Must-see TV this week: Rob and Rylan's Passage to India, Coldwater and Olivia Attwood
This week, TV schedules are filled with drama, insight and bombshells. From Andrew Lincoln's new thriller to the Legend of Crocodile Dundee, here's what you should keep an eye on.
Plenty of new shows are lined up for this week, with viewers set to travel across the world with Michael Palin, Robert Rinder and Rylan Clark.
While Helen Skelton and Dan Walker wander through Yorkshire, Michael Palin heads to Venezuela, exploring a country on the brink of collapse. Robert and Rylan, on the other hand, return to screens with a trip through India.
On Quest, Ant Anstead delights car enthusiasts with an insight into his day-to-day - including his life with his children, siblings and Bridget Jones star Renee Zellweger.
After facing the bloody chaos of The Walking Dead, which he fronted as Rick Grimes for nine seasons, Andrew Lincoln is rattled by neighbours from hell in ITV's newest thriller Coldwater. Meanwhile, streaming platforms have their own schedules to keep everyone happy.
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ITV, Sunday
The Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln returns to British drama in this twisted thriller about an anxious house husband who swaps London for the countryside to keep his family safe - only to find out his new next door neighbour is harbouring a terrifying secret.
Andrew plays dad-of-two John, alongside Indira Varma as his high-flying wife Fiona, Eve Myles as his next door neighbour and pastor, and Ewen Bremner as the enigmatic and masculine Tommy, whose dark side is pitch black.
Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic
Tuesday, Quest
TV presenter and skilled car enthusiast Ant Anstead is back for series two of Born Mechanic, which sees him renovate a dilapidated countryside home for his parents to live in.
The mechanic will renovate old motors and flog them to fund each stage of making the 500-year-old farmhouse into the perfect home for a pair of pensioners. Aided by his children and his siblings, Ant shows us why Renee loves a capable man.
Doc
Monday, 9pm, Sky Witness & NOW
Molly Parker plays Dr Amy Larsen, a doctor with a brain injury which has erased the last eight years of her life. Now Dr Amy must find her way in a world where she can’t remember patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves or the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can’t even remember her 17-year-old daughter after the age of 9. Will she be able to pick up the threads of her life?
Fawlty Towers: The Play
Friday, 9pm, U&GOLD
It’s 50 years since the first episode of Fawlty Towers aired and to celebrate U&GOLD are premiering a recording of the West End smash hit Fawlty Towers: The Play.
Written by series co-writer and star John Cleese the stage show brings together three of the show’s most iconic episodes: The Hotel Inspector; The Germans and Communication Problems, into a single theatrical experience.
The Sky Arts Awards
Tuesday, 8pm, Sky Arts & NOW
Bill Bailey takes to the stage to host The Sky Arts Awards at the iconic Roundhouse in London. There are awards for classical music, come Netflix’s Adolescence is nominated in the Television category, up against Disney+’s Rivals and BBC’s Mr Loverman. Other awards hopefuls include author Sally Rooney, and the Oscar winning movie Conclave.
The Royal Rich List 2025: Who’s Worth the Most?
Saturday, 7.30pm, 5
Don’t let the odd Zara dress fool you - the British Royal family is one of the richest families in the world. With inherited wealth from their 1000-year dynasty our Royal family have estimated assets of over £21billion.
From Buckingham Palace to the Crown Jewels, their wealth is unimaginable, but which Royal is the richest of them all? Now this documentary unearths the vast wealth of our sovereign family, revealing how much they are really worth.
Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India
Sunday, 9pm, BBC2
After they won a Bafta for their Grand Tour Of Italy, Rob and Rylan are back on another sight-seeing extravaganza. This time they’re following in the footsteps of Rob’s favourite novelist, E.M. Forster, who a century ago wrote A Passage to India changing the way the world viewed the subcontinent.
Rob hopes to discover how India’s ancient wisdom, art and culture can challenge him personally, intellectually and physically. While Rylan wants to see an astrologer and find out what’s going to happen next in his love life. Tune in to see how they get on.
Michael Palin in Venezuela
Tuesday, 9pm, 5
He’s already travelled to danger zones like Iraq and North Korea, now Michael Palin is ticking off another red zone - the troubled nation of Venezuela.
Under the authoritarian rule of Nicolas Maduro, the nation is facing huge challenges and economic collapse, however, it also remains on of the most beautiful places the planet and Michael enjoys visiting the longest Caribbean coast, the world’s tallest waterfall and the Andes mountains - until armed police catch up with him.
200 Years of Railways
Tuesday, 8pm, BBC Two
Michael Portillo is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the modern railway with a new two-part documentary for BBC Two, 200 Years of Railways.
The series sees Michael wander down Memory Lane while also retracing the tracks of history, starting with the Stockton and Darlington line.
Mixing insight with enthusiasm, Michael unearths stories behind the locomotives that carried the first passengers and helped lay the foundations for the railway age.
Yorkshire Great and Small with Dan and Helen
Thursday, 8pm on 5
DanWalker and Helen Skelton’s friendship is at the heart of this series as they strap on their hiking boots and set off on another series of long walks, uplifting encounters and iconic landscapes as they meet the characters who bring the countryside to life, and investigate the quirks, history and heritage of Yorkshire. Watch as they find ancient abbeys, meet rare breed farm animals and rummage around traditional sweetshops.
SOS: Extreme Rescues
Wednesday, 7pm, BBC2
The Welsh mountains can be a treacherous place when the weather turns and this tense documentary follows the remarkable work of the rescue teams operating in the area.
When the first snows of winter fall, Eryri’s mountains are transformed into a wonderland of white - but it carries with it very real risks. In this episode, an experienced climber is planning to paraglide off Crib Goch in the snow.
But when he starts suffering from severe dizziness, he makes the decision to call for help. There’s no time to lose for the Mountain Rescue team.
Olivia Attwood's Bad Boyfriends
Sunday, ITV2
Former Love Island star Olivia Attwood sends eight men to an island under the guise of a lads' trip as she tries to shape unruly boyfriends into better men.
Nominee girlfriends reveal their partners' flaws, including commitment phobia, infidelity and lazy behaviour. Through eleven episodes, packed with shock reveals and brutal challenges, these bad boyfriends have to evolve - or risk being shipped out.
Black Rabbit
Thursday, Netflix
Jude Law’s character Jake Friedken is the owner of the hottest restaurant in New York, but his world is turned upside down when his younger brother Vince (Jason Bateman) shows up, bringing a bunch of trouble with him and opening the door to new danger and old trauma.
Black Rabbit is billed as a propulsive thrill ride and character examination about the way an unbreakable bond between two brothers can shatter their world and everything in its orbit.
Love Of An Icon: The Legend Of Crocodile Dundee
Friday, Paramount +
When Crocodile Dundee burst onto cinema screens it made stars of Paul Hogan and freshwater crocodile Burt and spawned catchphrases like ‘that’s not a knife!’
Now, almost 40 years later, the low-budget fish-out-of-water comedy has become part of pop culture. This documentary uses behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and cultural retrospectives, to explore how one unlikely character reshaped Australia’s image abroad. A nostalgic dive into stardom, stereotypes and swamps.
Safe Home
Saturday, Channel4.com
This Australian thriller follows Phoebe Rook, who quits her job at a corporate law firm to work at a community legal centre specialising in domestic violence.
Weaving complex timelines and storylines together the series touches on murder, control and abuse. It’s based on the real life experiences of creator Anna Barnes.
Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen
Wednesday, Netflix
Barry Hearn has built an empire. Now, he's looking for a successor to helm promotions company Matchroom. Through sheer grit and hustle, his son Eddie is determined to show him he has what it takes.
This six-part series pulls viewers inside the high stakes world of boxing's most powerful family business. Fronted by promoter Eddie Hearn and his father Barry Hearn, the intimate docu-series charts the rise of Matchroom Sport from humble beginnings to global powerhouse.
Expect unseen footage, behind-the-scenes negotiations and explosive ringside drama as fights are built, deals are struck and egos clash. It also highlights the pressures, risks and rewards of keeping boxing's biggest show on the road - and why Matchroom rules the ring.
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