WHAT TO WATCH 22-28 November

Elliot Gonzalez
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It's time to return to the Upside Down...

This week's best telly includes the highly anticipated return of Stranger Things for the first part of its fifth and final season, as well as a third outing for Celebrity Traitors winner Alan Carr's hit ITV1 sitcom Changing Ends.

Elsewhere, BBC One's new drama tells the extraordinary true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, last year's Strictly champion, Chris McCausland goes on a mission to find out what the future holds for him in a brand new documentary and a whole load of comedians take part in a wrestling show like no other in Clash of the Comics!

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

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BRAND NEW DOCUMENTARY

CHRIS MCCAUSLAND:

SEEING INTO THE FUTURE

Sunday 23rd November

8pm | BBC Two

Comedian and last year's Strictly champion, Chris McCausland, returns to our screens this week as we join him on his mission to discover the future of technology and what it might hold for him personally.

Chris has a degenerative condition which led him to gradually lose his eyesight from birth, and by his early twenties, he was completely blind. This led Chris to his unique relationship with technology. For many sighted people, innovations such as the iPhone and voice-controlled smart assistants are nice things to have; for Chris, they have been life-changing.

From driverless cars to AI and smart glasses, Chris is keen to find out what the future might hold for him. He travels to Silicon Valley and Boston’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology, exploring how cutting-edge technology could transform his life even more.

STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER

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BRAND NEW DRAMA

PRISONER 951

Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th November

9pm | BBC One

BBC One's new factual drama, Prisoner 951, is based on the extraordinary true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian citizen who was imprisoned and held hostage by the Iranian state for six years, and her husband Richard Ratcliffe who campaigned for justice and her return.

In 2016, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is torn from her 22-month-old daughter, arrested, falsely accused of espionage and imprisoned in Iran. Thousands of miles away, in London, her husband Richard refuses to stay silent and does everything in his power to bring her home. When it is revealed that Nazanin is a pawn in a decades-old political dispute, Richard wages a campaign to free her, battling tyranny abroad and seeming indifference at home.

Based on the first-hand accounts of Nazanin and Richard as well as extensive research, this powerful true story charts one family’s extraordinary courage and resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity.

4 EPISODES CONTINUES SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS

STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

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RETURNING COMEDY

CHANGING ENDS

Sunday 23rd to Friday 28th November (except 26th)

After I'm A Celeb | ITV1

Fresh from his Celebrity Traitors victory, Alan Carr returns to our screens this week with the third series of his hit sitcom Changing Ends and this time, it's the summer of 1989 as Alan enters a new era as a fully fledged teenager.

Growing up brings Alan new problems as he struggles to find his place in the world and gets particularly hot under the collar around his new crush Jake. At the same time Graham faces the heat from fans as the Cobblers take a dive in division three.

Does love struck Alan suppress this crush or shout about it from the rooftops? Whatever happens, it’s going to be tough as Alan has the thankless task of navigating the adolescent minefields that are sleepovers, swimming lessons and nights out with the boys and the girls.

But it’s not all doom and gloom as some unexpected allies give Alan a much needed glimpse of a hopeful future and they’re not a million miles away from his own doorstep.

6 EPISODES CONTINUES NIGHTLY (EXCEPT WEDNESDAY)

STREAM ON ITVX ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

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RETURNING DRAMA

STRANGER THINGS

Thursday 27th November

Netflix

It's been a long time coming, but finally the fifth and final season of Stranger Things is arriving onto Netflix this week, with the first four episodes, then the next three on Christmas Day and the finale on New Year's Eve.

Season five kicks off in the fall of 1987. With Hawkins scarred by the opening of the Rifts, the show's heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished and his whereabouts and plans are unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding.

As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone, the full party, standing together, one last time.

8 EPISODES CONTINUES CHRISTMAS DAY

STREAM ON NETFLIX 4 EPISODES AVAILABLE

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BRAND NEW ENTERTAINMENT

CLASH OF THE COMICS

Friday 28th November

U

Launching this week on U, Clash of the Comics is a wild, unpredictable live event that sees some of the biggest names in comedy wrestling against each other, with Ed Gamble wrestling against Phil Wang in the headline title match and James Acaster issuing an

open challenge to fight any comedian or wrestler who can handle him.

Elsewhere, Maisie Adam is up against multi-time champion wrestler Nina Samuels and other comics taking part include Max Olesker, Ivan Gonzalez, Ania Magliano, Harriet Kemsley, Amy Gledhill, Sarah Keyworth, Abi Clarke, Max Fosh, Mark Silcox, Adam Kay, Rose Matafeo and Rosie Jones.

Commentary in the venue comes from Greg James, Sara Pascoe and Nish Kumar, with Olga Koch and Matthew Crosby as backstage reporters, Ivo Graham as the event MC and Joe Lycett overseeing activities as Clash of the Comics’ CEO.

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