Fosse/Verdon
Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams star as famed choreographer Bob Fosse and the woman often described as his muse, although in reality Gwen Verdon was as much an equal partner in their acclaimed work. This swaggering drama from US network FX traces their creatively fruitful working relationship, not to mention fractured marriage.
Friday 2 August, 9pm, BBC Two
Love Island: The Live Final
After close to two months of bronzing, bed-hopping and endless utterances of the phrase “It is what it is”, the dating show comes to a close. Who will succeed Dani and Jack as the winners, snaring some juicy brand partnerships in the process?
Monday 29 July, 9pm, ITV2
Stacey Dooley: Face to Face With the Bounty Hunters
The indefatigable Dooley explores one of the more lucrative businesses in the United States – that of the bail bondsman. How much money can be made by tracking down bail-skippers? And at what cost?
From Wednesday 31 July, BBC Three
Der Pass
A bleak, snowy detective drama for the summer, this drama set on the Austrian-German border mines the “jaded cop lumbered with a eager, naive junior colleague” trope but places it in the world of ritual killings. Detective Gedeon and Ellie are dragged into a remote world of gruesome slaughter and archaic Alpine customs.
Wednesday 31 July, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
Pleasure Studies
Canadian pop great Feist launches her own podcast but does so in an admirably ego-free way. The idea is that the stories here will find “the common ground under our common struggles”. So Feist stays largely out of the picture, introducing guests and then leaving them to tell their own stories. The opening episode explores disappointment and how to deal with it. It’s compassionate and uplifting fare.
Podcast
I Am the Night
Chris Pine and India Eisley star in this intriguing new six-part drama, which works as both a commentary on race relations in 1940s America and an exploration of LA’s most infamous cold case, the gruesome murder known as the Black Dahlia killing. Dark, atmospheric and menacing.
Thursday 1 August, 9pm, Alibi
This Is Football
Football is not really a game that needs the hard sell. But this documentary series tells a mixture of stories – ranging from the magic of Messi to the role the game has played in Rwanda’s post-genocide reconstruction – to get you in the mood for a new season that, barely believably, is almost upon us.
From Friday 2 August, Amazon Prime
Dear White People
The provocative and intelligent campus comedy-drama returns for a third season. And with race relations in the US feeling more fraught by the week, it could hardly be more timely. Expect a new emphasis this time around, with gender politics being placed under the microscope and The Order beginning to flex its muscles.
From Friday 2 August, Netflix
Fear Is the Key
One of the best of the many 60s and 70s Alistair MacLean adaptations, Michael Tuchner’s taut thriller stars Barry Newman as a deep-sea salvage man hunting the villains (including Ben Kingsley) who shot down a plane containing his family. Nailbiting set-pieces include a courtroom breakout, a dizzying car chase and a sweaty final confrontation aboard a diving bell.
Sunday 28 July, 10pm, Talking Pictures TV
Ibiza: The Silent Movie
After a debut at Glastonbury, Julien Temple’s video essay on the history and meaning of the bacchanalian Mediterranean island heads to BBC Four. Made up of archive footage and dramatised re-stagings, it eschews dialogue for a banging house soundtrack curated by Fatboy Slim and is followed by Jeremy Deller’s acid house history Everybody in the Place.
Friday 2 August, 9pm, BBC Four
