What To Watch This Week 10.03.25

Michael Sheen: Secret Million Pound Giveaway, Channel 4 

Big-name actor Michael Sheen is pulling off a ‘debt heist’ – using £100,000 of his own money to buy and wipe out £1m worth of debt owed by people in south Wales. Sheen unpacks the murky world of the secondary debt market and reveals how high-cost credit is destroying lives. But this isn’t some millionaire’s vanity project – it’s a scathing exposé of the UK’s broken credit system, where banks raked in £44.3bn in profit in 2023. Sheen speaks to those trapped in debt, confronts an illegal loan shark and pushes for a fairer system – even sitting down with Gordon Brown to discuss how to get the government to listen and drive real change.

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Adolescence, Netflix 

Remember the unflinching, one-take intensity of Boiling Point? Stephen Graham is at it again in Adolescence – a gripping four-part series that uses the same bold technique. Each episode unfolds in real time, shot in a single continuous take that pulls you into the raw, unrelenting drama. The story follows a family whose world is shattered when 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is arrested for the murder of a schoolmate. As shockwaves ripple through lives, detectives race to uncover the truth, and the family grapples with the devastating fallout.

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Stacey Dooley: Rape On Trial 

Stacey Dooley uncovers the brutal reality of reporting rape when the accused is someone you know – and asks if the justice system delivers for those who are desperate to be believed. Rape cases are rising, court backlogs are growing and survivors are waiting years for justice. In the UK, only 5% of reported rapes go to trial and just 45% of those cases end in a conviction. The system is failing. Filmed over three years, this powerful documentary follows Jessie, 23, who reported being raped by an ex-boyfriend; Emma, 19, who says a fellow student orally raped her; and Becca, 22, who accused someone she was dating of rape after consensual sex earlier that night. All three have waived their right to anonymity, determined to have their voices heard. Once in court, they face brutal cross-examinations, with verdicts often boiling down to one thing: whose story the jury believes. 

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Black Bag 

From Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brockovich) comes Black Bag – a tense, high-stakes spy drama about loyalty, betrayal and the secrets we keep. Legendary intelligence agent George Woodhouse faces an unthinkable choice when his wife, Kathryn, is accused of treason: stand by his marriage or his country. Starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, with Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan, Black Bag is a gripping mystery where nothing – and no one – is what it seems.

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Opus 

Furthering the current horror renaissance is blood-soaked, blackly comic Opus. When a young writer (Ayo Edebiri) is invited to the remote compound of a vanished pop legend (John Malkovich), she’s drawn into his cult-like circle of sycophants and boozy journalists – only to realise she’s part of his sinister plan. A razor-sharp blend of splatter horror and dark comedy, Opus skewers celebrity worship, media obsession and the toxic grip of parasocial relationships.

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