The Bear is finally back!
This week's best telly includes the highly anticipated return of The Bear, Eva Longoria leads a new comedy drama on Apple TV+, Suranne Jones turns her hand to documentary making and Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan lead ITV1's new drama about cancel culture.
Here are 4 TV shows you can't miss this week...
1. Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials
Sunday 23rd June at 9pm on Channel 4
BRAND NEW DOCUMENTARY
Swapping acting for documentary making, Suranne Jones is going on a journey for a new two-part Channel 4 documentary, in which she investigates the most infamous witch trials in history and discovers why so many women were accused of witchcraft and what their story means today.
In Pendle in Lancashire, near where Suranne grew up, she uncovers the story behind one of the most notorious mass executions for witchcraft in English history.
Suranne also travels to Germany, the epicentre of the brutal witch trials that swept through Europe 400 years ago. She discovers the shadow that this historical horror story has cast over women's lives for hundreds of years, and how some women are now reclaiming the title 'witch'.
1/2 Continues weekly
2. Land of Women
Wednesday 26th June on Apple TV+
BRAND NEW DRAMA
Eva Longoria leads Apple TV+'s new comedy drama Land of Women in which she plays a well-to-do New Yorker called Gala who has her life turned upside down when her husband fails to repay a debt to the wrong people.
With dangerous criminals searching for her family and now vanished husband, Gala is forced to leave the city with her aging mother Julia, playing Carmen Maura, and teenage daughter Kate, played by Victoria Bazúa, to her mother’s hometown in northern Spain, which Julia fled 50 years ago.
As they hope to start life anew and keep their identities remain hidden, gossip in the charming wine town quickly spreads, unraveling their deepest family secrets and truths.
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3. The Bear
Thursday 27th June on Disney+
RETURNING DRAMA
As The Bear returns for its highly anticipated third season on Disney+, Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto, Sydney Adamu and Richard "Richie" Jerimovichare doing what it takes to elevate The Bear, their beef stand turned fine dining establishment, to the highest level, all while doing their best just to stay in business.
It's a losing battle every single day in the restaurant business and Carmy pushes himself harder than ever, demandin excellence from his crew, who do their best to match his intensity. Their quest for culinary excellence propels the crew to new levels and stresses the bonds that hold the restaurant together.
As the team grows in size, each member strives to reach a greater level of service within their role. In the restaurant industry, you're never on solid ground, and with that ever-changing landscape comes new challenges and opportunities and the chefs learn that every second counts. This season we'll find out if they have what it takes to make it to tomorrow.
1-10/10 All episodes available at launch
4. Douglas Is Cancelled
Thursday 27th June at 9pm on ITV1
BRAND NEW DRAMA
Written by Steven Moffat, ITV1's new four-part series about cancel culture, Douglas Is Cancelled is set in the world of television news and stars Hugh Bonneville, as the respected news presenter, Douglas, and Karen Gillan as his sharper, savvier co-anchor, Madeline. Ben Miles also stars alongside Alex Kingston, Nick Mohammed and Simon Russell Beale.
Douglas Is Cancelled introduces us to middle-aged, and greying, current affairs news anchor, Douglas Bellowes, a respected broadcaster and raconteur who loves the life he’s created with his newspaper editor wife, Sheila.
Whilst an experienced broadcaster for Live At Six, behind the scenes Douglas surprisingly needs constant reassurance from his sharper, younger, tech-savvy, social media-aware co-anchor, Madeline, who appears to be able to wrap him around her little finger.
His life is privileged as he’s regarded as a national treasure and apparently, can do no wrong, until he makes an ill-advised joke at his cousin’s wedding, which is overheard by a fellow guest, who threatens to expose his comments on social media.
Speculation is rife and during the ongoing hysteria and digital storm, Douglas’s alleged indiscretion is dissected, analysed and blown out of all proportion. Everyone appears to have an opinion and Douglas is struggling to escape the controversy. It’s a chaotic and unmanageable situation, but can Douglas count on the support of his agent and colleagues? What will Douglas do next?
Is he a casualty of ‘cancel culture’? With 2 million followers, what is Madeline’s motivation to social post on Douglas’s behalf? Friend or foe? That is the question.
1/4 Continues weekly. All episodes available at launch