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Review
Inside No 9, series 6 episode 1, review: Don’t stop them now – this show is as inventive as ever
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Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith return with a new season of their anthology series, and it s a gloriously clever take on heist movies
10 May 2021 • 10:24pm
Having a ball: Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith return with a sixth series
Credit: Sophie Mutevelian
I will let Gemma Whelan’s character in Wuthering Heist, the new episode of
Inside No 9 (BBC Two), explain the plot: “It’s a sort of cross between commedia dell’arte and a heist movie, I guess because they both use masks… but, hey, for series six you’ve got to allow for a certain artistic exhaustion.”
Three Families is just one of the gems on today.
Compelling new drama in Three Families, and BBC2 comedies Motherland and Inside No 9 return. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight.
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What’s on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Motherland, 9pm, BBC2
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Monday May 10
MOTHERLAND: The close-to-home parenting comedy returns for a third series. As a nit pandemic sweeps the school, Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) finds herself accused of triggering a second wave - so decides to host a treatment party in her home to get back into the good books of her fellow patients. Philippa Dunne, Tanya Moodie, Paul Ready, Lucy Punch and Diane Morgan all return, too.
BBC Two, 9pm
INSIDE NO 9: Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith star in a new season of their dark comedy dramas, starting with Wuthering Heists, a mashup of heist movie and commedia dell’arte - though it doesn’t really matter if you don’t know what that is. Pantalone has an audacious plan to steal a consignment of diamonds - but he’s hired a complete bunch of double-crossing clowns to do it. The guest cast features Kevin Bishop, Paterson Joseph and Gemma Whelan.
On Demand:
Secrets of the Krays (BritBox, from Thu) The streaming service’s first original factual commission offers an in-depth profile of arguably the most notorious criminals in British history, Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Here, relatives of the twins, as well as family friends, their lawyers, police officers and photographer David Bailey, discuss their memories of the duo.
Saturday:
Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow - Celebrity Special (ITV, 7.30pm) You can’t beat a bit of Bully! Alan hosts an all-star special of Bullseye, the darts-themed game show, where three teams of celebrities and professional darts players will be answering questions and throwing arrows in the hope of getting through to the Epic Endgame and winning £30,000 for their chosen charity.