Issue 31-Aug-2019 - What's on TV (2024)

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Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd What’s on TV is a value-packed, easy-to-use weekly magazine, full of TV information, features and listings. The Soapweek section gives you in-depth story updates and the double-page Soap Diary gives you a rundown of upcoming plots, complete with "must-see" moments flagged up. The TV Week and Real Life sections cover the best of the week's programmes, and there are seven days of clearly set out listings. ENGLAND edition

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IN THIS ISSUEHOT TV THIS WEEKnewA ConfessionMONDAY 2 September, 9pm ITV DramaThe real-life murders of Becky Godden-Edwards and Sian O’Callaghan are re-told in this six-part drama. Martin Freeman plays Det Supt Steve Fulcher, who breached police procedure to catch the murderer. Imelda Staunton plays Becky’s mum, Karen, Siobhan Finneran is Sian’s mum, Elaine, and Joe Absolom is the killer, Christopher Halliwell.FULL STORY P8Holby CityTUESDAY 3 September, 8pm (Scotland, 10.35pm) BBC1 DramaLuke Roberts and Patsy Kensit are back in their roles as Joseph and Faye in a special episode for Holby City’s 20th anniversary. It’s been eight years since the pair were last at Holby and when Jac (Rosie Marcel) sees Joseph, all her old feelings for him come flooding back. The atmosphere is tense, however, between Jac and love rival Faye, who’s come to the…5 min

IN THIS ISSUEFaye’s back!HOLBY CITYTuesday, 8pm (Scotland, 10.35pm) BBC1 DramaQ To mark Holby City’s 20th anniversary, Faye and Joseph Byrne (Luke Roberts) return this week after eight years away. What was it like to be back?A I loved the four years I spent on Holby, so I was really excited. But I thought, ‘I hope they don’t want me back just to kill me off!’Q What brings Faye back to the hospital?A Since we last saw her, she became an alcoholic. Although now in recovery, she’s damaged her heart through all the drinking and needs a transplant. Faye had wanted to go to nearby St James’s Hospital to avoid seeing Jac Naylor, but on this particular night there’s a big rainstorm, so the only option is to go to Holby.Q When they meet…2 min

IN THIS ISSUEWhat’s Hot!What’s Not!Poldark holds firmBBC1’s Poldark continued to dominate Sunday-night TV on 18 August, with 4.3m tuning in to watch Geoffrey Charles attempt to elope with Cecily. It beat a repeat of Vera on ITV, which drew 1.9m.Not so wonderfulBBC1’s Sacred Wonders fared badly with its second episode on 14 August, dropping over 500,000 viewers from the first episode with just 1.8m tuning in. It was beaten by new ITV drama Deep Water, which attracted 3.6m viewers.…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEFarewell…Best known for…Ben played Jesse McGregor in Home and Away between 1996 and 2000, returning to the soap two years later for a further three years. Jesse was a rogue who went to prison after being falsely accused of arson.Other achievements…As well as acting, Ben also directed several music videos, including for Chumbawamba’s 1997 hit Tubthumping. Then, after starring in Home and Away, he turned his back on acting and went on to do a law degree. He was working as a senior solicitor in Newcastle, Australia, before his death.Gone too soon…Ben died aged 41 on 14 August. He was found near a waterfall in New South Wales, Australia.…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThe price of justicenewA CONFESSIONMonday, 9pm ITV DramaOn 19 March 2011, 22-year-old Sian O’Callaghan was reported missing after a night out in Swindon, Wiltshire. Following painstaking work, Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher and his team identified cab driver Christopher Halliwell as the prime suspect in Sian’s abduction.Det Supt Fulcher interviewed Halliwell without cautioning him, in the hope he’d talk and Sian could be found alive. Halliwell confessed to killing both Sian and another young woman, Becky Godden-Edwards, who disappeared in 2003.Difficult choicesNow a real-life ITV drama, starring Martin Freeman as Steve Fulcher and Joe Absolom as Halliwell, explores the case.‘It’s a story of two murdered girls and their families and then it broadens out to being a story of this detective who tries his best for them,’ says Martin. ‘If Halliwell was cautioned and…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEComing soon…⋆ My Famous Babysitter on W sees four brave celebrities face the reality of modern-day parenting by looking after a family of kids. Anita Rani (right), Georgia Toffolo, Rachel Riley and Professor Green will be managing budgets, supervising the homework and juggling family life.⋆ Daniel Mays (right) and Stephen Graham star in six-part police comedy Code 404 on Sky One, set in the future. When DI John Major is killed, an experiment brings him back to life – but he loses all his crime-fighting ability…⋆ C4’s four-parter My Grandparents’ War follows actors, including Kristin Scott Thomas and Mark Rylance, as they retrace their grandparents’ steps during World War Two, from D-Day beaches to POW camps in Asia.⋆ David Tennant and Hayley Atwell lead the all-star cast of Criminal, an anthology…1 min

Issue 31-Aug-2019 - What's on TV (2024)

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