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What to watch this weekend: Olivia Colman stars as Miss Havisham in a Great Expectations adaptation with violence, drug abuse and even a little BSDM

TOP CHOICE GREAT EXPECTATIONS BBC1, Sunday, 9pm If the vandalism Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight inflicted on A Christmas Carol (with his dark, gritty, sweary and quite terrible version in 2019) is anything to go by, Dickens purists should probably adjust their expectations of this six-part take on the oft-adapted…

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Best TV to watch this weekend: Kin, Comic Relief and a special St Patrick’s Day Late Late Show

TOP WEEKEND PICK KIN RTÉ One, Sunday, 9.30pm The first season of this Dublin crime drama took familiar gangster movie tropes and utilised them with such style and panache that it felt fresh and gripping. The Kinsella family, now effectively led (although the men might not admit it) by Amanda…

Irish Independent

Best TV to watch this weekend: The last ever episode of Endeavour has a final riddle to solve

TOP PICK OF THE WEEKEND ENDEAVOUR ITV1, 8pm, Sunday This is it, the very last time we’ll see Shaun Evans as the younger version of the man who would eventually become Inspector Morse.

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Predator — The Secret Scandal of J-Pop review: A grotesque tale of abuse and denial in Japan’s music scene

The notable thing about the title Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop (BBC2, Tuesday) is that the scandal it refers to is only a secret outside of Japan.

Irish Independent

The best TV to watch this weekend including Spencer Matthews’ powerful documentary Finding Michael

TOP PICK: FINDING MICHAEL Disney+ Spencer Matthews, still best-known to most people for Made in Chelsea and, at least in Ireland, for being married to Vogue Williams, embarks on a highly personal, deeply moving mission like no other. Matthews was 10 years old when his brother Michael disappeared after reaching…

Irish Independent

Dame Deborah James' final months to be shown in 'powerful' new BBC documentary

Bowelbabe: In Her Own Words will air on BBC2 next month and share 'powerful and beautiful' moments from Dame Deborah James' final months before the campaigner and mum-of-two lost her battle to cancer

Daily Mirror

Great British Menu episode stars head chef of Michelin restaurant near Bristol

Mark McCabe from The Ethicurean will be competing on the show this week.

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Paul Whitehouse hits out at 'liquid death' sewage dumps in UK rivers

Actor and keen angler Paul Whitehouse is fronting two hard-hitting documentaries, where he looks into why Britain's rivers are so polluted with sewage

Daily Mirror

The best TV shows of the week: Three missionaries on a quest in The Mormons Are Coming and family antics in The Dry

Pick of the week The Mormons Are Coming Tuesday, BBC2, 9pm What is a Mormon? I remember them calling to our door when I was a kid, clean-cut midwestern types who were given short shrift by my father, who probably felt that, as Catholics, we had enough of our own…

Irish Independent

Creed to The Godfather: the 10 best films to watch on TV this week

Up in the Air Saturday, TG4, 10.15pm Jason Reitman’s comic drama stars George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a downsizing expert who has become disillusioned with touring America telling employees that they’re fired. With Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga. ★★★★

Irish Independent

Liverpool chef in 'utter shock' after being 'chosen' to appear on BBC Great British Menu

The episode will air on BBC2 this evening at 8pm

Liverpool Echo

Chris Packham breaks down reading heart-wrenching letter from Ken Bruce's non-verbal son

Chris Packham was overcome with emotion when he was given a letter by former Radio 2 broadcaster Ken Bruce's non-verbal son Murray during Inside Our Autistic Minds on BBC2

Daily Mirror

Viewers in tears over Chris Packham's emotional autism documentary as they call it a 'must watch'

The first part of BBC2's Inside Our Autistic Minds featured Radio 2 star Ken Bruce's autistic son who said he 'feels alone'

Wales Online

'Shamima Begum's denials seem unconvincing - could it be too little, too late?'

TV writer Sara Wallis says Shamima Begum's story on BBC2 makes her feel sympathy for the 23-year-old woman who escaped the UK to join ISIS - but at the same time she is not convicted about her denials

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Manchester Evening News

Fawlty Towers set for reboot starring John Cleese and his daughter

The original show, written by Cleese and Connie Booth, ran on BBC2 for two series in 1975 and 1979

Evening Standard

Fawlty Towers set for revival with John Cleese and his daughter Camilla

The original show, written by Cleese and Connie Booth, ran on BBC2 for two series in 1975 and 1979

Chronicle Live

Secrets of Auckland Castle's Medieval history to be revealed on BBC2's Digging for Britain

The County Durham castle is the star of the BBC2 show on Sunday February 12 - though the episode is available to watch now on iPlayer

Daily Mirror

ISIS bride Shamima Begum describes how 'dream' became nightmare when she joined terror group

The former Jihadi bride and member of the terrorist group ISIS is trying to explain why she fled a comfortable family home to join a brutal genocidal regime

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Fans thank Emily Atack's 'incredibly brave' account in Asking For It? documentary

The actress and comedian opens up about the online abuse she has suffered

Wales Online

Eurovision 2023: Dates, how to get tickets for the final in Liverpool and everything else

Everything you need to know about Eurovision 2023 from the host city to the new slogan, semi-final and final dates and what's been said about the UK entry this year

Chronicle Live

Comedian Geoff Norcott to perform on Tyneside as part of his BASIC BLOKE tour

The 46-year-old will perform at The Stand in Newcastle as part of the 70-date tour

Chronicle Live

'What a way to see the North East': Robson Green takes uncle and nephew gliding across Northumberland

In his BBC2 series Robson Green's Weekend Escapes, the presenter takes his uncle Matheson and nephew Damon gliding around the Northumberland borders

Irish Independent

Pat Stacey’s weekend TV picks: Seeing Harrison Ford in a TV show is still a shock

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Lost Voice Guy tells Robson Green winning BGT made people 'comfortable talking to a disabled person'

Comedian Lee Ridley joined Robson on BBC2's Weekend Escapes, discussing life in the North East and what's changed since winning Britain's Got Talent

Chronicle Live

Burning ambition sees Träkol head chef Rory Welch set to impress on BBC2's Great British Menu

Head chef of Gateshead's By The River Brew Co. restaurant - a fan of open-fire cooking - will be in competition alongside Northumberland chef Cal Byerley in the new series of Great British Menu on January 31

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