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Shelter, from today, Prime Video
Twelve years after the author Harlan Coben released the first in his bestselling Mickey Bolitar series – a young adult spin-off of his original mystery novels – the suspenseful story comes to our screens courtesy of Prime Video. Shelter follows teenager Mickey following the death of his father, when he moves to a small town in New Jersey to start a new life. Mickey finds himself involved in the disappearance of a new student at his school, and, together with his friends, tries to discover the town’s secrets.
Guns & Gulaabs, from Saturday, Netflix
This new Hindi crime thriller is set in the town of Gulaabgunj in the 1990s, where a mechanic, Paana Tipu (Rajkummar Rao), gets caught up in organised crime and an ill-advised opium deal. It’s a stylised black comedy on a classic gangster theme, and follows Squid Game and Money Heist in Netflix’s booming foreign language section.
England vs Spain, Fifa Women’s World Cup Final, Sunday, 10am, BBC One
Can the Lionesses – already European champions – really add the World Cup to their trophy cabinet? There’s no reason why not, having already dispatched hosts Australia 3-1 in the semi-final. Spain are no slouches – they are currently ranked sixth in the world by Fifa – but England are ranked fourth, and Sarina Wiegman has them dreaming…
Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood, Monday, 9pm, BBC Two
In their first joint project since the Emmy-nominated 2014 documentary Growing Up Down’s, brothers Tommy and Will Jessop turn their attention to the glass ceilings of Tinseltown. Tommy, an actor with Down’s syndrome (known for his role in Line of Duty) dreams of playing a leading man, but opportunities haven’t been forthcoming. So he has decided to take matters into his own hands, and develop a superhero movie. His brother Will is a filmmaker: a dream team is born. Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood looks at what it takes to pitch a movie in Hollywood, as well as the ableism of the acting world and the relationship between two brothers.
Top Guns: Inside the RAF, Monday, 9pm, Channel 4
The RAF’s Typhoon fighter jets have played an important role in Russia’s war on Ukraine: as part of the deployment, RAF pilots from Lossiemouth, home to the Typhoon fighter jets, have flown more than 500 hours and intercepted 50 Russian aircrafts. Top Guns: Inside the RAF, a new documentary series from Channel 4, follows the working lives of the pilots manning them, some of whom are working 24-hour shifts in Eastern European airbases. There is high drama, but also stark reality as we take a bird’s eye view of Putin’s war of destruction.
Star Wars: Ahsoka, from Wednesday, Disney+
Disney continues to find new ways to spin off Star Wars, second only to Marvel as its highest grossing franchise. Ahsoka is a spin-off of the spin-off The Mandalorian, with Rosario Dawson reprising her role as the eponymous lead character. In it, Ahsoka must fend off a new threat to the galaxy, and the trailer has already teased the potential return of Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker – better known as Darth Vader – who was Ahsoka’s Jedi teacher.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Wednesday, 9pm, Sky Max
The demise of the BBC’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2015 was upsetting to many – it was one of the last remaining panel shows that was genuinely varied and entertaining. Fans were delighted, then, when Sky rebooted it in 2021, and they will be even more so to learn that it’s been recommissioned for a third season. Greg Davies continues as host, and team captains Noel Fielding and Daisy May Cooper – along with regular guest Jamali Maddix – are set to return, too, to a veteran music quiz that never should have gone away.
Invasion, streaming from Wednesday, Apple TV+
Apple TV+’s dystopian alien drama Invasion returns for a second series on Wednesday, for more sickly suspense and celestial intrigue. Where season one focused on the effect of alien attacks on earth and the union of strangers from all corners of the globe who joined forces to fight them, season two promises to lift the lid on the aliens themselves: where they come from and what they want.
London Bridge: Facing Terror, Thursday, 9pm, Channel 4
The perpetrator of the London Bridge terror attack in 2019 had served prison time for terrorist offences and was, at the time of the attack, attending a rehabilitation programme at Fishmonger’s Hall. As such, two of the victims were, tragically, prison rehabilitation officers – and two of the people who helped defend against the attacker were also former convicts. London Bridge: Facing Terror tells the story of that day in November from the perspective of Darryn Frost, Steve Gallant and John Crilly, who all stepped in to help – and what happened when it transpired Gallant and Crilly had been found guilty of murder. Could they ever be heroes?
Amputating Alice, Thursday, 10.30pm, Channel 4
The Paralympic swimmer Alice Tai was due to compete at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 – but was prevented from doing so by major surgery. She hoped to return to swimming in 2022, at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, but her life was put on hold again when just seven months before she was due to compete she elected to have her right leg amputated to improve her quality of life. Amputating Alice follows her through this life-changing year in an intimate portrait of an athlete taking a gamble on a better life.
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