TV WEEK: 24 FEB-1 MARCH
TUNE IN TO CLOSER’S PICK OF THE TELLY EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT WITH TV EDITOR HANNAH WRIGHT
1 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT UK: REUNION SPECIAL
The cast of 2023 are back for one more dinner party - whoop! In attendance are Adrienne, Ella, Erica, Georges, Jay, Jordan, Laura, Matt, Paul, Peggy, Rozz, Shona, Tasha and Thomas, who’ll reunite around the infamous table to reminisce about the social experiment that changed their lives. We’re told: “Anything can happen… As old dramas reignite, will the committed couples come out unscathed?” Last year’s MAFS UK was the biggest ever – with more episodes and couples (and had us all gripped). The show also achieved its highest ratings yet (taking over from ITV’s Big Brother).
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2 OUT OF ORDER
Hosted by Rosie Jones alongside Katherine Ryan and Judi Love. They’ll arrange members of the public in order of “who’s ghosted the most people”, or “who earns the most?” and the like.
3 EUROVISION 2024: GRAHAM MEETS OLLY
As Olly Alexander prepares to fulfil one of his biggest life’s ambitions – representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, he joins fellow superfan (and commentator) Graham Norton to talk candidly about competing in Sweden in May.
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4 ROB BECKETT’S SMART TV
Rob Beckett plus team captains Josh Widdicombe and Alison Hammond ask a panel of celebs fun questions about TV.
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5 UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN
Previously shown on Disney+, this true-crime drama – created by Dustin Lance Black (aka Mr Tom Daley) – was inspired by real events. In 1984 Brenda Wright Lafferty (Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People) and her baby daughter were murdered in a Mormon community in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hollywood star Andrew Garfield plays detective Jeb Pyre, who, as he investigates the case, discovers buried truths about the origins of the religion. Billy Howle and Rory Culkin also star.
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6 PRUE LEITH’S COTSWOLD KITCHEN
Abrand-new cooking show with Bake Off’s Prue Leith – who’s joined by her husband John and a cast of starry guests in her own kitchen at her gorgeous home. “This series is all about the things that really matter to me – family, fun, food and friends,” she says. The first pal to join her is history buff Sandi Toksvig, who helps Prue to cook an Enid Blyton ham and egg pie recipe, from a booklet written in 1923. John not only rustles up his signature homemade yogurt, but also manages to churn out a beautiful wreath. Put this on your watch list, it is glorious.
PRUE LEITH: ‘I’m a neurotic tidy-upper’
Cooking grande dame Prue Leith, 84, opens the doors to her own kitchen – sharing cherished recipes in a new daytime show for ITV…
