’t quite

satisfy, then why not try this

similar but far better South

Korean drama. It stars the

fine-looking Lee Je Hoon as

Do-gi, a former special forces

soldier who decides to deal

with the trauma of his

Mother Teresa (Sky/Now)

Perhaps the most surprising

aspect of this three-part

documentary on the life and

misdemeanours of the late

nun and missionary is the

realisation that she would

have justified all her decisions,

good and bad, as acts of faith.

If this includes defending

pedophile priests and

syphoning charity millions

into the Vatican bank, so be it.

Andrew Male

Lost In La Mancha (Britbox)

Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe’s

2002 documentary follows the

director Terry Gilliam as he

tries, and fails, to make his

adaptation of Cervantes’ Don

Quixote, defeated by thunder

storms and bureaucracy. Best

watched with He Dreams Of

Giants (£1.99 on Amazon), the

duo’s 2019 film that followed

Gilliam’s second and more

successful attempt to make his

seemingly cursed film.

Wild Men

(Buy as stream/download)

Its low-key Danish humour

ensures there is never too

much wildness in this comic

drama, the story of a misfit

(Rasmus Bjerg) trying to

escape the modern world by

living in a forest. With the

arrival of desperate crooks

and a wise old police chief,

Thomas Daneskov’s likable

movie gains a touch of the

Coen brothers. (2021) EP

mother’s murder by fronting

as a hire-car driver for a

company that plans revenge

attacks for victims of injustice.

Do-gi is pursued by female

state prosecutor Kang Ha-na

(the equally distracting Esom)

and it is this cat-and-mouse

relationship between the

lawless revenger and lawful

pursuer that proves the most

satisfying, especially when

their moral values start to

shift and become enmeshed.

Jewel in the crown: Clive Myrie gets to be king for the day (BBC1, 7.30pm)

The Crown Jewels

(BBC1, 7.30pm)

He may not be able to resist

making a truly terrible pun

about carats but, otherwise,

Clive Myrie is an excellent

guide to the 1,000-year

history of Britain’s crown

jewels in this jubilee

documentary. Alert to

the turbulent and often

controversial history of the

priceless collection, stored in

the Tower of London since

the 1600s, he explains why

these 13 crowns and 23,578

gemstones are more than

mere royal bling. Hi-tech

photography also allows a

jeweller’s-loupe close-up

of such treasures as the

Cullinan Diamond (part of

the Sovereign’s Sceptre), and

the Black Prince’s Ruby and

St Edward’s Sapphire (both

on the Imperial State Crown,

worn after the coronation).

Victoria Segal

The Terror — Infamy

(BBC2, 9pm/9.40pm)

Far from offering a new

start, the end of the war only

makes the central family’s

situation worse in the 1940s

drama’s final pair of episodes.

Released from the internment

camp, the older Nakayamas

find themselves unexpectedly

homeless; and they are caught

up in the ordeal as their son

Chester (Derek Mio) and his

pregnant Mexican girlfriend

Luz (Cristina Rodlo) are

pursued by the shape-shifting

demon. This means that

most of the double bill is a

headlong horror thriller, but

it ends with a dignified tribute

to all the Japanese-Americans

who were cruelly interned —

the racist “infamy” of the

series’ subtitle.

John Dugdale

Devon And Cornwall

(C4, 8pm)

Country folk have learnt to

roll with punches political and

meteorological, so tonight the

focus is on farming and fishing

innovators as this green and

pleasant show takes alpacas

on a therapeutic hike, smokes

barnacled mussels and

watches as a “shepherd’s hut”

is built from plywood.

Here We Go (BBC1, 8.30pm)

It is the final episode of Tom

Basden’s amiable family

comedy series tonight and,

while it has certainly struggled

in the ratings against

Coronation Street, with a

cast that includes Basden

himself, Katherine Parkinson,

Alison Steadman and Jim

Howitt, it deserves a further

chance to develop.

The Other One

(BBC1, 9.30pm)

For the few who haven’t yet

binged this comedy on iPlayer,

tonight sees the broadcast of

the final episode of a short

series. The mums collude

to bring Callum back to the

fold; Cat and Cathy remain at

loggerheads and an old friend

makes a surprise appearance.

Helen Stewart

CRITICS’ CHOICE

70 glorious years