This week's best telly includes a new ITV crime drama, a brand new series of The Circle USA, and a Selling Sunset reunion which promises to be unmissable, plus so much more!
Here are 7 TV shows you can't miss this week...
1. DI Ray
Monday 2nd - Thursday 5th May at 9pm on ITV
Parminder Nagra leads ITV's brand new Birmingham-set drama, DI Ray, in the title role of Leicester-born DI Rachita Ray, a police officer who takes on a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage.
Rachita achieves the promotion she’s been waiting for when she’s asked to join a homicide investigation. However, on her first day, she’s told the murder to which she’s been assigned is a ‘Culturally Specific Homicide.’ Rachita’s heart sinks as she suspects she’s a ‘token appointment’, chosen for her ethnicity rather than her ability.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, Rachita sticks to the case, determined to both find the killer and call out the obvious biases her colleagues are bringing to the investigation. And it’s far from easy. The case isn’t a run-of-the-mill murder; it involves delving deep into the dangerous world of organised crime.
Rachita is more than up for the task, but what she didn’t count on is what this case stirs up inside her; the realisation that she’s been burying a personal identity crisis her whole life.
1-4/4 Continues nightly. All episodes available at launch
2. The Circle
Wednesday 4th May on Netflix
As the ultimate social media experiment, The Circle USA returns for its fourth season on Netflix this week, get ready for new players, wild alliances, and the spiciest twists and turns yet!
Once again The Circle will be hosted by Michelle Buteau and we've been promised catfishing, more drama, more money and surprises as a new set of contestants compete in challenges to earn the ultimate cash prize as top influencer.
With four episodes dropping weekly ahead of the season finale on 25th May, who will make it all the way to the roundtable? And will they be there as themselves or have they played the entire game as a catfish?
1-4/13 Continues weekly with four episodes
3. The Staircase
Thursday 5th May at 9pm on Sky Atlantic
Colin Firth and Toni Collette star in this dramatisation of the hit Netflix documentary The Staircase.
Based on a true story, The Staircase further explores the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
The series, created by Antonio Campos also stars Juliette Binoche, Dane DeHaan, Olivia DeJonge, Rosemarie DeWitt, Tim Guinee, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sophie Turner, Vincent Vermignon, Odessa Young and Parker Posey.
1-3/8 Continues weekly
4. We Hunt Together
Thursday 5th May at 9pm on Alibi
Alibi's dark and gripping psychological crime thriller We Hunt Together returns for a second series as DI Jackson Mendy, played by Babou Ceesay and DS Lola Franks, played by Eve Myles investigate a new murder.
Freddy Lane, played by Hermione Corfield is brought into their orbit once more and they
are hellbent in nailing her for crimes past and present. But is Freddy involved? Or does she have a new murderous playmate?
1/6 Continues weekly
5. The Other One
Friday 6th May at 9.30pm on BBC One
The Other One, the comedy about a girl called Catherine Walcott, and another girl called Catherine Walcott, who only discovered one another existed after their Dad dropped dead, returns this week for a brand new series.
Having finally come to terms with the fact they are sisters, series two kicks off with them reeling from the news they also have a brother, Callum and that Cathy just snogged him. As Cathy struggles with the ethics of fancying a sibling, Cat is determined to welcome Callum to the family, while Callum isn’t sure what family means anymore.
Elsewhere, Cat’s Mum, Marilyn is furious to learn she wasn’t Colin’s only mistress and sets about tracking down his other secret lover Angela. Starting a chain of events that nobody expects. Meanwhile, Cathy’s Mum Tess decides to have some fun with her late husband’s legacy and embarks on an ill-advised luxury spending spree.
Stars Ellie White, Lauren Socha, Siobhan Finneran, Rebecca Front, Christopher Jeffers and Michele Austin.
1/5 Continues weekly. All episodes available at launch
6. Clark
Friday 6th May on Netflix
Netflix's latest original drama Clark is a Swedish series directed by Jonas Åkerlund and starring Bill Skarsgård as Clark Olofsson, the notorious Swedish bank robber who gave rise to the expression “The Stockholm syndrome”.
Clark follows Clark Olofsson on his life journey as he fooled all of Sweden to fall in love with him, despite several counts of drug trafficking, attempted murder, assault, theft and dozens of bank robberies.
Based on the truths and lies revealed in Clark Olofsson’s autobiography and directed by Jonas Åkerlund, the series provides a fictional take on one of the most controversial personalities in contemporary Swedish history.
1-6/6 All episodes available at launch
7. Selling Sunset: The Reunion
Friday 6th May on Netflix
Just two weeks after the launch of Selling Sunset's fifth season and fresh off the back of THAT dramatic season finale, everyone's favourite real estate reality TV show is getting its first-ever reunion special.
Hosted by Queer Eye favourite Tan France, the reunion will see him catch up with almost all of the stars from the hit Netflix series. Sadly, both Christine Quinn and Amanza Smith tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of filming with only Amanza agreeing to appear via video link.
Expect discussions about $5,000 bribes, the post-wedding goss from Heather and the latest on Chrishell and Jason, Emma and Micah and whether or not Vanessa moved to England to be with boyfriend Nick.
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