What To Watch This Week: 17.02.26
TUESDAY
Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, Netflix
Another glossy reality empire comes under the microscope. Following Netflix’s recent run of cultural reckoning docs, this series revisits America’s Next Top Model with the benefit of hindsight – and it doesn’t make for totally comfortable viewing. Through first-hand accounts from former contestants, the show unpacks how a programme once celebrated for diversifying mainstream beauty quietly normalised fat-shaming, coercive challenges and deeply questionable power dynamics. Creator Tyra Banks appears throughout, offering a defence that’s part apology and part deflection. The result is a sobering portrait of early-2000s TV excess – and a reminder of just how far (and how little) reality television has come.
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WEDNESDAY
Being Gordon Ramsay, Netflix
Less kitchen warfare, more legacy-building, this six-part series follows Gordon Ramsay as he takes on one of his most ambitious projects yet: opening a multi-level restaurant destination at the top of London’s 22 Bishopsgate. There’s plenty of trademark intensity – pressure deadlines, high stakes and the occasional meltdown – but what sets this apart is the quieter personal detail. Ramsay reflects on his upbringing, his formative (and brutal) training under Marco Pierre White and the family life that now grounds him. It won’t convert the sceptics, but fans will relish this slightly softer, more reflective take on the chef we love to watch ‘eff and blind.
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THURSDAY
The Night Agent, Netflix
Netflix’s stealth hit returns – and it’s still playing the long game. Now in its third season, The Night Agent continues to prove that you don’t need flashy hype to deliver gripping television. Gabriel Basso is back as Peter Sutherland, the government’s ultimate problem-solver, pulled into another web of secrets, surveillance and escalating danger. This time, he’s reluctantly teaming up with investigative journalist Isabel (played by Genesis Rodriguez) as they follow a trail of corruption that reaches disturbingly high places.
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FRIDAY
The Moment, In Cinemas
Just when you thought the ‘Brat’ era might finally be cooling off, The Moment lands. This meta mockumentary, directed by Aidan Zamiri (the man behind music videos for Charli XCX and FKA twigs) and co-written with Bertie Brandes, follows a rising pop sensation (Charli XCX) as she prepares for her arena tour debut at the dizzying peak of fame. Set against the tail end of Brat Summer, it dives into the absurdities of modern celebrity – label pressure, brand deals, cultural overexposure – and that awkward line between underground credibility and mainstream domination. The supporting cast is knowingly stacked: Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction), Alexander Skarsgård (Succession, Big Little Lies), Kylie Jenner (The Kardashians), Rachel Sennott (Bottoms, Shiva Baby) and Jamie Demetriou (Stath Lets Flats, Barbie). Sharp, self-aware and drenched in pop-cultural commentary, this is one for anyone still not over lime green.
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Wasteman, In Cinemas
This gritty British prison drama marks director Cal McMau’s feature debut and stars David Jonsson (Rye Lane, Industry) and Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Billy the Kid). The story follows Taylor, a parolee determined to keep his head down and secure a fresh start. But when former cellmate Dee reappears, loyalties are tested and old codes resurface. A violent attack forces Taylor into an impossible decision: protect his friend or protect his freedom.
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The Secret Agent, In Cinemas
The Secret Agent delivers political drama with serious style. Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau, Aquarius), this Cannes-winning thriller is set in 1977 Brazil at the height of the military dictatorship. Wagner Moura (Narcos, Elite Squad) stars as a former academic forced into hiding, attempting to reconnect with his son while evading the watchful eye of the regime. What unfolds is part man-on-the-run thriller, part richly atmospheric portrait of a country under pressure – all set against the sensory overload of Carnival in Recife.
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Cold Storage, In Cinemas
If you’re in the mood for something more chaotic, Cold Storage is grotesque, fast-moving and knowingly ridiculous – delivering horror with a wink. Directed by Jonny Campbell (Westworld, Black Mirror) and adapted by David Koepp (screenwriter of Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible) from his own novel, this is creature-feature fun with serious pace. When a government-sealed parasitic fungus escapes from a long-forgotten military base and starts mutating beneath a self-storage facility, two unsuspecting employees are forced into crisis mode. The cast is stacked: Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Joe Keery (Stranger Things), Sosie Bacon (Smile), alongside Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement), Lesley Manville (The Crown) and Liam Neeson (Taken) all feature.
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, In Cinemas
Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids, Physical) delivers the performance of her career in this spiralling, darkly funny psychodrama from writer-director Mary Bronstein (Yeast). She plays Linda, a Montauk therapist whose life is quietly – then not so quietly – imploding. Her child is mysteriously ill, her husband is absent, a patient goes missing and her relationship with her own therapist (Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show) becomes increasingly unhinged. Also starring Danielle Macdonald (Dumplin’), Christian Slater (Mr. Robot) and A$AP Rocky, the film premiered at Sundance to glowing reviews, with Byrne widely tipped for awards recognition.
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The Last Thing He Told Me – Season 2, Apple TV+
After the slow-burn success of season one, Apple TV+’s glossy thriller returns. Jennifer Garner (Alias, 13 Going On 30) reprises her role as Hannah, alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Angourie Rice (Mare of Easttown, The Nice Guys). Based on Laura Dave’s forthcoming sequel novel, the second season picks up five years later when Owen suddenly reappears after disappearing into hiding. What follows is a tense race to rebuild their fractured family before the past closes in. Executive produced by Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies, The Morning Show) and the Hello Sunshine team, expect slick pacing, emotional stakes and plenty of cliffhangers.
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