MUST-SEE SHOWS
The BBC’s epic new drama A Suitable Boy, is set in 1950s India. Its stars tell GEORGIA HUMPHREYS what to expect from the ground-breaking series
But the teenager embodies the modern and newly independent India in which she is coming of age, and is determined to do things her own way.
“She’s a very open-minded girl,
From left are A Suitable Boy author Vikram Seth, actor Ishaan Khatter, director and executive producer Mira Nair, actresses Tabu and Tanya Maniktala and screenplay writer Andrew Davies
THE MASKED SINGER US Today, ITV, 5pm
THE Masked Singer UK became compelling TV earlier this year.
For those craving more inspired lunacy with judge Ken Jeong and other famous faces, this American version has been a great way to ease those summertime blues. Aside from returning judge Ken, blurring the line between fantasy and reality are singer Robin Thicke; former model Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger. Nick Cannon hosts.
HITLER’S SUPERCARS Tomorrow, Channel 4, 8pm
and that’s something I really relate to – she’s not afraid of making mistakes,” notes Tanya, who first got into acting when studying at Delhi University.
Ishaan, 25, from Mumbai , plays Maan Kapoor, who is connected to Lata through their siblings’ marriage.
A wayward yet charming young man, whose father is a politician, he wants to squeeze every drop of excitement from life and has little sense of responsibility.
An important plot point is Maan’s romance with the beautiful courtesan Saeeda Bai, played Tabu. He is infatuated with this glamorous, older woman, even though their relationship could have catastrophic consequences.
“Saeeda is completely overwhelmed at the fact that this young boy, from a respectable, political family, is madly in love with her because she knows too much about life and the world,” explains
TWO German car manufacturers were ordered to build the most high performance vehicles the world had seen during the rise of the Third Reich. What developed was a rivalry that led to Grand Prix victories, international domination that was a propaganda coup, and global fame for drivers who smashed speed records that would stand for almost eight decades.
This film examines the rise of Nazi Germany’s Silver Arrow Grand Prix and speed record cars of the 1930s. Motor racing and Second World War experts add their thoughts on the story of the Nazi-funded Auto Union and Mercedes Benz ‘National Racing Cars’.
ANTHONY
Monday, BBC1, 8.30pm
FIFTEEN years ago, 18-year-old college student Anthony Walker was killed by two white men in an unprovoked racist attack in a Liverpool park.
This feature-length drama, from TV writing legend Jimmy McGovern, imagines what life may have held for Anthony if the teenager had not been killed.
Toheeb Jimoh, Julia Brown and Rakie Ayola head the impressive cast.
JOANNA LUMLEY’S UNSEEN ADVENTURES Tuesday, ITV, 9pm
GIVEN the amount of glorious footage that has to be cut from celeb travel shows for timing reasons, it’s no wonder TV bosses are keen to re-package them in shows such as this. When it comes to stars on their (working) hols, few folks do a better job than Joanna Lumley. The series kicks off with a look at her journey from Japan to Siberia, beginning on the frozen Japanese sea of Okhotsk. She also travels across China and Mongolia before arriving at Lake Baikal in Siberia, where the Ab Fab star meets some amazing seals.