Succession
Peep Show creator Jesse Armstrong swaps Mark, Jez and Super Hans for an even more dysfunctional gaggle in this HBO comedy created by Armstrong and exec-produced by Will Ferrell. It stars Brian Cox as a Murdoch-like patriarch of a global media empire who causes much strife among his grasping family when he announces his imminent retirement.
Thursday 2 August, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
Love Island: The Live Final
After two months of sun, sex and endless broadsheet thinkpieces, the most talked-about series of the summer concludes with a tense feature-length final. Expect tears, drama and at least one last mugging off as Caroline Flack announces who the public have chosen as their star couple.
Monday 30 July, 9pm, ITV2
Films to Be Buried With
Katherine Ryan and James Acaster are among the guests baring their soul (and sharing their questionable film choices) in Brett Goldstein’s funny, profound podcast, which asks comedians which movie they’d like to take with them to the grave.
Podcast
Stewart Lee: Content Provider
His fine series Comedy Vehicle may have run out of road, but Britain’s most indefatigatibly self-aware standup returns to our screens for a 2018 recording of his acclaimed standup set. Expect Lee to rail against Brexit, Trump and his own comic persona in a performance filmed in front of a game studio audience ... and a massive pile of his comedy rivals’ DVDs.
Saturday 28 July, 10.45pm, BBC Two
Rams
Grímur Hákonarson’s Icelandic saga of sheep-rearing folk is a sheer delight. Set in the windy wildness of the country’s moorlands, it follows a festering feud between two cranky brothers. But when an outbreak of scrapie sees authorities in biosuits threatening to slaughter their flocks, they are drawn into a grudging alliance.
Sunday 29 July, 2.05am, Channel 4
Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls
The former MP takes in trucking festivals and turkey shoots, and – graphic content warning – even dons a Union Jack leotard during a wrestling match, as he tries to get to the bottom of the appeal of the current occupant of the White House.
Sunday 29 July, 9pm, BBC Two
