What To Watch This Week 16.09.24
MONDAY
My Mum, Your Dad, ITV 1
Davina McCall’s good-natured dating show is back. This season will see a new crop of parents, nominated by their kids, return to the dating scene. All the singles will date and intermingle, while their children watch on – sometimes in horror.
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TUESDAY
M&S Dress The Nation, ITV 1
Britain’s top amateur designers compete for a dream role at M&S in this six-week series hosted by AJ Odudu and Vernon Kay. Facing both individual and group challenges, contestants must impress a panel of fashion experts and win over real M&S customers.
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WEDNESDAY
What’s Next? The Future With Bill Gates, Netflix
In this series exploring humanity’s future, Bill Gates directly addresses the impact of communication technology on mental health. Despite these challenges, Gates remains optimistic, highlighting medical breakthroughs, youth activism and solutions to complex global issues. Contributors like Bernie Sanders and Lady Gaga join him on this insightful journey.
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THURSDAY
Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story, Netflix
Why did Lyle and Erik Menendez kill their parents? The prosecution cited greed, while the brothers claimed years of abuse by their father, Jose. In this second instalment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime series – the first was The Watcher – the Menendez home is shown as a lavish prison. Though Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez play the brothers, Chloë Sevigny and Javier Bardem stand out as their oppressive parents.
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A Very Royal Scandal, Prime Video
Although Scoop only came out earlier this year, it’s time for another take on the well-worn Pizza Express in Woking story. This time, Ruth Wilson stars as tenacious Emily Maitlis and Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew. A Very Royal Scandal is the latest instalment in Amazon’s Scandal series, with its predecessors including the popular A Very British Scandal and A Very English Scandal.
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FRIDAY
His Three Daughters, Netflix
Directed by indie favourite Azazel Jacobs, art-house dramedy His Three Daughters centres on three estranged sisters – with very different personalities and views – as they come together to take care of their father in his final days. Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is The New Black, Russian Doll), Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age, Gone Girl) and Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision, Love & Death) are all strong in their roles. A tense, funny and realistic portrayal of the intricacies of family dynamics.
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The Penguin, Sky Atlantic & Now
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin, The Gentleman) reprises his role as the villainous Penguin in this limited series of the same name – carrying on from where the film left off. The iconic DC character is out to continue his takeover of the criminal underworld of Gotham City.
The Substance
Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid and Margaret Qualley star in this psychosexual, body-horror film. The narrative follows a fading celebrity (Moore) who decides to use a black-market drug to temporarily create a younger, better version of herself. The result is a grisly reimagining of The Picture of Dorian Gray, through the Hollywood lens of misogyny, objectification and the fight to stay young and relevant.
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Omni Loop, Apple TV+
Groundhog Day gets a sci-fi reimagining with this new film out today. Zoya Lowe, played by Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds, The West Wing), is a quantum physicist trapped in a time loop. She has a week to live and a black hole growing in her chest. Having relived the week countless times, she meets Paula (Ayo Edebir, The Bear) who is a gifted student, and together they race to save her life and unravel the secrets of time travel.
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