What To Watch This Week 21.07.25
MONDAY
Mandy, BBC
Diane Morgan (After Life, Motherland) is back as the gloriously useless Mandy in the fourth series of this cult BBC comedy. Still jobless, clueless and full of misplaced ambition, Mandy is now facing the Restart scheme – with a Pretty Woman-style makeover, a face-off with an old school bully and a surprise Martin Lewis cameo. The double-bill opener also features Sian Gibson (Car Share) and Cheryl Fergison (EastEnders), adding extra chaos to Mandy’s latest misadventures.
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WEDNESDAY
Critical: Between Life And Death, Netflix
From the award-winning team behind 24 Hours in A&E, this six-part series offers unprecedented access to four of London’s busiest trauma centres – including The Royal London and St Mary’s. Using bodycams, GoPros and fly-on-the-wall filming, it follows patients from the moment the 999 call is made through to emergency treatment, surgery and the road to recovery. Whether it’s a knife wound, a car crash or a cardiac arrest, every second counts – and the footage doesn’t flinch. It’s a gripping look at the NHS at full tilt, and the extraordinary professionals working at the edge of life and death.
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THURSDAY
A Normal Woman, Netflix
In this stylish Indonesian thriller, a wealthy wife and mother starts to believe something is deeply wrong with her body – but no one will listen. As her obsession with a mysterious illness intensifies, the cracks in her seemingly perfect life begin to widen. Inspired by real-life accounts of delusional disorder, this slow-burning psychological drama explores womanhood, class and control, all against a backdrop of luxury and quiet madness.
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FRIDAY
The Assassin, Prime Video
Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, Line of Duty) plays a sharp-tongued, chain-smoking ex-hitwoman trying to enjoy early retirement in the Greek sun. But when her estranged son – played by Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor, Bates Motel) – shows up asking questions about the family’s murky past, the bullets start flying again. Equal parts deadpan comedy and high-octane thriller, this sun-drenched, blood-spattered cat-and-mouse drama delivers brutaal action with a jet-black sense of humour.
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Dying
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at Berlin 2024, and now releasing in the UK, this German film focuses on the fractured Lunies family, grappling with illness, dementia and strained relationships. Lars Eidinger leads a powerhouse cast in a story that expertly balances bleak humour with moments of raw emotion. Dying is a poetic look at mortality and the messy, complicated bonds that hold families together.
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Under The Bridge, ITV1
This gripping true-crime drama – based on the harrowing 1997 murder of Canadian teenager Reena Virk – hits UK screens this week after a relatively quiet release on Apple TV+ last year. Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six) and Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) star as the investigative journalist and local detective piecing together what happened the night Reena vanished. Set in the shadowy world of suburban teen cliques, it explores how a group of schoolgirls became suspects – and how the truth proved far darker than anyone imagined.
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