Best TV Shows and Documentaries to Watch This Week
Television viewers can tune in to ITV1 to watch Dr Ethan Winter, a forensic pathologist played by Richard Armitage, and DI Lauren Bell, a diligent and frosty cop played by Annabel Scholey, as they are forced to work together on the murder of a young woman.
Clashing Personalities Drive New ITV1 Crime Drama
The new drama introduces Dr Ethan Winter as an unbearably smug forensic pathologist who can read a body like a book, paired alongside DI Lauren Bell, a frosty, diligent investigator. According to preview details outlined by Phil Harrison, the pair find themselves on a collision course when the murder of a young woman lands in their in-trays. An explosive postmortem raises the stakes immediately, forcing the mismatched duo to tolerate each other’s contrasting methods.
Archaeological Mysteries and True Crime Documentaries
Shifting from fictional investigations to historical analysis, BBC Four broadcasts The Shaman’s Grave at 8:00 PM. The documentary explores a cold case from Germany, using the bodies of a Stone Age woman and child along with items in their shared grave to examine the era’s spiritual practices and what they reveal about human belief systems.
Meanwhile, Channel 5 examines a modern tragedy at 9:00 PM with Cause of Death. Pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd returns to the scene in Tenerife with Debbie, the mother of nineteen-year-old Jay Slater, who tripped and fell to his death at the bottom of a ravine. Per reporting by Priya Elan, the programme recreates Jay’s last walk to determine what caused his death, examining factors such as dehydration and lack of sleep.
Portraits, Sitcoms, and Travelogues Across Evening Schedules
Cultural programming continues on Sky Arts at 9:00 PM with Yuja, a portrait of the prodigious Chinese-American pianist Yuja Wang. The documentary traces her life story while capturing her abstracted and charming interview style. Over on BBC One at 9:30 PM, the sitcom Not Going Out brings comedy back to the schedule. Jack Seale notes that in an episode echoing Fawlty Towers, Lee, played by Lee Mack, attempts to distract withering house guests Anna, played by Abigail Cruttenden, and Toby, played by Hugh Dennis, from discovering that Lucy, played by Sally Bretton, is hiding upstairs.
Rounding out the late-evening options at 10:00 PM on Channel 4, Martin Compston: Living Las Vegas follows affable tour guide Compston on an authentic cowboy adventure during the second installment of his Sin City travelogue. Graeme Virtue highlights that the episode features a cocktail session with Scottish drag star Lawrence Chaney and a delayed visit to the Grand Canyon.
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