Wayward and chaotic, in the grand tradition of The Word and TFI Friday, Late Night Lycett proved that Joe Lycett had fully inherited Friday nights on Channel 4. Its follow-up sounds even more TFI-esque. The Lycett Arms is a real east London pub, open for just one hour a week, which required Lycett to train to be accredited with a level 2 award for personal licence holders.
The show promises “top-drawer comedy entertainment from Joe and a pub full of celebrity guests”. What could possibly go wrong? Channel 4, 4 September Colin from Accounts’ Patrick Brammall is totally changing tack with this intense drama about a one-time cop whose three-year-old daughter Mags disappeared more than a decade ago.
When the remains of a young girl are found nearby, Ian Ridley (Brammall) is first on the scene – and his former colleagues in the police force know there’s nothing they can do to stop him from doing some digging. But the truth about the victim is far murkier. A twisty six-parter that will keep you guessing.
Apple TV, 9 September Jackson’s Joes are being picked off one by one – and everyone who has ever worked at Slough House has been wiped from the system at MI5 HQ the Park, so no one will even know they’re goners. The sixth season of the smash-hit drama about supposedly second-rate spies kicks off with a horrifying fire in a shipping container and a very violent funeral, and only ramps up from there. The usual suspects, from Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas to Jack Lowden, are still at it.
Plus, the brilliant Lenny Rush joins the cast – and turns out to be a dab hand at spycraft. Apple TV, 16 September “Has any man ever said: ‘Have you met my girlfriend? She’s sexy, she’s fun, she’s 60.’ I need to meet someone now.
I think I’ve got 10 years left as a sexual person, tops.” Sharon Horgan’s new comedy is as scabrous and hilarious as always. Things aren’t going great for Alex (played by Horgan herself): her body is failing her, her son Ruari is veering off the rails (mooning at his school graduation) and her ex is moving abroad, leaving her even more of a single parent. Let’s hope she’s able to spice things up with some “new dick energy”.
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