14-20 Oct 2017 guide 44
Chance
More US TV action
for Hugh Laurie
whose lugubrious
charisma has proved
enduringly popular.
Here, he stars as
forensic psychologist
Eldon Chance. Like
so many of his TV
kind, he’s brilliant
but troubled and
being dragged into
the life of a patient.
Fri, 10pm, Universal
The Ganges With
Sue Perkins
It turns out that Sue
Perkins has dealt
with the Bake Off -
shaped hole in her
professional life by
getting himself as far
away from the Home
Counties as possible.
This three-part
series documents
the results – she’s
been in India,
following the mighty
River Ganges from
its source to the sea.
Travel Man Thu, 9pm, BBC1
Another series of cities for
Richard Ayoade to be mildly
underwhelmed by. This time, he’s
in Rome with Matt Lucas. They tour
in a Fiat, they visit the Vatican and
they see a famous cannon being
fi red. Can anything jolt Ayoade out
of his irony-baked stupor?
Fri, 8.30pm, Channel 4
Rellik
The inventive and
occasionally brutal
time-slip thriller
concludes as we
arrive back at the
beginning and gain
some insight into
the killer’s motives.
Mon, 9pm, BBC1
How to Get Away
With Murder
The fi nale of
season three of
this twist-laden US
drama is a furious
and frenetic aff air.
Just occasionally,
you might see
plausibility
and character
consistency
sacrifi ced on the
altar of pace and
plotting. But as
Annalise has to
consider desperate
measures to save
herself, it’s a
breathless ride.
Thu, 10pm, Sky
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