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WHAT TO WATCH 14-20 March

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Last One Laughing is BACK... as is Bob Mortimer!



This week's best telly includes the highly anticipated second series of Prime Video's smash hit Last One Laughing as a new group of comedians compete to make each other laugh while keeping a straight face themselves.


Following the huge success of Jury Duty in 2023, Prime Video are returning to that mockumentary format with Company Retreat, and on BBC Three, we return to St. Gilbert's for the third and final series of Boarders.


Elsewhere, Ella Bruccoleri stars alongside the likes of Ruth Jones and Richard E. Grant in BBC One's The Other Bennet Sister, and Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, and Kate Mara team up for Apple TV's latest thriller, Imperfect Women.


Here are 5 TV shows you can't miss this week...

1

 BRAND NEW DRAMA

THE OTHER BENNET SISTER

Sunday 15th March

8pm and 8.30pm | BBC One



This week, BBC One launch their highly anticipated adaptation of Janice Hadlow's novel, The Other Bennet Sister, which stars Ella Bruccoleri as one of Jane Austen’s most unassuming characters: Mary Bennet.


The seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The series takes as its premise that, when it comes to the Bennet sisters, while we dream of being Lizzy, in reality, most of us are more like Mary...


Unlike her sisters, Mary isn’t your typical period drama heroine. She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer… overlooked by her mother and seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life… until Mary takes matters into her own hands.


The Other Bennet Sister gives Mary Bennet the epic love story nobody predicted for her, taking her from her family home in Meryton to the soirees of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, romance and, most elusive of all, self-love and acceptance.


 10 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY | ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER 


2

 RETURNING COMEDY DRAMA

BOARDERS

Sunday 15th March

10pm and 10.45pm | BBC Three



Boarders returns to BBC Three this week for its third and final series, and as the students at St. Gilbert's make it to the final term, exams are looming, and the pressure is on.


They’ve set their sights on big futures, but new dramas are erupting everywhere. A shocking school rivalry brings violence, love triangles and shattered friendships. Can the scholarship kids conquer the madness to come out on top?


 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE


3

 BRAND NEW DRAMA

IMPERFECT WOMEN

Wednesday 18th March

Apple TV



Based on Araminta Hall's novel of the same name, Apple TV's new psychological thriller, Imperfect Women, launches this week and stars Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, and Kate Mara.


Imperfect Women examines a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women. The unconventional thriller explores guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises we make that alter our lives irrevocably.


As the investigation unfolds, so does the truth about how even the closest friendships may not be what they seem.


 8 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON APPLE TV


4

 RETURNING ENTERTAINMENT

LAST ONE LAUGHING

Thursday 19th March

Prime Video



Last One Laughing is FINALLY back for its second series as ten top comedians, including returning reining champion Bob Mortimer, compete to make each other laugh while keeping a straight face themselves.


Taking part this series, alongside Bob Mortimer, are Alan Carr, Amy Gledhill, David Mitchell, Diane Morgan, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Maisie Adam, Mel Giedroyc, Romesh Ranganathan and Sam Campbell.


Over the course of the series, the comedians will use every ounce of their comedic talents to try and break their opponents without cracking up. And it’s not just their rivals they need to watch out for. The show is packed with comedy cameos, format twists and surprises designed to elicit laughs from both players and viewers alike.


The rules are simple: laugh and you’re out. Who will be crowned the winner of Last One Laughing series 2?


 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON PRIME VIDEO  3 EPISODES AVAILABLE


5

 RETURNING COMEDY

JURY DURY PRESENTS:
COMPANY RETREAT

Friday 20th March

Prime Video



Following the huge success of its first series, Jury Duty is returning to Prime Video with Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, a documentary-style comedy that captures a corporate offsite event at a family-owned hot sauce company from the perspective of Anthony, a recently hired temporary worker.


Unbeknownst to Anthony, the entire experience is staged, every colleague around him is performing a role, and each moment, whether in conference rooms or during downtime, has been meticulously orchestrated.


As the founder prepares to step down, the getaway transforms into a clash between big corporate ambitions and small business values, with control of the company hanging in the balance.


 8 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON PRIME VIDEO  3 EPISODES AVAILABLE



 
 
 

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