TV Editor
On a very busy night of new and returning shows, the standouts include edgy crime drama ZeroZeroZero, the Angela Scanlon-hosted Your Garden Made Perfect, and the return of Rob & Romesh vs…
Pick of the Day
ZeroZeroZero, 9.00pm, Sky Atlantic & NOW TV
Based on the novel of the same name by Roberto Saviano, this fast-paced and edgy series is pretty much the new
Gomorrah, which was also based on a book of the same name by Saviano.
Directed by Stefano Sollima (
Gomorrah) and Janus Metz (
True Detective), and featuring our own Gabriel Byrne, it follows the buyers, sellers and brokers who drive the frenzied and lethal world of international drug trafficking.
mp interview content 0 question: What do you most like about the character James Herriot?
mp interview content 0 answer: When the audition came through, I instantly fell in love with the character James. He s just got such compassion for the animals, such a sharp intelligence and patience, but he also stands up for himself as well, which I love about him. I think those are some of his great traits.
What I loved about James was that, I think, he s a very deep thinker, he feels things emotionally very deeply, and it s not always on the surface, like some of the other characters who maybe wear their hearts on their sleeves a little bit more. But James is only human, he can only hide things so much. And it s great that he s got Tristan there, because Tristan can see through it, when he s perhaps hurting a little bit, pining over Helen or whatever. He notices it and goes, Right, James, let s go to the pub and have a beer and I m going to set you up on a date. So they really balance e
On Demand: All Creatures Great and Small (BritBox, from Thu) Channel 5 recently revived the much-loved tales based on Alf Wight s books If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn t Happen To a Vet, written under the more famous pseudonym of James Herriot and based on his experiences as a vet in the Yorkshire Dales during the 1930s and 1940s. The series was both gentle and charming, but not a patch on the original TV adaptation, which began on the BBC in 1978 and ran, one and off, until Christmas 1990. Now all 90 episodes are being made available to stream so, if you watched the revamp, you can contrast and compare the two. Here, Christopher Timothy plays Herriot, memorably supported by Robert Hardy and Peter Davison as eccentric veterinarian Siegfried Farnon and his mischievous brother Tristan.
The Dig
Wonderful, moving dramatisation of the 1939 dig at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk that unearthed an Anglo-Saxon ship burial and a hoard of buried treasure. Ralph Fiennes is Basil Brown, the self-taught archaeologist who made the discovery.
Wonderful, moving dramatisation of the 1939 dig at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. Ralph Fiennes (above) is Basil Brown, the self-taught archaeologist who made the discovery
Carey Mulligan is Edith Pretty, the ailing landowner with whom he forms a bond. Both give fabulous performances and the cinematography is stunning. The find meant that historians’ view of the ‘Dark Ages’ had to be revised and took on a special significance on the eve of the Second World War. From Friday
In a country riven by rancour it takes a Yorkshire vet to restore calm.The revival of All Creatures Great and Small is proving an unlikely success in America as viewers scarred by political turmoil