Fifteen-year-old Valentine (Lenny Rush) grew up thinking he was a really rubbish vampire. But his mother (Sian Clifford) is about to tell him the reason why he doesn’t have bloodlust: he’s actually a human. She asks him not to tell his loving but despairing father (Tom Davis) – the vampire king!
Can poor Valentine pull off being the heir to the vampire throne? Neil and Rob Gibbons – the team behind Alan Partridge – have done a fun job of adapting Eric Morecambe’s much-loved children’s book. Hollie Richardson Halfway through the competition and we’re into the freestyle challenge.
It’s a fully choreographed routine or, as Rhod Gilbert explains, “It’s like Strictly Come Dancing, but with a human and a dog.” With the judges wanting clarity as well as a full spin, will Sara Pascoe and Mouse manage to retain their, erm, lead? Priya Elan The penultimate episode of Ursula Rani Sarma’s family law firm drama arrives, and it’s the morning after the eventful night of spilled secrets before. Aria wakes up in Luke’s bed – and the day ahead involves them working hard on a meaty divorce case with Aria’s husband-to-be.
HR It’s notable how many cop shows currently involve internal malfeasance. Ahead of the return of Line of Duty, this generic but sturdy drama continues to intrigue. This time, Michelle Keegan’s implacable DI Crane finds a suspect slipping through her fingers.
But this strengthens her conviction that the real problem lurks within Wakestead station. Phil Harrison In the year of Star Trek’s 60th anniversary, it’s pleasing that this vibrant streaming hit – a direct prequel to the original series – is getting beamed down to terrestrial TV. Season two begins with Spock (Ethan Peck) behaving in a very Kirk-like fashion by stealing the USS Enterprise to save a crewmate.
Graeme Virtue In a series based on Lisa Taddeo’s nonfiction book, Shailene Woodley plays a writer who follows three women who “had the audacity to believe that they deserved more”. They are homemaker Lina, who starts an affair, Sloane, who is in an open marriage, and Maggie, who had a sexual relationship with her high-school teacher. HR The Deb, 6.15am, 5.45pm, Sky Cinema Premiere Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut is the subject of long-running legal disputes but you wouldn’t know it from watching this sweet, simple musical comedy.
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