PICKS OF THE WEEK

• The Narrow Road to the Deep North Sunday 27th July BBC One
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Monday 28th July Sky Comedy
• Destination X Wednesday 30th/Thursday 31st July BBC One

Saturday

8.00pm Fergie, Andrew & the Scandal of SouthYork 5 – The controversy surrounding Sunninghill Park in Berkshire, which was the home of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York and their daughters, and was nicknamed SouthYork by the press – a play on words from Southfork in TV show Dallas. It was also the epicentre of the scandals that followed this controversial couple everywhere they went, from rumours of affairs to extortionate spending and questionable financial deals.

9.00pm Princess Anne: A Quite Remarkable Royal 5 – A look at the Princess Royal’s equestrian career, from learning to ride as a toddler and competing in public aged 11, through to her first big medal-winning success at the European Eventing Championship. The programme covers her achievement as the first British royal to compete in the Olympics and her continued passionate engagement in the sport as honorary President of the British Olympic Committee and president of the Riding for the Disabled Association.

9.00pm I Am Raquel Welch Sky Documentaries – Documentary celebrating the life of a trailblazing actress who not only redefined the idea of a Hollywood sex symbol, but also led the way for modern-day action heroines.

Sunday

9.00pm Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army BBC Two – Two-part documentary which looks at the origins and history of the Jesus Fellowship Church, which was founded in 1969. Its early vision of communal living, shared finances and spiritual commitment changed over time, becoming more disciplined and controlling. Unexplained deaths begin to occur within the community, exorcisms were performed on members with ‘unclean spirits’, and children as young as two were disciplined with birch canes in a practice known as rodding. In 1987, leader Noel Stanton announced the launch of a Jesus Army, with members often bringing new recruits back into community homes, where one became a witness to something that would change her life for ever.

9.00pm  Operation Dark Phone: Murder By Text Channel 4 – The inside story of the biggest ever joint law enforcement operation against a global network of organised crime groups who believed their encrypted phones were safe. For 74 frantic days the authorities could read all the messages and sought to save lives and bring down the gangs, before the criminals realised that their data was being captured. Continues Tomorrow, Tuesday and concludes Wednesday at 9.00pm.

9.00pm Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday 5 – More people from different sides of the wealth divide find out how the other half live. Super-rich medics and aesthetics practitioners Sam and Andre Dissont, and their 14-year-old daughter Cassia, share holidays with the fun-loving and cash-strapped Gary and Beth Leaf, 13-year-old Grace and eight-year-old Noah. First, they all travel together to a five-star hotel in Malta, then for the budget break they head to rural Lancashire, which the Dissonts liken to a geography field trip.

Monday

9.00pm Stupid Central Comedy Central – Babatunde Aléshé presents funny videos from the internet, with this edition featuring dating disasters, trick-shot mishaps, and some of the clumsiest cats ever.

11.10pm Mayfair Witches BBC One – Second season of the drama based on the novels of Anne Rice.

Tuesday

9.00pm The Nazi Cartel Sky Documentaries – The events of 1980, when war criminal Klaus Barbie and drug lord Roberto Suarez overthrew the Bolivian government and established the first cocaine state. Their actions paved the way for figures like Pablo Escobar and the drug cartels of today.

10.00pm 1,000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story 5 – When famous adult content creator Bonnie Blue announced that she’d slept with 1,057 men in 12 hours in January 2025, the internet exploded. She received reams of social media outrage, heaps of sensational tabloid coverage and multiple death threats. She also earned millions of pounds, a jet-set lifestyle and a customised blue Ferrari in the process. This documentary goes behind the headlines, clickbait and ragebait to discover who the real Bonnie Blue is. Exploring the polarising debate around Bonnie and the pornification of society, the film follows her over the most eye-opening six months of her life, from the 1,000-man ‘gangbang’ to her ban from OnlyFans, asking whether she’s dangerously pandering to male fantasies, or an empowered sex-positive entrepreneur having the last laugh.

Wednesday

9.00pm Destination X  BBC One – Rob Brydon hosts as 13 contestants are taken to undisclosed locations across Europe on a coach with blacked-out windows and have to guess where they are. In each location the contestants will face challenges designed to offer clues to their whereabouts and the person who guesses the furthest away from their actual location will leave the competition. Continues Tomorrow at 9.00pm

9.00pm The Moors Murders: A Search for Justice BBC Two – In 1966, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to life for murdering three children, however they actually killed five children and one victim’s body was never found – 12-year-old Keith Bennett. This analysis of the Moors Murders case draws on new evidence in rediscovered files, which have been investigated by a team including Duncan Staff, former murder detective Martin Slevin and forensic archaeologist Professor John Hunter.

Thursday

Leannne Netflix – Multi-camera comedy created by and starring Leanne Morgan who plays a lead character whose life takes an unexpected turn when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman. Ryan Stiles and Celia Weston will co-star in the comedy which is co-created by Chuck Lorre.

8.00pm Dragons’ Den BBC One – Return of the business show.

8.00pm Saving Lives at Sea BBC Two – Return of the docuseries that follows the work of the RLNI.

9.00pm The Gone BBC Two – Second series of the awful Irish crime drama.

9.00pm Queen Victoria: Secret Marriage, Secret Child? Channel 4 – Rob Rinder interrogates historian Dr Fern Riddell’s extraordinary new theory about the true nature of Queen Victoria’s friendship with her Highland servant John Brown. Drawing on an extraordinary archive, the author shows Rob documents that could blow apart the traditional understanding of the relationship. Instead of a platonic friendship with a monarch grieving the death of Prince Albert, the newly discovered evidence points to a deeply romantic relationship that blossomed despite the concerns of the Queen’s family, courtiers and even Parliament. The most shocking potential finding is that the union may have produced a child.

Friday

Chief of War Apple TV+

Historical Hawaiian drama starring and co-created by Jason Mamoa.

8.00pm Love or List it: Kirstie and Phil’s Brilliant Builds Channel 4 – Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer look back at brilliant builds and inspiring house-hunts that helped bring harmony to warring couples across the UK. In Wiltshire, Tim and Sonia couldn’t decide whether to sell or renovate the home in which Tim had been raised. Tim was ready to move on to a fresh start but Sonia thought with a little work they could start their new chapter without having to move. Over in Warwickshire, Kirstie and Phil met Gill and John, who couldn’t decide whether to make their inherited two-bedroom home their own or to sell up and find somewhere else.

9.30pm Mrs Brown’s Boys BBC One – Do not watch this.