The Reluctant Traveller With Eugene Levy: Living The Royal Life In The UK
In this episode of Canadian actor Eugene Levy’s travelogue, he tours Windsor Castle with Prince William. Normal though he claims he wants to appear, we don’t hear William speak or hear his thoughts very often. With Eugene, he rides a scooter, cracks some gags and informally lays out a vision for the future. It’s a brief but important glimpse at the man behind the monarchy. Watch it.
Victoria Beckham
Poor old VB is rather like Marmite and, predictably, so is her new Netflix documentary. The Guardian says that the three-part series is ‘about as intimate as a Pret sandwich’. We aren’t sure we agree. Posh is pretty candid about her vulnerabilities throughout and it is well worth a watch. If you’re a fan of the family, the fashion or the facecare, dig in. Like what you see? It’s cold outside – time, then to binge on this collection of our other favourite documentaries? Watch it.
The Iris Affair
The Iris Affair is a new eight-part thriller series starring Niamh Algar as a mysterious codebreaker and charismatic Tom Hollander as an entrepreneur. The programme was written and created by Neil Cross, who brought us Luther. He says: ‘All I wanted to do was to make a show I wanted to watch. Iris is an unapologetically exciting, witty, chase-driven adventure and features a lead character the like of which I don't think we've ever met before on TV.’ Watch it.
The Celebrity Traitors
Charlotte Church, Stephen Fry (the bookies’ fave to win), Celia Imrie and Alan Carr are just a few of the household names playing the game of deceit and betrayal under Claudia Winkleman in the first-ever UK Celebrity Traitors. The Independent says:’ It’s still the camp and menacing show we know and love – with a stonking all-star cast.’ Resistance is futile: the nation will be obsessed for the nine-week run. Watch it.
Harlan Coben’s Lazarus
Strap in and get ready to binge Harlan Coben’s latest six-part psychological thriller in which Bill Nighy and Sam Claflin play a father and son enmeshed in a web of grief and family secrets. Coben wrote this one specially for TV, rather than as a novel, and says: ‘Lazarus is a story of loss, redemption – and the eternal bond between a parent and a child, even after death.’ Watch it.
Frauds
Loyalty and revenge are the themes in this new ITV drama starring Suranne Jones and Jodie Whitaker as a pair of old – if conflicted – friends and criminals. Filmed largely in southern Spain, the show revolves around the theft of a Dali painting from a museum in Madrid. The Guardian is raving, saying: ‘Suranne Jones gives her best ever performance in this absolute triumph of a heist drama.’ Watch it.
