CultureTVThere's also Lupita Nyong'o's documentary on the warrior women on Benin and Paul Rudd's body double Netflix comedy, Living With Yourself

Friday, 18th October 2019, 12:20 pm

Living with Yourself

From Friday 18 October, Netflix

When Miles Elliot undergoes an experimental treatment to turn his unfulfilled life around, he finds himself replaced by a confident, capable doppelganger. Paul Rudd plays both versions of himself in this eight-part Netflix comedy, with Irish actress and comedian Aisling Bea playing his wife, Kate. Applying a sci-fi twist to the old worst enemy adage, the series pushes the idea of self-improvement to a farcical breaking point.

Modern Love

From Friday 18 October, Amazon Prime Video

Adapted from a long-running New York Times column, this anthology places the spotlight on contemporary love stories romantic and otherwise. Actors confirmed for the eight-episode series include Anne Hathaway, Dev Patel, Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, John Slattery and Sofia Boutella. Film-maker John Carney, known for the cult musical hits Once and Sing Street, writes and directs.

Would I Lie to You?

Friday 18 October, 9.30pm, BBC One

A new series of the panel show, with Chris McCausland, Gabby Logan, Angela Scanlon and John Simm joining Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell to guess whos been telling porkies. Up for debate tonight are whether Scanlon failed to recognise Steven Spielberg on the red carpet and whether a naked John Simm got into bed with his father-in-law. But best of all is McCausland, who lost his sight in his twenties and steals the show with his descriptions of what he thinks Mitchell and Mack look like.

Looking for Alaska

From Saturday 19 October, 10am, BBC iPlayer

Based on the best-selling teen novel by John Green (The Fault in Our Stars), this American miniseries features Kristine Froseth (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) as Alaska Young, a boarding school student haunted by her mothers death, and Charlie Plummer (All the Money in the World) as Miles Pudge Halter, her inquisitive classmate with whom she embarks on an ill-fated romance. All eight episodes are available on iPlayer the morning after their US debut.

Watchmen

Monday 21 October, 9pm, Sky Atlantic

Alan Moores seminal graphic novel Watchmen a political and psychological deconstruction of superhero vigilantism receives a high-budget TV sequel, care of Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers). The series a radical departure from 2009s meretricious film adaptation is set in a parallel, internet-free 2019, where Robert Redford is midway through his seventh term as US President. Regina King, Tim Blake Nelson and Jeremy Irons are among the principal cast.

Storyville: The PM, the Playboy and the Wolf of Wall Street

Monday 21 October, 9pm, BBC Four

Between 2009 and 2014, a Malaysian wealth fund was robbed of more than $3.5bn (2.9bn). When investigative reporters from the US started digging around, they discovered a trail of evidence that led to the very top of the Malaysian government via real-estate deals and film financing including the Hollywood hit The Wolf of Wall Street. This feature-length Storyville documentary walks through the crime and its uncovering.

The British Tribe Next Door

Tuesday 22 October, 9.15pm, Channel 4

Scarlett Moffatt, the reality TV star who rose to fame on Gogglebox, travels to Namibia in this controversial series to live among the Himba, a semi-nomadic tribe of cattle-herders. The twist is that Moffatt will bring a replica of her family home in County Durham with her, as well as her family and 21st-century Western technology, from running water and electricity to ready meals and a TV. Whether this culture-clash doc manages to keep it tasteful remains to beseen.

Warrior Women with Lupita Nyongo

Wednesday 23 October, 10pm, Channel 4

Academy Award-winning actor Lupita Nyongo presents this one-off doc in which she travels across Benin, West Africa, to learn about the formidable women once known to Europe as the Amazons. Theall-female warrior tribe battled with foreign powers throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and served as part inspiration for the Dora Milaje fighters in Black Panther, in which Nyongo starred.

The Accident

Thursday 24 October, 9pm, Channel 4

A small Welsh town is devastated by a catastrophic explosion on the site of a new construction project in this harrowing four-part drama scripted by Jack Thorne (This is England). Sarah Lancashire stars as Polly, the wife of the local councillor (Mark Lewis Jones) who had pushed for the construction project. As the death and injury toll mounts, Polly must contend with grief and trauma in a community that may never recover.

Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive

Thursday 24 October, 10pm, Channel 4

The former BBC Breakfast host Bill Turnbull was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer two years ago. In this emotional documentary, Turnbull reflects on his life, and the challenges thrown at him and his family by the diagnosis. After nine rounds of chemotherapy, Turnbull is still presenting on Classic FM and commentating on Wycombe Wanderers football matches, which we see here alongside encounters with Sian Williams, Stephen Fry and Nick Robinson.

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