PICKS OF THE WEEK: 02-08 SEPTEMBER 2024

What to watch this week.

The Chase: 15th Anniversary Special

Monday, ITV1

The Chase is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a very special episode where a team of four take on not one but two Chasers in the hope of winning thousands of pounds - it’s double trouble for the contestants, but will this end in tears or with twice the fun?

Dead And Buried

Monday, BBC iPlayer

When out shopping with her son, young mum Cathy McDaid (Annabel Scholey) bumps into Michael McAllister (Colin Morgan), the man responsible for killing her brother Terry 20 years ago. Unaware he had been released from prison and is living in the same town, Cathy pays her solicitor a visit and discovers the killer had been released years ago.

The Tower

Monday-Thursday, ITV1

Nearly two years since we last saw Sarah Collins, we catch up with her as she is called to the brutal stabbing of a teenager. Her investigation soon finds itself at cross purposes with a covert operation led by Kieran Shaw, who is working with Sarah’s old partner, Steve Bradshaw, now deep undercover.

Olivia Attwood's Bad Boyfriends

Monday-Friday, ITV1

Eight unsuspecting bad boyfriends will be flown to a Greek island under the premise of filming a series about manhood and bromance in a hedonistic holiday mecca, before getting the shock of their lives when Olivia appears to announce their wild partying days are on hold and to reveal the true purpose of the show - to whip them into better boyfriend shape.

Slow Horses

Wednesday, Apple TV+

This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

Thursday, U&W

After an 18-month break, TV presenter Emma Willis returns to work in maternity services. But this time it’s all change - she’s got a new role working in a bigger hospital, Watford General in Hertfordshire.

Funny Woman

Friday, Sky Max

Set in the swinging 1960s, Gemma Arterton (The King’s Man, Summerland) returns as the nation’s favourite comic actress “Sophie Straw”, with the series seeing Sophie juggle her career, as well as her fledgling romance with Arsher Ali’s (Informer, The Fear Index) dashing “Dennis Mahindra”. The series explores the themes of love, gender equality, LGBTQ rights, representation in comedy, all against the backdrop and cultural explosion of the swinging 1960s.