Factual TV
Film-maker lauds black parents who toppled ‘subnormal’ schools
Racism persists but life chances better thanks to those who exposed ESN scandal, says film-maker
Sally Weale Education correspondent
13, May, 2021 @6:00 PM
‘The crisis was manufactured’: inside a damning film on the origins of the opioid epidemic
Alex Gibney’s two-part docuseries The Crime of the Century reframes the opioid crisis as a crime of fraudulent marketing and callous corporate greed
Adrian Horton
10, May, 2021 @6:07 AM
TV tonight: more excruciating trials of middle-class motherhood
Anna Maxwell-Martin is back as harried Julia in the school gate sitcom Motherland. Plus: Three Families begins. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier, Graeme Virtue, Phil Harrison and Simon Wardell
10, May, 2021 @5:20 AM
‘I want people to understand what really happened’: did the Son of Sam serial killer act alone?
Netflix’s The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness re-examines the infamous New York serial killer through the eyes of one man’s obsession with the case
Adrian Horton
05, May, 2021 @2:10 PM
The Money Maker review – Obama guru leads a one-man Dragons’ Den
This new series sees CEO and ex-presidential adviser Eric Collins help flailing British businesses. Will his calm authority – and southern charm – stop them from going bust?
Lucy Mangan
04, May, 2021 @9:00 PM
TV tonight: Stacey Dooley meets a ‘tradwife’ family
The TV investigator spends 72 hours with a couple to understand their alternative way of living. Plus, tips on how to save a grand. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Ali Catterall, Hannah J Davies, Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell
03, May, 2021 @5:20 AM
Saved by a Stranger review – moving stories of reunion and healing
Two people – one a victim of terror, the other a survivor of war – search for the individuals who changed their lives in BBC Two’s profoundly affecting new series
Rebecca Nicholson
29, Apr, 2021 @9:00 PM
‘They all got on as one family’: the story of a woman who lived with chimps
A moving new documentary provides a sensitive first-person account of a chimp raised as a human, and the caretaker who followed her to extraordinary ends
Adrian Horton
29, Apr, 2021 @5:35 AM
Is Uni Racist? review – disturbing accounts of discrimination on campus
Linda Adey’s documentary considers the piecemeal response of higher education providers to race-related incidents, and explains why some students are afraid to speak up
Lucy Mangan
28, Apr, 2021 @10:25 PM
TV tonight: how safe are Britain’s universities for its students of colour?
In Is Uni Racist, Linda Adey questions whether the systems put in place to deal with racism are adequate. Plus: Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Ellen E Jones, Hannah Verdier, Jack Sealeand Simon Wardell
28, Apr, 2021 @5:20 AM
Makeup: A Glamorous History review – syphilis, sin and sperm whales
The Lisa Eldridge-fronted series continues with an episode on the Victorian era, when makeup was often considered vulgar – and contained some very interesting ingredients
Rebecca Nicholson
27, Apr, 2021 @9:00 PM
TV tonight: a street reveals its dirty secrets in Viewpoint
In ITV’s new nightly thriller, Noel Clarke gets caught up in one road’s interconnected dramas. Plus: the surgeon operating on babies in the womb. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Ellen E Jones, Hannah Verdier and Simon Wardell
26, Apr, 2021 @5:20 AM
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