WTW – what to watch this week
Mare of Easttown
Sky Atlantic, Sunday 25 at 10:10pm and on demand
The newly acclaimed series starring Kate Winslet continues this week. Winslet takes on the role of small town Pennsylvania detective Mare Sheehan who glumly goes about solving the community’s issues. Sheenan is still grieving her son’s suicide and a lot of the towns inhabitants are hostile towards her after she failed to find a missing girl last year. When another teenager turns up dead, questions arise as connections are identified between the two cases.
Starstruck
BBC Three, Sunday 25 April
In this new drama Kiwi comedian, Rose Matafeo, plays Jessie, an East London millennial who’s struggling to make ends meet. In a drunken New Year’s Eve encounter, she meets Nick (played by Nikesh Patel) and fails to recognise that he is a famous actor. Opposites clearly attract as the pair cannot stay away from each other.
The 93rd Academy Awards
Sky Cinema: Oscars, Monday 26 April from 12am
The world’s biggest film awards ceremony returns. Due to the pandemic, the awards were pushed from their usually scheduled time of February and conducting the ceremony under current restrictions has been anticipated to be tricky. However, with Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland receiving six nominations and David Fincher’s Hollywood biopic Mank leading with ten nominations, the spectacle promises to be as memorable as ever. Read our full breakdown of the Best Picture nominations here.
Viewpoint
ITV, Monday 26 April at 9pm
ITV serves up another of its classic police crime dramas. In this new series, Manchester primary school teacher Gemma Hillman goes missing and it is up to DCs Martin Young and Stella Beckett to put her boyfriend, the prime suspect, under surveillance. Doctor Who and Bulletproof’s Noel Clarke stars in this new fast paced thriller.
Fatma
Netflix, Tuesday 27 April
Burcu Biricik stars as Fatma Yilmaz, a cleaning lady who discovers a unique and hidden talent; murder. She learns that as people constantly underestimate her, she is never even considered when suspicions arise. This new programme puts a unique spin on the ‘how to get away with murder’ trope.
Is Uni Racist?
BBC One, Wednesday 28 April at 10:45pm
Britain’s universities are some of the most prestigious in the world. However, are they safe for students of colour? In this timely documentary, Linda Adey investigates the experiences of black and ethnic minority students and what happens when they become victims of racist abuse, and want to report this to the administration.
Being Mr Wickham
Original Theatre Online, Friday 30 April at 7:30pm
Adrian Lukis, who starred in BBC’s Pride and Prejudice, returns to the role of Mr Wickham. Join the literary classic’s most crafty character on stage on the eve of his 60th birthday to learn exactly what happened 30 years after readers left him. How did he really feel about Lizzie? What occurred at Waterloo? And, what happened to Darcy? Live from the magnificent Regency Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Mr Wickham delivers his version of famous literary events. Tickets for this online production need to be purchased in advance and are available here.
This Time with Alan Partridge
BBC One, Friday 30 April at 9:30pm
The media-based comedy returns for its second series. Steve Coogan becomes Alan Partridge once again, now as the main man on BBC magazine show ‘This Time’, as he relishes his career after an Indian summer. Fearful of being left in the shadow of his co-star Jennie, played by Susannah Fielding, he grows ever more anxious over how to make it in the big time.