24 FEBRUARY—1 MARCH 2024
THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH , LISTEN TO & STREAM
1 TV The Jury: Murder Trial
Monday–Thursday 9.00pm C4 This riveting social experiment gives an insight into how the justice system works and asks if it’s fit for purpose. We observe two juries —both unaware of the other —as they consider the evidence in are-enactment of areal-life murder trial and reach their verdicts.
2 TV Prisoner Saturday 9.00pm, 10.00pm BBC4
The Killing’s Sofie Grabol stars in this savage, award-winning, depiction of life in an overcrowded, understaffed Danish prison. It’s raw and brutal, and the guards are just as trapped as the inmates.
3 TV Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough
Sunday 8.00pm Sky Nature Sir David lends his splendid voice to this series that examines the extraordinary noises in nature and why animals make the sounds that they do. It’s fascinating and the visuals are top-rate, too.
4 FILM 4The Rescue ★★★★★12
Sunday 9.00pm BBC2 The story was dramatised by director Ron Howard in the film Thirteen Lives, but this documentary about the rescue of aThai boys’ football team from aflooded cave system is the gripping real deal.
5 FILM The Old Oak ★★★★ 15
Available from Thursday Netflix Reportedly director Ken Loach’s final film, this heartfelt drama —centred around the struggling pub of the title —follows aonce-thriving north-east mining community that is rocked by the arrival of Syrian refugees.
6 STREAMING Shogun
Episodes 1 and 2available on Tuesday Disney+ Ahandsome, sweeping drama, based on the 1970s bestseller, pitches us into the tensions of feudal Japan in the year
