What's on TV 20-Mar-2021
Published by TI Media Limited What’s on TV is a value-packed, easy-to-use weekly magazine, full of TV information, features and listings. The Soapweek section gives you in-depth story updates and the double-page Soap Diary gives you a rundown of upcoming plots, complete with "must-see" moments flagged up. The TV Week and Real Life sections cover the best of the week's programmes, and there are seven days of clearly set out listings. ENGLAND edition
in this issue
hot tv this week
new Line of Duty SUNDAY 21 March, 9pm BBC1 Drama Martin Compston, Adrian Dunbar and Vicky McClure return in the much-anticipated sixth series of the police corruption drama. The seven-parter also stars Trainspotting actor Kelly Macdonald as an unsolved murder investigation attracts the attention of AC-12. Meanwhile, Shalom Brune-Franklin joins the cast as the team’s newest recruit, Chloe Bishop. FULL STORY P13 new Kate Garraway: Finding Derek TUESDAY 23 March, 9pm ITV Factual A year after contracting coronavirus, Kate Garraway’s husband, Derek Draper, remains seriously ill in hospital with severe health issues. Now the GMB presenter shares the heartbreaking reality of what it has meant for her and for their children, Darcey and Billy, while also meeting other survivors of the deadly virus. FULL STORY P23 live! Football World Cup Qualifiers WED THU 24 & 25 March, kick-offs 7.45pm ITV, Sky Sports…
who’ll win the voice uk?
It’s the final! THE VOICE UK Saturday, 8.30pm ITV Entertainment Q How confident are you going into this week’s final? A Well, from the two singers we each chose at the semis, the public has voted for which acts they want to see in the final. So that decision was out of our hands. But we all feel we’ve got the strongest team and want to do the best we can. Q How competitive does it get between the coaches? A We’re all competitive but Olly Murs always feels really confident because he’s won for the last two series, so he’s looking for a third win. Often it’s myself and Olly who are the final two coaches. But let’s not count our chickens. How can I stop Olly winning? I’ll have to step on his foot! Q…
what’s hot! what’s not!
Royal revelations Oprah with Meghan and Harry, which aired on ITV on 8 March, pulled a huge audience of 11.3m. It easily beat BBC1’s MasterChef, which lost more than 1m viewers from the previous week. Cop flop The second episode of the second series of detective series McDonald & Dodds on ITV on 7 March lost 400,000 viewers compared with the previous week, attracting 3.6m viewers. It was beaten by BBC1 crime thriller Bloodlands, which was watched by 5.4m.…
farewell…
Best known for… Ronald starred as ageing ladies’ man Norman Cousins in the popular 2012 film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its 2015 sequel. He also played the Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher in The Crown. Other achievements… The actor began his TV career in 1964 with a role in Doctor Who before going on to appear in Coronation Street, Foyle’s War, Doc Martin and Silent Witness. He starred in 2018 film Darkest Hour as Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Family life… Ronald died on 24 February, aged 80, and is survived by his wife of 57 years, the actor Lans Traverse, and their two children, Rachel and Simon. WORDS: HANNAH DAVIES, VICTORIA WILSON, JO LEWIS. PHOTOS: ALAMY, ITV…
it’s showtime!
new ALL STAR MUSICALS Sunday, 6.30pm ITV Entertainment With jazz hands at the ready, six famous faces will be hoping to razzle-dazzle ’em as ITV’s All Star Musicals is back! John Barrowman hosts as W1A’s Jessica Hynes, TV judge Robert Rinder, EastEnders’ Luisa Bradshaw-White, Breaking Dad’s Barney Walsh, This Morning’s Dr Ranj Singh and broadcaster Robert Peston perform a well-known song from a popular musical, under the watchful eyes of West End stars Elaine Paige, Trevor Dion-Nicholas and Samantha Barks. Each of the celebrities will be scored by both the virtual audience and the critics. ‘We want to give people watching at home the feeling that they’re back in the theatre and give them a taste of what they can expect when theatres reopen,’ says John. ‘We’re going to have a great show!’…
thicker than water?
UNFORGOTTEN Monday, 9pm ITV Drama Dean Barton has earned himself a reputation as an upstanding businessman, loving husband and devoted father. But this week, details of his dark past emerge. As they dig for clues into the historic death of Matthew Walsh, DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan learn Dean comes from a family of career criminals. The duo pays a visit to Dean’s frail mother, who admits she hasn’t seen him for 30 years. Later, mobile phone mast data puts Dean and fellow suspect Ram in the same vicinity shortly after the TV news report about Matthew… ‘Dean had done things in his youth he’s not proud of,’ says Peaky Blinders’ Andy Nyman, who plays him. ‘He buries things deep down, hoping and pretending that it doesn’t impact on his life.’…
