What to watch on TV and streaming today: Big Mood, thriller The Equalizer and Fallout




Planning a night in? Here are today’s top TV and streaming picks:
A Life in Ten Pictures BBC2, 9pm Ten key photographs illustrate the extraordinary life of Alexander McQueen, a working-class lad from south London whose talent elevated him to giddy heights in the fashion world before his death in 2010.
The Complaints Bureau RTÉ One, 7pm Siobhan Maguire finds out if women pay more than men for essentially the same goods and services, Amy Molloy highlights the dangers of unregulated lip fillers, and Conor Pope hunts a refund for a birthday trip to Australia.
Big Mood
Big Mood Channel 4, 10pm When Eddie takes to the clubs to snare a rich man, she has an unfortunate run-in with her mother, and Maggie feels bad about what happened at the pagan festival. With Nicola Coughlan.
The Equalizer Film Four, 9pm Thriller based on the 1980s TV series and starring Denzel Washington as Robert McCall, a former US Marine who emerges from the shadows to protect a young woman who’s been forced into sex work by Russian mobsters. With Marton Csokas, Chloe Grace Moretz.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar BBC4, 10.40pm Joseph Mankiewicz’s ambitious adaptation of Shakepeare’s history play stars James Mason and John Gielgud as Brutus and Cassius, former friends of the grandiose general Julius Caesar who plot his downfall. With Marlon Brando, Greer Garson.
Fallout
Fallout Prime Video, streaming now Based on the video game series, it’s the story of haves and have-nots — in a world where there’s almost nothing left.
What Jennifer Did Netflix, streaming now In 2010, Jennifer Pan rang 911 after her parents were shot. Fellow true crime addicts can probably guess the rest. This feature-length doc from director Jenny Popplewell (American Murder: The Family Next Door) uses police footage and testimony from those involved in the shooting.
Scoop
Scoop Netflix, streaming now It was the interview that changed everything (and nothing). The key takeaways from Emily Maitlis’s meticulous grilling of Prince Andrew in November 2019 included “he can’t sweat”, “he doesn’t regret his friendship with Epstein”, and “there’s a Pizza Express in Woking.” This effective dramatisation stars Gillian Anderson as Maitlis, Rufus Sewell as Mountbatten-Windsor, alongside Billie Piper and Keeley Hawes.
Sugar AppleTV+, streaming now Take a clean-shaven Colin Farrell, in leading man and executive-producing form. Dress him in a sharp suit. Dip him in a sun-soaked Californian backdrop, and then roll him in a coating of Sugar by way of a boatload of Bogart’s Philip Marlowe. What have you got? A contemporary detective serial, with film noir sensibilities, and nods to LA Confidential all over the shop. For the uninitiated in terms of pulpy viewing, Farrell’s John Sugar is the atypical Private Eye protagonist, complete with an unenviable knack for sleuthing (in this instance, an innate ability to locate the missing), a dark past, and a mysterious secret. There is, of course, a wild plot twist, which you’ll either love or loathe. Either way, this is worth sticking with for the cinematography alone. Co-starring Kirby Howell-Baptiste, James Cromwell, and the enigmatic Amy Ryan, the first two episodes landed on AppleTV+ yesterday, with one episode a week thereafter.
The Vanishing Triangle
The Vanishing Triangle Virgin Media Player, streaming now There have been mixed reviews for this homegrown fictionalised offering featuring India Mullen and Allen Leech; you can make up your own mind by swinging by one of the less-irksome online “player” platforms. Together Netflix, streaming now Want to see more footage of an overly animated Pep spitballing, but in the confines of the Man City changing room (with bonus Grealish dancing)? Then this recently dropped doc is for you.
The Antisocial Network
The Antisocial Network Netflix, streaming now From the rise of QAnon to the January 6 riots, this documentary outlines how a group of bored teenagers went from posting memes to facilitating full-on mayhem. Having built an online community based on shared isolation, they went on to shatter “consensus reality” in the process. Behold 4chan — if Reddit had an unhinged offspring with rotten.com. In related internet offerings, NFT: WTF is available, with bona fide artist Damien Hirst sharing his thoughts on non-fungible tokens. Restaurants At The End of The World Disney+, streaming now If you’re not knee-deep in all things Vanderpump Villa (coming Monday), this Kristen Kish vehicle might be more to your taste. The adventurer and chef, who you might recognise from Iron Chef, delves into Restaurants: At The End of The World.
Girls State
Girls State AppleTV+, streaming now From the people who brought us the Emmy Award-winning Boys State, it’s now the turn of the girls. And they want to know why there’s never been a female US president.
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