TV Times – 03 August 2019

TV TIMES 73

Thursday

This Way Up

Ross Kemp looks at

the rise in knife crime

Businessman

Paul goes

undercover

at school

Aisling Bea in her

self-penned sitcom

The Secret Teacher

● REAL LIFE / 9pm / C4

NEW

A cross between Undercover

Boss and Educating Yorkshire,

this series sends top business owners back

to school posing as support workers,

with the idea that they will meet young

people who need a break. Paul Rowlett,

a marketing mogul, was expelled from

school aged 15 with only one GCSE. Sitting

in lessons where the teacher is struggling

to keep track of a class of 60 kids, Paul’s

first sympathy is for the staff. But then he

meets pupils with untapped potential who

remind him of himself at that age. And

he’s about to shock some of them with

a life-changing opportunity. ★★★★ EB

● See Paul Rowlett interview, page 18

Living with

● REAL LIFE / 7.30pm / ITV

...Knife Crime. Ross Kemp explores the country’s knife-
crime epidemic in the penultimate episode of this hard-
hitting series. Speaking to youngsters who carry (and
use) knives in London, Huddersfield and Sheffield, Ross
discovers social media, peer pressure and exclusion from
school are big factors. He also meets a victim who’s been
stabbed 18 times and now tries to encourage teenagers to
surrender their knives anonymously. ★★★★ RF

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An engaging sitcom
starring Aisling Bea
and Sharon Horgan
● COMEDY / 10pm / C4
NEW
A sitcom about
loneliness
doesn’t sound
like a barrel of laughs, but don’t
switch off. In the hands of
Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan,
this warm new comedy is a real
must-see. Written by comedian
and actress Aisling, the series
follows her character Aine, an
English-as-a-foreign-language
teacher, as she recovers from
a difficult time in her life.
Happiness is a struggle, but she
always has her protective sister
Shona (played by Sharon),
who spends most of her time
tracking Aine on her phone.
But can Aine start to forge a life
of her own? Also starring
Tobias Menzies, who plays
Prince Philip in the upcoming
series of The Crown, this is a
show that will stay with you for
the rest of the week. ★★★★^ EB
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