PICKS OF THE WEEK: 04-10 NOVEMBER 2024

What to watch this week.

Until I Kill You

Sunday-Wednesday, ITV1

The extraordinary true story of Delia Balmer, who survived a near-fatal relationship with murderer John Sweeney, is the subject of a new four-part drama, Until I Kill You, starring Anna Maxwell Martin.

The Gunpowder Siege

Monday-Wednesday, Sky History

Instantly branded the most wanted men in England, they race from London to the Midlands, seeking to ignite a Catholic rebellion. Their plan? To overthrow King James I, and place his young daughter, Princess Elizabeth, on the throne.

US Election: The Results

Tuesday, Channel 4

Airing from 10:15pm on Tuesday 5th November in partnership with CNN, the eight-hour live programme is fronted by Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy, alongside the co-presenter of Global’s daily podcast The News Agents Emily Maitlis, both presenting from Washington DC. 

Shetland

Wednesday, BBC One

DI Ruth Calder is talking to Malcolm Kidd, a jittery young man holding a shotgun. His brother’s dead body lies on the floor between them. Tosh and the rest of the cavalry are waiting outside. It has to end at some point, but how?

The Day Of The Jackal

Thursday, Sky Atlantic

An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, (Eddie Redmayne) makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.

Junior Taskmaster

Friday, Channel 4

Set to take on the fiendishly baffling series of tasks are twenty-five contestants aged between nine and eleven who show up, ready and willing to give their all in the name of entertainment. Rose Matafeo will pass judgement as they complete the typically idiosyncratic challenges in the brand new Junior Taskmaster house, equipped with a shed, a caravan, a laboratory, alongside a dazzle of zebras, sandcastle pedestal and revolving top hat spinning wheel.

Midsomer Murders

Sunday, ITV1

Each year, the more traditional residents of Elverton-Cum-Latterly do battle in a dominoes competition that pits village teams against each other and dates back decades. But when the event occurs the same night as a drag queen fundraiser for a terminally ill teenager, the resulting clash of cultures is epic-and deadly.

Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light

Sunday, BBC One

Wolf Hall returns with the thrilling final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s magisterial trilogy, based on the life and death of Thomas Cromwell. It opens in the heartbeat after Anne Boleyn’s death, as the young queen’s blood is sluiced from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal councillor to an unpredictable king.