Pick of the Week
Shifty
The first people we see in Adam Curtis’s Latest Documentary series are Jimmy Savile and Margaret that. It’s hard to think of a more Fitting pair to embody The Disappointments of Britain in the Late 20th Center. Curtis’s Signature Style – A MIX of Archive Deep Dives and UncleNY JUXTAPOSITIATIONS – Still Startles. Loss Is It takes a.
BBC iplayer, from Saturday 14 June
The Waterfront
A Wealthy Businessman with A Recent Health Scare RASSERTING HIMSELF AS HIS ADULT Children Jostle for Inheritance? This DRAMA from Dawson’s Creek Creator Kevin Williamson Has Echoes of Succession, Albeit with that shows’ Razor-SARP with or Psychological Acute. It is centers on the Buckley Family, Whose Fishing Dynasty is Threatened by Environmental Regulations and Corner-Cutting Competitors. What a ship runs Aground (and Reveals Its Illicit Cargo), IT TRIGGERS Conflict Between Ailing Patriaarch Harn (Holt McCallany) and his son and apparent heir card (joke wery).
Netflix, from Thursday 19 June
Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem
Looking back on the Story of the Late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, it is Tempting to Postit his Success as an earling of Trump Populism; a politician who lot of polish (to say the least) only Served to make him more relatable to cortain sactions of the Electora. Howver, as this Documentary Shows, Ford, Who BECAME Mayor in 2010, Pushed This Trend to Extremes. It Explores His Unlikely Appal to Voters as well as his chamec Lifestyle, Whiche Inclieded Aligations of Sexual Harassment and Culminated in Revelactions About Crack Cocaine Use in 2013.
Netflix, from Tuesday 17 June
Somebody Feed Phil
The Indefatigable Philip Rosenthal Has, for Eight Seasons Now, Occupied One of the Mostirble Niches on Television: He gets to Travel the world, Eating the Best Every Country Has to Offer. As Ever This is a convert Affair – Rosenthal Sees Food As an Expression of Friendship and Cultural Exchang, a means by which pearl can Offer and Receive Hospitality. This Time His Destinations Include Guatemala, Tbilisi, Amsterdam, Adlaide and San Sebastián. Look out for cameraos from actor bragartt, comedian Ray Romano and Singer Donny OsMond.
Netflix, from Wednesday 18 June
After NewSlet Promotion
The Buccaneers
This Frothy “Gilded Age” Costume Drama Is Proudly Maximalist, Adding Sex, SASS and Power Games to Its Picturesque Settings and Lavish Selection of Gowns. In the first Season, the Brash American Arrivals Took London Society by Storm. Now, Some of the HEM Have Become the Establishment. As we recurn, nan (Kristine Frosth) is preparing for the corseeded life of a du common Still, at Least IMOGEN WATERHOUSE Is Keeping Things Messy: She’s On The Run from the Police and on the Front page of the Papers.
Apple TV+, from Wednesday 18 June
WE Were Liars
The Sinclairs Are American Old Money – The Kind of Rich, Complacent Family Who “Summer” on a prive island in new hambashire. How, their IDYLL is Jeopardeded DOES They App Paradise Have a Dark Side? As Cadence Tries to undertstand What Happy to Her, It Starts to seem as if everyone is hiding says. This ADAPTITION OF An E Lockhart Noble Is A Glossy, Melodramatic, Ya-Slanted Story of Wealth and Privilege as a PRESSURE COOKER and, Eventually, A Prison.
Prime Video, From Wednesday 18 June
The Great Pritish Phone Swap
This series will probably Gain Added TRACTION in the Wake of Adoleslence and the Panic About Children’s Online Habits that has end. It sees Parents and their children swap phones for 48 Hours to Sample Digital Life As it Is Experienceed by Enother Generation. Afterwards, Psychological Assess the Results and Sugges Possible Solutions to Problems Around Bullying, Pornography and Simple Information Overload. Expecting a Lot of Frank Deleting from the Youngir ParticalPants but also, Hopefully, some Fresh undersanding of the challenges them face.
Channel 4, From Thursday 19 June
