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THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
20—26 JANUARY 2024, Radio Times
1 STREAMING Masters of the Air
Episodes 1 and 2 available from Friday Apple TV+
Austin Butler suavely leads an epic, Band of Brothers-ish mini-series about America’s Second World War flying aces. The locations and the aerial combat scenes are spectacular.
2 TV Wilderness with Simon Reeve
Sunday 9.00pm BBC2
The engaging adventurer is exploring remote areas where nature still has the upper hand, starting with the jungles of the Congo. He’s as enthusiastic, respectful and thoughtful as ever.
INTERVIEW
3 STREAMING Expats
Episodes 1 and 2 available from Friday Amazon Prime Video
Nicole Kidman is an unhappy American abroad in a delicate drama tinged with tragedy and set among the immigrant community in Hong Kong, both rich and poor.
INTERVIEW
4 TV David and Jay’s Touring Toolshed
Monday–Friday 6.30pm BBC2
In a new series that’s like The Repair Shop’s amiable cousin, Jay Blades and David Jason meet up with fellow “tinkerers” around the country to find out what they’ve been making, recycling and engineering in their workshops.
5 FILM Killers of the Flower Moon ★★★★★ 15
Available now Apple TV+
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone give masterclass performances in Martin Scorsese’s epic drama set in 1920s Oklahoma.
6 TV Great British Menu
Tuesday–Thursday 8.00pm BBC2
Andi Oliver presides over the kitchen as chefs from the North East sweat it out for the honour of cooking at a banquet to wish Team GB athletes good luck at the Olympic Games in Paris later this year.
7 TV The Traitors
Wednesday–Friday 9.00pm BBC1
The second series of the show that celebrates backstabbing reaches its conclusion — but will there be further acts of treachery in the final? Host Claudia Winkleman amps up the melodrama before all is revealed.
8 RADIO Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes
Monday–Friday 1.45pm Radio 4
Wordplay from the Venerable Bede, Old English double entendres and tenth-century comic drunks turn up in Ian Hislop’s survey of the long history of British humour, which also features fresher work by the likes of Paul Whitehouse.
FEATURE
9 FILM P Flag Day ★★★ 15
Monday 9.00pm Film4
This unconventional and rather grim true-life drama, directed by and starring Sean Penn alongside his daughter Dylan, depicts the rocky relationship between a prolific but self-destructive con artist and his forgiving offspring.
10 STREAMING Six Nations: Full Contact
Available from Wednesday Netflix
Finn Russell is one of the rugby stars taking part in this eight-part doc that revisits the 2023 Six Nations, and discusses the physical demands the sport places on players.
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