Phil Harrison

The Guardian’s television picks include the return of Ludwig, in which David Mitchell’s John Taylor works for the police while secretly investigating his brother’s fate. Other recommendations include a female-heavy Dragons’ Den panel, The Yorkshire Vet, David Olusoga’s historical series A House Through Time, the dating show Better Date Than Never and the slavery-themed thriller Possession. The film choice is Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter, a documentary that examines the Serbian tennis star’s difficult public image and family life, and may soften perceptions of him.

The Guardian’s television guide highlights Love You to Death, a documentary about Lisa Hayden-Johnson’s fabrication of her son Matthew’s severe illnesses and the consequences of the deception. Other recommendations include Welsh choral singing, the crime drama Professor T, a comedy spelling competition, an Australian missing-person investigation, Couples Therapy, Bertrand Bonello’s science-fiction romance The Beast, and Dev Patel’s violent revenge thriller Monkey Man. The listings also cover England v Pakistan cricket, the Tour of Britain women’s cycling, and a Celtic v LASK Champions League playoff.

The documentary follows Mir Hussain from childhood poverty in Bamiyan through marriage, migration and work as a camera operator documenting bombings and sport. Its 2026 update gains a darker meaning from the 2021 U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban’s return, which has sharply restricted women’s lives and left Mir without television work, forcing him back into manual labor. Despite the family’s longstanding resilience, Mir and Shukria now appear increasingly trapped and uncertain, making the film both an intimate portrait of Afghan hardship and a critique of repeated foreign intervention and abandonment.

The Guardian recommends seven programmes arriving on streaming services, led by a feminist adaptation of Miles Franklin’s My Brilliant Career. Other selections include Bear Grylls taking the cast of The Chosen into the wilderness, a documentary portrait of controversial football manager José Mourinho, a new Reacher adventure, the Mexican police drama Women in Blue, a true-crime documentary about Neil Hopper and body integrity dysmorphia, and the French drama Everybody Lies, about an outsider investigating powerful and corrupt interests.

The Guardian’s evening television guide recommends Voices of the Valleys on Sky Arts, praising its warm portrayal of Welsh male voice choirs and their community importance. Other selections include hospital documentaries on Channel 5, a struggling but improving episode of Channel 4’s The Undeclared War, the return of Guy Montgomery’s spelling gameshow on BBC Three, and a BBC Two investigation into alleged funeral-home abuses. The guide also lists live coverage of The Hundred cricket tournament.

The evening’s television highlights include the return of Celebrity Hunted, featuring Strictly dancers Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu alongside other celebrities. Other recommendations include a Panorama investigation into disciplinary practices at Athena Learning Trust schools, Chris Packham’s exploration of intelligence and dolphin evolution, a Long Lost Family special tracing foundlings’ origins, Sally Magnusson’s nostalgic account of Mastermind, and a documentary reality episode following Trewley’s experiences and plans for a lipliner business.

The Guardian’s television guide recommends the finale of French First World War super-soldier thriller The Sentinels on BBC Four, praising its political intrigue and action. Other highlighted programmes include a Sussex regional documentary, a Proms concert, a documentary about the Nazi-propaganda context of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, The Staircase and Ghosts Australia. Film recommendations include the horror film Heretic, praised for Hugh Grant’s performance, and the visually inventive science-fiction romance Love Me, alongside listings for live sport.

Seven streaming series are assessed, led by the fourth season of Ted Lasso, which moves its football coach toward managing a women’s team in the US. Other recommendations include Monsters of God, a documentary about exotic-animal trafficking; the second part of One Hundred Years of Solitude; and Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, which examines exploitation in the poultry and fast-food industries. Sterling Point offers familiar wealthy-teen drama, The Shards combines elite-school tensions with a serial-killer plot, and Alley Cats receives a strongly negative review for its generic animation, weak writing and unpleasant tone.

The Guardian’s television guide highlights the return of Extraordinary Extensions on Channel 4, where Tinie Tempah follows couples pursuing lavish and environmentally inspired home renovations. Other recommendations include Ken Burns’s documentary about Horatio Nelson Jackson’s pioneering 1903 drive across the United States, Deal or No Deal, hospital documentary Casualty 24/7, the crime drama Murder 24/7 and Katie Price: Nothing to Hide, featuring her children discussing family turbulence. The film selections are The Devil Wears Prada 2, praised as an aspirational but familiar sequel confronting declining print sales and online competition, and Primate, a slasher horror about a sign-language-using chimp that becomes a lethal threat to a Hawaiian family.

A television guide highlights the evening’s programming, led by the third series of Interview with the Vampire, in which Sam Reid plays glam-rock vampire Lestat. Other recommendations include a recycling-themed Great British Sewing Bee, a promotional Hotel Chocolat series, the cyber-thriller The Undeclared War, Shabaz Ali’s investigation into whether billionaires are bad, the Gomorrah prequel, and Warwick Thornton’s film The New Boy, which explores the forced assimilation of Indigenous Australian children through a mystical story.

A curated list of seven notable streaming releases includes Furious, a female-led serial-killer thriller; a new Snoopy special; a Heartstopper companion documentary; and documentaries about Love Island’s mental-health risks and the Idaho student murders. The selection also highlights Mary Beth Barone’s stand-up special and the German mystery drama The Last Settlement, with the pieces balancing entertainment value against themes of trauma, LGBTQ+ representation, duty of care and grief.

The Guardian’s television guide recommends Station Eleven on Sky Atlantic as an overlooked but hopeful pandemic drama, alongside programmes featuring prog rock, celebrity homes, Granite Harbour, a Diane Morgan sitcom and Boris Johnson’s documentary from Ukraine. Film picks include The Dink, Preschool and Janet Planet, with the guide offering favorable assessments of their casts, comic premises and dramatic perspectives. A Commonwealth Games broadcast from Glasgow is also highlighted.

Writers from The Guardian select television’s happiest and most emotionally satisfying endings. Their choices include career triumph in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, enduring friendship in Detectorists, hope amid the Troubles in Derry Girls, and affectionate closure in comedies such as 30 Rock, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks and Recreation. Other finales find unexpected happiness in darker stories, including Hacks, Mr Inbetween and The Leftovers, while Only Fools and Horses, Sex and the City, and Gavin and Stacey deliver romantic or family resolutions.

A set of television highlights includes a documentary episode in which Katie Price reflects on her marriage to Peter Andre, a BBC One profile of a woman who built a workhorse business after cancer, memorable moments from Deal or No Deal, a look inside Barnsley’s A&E, a couple upgrading their narrowboat home, a classic 1971 Play for Today about a homeless woman, and a late-night surreal film exploring actors and AI.

The Guardian’s television guide highlights the return of The Undeclared War on Channel 4, with Simon Pegg, Adrian Lester and Siân Brooke involved in a plot about a suspected mole inside GCHQ. Other recommendations include episodes of The Great British Sewing Bee, Murder 24/7, Faithless and Johnny Vegas’ Little Shop of Antiques, alongside Peter Greenaway’s film The Pillow Book and live coverage of The Hundred cricket tournament.

A set of TV previews highlights new episodes and developments across several shows, including the detective drama The Dark, investigations on Panorama, a University Challenge heat, renewed conflict in House of the Dragon, an evolutionary deep dive in Evolution, and a new reality series exploring modern Gypsy culture.

Evening TV highlights include Alan Carr’s Picture Slam returning for its fourth series, Alexander Armstrong concluding his U.S. journey with a look at Miami’s past and shifting political loyalties, a tense Casualty storyline involving toxic waste, and a double bill of the French war drama The Sentinels. Music nostalgia arrives with two TOTP retrospectives, while film picks feature Wicked Little Letters and a posthumous broadcast of Sam Neill in Jurassic Park. A full lineup of live sport spans rugby, golf, cricket, cycling and World Cup football.

A selection of seven new and returning series highlights a mix of documentary drama, crime thrillers, animated comedy, reality entertainment and international dramas. Tom Hiddleston explores the eruption of Vesuvius in a dramatized documentary, while The Crow Girl opens its second season with a grisly new case. Additional offerings include a Canadian reality show about RV parts dealers, a revived season of King of the Hill, a true‑crime documentary featuring an unsettling California feud, a new season of the Kaulitz brothers’ reality show and a French mystery involving a shipwreck and local tensions.

The Guardian’s television guide recommends Ann Droid, Diane Morgan’s sitcom about an elderly widow and an awkward care robot, praising its warmth, themes of loneliness and grief, and deadpan humour. Other featured programs include the camp mystery comedy The Hairdresser Mysteries, the First Night of the Proms, the wealth-focused documentary Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich, the controversial drama The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, and Austin. The film recommendation is Anaconda, a comedy reboot starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd, while the evening’s live sport is the Vitality T20 Blast cricket final.

A set of television highlights includes the second part of a documentary on Katie Price, covering her time in the Playboy mansion and personal challenges, a PBS nuclear history documentary, an episode of Ambulance: Code Red featuring a serious accident, a new instalment of Fire Country involving a wildfire, a property makeover on My Floating Home and quirky cases on Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo.

The Guardian’s television guide highlights ITV’s The Dark, a Scottish crime drama about a serial killer, alongside programmes including The TV Rich List, The Tech Billionaire Takeover, The Piano, Unacceptable and I, Jack Wright. The film recommendation is Anemone, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Bean in a dark story of violence, trauma and generational pain.

A collection of television highlights features a French First World War sci‑fi drama, a US travel series with Alexander Armstrong, a tense Casualty episode, 2000s pop retrospectives, Wimbledon coverage, and film selections including Redux and The Lady Eve, alongside a schedule of major live sports events.

A curated list of seven new TV series across major streaming platforms highlights crime thrillers, sports comedies, character-driven dramas and an emotional documentary. Standouts include Anya Taylor-Joy in a heist thriller, Will Ferrell in a golf comedy, a Greek-set mystery, a gritty 1980s crime drama, a Florida PI adventure, an assassin buddy series and a documentary following Jesy Nelson’s family challenges and advocacy for SMA screening.

A roundup of evening television highlights includes the return of the British-Australian sitcom Austin, a documentary on Ashington AFC’s financial struggle, a seasonal update from the Owen family farm, personal accounts of women from the second world war, coverage of the first RHS Badminton flower show, and new episodes of Celebrity Gogglebox. Film recommendations include Wicked: For Good, Leave Her to Heaven and The Bodyguard, alongside live coverage of England v India in women’s Test cricket.

A roundup of evening television highlights featuring the latest developments in House of the Dragon as Rhaenyra Targaryen confronts the challenges of ruling after major conflict, along with new episodes of 24 Hours in A&E, Law & Order: SVU, 999: On the Front Line, G’wed and a late-night documentary about Kim Kardashian’s early rise to fame.

Three siblings abandoned at a Barcelona railway station in 1984 search for answers about their past in the documentary series Abandoned. Their investigation uncovers a complicated family history involving crime, stolen identities and the Gold Bandits of Andalucía, while the series highlights the emotional impact of their search and the strength of their bond. The narrative mixes chaotic revelations with personal reflection as the siblings work to rebuild their identities and understand their parents’ motivations.

A selection of upcoming and newly released streaming titles spans wholesome Americana, family sitcoms, French Riviera crime drama, an anime‑style brotherhood tale, an environmental shark documentary, a Mexican coming‑of‑age mystery and a traditional family sitcom. The highlights include a new adaptation of Little House on the Prairie, the return of Trying, and environmentally focused shark exploration with Bertie Gregory. Each show is briefly described with its themes, tone and release platform.

A roundup of evening television highlights includes Amanda Owen taking her family on a camping break during their farmhouse renovation, a documentary exploring Agatha Christie’s ties to key English locations, gardening guidance from Gardeners’ World, the latest Celebrity Gogglebox lineup, new episodes of TFI Friday Unplugged, LGBTQ+ short films in the Iris Prize series, and a late-night screening of Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre, along with live Formula 1 and cricket coverage.

A selection of evening television highlights includes a Sky Arts documentary exploring Tilda Swinton’s unconventional career, a return to Channel 5’s Cornwall: A Year by the Sea, and a tense episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody on Channel 4. Additional picks include the celebrity-driven Traitors US on BBC Three, the season finale of FBI on Sky Witness featuring a bioweapon threat, and a Channel 4 documentary revisiting the contested Eddie Gilfoyle murder conviction.

A selection of TV recommendations highlights the finale of the Welsh drama The Light in the Hall: Still Waters, ongoing episodes and season conclusions across Sky channels, and new documentary and film options. Additional picks include Enola Holmes 3 on Netflix, a metafictional BBC Three film, and acclaimed British cinema and documentary offerings on late-night schedules.

A selection of TV recommendations highlights competitive baking in Bake Off: The Professionals, the US adaptation of Doc Martin, a Canadian crime procedural, a true‑crime investigation into the Pike County murders, a historical look at the American Revolution, and the return of the drama Fire Country. The film pick is the comedy The First Wives Club, and live sport includes the Women’s ICC World T20 semi‑final.

A selection of new podcasts is highlighted, including an investigation into alleged Russian influence involving right‑wing online figures, an exploration of the struggles facing the hospitality sector, a true‑crime series following a death row case, a 1990s‑themed fraud story involving a teen posing as Steven Spielberg’s nephew, and a historical series on Indigenous contributions to the founding of the United States and the misuse of Native identity.

A roundup of evening television highlights features a Taylor Swift–focused documentary exploring her romantic history, a Channel 4 conclusion to a Nelson Mandela series examining the family impact of his struggle, and a selection of dramas, true‑crime programmes and live sport. Several additional shows, including Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers and Watson, are outlined with brief plot or thematic notes.

A roundup of evening television highlights includes the finale of the comedy-drama Two Weeks in August, a new royal panel show, a celebrity quiz for charity, Alexander Armstrong’s US travel series, a Glastonbury clip special, and the conclusion of a biopic about tennis star Evonne Goolagong, alongside ongoing live cricket coverage.

A selection of seven new and returning TV shows available across major streaming platforms highlights a mix of comedy, drama, documentary and animation. Larry David leads an irreverent historic sketch series, while a documentary examines Rolf Harris’s history of abuse. A Legally Blonde prequel follows Elle Woods’s high school years, and Worst Neighbor Ever compiles unsettling stories of problematic neighbours. Survival of the Thickest returns for its final season, Silo continues its dystopian narrative with rising tension, and The Simpsons offers new standalone summer spoofs.

Evening TV highlights include a world‑exclusive Madonna interview hosted by Graham Norton at Koko as she reflects on her early UK career and upcoming album. Additional picks cover a Battle of the Somme documentary, seasonal gardening guidance from Gardeners’ World, family farm life in Yorkshire, a new Celebrity Gogglebox lineup and the finale of the medical mockumentary St Denis Medical featuring the opening of a new birthing centre.

A roundup of evening television highlights includes a documentary celebrating Rik Mayall’s career, a look at life in Cornwall, a murder investigation in 24 Hours in Police Custody, developments in From, a competitive episode of The Traitors US, and a case review involving Stacey Hyde. The film Escape from Pretoria is recommended for its tense portrayal of an ANC prison break.

An evening TV guide highlights the finale of the French crime drama Saint-Pierre, where the season’s overarching conflict reaches its climax. Additional recommendations include new episodes of The Repair Shop, Location, Location, Location, and Matlock, alongside a BBC Four retrospective on Our Friends in the North. The lineup also features the Australian Aids-era drama In Our Blood and several film selections, including Avatar: Fire and Ash, the climate documentary The Welcome Table, and the historical drama Rob Roy.

A selection of TV recommendations highlights the return of Dannii Minogue’s LGBTQ+ dating show I Kissed a Girl, alongside documentaries including Scamanda, Rosa Elettrica and The American Revolution. Additional recommendations include a short personal documentary about surviving cardiac arrest and live World Cup football coverage featuring England versus Ghana.

A roundup of evening television highlights includes the continuation of the anti-apartheid documentary Free Nelson Mandela, new episodes of several factual and drama series, a music show finale featuring Shania Twain and Arlo Parks, and two film selections ranging from a nature documentary to a cult 1980s vampire classic.