What To Watch This Week 04.08.25

Panorama: Why I Joined a Riot, BBC One

A year on from the Southport riots that left three young women dead and shocked the nation, Darragh MacIntyre returns to the scene of the unrest. In a quietly powerful hour, he speaks to those who took part in the chaos – not just to ask why, but to try and understand what could drive someone to violence. Also central to the story is Ibrahim Hussein, the imam at Southport mosque, who has spent the past year helping a fractured community piece itself back together.

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Chloe Ayling: My Unbelievable Kidnapping, BBC Three

When Chloe Ayling was kidnapped in Milan in 2017, the world was quick to judge. This three-part docuseries finally gives her a voice. It recounts how a glamour shoot turned into a nightmare, and what it meant to live through both the physical ordeal and the digital pile-on that followed. A nuanced portrait of a young woman whose story was hijacked – then sensationalised – by the public.

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Platonic, Apple TV+

Will and Sylvia are still not sleeping together. And that’s the point. As this whip-smart comedy returns, Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne continue to prove that male-female friendships can be the most meaningful ones of all – even if they’re chaotic, codependent and occasionally disastrous. This time, Will’s on the verge of marrying someone else, while also confessing to Sylvia that he may or may not have feelings for someone inappropriate.

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Naming The Dead, Disney+

Forget the glamour of fictional cold-case detectives – this documentary series is about real, unclaimed lives and the people determined to identify them. Focusing on the work of the DNA Doe Project in the US, it traces how science, compassion and sheer persistence are used to name the unnamed and give grieving families overdue closure. 

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Wednesday, Netflix 

New term, same terrifying teen. After a headline-making first year at Nevermore, Wednesday Addams is back. Jenna Ortega reprises her deadpan lead role in a second season that ups the ante with new monsters, unwelcome family guests (hello, Grandma Hester) and a growing obsession with her own notoriety. 

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