TV: Tokyo Ghoul
Away from the headline-grabbing likes of House Of Cards and Orange Is The New Black, Netflix does a decent line in anime imports. This 2014 Japanese series imagines a world in which humans are replaced at the top of the food chain by ghouls, creatures that resemble humans but also crave their flesh, and offers up the same mix of well-observed adolescent angst and liberal amounts of claret-spilling that marked out its excellent predecessor Attack On Titan (which you can also, and should, watch on Netflix). There’s a wonderfully over-the-top guitar-shreddy theme tune to boot.
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TV: GBH
Twenty-four years on from its debut, Alan Bleasdale’s epic tale of corruption in a Labour-led city council resembles little that is currently on our screens, its stagey, Play-For-Today-style direction and polemical tone jarring with the more muted, less politically inclined dramas of today. Robert Lindsay chews the scenery wildly and wonderfully as council leader Michael Murray (clearly based on real-life deputy leader of Liverpool city council Derek Hatton), drawn into conflict with Jim Nelson (Michael Palin), the headmaster of a special educational needs school. They don’t make them like this any more. Watch it all on the Channel 4 website.
TV: London Fashion Week
The showcasing of the spring/summer 2016 collections may have wrapped up a few days ago, but those still in the market for behind-the-scenes insights into the weirdest and arguably most wonderful of all the fashion weeks can visit the iPlayer, where model Abbey Clancy will be grilling designers (from Sunday), and plus-size vlogger Grace Victory presents her pick of future trends (from Tuesday).
TV: Sky Arts Physical Comedy Season
Sky Arts’ celebration of physical and silent comedy concluded last week with Brilliantman!, Kevin Eldon’s slapstick take on superheroes. That was the highlight of a season that also included Vic Reeves and Seann Walsh in Three Stooges homage Three Kinds Of Stupid, and Kim Cattrall in acrobat comedy Ruby Robinson. The entire season is still available to view on Sky Go.
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Audio: The Adam Buxton Podcast
Shorn of broadcasting bro Joe Cornish, Adam Buxton is going it alone with a new podcast, which features amiable nattering between Count Buckles and pals. In the first episode, Louis Theroux and Buxton discuss the etiquette of stealing hotel bread rolls and Buxton’s father Nigel – AKA BaaadDad – pops in for a chat.
