John Byrne
TV Editor
Martin Compston stars in new drama Fear, Dispatches looks at the UK’s Skinny Jab Scandal, there’s Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein, Seeking Satoshi: The Mystery Bitcoin Creator, and a Madrid derby in the Champions League . . .
Fear, Prime Video
Martin Compston was great in Line of Duty and you know that whatever he’s in is worth a watch.
This drama is an adaptation of a novel based on author Dirk KurbJuweit’s real life experiences of nightmarish neighbours.
Excited to make a fresh start away from London, Martyn (played by Compston) and Rebecca (Anjli Mohindra) move into a beautiful house in Glasgow with their two young children.
At first the new home seems idyllic, but when their neighbour Jan (Solly McLeod) makes unnerving comments to Rebecca it turns out to be the start of something far more intimidating.
Facing accusations that are every parent’s worst nightmare, and with the authorities refusing to step in, Martyn and Rebecca feel they have nowhere to turn to for help.
Dispatches: Skinny Jab Scandal, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Just a night after Kathryn Thomas delved into the world of weight loss jabs, here’s Channel 4’s Dispatches doing a similar job.
Reporter Ellie Flynn investigates Britain’s obsession with weight loss injections and asks whether profits are being prioritised over patient safety.
Undercover filming exposes the drugs being sold by a major high street chain to an under-age patient and exposes registered NHS nurses prescribing the jabs without proper checks on patients.
With an estimated half a million Britons currently being prescribed weight loss drugs, Ellie talks to experts who are concerned about the lack of oversight, asking why there are so many obese patients who are unable to get these drugs on the NHS.
It also reveals for the first time entire areas of the UK where the NHS is not prescribing the medication.
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein, 9.00pm, Sky Arts
Sky Arts presents director Danny Boyle’s 2011 stage adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic chiller, where audiences witnessed Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch trade roles on different nights, alternating between Victor Frankenstein and his horrific creation.
With both performances showing on Sky Arts over two weeks, Jonny Lee Miller takes on the role of the monster this time around, with Naomie Harris also starring as Frankenstein’s missus, Elizabeth.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker.
Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story, 9.35pm, RTÉ2
This is a fact-based drama, starring Nadia Parkes in the title role.
Excited by her flourishing modelling career, 20-year-old Chloe Ayling prepares for a rescheduled photoshoot in Milan, feeling like the world is her oyster.
But as she arrives at the studio, she is immediately grabbed by masked men and suddenly everything goes black.
Drugged and terrified, Chloe awakes in a duffel bag in the boot of a car and is taken to a remote farmhouse..
Seeking Satoshi: The Mystery Bitcoin Creator, 10.00pm, Channel 4
Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse tries to solve the biggest mystery in tech: who is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin?
Now a multi trillion-dollar industry, its pseudonymous inventor has not been heard from since 2011.
Whoever it is could be one of the richest people on the planet, and yet their identity remains unknown.
While on the trail for Bitcoin’s inventor, Gabriel uncovers a conspiracy to end democracy and transform the world as we know it.
Sounds like he ventured into The White House!
No Other Land, 11.15pm, Channel 4
Documentary offering an insider’s view of the destruction of homes and villages in the West Bank, written and directed by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of activist film-makers – consisting of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor.
Won an Oscar on Sunday night – even though it has been unable to get a distributor in the USA.
With Love, Meghan, Netflix
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex invites friends and famous guests to a beautiful California estate, where she shares cooking, gardening and hosting tips.
The gist of the series is to show that the key to good and happy hosting isn’t about perfection.
Why spend hours stressing over a flawless flower arrangement or painstakingly curating a charcuterie board if there’s no fun in it?
Or worse: anxiously pacing the kitchen, fretting over last-minute details and away from the guests you were meant to spend quality time with in the first place?
Meghan Markle challenges viewers to pursue joy over flawlessness. To revel in the small, meaningful touches that may make a loved one’s day, or to spend time creating something together.
Andrew Schulz: LIFE, Netflix
In this latest Netflix stand-up special, promising to be Andrew Schulz’s most personal yet, he takes viewers on a hopefully hilarious and apparently humbling journey as he endeavours to start a family.
Schulz breaks down the chaos of IVF like only he can. From pumping out samples to dodging emotional landmines, it’s raw, it’s real, and it’ll make you grateful your swimmers (probably) work.
Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon, 8.00pm, BBC One
This week Stacey and her team help the Jamiesons from East Sussex transform the home that’s been in their family for 40 years.
They strip every item from the converted bungalow and display them all in a warehouse where they discover 106 animal ornaments, 87 board games and over 1,000 pieces of china.
As they sort through the decades of keepsakes, mum Nadine reflects on her childhood and the challenges of raising her daughters.
Live UEFA Champions League, 7.45pm, Virgin Media Two
Coverage of the last-16 first-leg match at the Bernabeu for Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid (KO 8pm).
Holders Real struggled for consistency in the league phase but were back to their best in the play-off round, romping to a 6-3 aggregate win against Manchester City.
Meanwhile, Atletico comfortably qualified for this stage after finishing fifth in the league table with six wins and two defeats.
Both league meetings between the teams ended 1-1, and another closely fought Madrid derby is anticipated.
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