+ Top 7 Shows of the week
Alex Brooker: Disability and Me, Sunday, BBC Two
In this intimate and personal documentary, the comedian and TV presenter confronts what disability really means in the UK today. He explores his identity as a disabled person, while uncovering sometimes painful memories about his past.
Socially Distant, Sunday, RTÉ 2 Dermot Whelan, Oliver Callan and Mary McEvoy star in this rst comedy-drama about the lockdown, made during lockdown. Written by James Cotter, Socially Distant follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional family trying to arrange a surprise birthday party during the coronavirus crisis. See feature page 6.
Austrian Grand Prix, Sunday,
Sky Sports F1
It has been a long time coming, but the lights nally go out on the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship this week as the Austrian Grand Prix takes place at the Red Bull Ring. Lewis Hamilton hopes the race will help propel him towards a seventh world title.
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Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, Monday, BBC One
The nal instalment of the series lmed during lockdown is directed by Nicholas Hytner and stars Monica Dolan (above). The Shrine is a newly penned monologue inspired by the sight of owers left by a Yorkshire roadside following a fatal accident.
FBI, Thursday, Sky Witness & NOW TV Agents OA and Maggie take on a fresh batch of anti-terror cases. After a bomb detonates at a restaurant in Queens, the case becomes personal for OA, who grew up eating there. What initially seems like a terrorist attack, however, soon reveals itself to be something even more complex.
Get Shorty, Sky Atlantic & NOW TV Chris O’Dowd and Ray Romano return for the third series of the darkly comic gangster-turned-movie producer drama. The story picks up two years after the events of the season two finale, with Miles now having served his sentence in prison after having his production credits for Wylderness taken away from him.
The Supervet, Thursday, Channel 4 In 2016, retriever puppy, Murphy, was rushed to Fitzpatrick’s after he sustained an injury in a dog attack that ripped apart his lower jaw. Noel managed to reconstruct his jaw, but as some pieces were missing, he was at major risk of infection. Four years on, owner Tim and Murphy’s lives have been transformed.