PICKS OF THE WEEK: 27 MARCH-02 APRIL 2023

What to watch in the week ahead.

Blue Lights

Monday, BBC One

Created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, Blue Lights follows three rookie police officers working in Belfast, a uniquely dangerous place to be a police officer. It is made by Two Cities Television and produced with support from Northern Ireland Screen as part of their continued partnership with the BBC.

Succession

Monday, Sky Atlantic

In series 4, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is complete. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.

Celebrity Hunted

Tuesday, Channel 4

Ten celebrities will attempt to stay off the radar and remain at large for two weeks as a new crack team of hunters try and hunt them down. With former police officers, intelligence, and army personnel hot on their tail and faces recognisable across the UK, will they be able to remain undetected?

Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars

Thursday, BBC One

Gordon has always been at the cutting edge of his industry and has hand-picked 12 of the UK’s best up-and-coming food and drink entrepreneurs to compete to earn his investment – a whopping £150,000 of his own cash. But to be in with a chance of winning the life-changing reward, they’ll need to prove they have what it takes to partner up with Gordon.

Six Four

Thursday, ITVX

Inspired by the best-selling novel Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama, the drama is set primarily in Glasgow, and is a dark and compelling story of kidnap, corruption, betrayal and an uncompromising search for the truth, when Chris and Michelle O’Neill’s teenage daughter goes missing.

Taskmaster

Thursday, Channel 4

The infallible Greg Davies will resume his role as the formidable Taskmaster, accompanied by his faithful sidekick Little Alex Horne who is poised and ready to provide stats, data and occasional comfort in the most bizarre yet cut-throat show on television.

The Joe Lycett Live Show

Friday, Channel 4

Lycett, who fronts other Channel 4 shows such as Travel Man and Got Your Back, will be joined every week by big-name celebrities and local legends, LGBTQ+ heroes and allies. Together they will reflect on the week by combining mischief and mayhem with Joe's singular style of comedy.