Ricky Gervais teases After Life season three - as filming set to begin for Netflix
The show has become one of the most-watched British-made comedy series
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Ricky Gervais has revealed filming of the third series of his smash-hit Netflix comedy After Life is set to begin.
The show has been streamed by more than 70 million people since it first aired in 2019, so the news was greeted with much joy.
Food Unwrapped
8pm, Channel 4
In this second episode of the new series, Matt Tebbutt is in Spain to find out how raspberries make their way to the UK without turning to mush, while Andi Oliver oversees an ingenious factory process of peeling and dicing onions to save our tears in the kitchen. Jimmy Doherty also travels further afield to Thailand to discover how banana blossom is turned from a potential waste product to an in-demand plant-based fish substitute.
Ammar Kalia
8pm, Channel 5
Swooping drone shots and Bill Nighy’s narration give this factual series an air of picturesque luxury, but its interest in individuals makes it more rewarding than that. A trip down the Po in Italy takes in swimmers, artisans and the Irish-Italian owner of a stately home.
Comedian Rosie Jones returns to her favourite Yorkshire haunts and enjoys fossil-hunting, crazy golf and a fish and chip supper in a new Channel 4 show.
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BBC Two, 10pm
Tuesday April 13
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09 04 2021
Comedian Rosie Jones tells us about Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure, coming to Channel 4 tonight at 8.30pm and All 4
Tell us about Trip Hazard and what viewers can expect.
It’s about me, who loves travelling, but at the moment I can’t really travel because of the pesky pandemic. So, always an optimist, I reckoned I could have as much of an adventure right here in Britain. So it’s going to places that aren’t necessarily holiday locations - like Norwich - and just finding the best out of that place. It’s full of adventure and positivity, and it’s making the most of this amazing, beautiful country we live in.