Sharp Objects
Vying to be 2018’s Big Little Lies is this glossy HBO murder mystery, which stars Amy Adams as Camille, a troubled journo who turns have-a-go detective after learning of the murder of two girls in the town of her youth. Soon, long-buried family traumas are being exhumed – and Camille finds herself making some dangerous enemies …
Monday 9 July, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
First Night of the Proms
Miniature union jacks at the ready: it’s time for eight weeks of classical performance. Friday’s opener features the Proms Youth Ensemble blasting through Holst and Vaughan Williams, as well as a work from Anna Meredith that commemorates the end of the first world war.
Friday 13 July, 8.30pm, BBC2
Pitch
Series two of Alex Kapelman and Whitney Jones’s series exploring identity and difference in popular music digs up more fascinating stories, starting with the Isis militants spreading their message through catchy melodies, despite the fact that music is actually outlawed by the group.
Audible
Storyville: John Curry – The Ice King
Yet another gem from the long-running documentary strand, this film profiles the figure skater whose balletic grace transformed the sport, and won him gold at the 1976 Winter Olympics. But press intrusion, and ultimately tragedy, would follow. Performance footage and archive interviews with Curry himself bring his story vividly back into focus.
Monday 9 July, 10pm, BBC Four
Populaire
Normandy country girl Rose (Déborah François) goes to town, where her handsome new boss Louis (Romain Duris) spots her speed-typing skills; before you know it, she’s a national sensation. Writer-director Régis Roinsard’s debut is a pithy, agreeably cheesy homage to 1950s US cinema, in all its Technicolor, cigarette-puffing, sharply suited glory.
Saturday 8 July, 1.20am, BBC Two
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Joan Lindsay’s much-loved novel is given the serialised TV treatment, as three schoolgirls and their teacher disappear in turn-of -the-century Australia. Natalie Dormer stars, though in truth the lush cinematography deserves equal billing.
Wednesday 11 July, 9.05pm, BBC Two
