PICKS OF THE WEEK: 14-20 OCTOBER 2024

What to watch this week.

Mr Loverman

Monday, BBC One

Carmel, his wife of 50 years, senses that Barry has been cheating on her with other women. Little does she know what’s really going on: a secret, decades-long passionate affair with his best friend and soulmate, Morris. Now entering the next chapter of his life, Barry has big choices to make that will force his whole family to question their own futures.

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Wednesday, Sky Max

Era-defining girl power icon Mel B will bring the Scary and add the Spice for the Nineties episode. The cultural icon and frontwoman of The Gossip, noughties hit maker Beth Ditto, will join for Buzzcocks Does… the Noughties. Courtney Love, will be in the hot seat for the episode celebrating all things Rock, and Perrie will join for “Buzzcocks Does… Girl & Boy Bands.”

Shrinking

Wednesday, Apple TV+

Shrinking follows a grieving therapist who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives … including his own.

Everyone Else Burns

Thursday, Channel 4

Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners), Kate O’Flynn (Landscapers), Amy James-Kelly (Military Wives) and Harry Connor (Robin and the Hoods) return as the Lewis family, our favourite god-fearing Mancunians, for an inferno of family strife, marital chaos, and righteous revolution, joined by Sian Clifford (Fleabag) as Maude, an imposing new member of The Order.

Rivals

Friday, Disney+

The original eight-part blockbuster saga is based on the iconic novel by Dame Jilly Cooper, which is part of her Rutshire Chronicles series packed full of romantic entanglements, dastardly deals, sex and wit.

The Devil's Hour

Friday, Prime Video

Gideon’s true intentions are finally revealed, as he attempts to involve Lucy in his mission to stop an elusive force of evil. Simultaneously a sequel and a prequel to the first chapter, expect nothing but the unexpected…

DI Ray

Sunday, ITV1

The new series will see Leicester-born DI Ray investigating the murder of a high-profile criminal - sensitive ethnic issues relating to the case ignite racial tensions causing a personal conflict for Rachita, both as a British Asian woman and as a police officer, which she must fight to prevent a turf war erupting on the streets of Birmingham...