1 7—23 FEBRUARY 2024
THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM
1 TV The Bafta Film Awards
Sunday 7.00pm BBC1 David Tennant is your host for the 77th Baftas from the Royal Festival Hall in London. So sit back and watch as big-hitter films Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things and Barbie slug it out for the top gongs.
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2 TV Breathtaking
Monday-Wednesday 9.00pm ITV1
Joanne Froggatt stars in this stark reminder of life in the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Co-writer Jed Mercurio doesn’t pull his punches as hospital staff are seen dealing with poor government advice, dwindling supplies of PPE and arising death toll.
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4 TV Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens
Friday 8.00pm BBC2
The charming Monty Don delights in the variety of gardens that he finds in central Spain —some are traditional Arabic in influence but others are very surprising. He also meets lots of lovely dogs. Look out for our interview with Monty Don in next week’s issue.
5 FILM
P Moonfall ★★★ 12 Saturday 9.20pm Channel 4
Director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day after Tomorrow) returns for more apocalyptic japes with this daft but gleefully entertaining sci-fi in which —you guessed it —the Moon begins to fall.
6 TV Perfect Pub Walks with Bill Bailey
Tuesday 9.00pm More 4
In the first of four programmes, Bill Bailey is joined by fellow comedian Alan Davies for a ramble around the Peak District, seeing sights, visiting old inns and discussing things that matter to them both.
3 TV The Way
Monday 9.00pm BBC1
A Welsh town wrestling with its past and its future is the setting for this powerful new political drama series from writer James Graham, actor Mich