Ruislip & Eastcote & Northwood Gazette
THE HOT LIST
BEST OF TV AND STREAMING
CRIMES ON CAMPUS MURDER IN PROVENCE ITV, Sunday, July 17, 8pm
■ TERRIBLE crimes in a picturesque setting, though not a defined genre, is definitely an enduringly popular theme in TV murder mysteries and this new three-part series certainly ticks all the boxes in terms of a gorgeous settings in southern France. Roger Allam plays investigative judge Antoine Verlaque who, with his partner Marine (Nancy Carroll), put their weekend plans on hold when there’s a murder at the local university and they set about investigating. They question professors and students and discover plenty of jealousy and rivalries as they do so but the deeper they go, the more murky goings-on they find.
LOSING CONTROL THE CONTROL ROOM BBC One, Sunday, July 17, 9pm
■ THIS tense new three-part thriller follows Glasgow emergency call handler Gabe (Iain De Caestecker) whose life is thrown into turmoil when he takes a life-or-death call from a woman who claims to know him. Pressurised into trying to work out who she is, Gabe makes a decision that could have terrible consequences, puts some mysterious people on to him and forces him to face his own issues from the past. Gripping stuff from the producers of Sherlock and Dracula.
DIFFICULT DECISION PERSUASION Netflix from Friday, July 15
■ THIS latest version of Jane Austen’s enduring favourite sees Hollywood star Dakota Johnson as Persuasion’s heroine Anne Elliot. Eight years after she was persuaded not to marry dashing suitor Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis) from humble origins, Anne meets him again and has to make a difficult decision. With her snobbish family on the brink of bankruptcy and Anne an uncompromisingly modern woman who knows her own mind, she must choose between following her heart or leaving the past behind her.
MAN OF MYSTERY DB COOPER: WHERE ARE YOU? Netflix
■ THE title of this four-part mini-series may sound a bit Scooby Doo, but this fascinating documentary looks at a mysterious figure who’s become embedded in US folklore and urban myth. In 1971, Cooper hijacked a Northwest Airlines passenger plane and after threatening the crew with explosives, demanded $200,000 in cash and a parachute, then promptly disappeared into the night. No one knows what happens next or whether Cooper actually survived his night dive, but the case has prompted 50 years of investigations and theories. Whether this series can solve the mystery or not, it’ll be fun finding out more about him.
TANGLED T WEB SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Sky Cinema Premiere, Friday, July 15, 10.15am and 8pm
■ JUST as Marvel’s latest cinematic outing, Thor: Love And Thunder, hits the big screen, Spider-Man’s most recent adventure finds its way to the small screen having amassed some $1.9 billion in revenue at the box office on its theatrical run. Doctor Strange tries to help Peter Parker retain his secret identity by making people forget he was exposed as Spider-Man (at the end of the last Spidey film) but his tinkering with time and space opens up other dimensions - creating portals for villains and other characters from alternative universes to join the action. It’s great fun and Spidey fans will love seeing Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire team up to take on a host of bad guys.