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WHAT TO WATCH 28 March - 3 April

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Four big dramas, the return of Race Across the World and more!



This week's best telly includes four big dramas, including the return of The Teacher, Grace and Your Friends & Neighbours, as well as Stefan Golaszewski's new BBC One drama Babies, starring Paapa Essiedu and Siobhán Cullen.


Elsewhere, Race Across the World returns for its sixth series, The Young Offenders is back for a fifth series, and Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo are the subjects of Disney+'s new reality series Raising Chelsea.


Here are 7 TV shows you can't miss this week...

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 RETURNING DRAMA

GRACE

Sunday 29th March

8pm | ITV1



Grace returns for its sixth series as John Simm reprises his role as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, alongside Richie Campbell, as DI Glenn Branson, and Zoë Tapper as Cleo Morey.


These four brand new standalone films are based on the characters of Peter James's bestselling novels, including Left You Dead, Capture You Dead, Dead Man’s Game, and One Of Us Is Dead.


In the first episode, Grace’s team is plunged into a case filled with secrets after the wife of a property developer is reported missing by her husband. Can Grace unravel a case where everyone has something to hide, all while his team is investigated by anti-corruption?


 4 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

STREAM ON ITVX

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 BRAND NEW DRAMA

BABIES

Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March

9pm | BBC One



BBC One's powerful new love story, Babie, comes from Stefan Golaszewski, who brought us Mum, Him & Her and Marriage and stars Paapa Essiedu and Siobhán Cullen, alongside Jack Bannon and Charlotte Riley.


Babies explores the delicate tightrope of love and loss in a young couple's desire to become parents. Lisa, played by Siobhán Cullen and Stephen, played by Paapa Essiedu, are dealing with the painful struggle of pregnancy loss while life continues around them.


Despite facing dark times of grief and loneliness, they are finding their way through it with a burning sense of hope, humour, and love, realising the strength of their relationship, which will ultimately bring them closer than ever.


 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE


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 RETURNING DRAMA

THE TEACHER

Monday 30th March to Thursday 2nd April

9pm | 5



In the third series of 5's anthology drama The Teacher, Victoria Hamilton takes the lead as Helen Simpson, a flawed yet compassionate woman with over 30 years of teaching experience, takes on the role of Head of Drama at elite private boarding school, Cheetham Hall.


She believes it’s her duty to prepare students for the realities of life, often disregarding trigger warnings and safe spaces. With little concern for the woke ideologies of the younger generation, she refuses to adapt her teaching methods to suit the needs of the student body. Sebastian Blake, a faculty member who interviewed for Helen’s role, wants to support the students and radicalise the curriculum by stepping away from Shakespeare.


Estranged from her husband, Terry, Helen currently lives on campus with her son Sam, who recently left his former school for personal reasons and has been enrolled at Cheetham Hall for the free opportunity to have a better education, thanks to his mother’s position. However, Sam is now a target for online bullying, something that has followed him from his former school.


Influential alpha female student Cressida Bancroft dislikes Helen for accusing her of attention-seeking and using her woke ideologies to gain likes. Despite Helen’s appreciation of Cressida’s intellect and positive comments about her coursework, a clear barrier exists between them.


When Cressida uses Dee Rainford-Thomas, a vulnerable non-binary student struggling with school pressure, as a device to get across her opinions, things escalate.


Following a confrontation at the lockers, Helen detains Cressida and Dee after school. Cressida vehemently criticises Helen’s perspectives and provokes her about her son, causing Dee to feel anxious and distressed. Dee succumbs to the pressure and exits abruptly after Helen suggests that if they are unable to confront the challenges of the real world, they might as well kill themselves.


The day after detention, Helen plans to go into school early to reconcile with Dee. However, her plans are disrupted when she arrives in the school courtyard to find a distraught Tessa. As the last person to have taught Dee, all eyes are on Helen, including Cressida’s. But what secret is Cressida hiding?


 4 EPISODES  CONTINUES NIGHTLY

 STREAM ON 5  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE



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 RETURNING FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

RACE ACROSS THE WORLD

Thursday 2nd April

8pm | BBC One



Race Across the World returns to BBC One for its sixth series as five intrepid teams embark on the journey of a lifetime, racing more than 12,000km across Europe and Asia, the largest continental area on earth.


The route carves through eight distinctive countries: Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia, each bringing its own language, culture and climate. In the most extreme race to date, conditions swing from 30-degree Mediterranean heat to subarctic temperatures of –20°C. And they’ve got to do it all on a budget of less than £26 per person per day.


The teams will race from Palermo on the island of Sicily all the way to the remote village of Hatgal on the shores of lake Hövsgöl, in northern Mongolia. Retracing parts of the ancient Silk Road, they’ll follow in the footsteps of traders who once connected the east and west across these vast, unforgiving landscapes.


They’ll have to navigate their way from the bustling streets of Italy – one of the world’s most visited destinations – to one of its most remote, the windswept Mongolian steppe. With smartphones, internet access and bank cards left behind, they are armed with nothing but the cash equivalent of flying the route.


The race will test the five teams both physically and emotionally, pushing them to their absolute limits. But with their feet on the ground and their eyes wide open, the rewards will be immense and the memories unforgettable. Only one team can emerge victorious as they battle to be the first to reach the finish line and claim the £20,000 prize in a Race Across the World.


 9 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER 


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 BRAND NEW REALITY TV

RASING CHELSEA

Thursday 2nd April

Disney+



Former Made in Chelsea stars, Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo, are the subjects of Raising Chelsea, a new reality series on Disney+, as they face the messy, scary and hilarious reality of becoming parents.


Pregnancy begins with joy, before panic quickly sets in, as medical jargon, home renovations and family opinions pile up. Fun-loving, workaholic Jamie says he’s the boy who won’t grow up and struggles to see himself in the role of dad.


Meanwhile, Sophie balances career highs and the thrill of becoming a mum, with raging hormones and fears of maternity leave and motherhood impacting her career.


Jamie and Sophie run headlong into the drama of labour to finally meet their baby, and with family and friends never far away, they laugh and cry their way through the joy and the chaos.


 3 EPISODES

 STREAM ON DISNEY+  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE


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 RETURNING DRAMA

YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS

Friday 3rd April

Apple TV



Jon Hamm returns as Andrew Cooper in a second season of Your Friends & Neighbours, as he doubles down on his life as an unlikely suburban thief.


That is, until the arrival of a new neighbour threatens to expose his secrets and place his family at risk.


The second season welcomes James Marsden as the mysterious new neighbour, alongside returning stars Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon Lee, Mark Tallman, Lena Hall, Aimee Carrero, Eunice Bae, Isabel Gravitt and Donovan Colan.


 10 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON APPLE TV


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 RETURNING COMEDY

THE YOUNG OFFENDERS

Friday 3rd April

9.30pm | BBC One



The Young Offenders is back for a fifth series, and Conor and Jock are back together after a disastrous brush with the law saw them spend jail time on two different continents.


After a chance opportunity allows Jock to escape back from Colombia to Cork, the lads slip back into their old ways quickly, wreaking havoc everywhere but still only wanting the best for themselves and their families.


Conor faces losing the love of his life; Jock tries to rebuild his relationship with Star; and crazy plans with locals to try to improve their lives leave them taking big risks, but that’s what best friends do.


 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

 
 
 

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