The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Programmes
When Bob Marley Came to Britain
Documentary looking at the period Bob Marley spent living in London in the 1970s, and the impact he made on Britain both musically and culturally. The film features rare archive footage and interviews with people who met him. Sat 29 Aug, BBC2 21:45 (60mins).
Edinburgh Festival – The Show... Must Go On 2020
The biggest arts festival in the world isn’t taking place in Edinburgh this year, but this programme brings highlights of virtual shows from the festival and book festival. It also digs into the archives to celebrate past festivals. Sat 29 Aug, BBC2 23:15 (60mins).
Strike: Lethal White
Tom Burke returns as the troubled private eye, in this four-part adaptation of the latest novel from the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling). With Holliday Grainger. Sun 30 Aug and Mon 31 Aug, BBC1 21:00 (60mins).
Unreported World: Death in the Alps
The current affairs programme follows migrants as they trek across the Alps, risking hypothermia, frostbite and worse to reach France. Fri 4 Sept, C4 19:30 (30mins).
Films Sully
(2016) In this quietly compelling drama, Tom Hanks plays the unflappable pilot who landed a passenger jet on the Hudson River. Sat 29 Aug, BBC1 20:30 (90mins).
Looper
(2012) Gripping, dizzying time-travel thriller in which an assassin has to hunt down his younger self. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt. Sat 29 Aug, BBC2 00:15 (110mins).
Molly’s Game
(2017) Jessica Chastain is fabulous in Aaron Sorkin’s crime drama, based on the autobiography of disgraced poker hostess Molly Bloom. With Idris Elba. Mon 31 Aug, BBC2 22:00 (130mins).
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(1953) Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell make a great double act in Howard Hawks’s musical comedy about two showgirls on the hunt for husbands. Fri 4 Sept, Film4 11:00 (115mins).
New to subscription TV
Immigration Nation
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) allowed the makers of this series – Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz – to embed with its agents for over two years, giving them rare and often shocking insight into US border control. On Netflix.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
A “fascinating” documentary series about the writer Michelle McNamara’s obsessive investigation into the Golden State Killer, who terrorised California in the 1970s and 1980s (Guardian). From 30 Aug,
on Now TV/Sky Crime.