FIVE THINGS FOR YOUR WEEK...
STREAMING
We’ve already had Valentine’s Day, but the streaming giant is still feeling the love. As a result, it’s launching this offbeat Spanish romance. At its heart is Adri (Alvaro Cervantes) who thinks all his Christmases have come at once when he meets the cryptic and enigmatic Carla (Susanna Abaitua). They spend one wild and magical night together before she disappears from his life. Adri discovers that Carla is a resident at a mental institution, and the only way he will be able to see her again is if he too becomes a patient. The lovesick chap soon discovers that convincing people he needs treatment is easy, but persuading them he’s well enough to leave is far from straightforward. Hopefully love will conquer all…
TV FUN
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
ITV & STV, 7pm, Saturday
Fingers-crossed, the latest national lockdown will soon be over. However, that is unlikely to mean a return to normality just yet, and we will still need to find a way to keep entertained on these cold, dark Saturday nights, especially with the second series of The Masked Singer ending last week. Tonight, everyone’s favourite TV presenting duo are finally back on the box with “the happiest 90 minutes of the week”. The first edition sees father-and-son duo Harry and Jamie Redknapp take part in I’m A Celebrity Get
Out Of Me Ear, while Stephen Mulhern returns for an epic Ant v Dec. Plus, Fleur East gives one viewer the surprise of their lives and Gary Barlow takes part in the End of The Show Show.
Crazy About Her Netflix, From Friday
SPORT
Pele
Netflix, From Tuesday
Kevin MacDonald, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind One Day in September, Touching the Void and The Last
King of Scotland, is the executive producer of this documentary about Edson Arantes do Nascimento – the man known throughout the world as, simply, Pele. For many, he’s the greatest footballer who ever lived, a legend in his own lifetime who is the only player to have won the World Cup three times – with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
NATURE
Some species in the animal kingdom seem to have a greater mental capacity than others, but what has driven them to evolve such intelligence? In each episode of this six-part series, Chris Packham explores a very different skill, honing in on some of the most cunning creatures, communicators, builders, social networkers, con artists and travellers. He starts with the crow family, who are famed for their intelligence.
PODCAST
Chris Packham’s Animal Einsteins
BBC2, Regions Vary, Sunday
Death Of A Starlet various platforms
In August of 1980, Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten was found dead at just 20-years-old. She was the girl next door with the shy smile and whispery voice who didn’t know her own beauty. To Hugh Hefner, she was his next Marilyn Monroe. To famed director Peter Bogdonovich, she was his muse. And to her husband, Paul Snider, she was his ticket to fame and fortune. All three ambitious men adored her.