Issue 20-Jun-2020 - What's on TV (2024)

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Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd What’s on TV is a value-packed, easy-to-use weekly magazine, full of TV information, features and listings. The Soapweek section gives you in-depth story updates and the double-page Soap Diary gives you a rundown of upcoming plots, complete with "must-see" moments flagged up. The TV Week and Real Life sections cover the best of the week's programmes, and there are seven days of clearly set out listings. ENGLAND edition

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In this issueHOT TV THIS WEEKnewThe LuminariesSUN MON 21-22 June, 9pm BBC1 Drama All six episodes will be on BBC iPlayer after the first ep airsFormer EastEnders actor Himesh Patel, Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies) and Casino Royale’s Eva Green star in this six-part adaptation of the bestselling novel by Eleanor Catton. Set in New Zealand during the 1860s gold rush, it tells an epic story of love, murder and revenge as defiant Anna Wetherell (Eve) travels there from Britain to start a new life.FULL STORY P15it’s the final!The Great British Sewing BeeWEDNESDAY 24 June, 9pm BBC1 RealityThe final three contestants are on pins when judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young decide who is monarch of the hems this week! Who will impress when tasked with creating a kilt, turning a party dress into a…4 min

In this issueThe power of music!newTHE CHOIR: SINGING FOR BRITAINTuesday, 9pm BBC2 FactualQ What did you want to achieve with The Choir: Singing for Britain?A This series is not about putting together a choir. It’s really about delving into the individual stories of people from within the Great British Home Chorus, the YouTube series I’ve been doing in lockdown. So those are front-line NHS workers, key workers like refuse collectors and teachers, and those who are self-isolating due to underlying health issues. It’s about individuals writing and singing songs about their own situation.Q Who are some of the people we meet across the three-part series?A In this week’s first episode, we meet William, who’s really been going through it in his work on the front line at a care home. He has the most incredible…2 min

In this issueFletch’s op dilemma!HOLBY CITYTuesday, 8pm BBC1 DramaAdrian ‘Fletch’ Fletcher was shocked when tests recently confirmed that he had prostate cancer and, as he prepares for surgery to have it removed this week, it’s revealed that he hasn’t told his four children about the operation. So he hits a snag when daughter Evie turns up at Holby claiming she’s dropping out of school!Evie (Phoebe French) tells her dad she doesn’t see the point in doing her GCSEs because she’s missed so much of school having to sometimes look after her younger siblings while he’s at work. And, although the clock is ticking towards his surgery, Fletch tells her that he’ll call the school to sort things out.Feeling the pressure‘Being a single father comes with its own pressures,’ says Alex Walkinshaw, who plays him.…2 min

In this issueComing soon…★ Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and their lovable gang of famous Muppets are back on Disney+. In their six-part series Muppets Now, they’re having just as much silly fun as ever, and there’ll be surprise guest stars sharing the mayhem with them!★ David Tennant and Jessica Hynes again play parents Simon and Emily when the BBC2 comedy There She Goes returns. This second series follows them 18 months on from the first, with Rosie at the ages of three and 11.★ Tina Turner on Sky Documentaries will show the life of the singing legend, with exclusive interviews with the star herself. It will follow her journey from humble beginnings in Tennessee, with plenty ups and downs along the way.★ Natalie Dormer is starring in Sky Atlantic’s fantasy…1 min

In this issueTelling tales!newTALKING HEADSTuesday, 9pm & 9.30pm; Thu, 7.30pm (Wales, 7.25pm, BBC2) BBC1 Drama All 12 episodes will be on BBC iPlayer after the first two episodes have airedThe BAFTA-winning Talking Heads, a series of poignant and comic monologues written by Alan Bennett, was first brought to TV in 1988 by a distinguished cast including Dame Julie Walters, Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Thora Hird.Now, 10 of the author and playwright’s single-handers have been remade for the small screen, alongside two brand-new ones, with an equally starry line-up that includes Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer, Sherlock’s Martin Freeman and Friday Night Dinner actor Tamsin Greig.TalentFirst up, Harry Potter’s Imelda Staunton and Killing Eve’s Dame Harriet Walter reprise roles originally played by Dame Patricia Routledge and Stephanie Cole in A Lady of Letters and…1 min

Issue 20-Jun-2020 - What's on TV (2024)

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