PICKS OF THE WEEK: 04-10 MAY 2026, WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK

Our picks of what to watch during the week ahead.

NUMBER ONE FAN

Monday, 5

Sally Lindsay, Jill Halfpenny, Daniel Adegboyega and Dean Andrews star in this thriller. Lucy Logan is the hottest TV star in the country. With a hit morning show, huge following on social media, and a gorgeous family, her life is perfect. Enter Donna.

Walking through a car park Lucy’s handbag is swiped by a mugger and Donna intervenes to save the day. Donna is Lucy’s biggest fan and Lucy invites her to visit her on set of her show in gratitude. Lucy thinks that’s the end of it, but wherever Lucy goes Donna’s there too. In her studio audiences, at launch events, when she’s shopping, on the school run, outside her house. Lucy can’t escape her, as what starts off as obsessive fan turns sinister.

 CELEBS GO DATING

Monday, E4

The nation’s most famous dating agency is officially open for business in as Celebs Go Dating returns to E4 for its landmark 15th series. Starting their dating journey are MAFS legend Lucinda Light, rugby star James Haskell, Loose Woman Coleen Nolan, Love Islander Gabby Allen, rapper Professor Green, content creator PK Humble and agency alumni David Potts.

Guiding them through the highs, lows and awkward moments of dating once again is the show’s trusted expert trio. As accredited therapist Anna Williamson, dating and relationship expert Paul C. Brunson, and sexual communication specialist Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn all return to offer straight-talking advice, emotional support and expert matchmaking.

 AMANDALAND

Wednesday, BBC One

Series 2 finds Amanda still living in SoHa, and juggling teenagers, her online Senuous brand and her “co-lab” working at Kitchen’s Bathrooms and Kitchens. Resigned to staying in the area, she is however thrilled by the opening of a hipster coffee shop which to her mind represents a step towards gentrification.

By mid-series, Amanda’s head has been turned by discovering a big house in the area is up for sale. Desperate to own it, she turns to her mother – only to discover that getting Felicity on board financially comes at a price. Her mum may seem evergreen, but is definitely starting to show signs of ageing so maybe living alone is no longer an option…

 ONLY CHILD

Wednesday, BBC One

Gregor Fisher (Rab C Nesbitt, Love Actually) and Greg McHugh (The A Word, Fresh Meat, Gary Tank Commander, Guilt) return as squabbling father and son duo, Ken and Richard Pritchard. Also returning in series two are: Amy Lennox (Holby City, Blade Runner 2099) playing Emily; Clare Barrett (Sisters, Fréwaka) who returns as Jen; Robin Laing (The Gold and Outlander) as Ian and Paul Rattray (Jamestown, Game of Thrones) as Digsy.

Written by Bryce Hart (Still Up, Beep, Ten Percent), the second series will see the chaotic Pritchard clan return for more adventures as Richard and Ken bicker through everything from driving lessons and explaining what a QR code is to buying your own coffin.

 LEGENDS

Thursday, Netflix

Based on extensive research and interviews with those involved, and inspired by one of the most remarkable criminal investigations ever conducted, the story follows an unlikely group of British customs employees sent undercover to infiltrate some of the country’s most dangerous criminal drug gangs.

 ATTENBOROUGH AT 100

Friday, BBC One

To mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, Kirsty Young presents a ninety minute special event honouring one of the most influential figures in broadcasting and natural history storytelling. Broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall in London, jointly staged and produced by BBC Studios Music Productions and Natural History Unit, and in partnership with The Open University, airs on his birthday, Friday 8 May at 8.30pm, on BBC One and iPlayer.

As it brings the nation together to celebrate and honour David’s groundbreaking career, David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth will take audiences on an extraordinary journey through a century of exploration and discovery in the natural world, seen through the prism of David’s remarkable life and work.

 BELIEVE ME

Sunday, ITV1

Believe Me tells the story of how the victims of one of the most prolific sex attackers in British history were failed by the system. John Worboys was dubbed the ‘black cab rapist’ after preying on women under the cover of being a ‘respectable’ licensed taxi-cab driver. He was convicted in 2009 for sexually assaulting twelve women between 2006 and 2008, with their cases selected from a large number of suspected further victims.

His modus operandi was to pick up women in his cab after they’d been on a night out, claim that he’d had a win at a casino or on the lottery, then persistently offer them a drug-laced glass of champagne to help him celebrate - but which rendered his victims unconscious. The drama focuses on the ordeal of Sarah (Aimée-Ffion Edwards) and Laila (Aasiya Shah), who reported sexual assaults by Worboys (Daniel Mays), and how the Metropolitan Police failed to thoroughly investigate their allegations, leading them to feel that they were just not believed.

We see what countless women say they have to go through after reporting being raped, the indignity of multiple interviews and intimate evidence gathering, and how they can face sceptical lines of questioning from the police.

 TRADING PLACES

Sunday, 5

This series is an energetic, entertainingly provocative ‘fish-out-of-water’ series that takes a group of three young people and plunges them into an immersive week-long 24/7 experience inside one of four extraordinary worlds whose way of life is very different from their own.

Will it be fireworks or friendship when a generation raised online and on-demand come face to face with regimes built on no-nonsense rules, unshakable principles and loyalty to a strict set of values. How will the young visitors react to the rituals and regulations of their new surroundings? And as the experience transforms both them and their hosts, will either side ever be the same again?