Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan star as Margaret Thatcher and her friend turned foe; Idris Elba fronts a harrowing study of street crime; there are riddles aplenty in a new US thriller; and art echoes life in the bittersweet Mo. Brian and Maggie Channel 4 channel4. Colours like the inside of an old teapot. Clothes evoking a fashion show at a jumble sale.
Hair lacquered so stiff it could withstand a nuclear blast. Returning to the era Graham covered in Sherwood , and directed by Stephen Frears, it sees Harriet Walter deliver her Thatcher now de rigueur for thespians; like Lady Macbeth, it must be done! In real life, Thatcher and Walden never spoke again. Giant political beasts of the time are reduced to cameos.
Out for himself. Footage shows year-old Ronan Kanda walking home in Wolverhampton and two boys chasing after him, one brandishing a sword. Kanda β mistaken for someone else β was murdered in As this documentary points out, in the past decade, knife crime which includes machetes and swords in the UK has almost doubled.
Last year, an average of four people were killed every week. Elba The Wire , Hijack speaks to survivors, former offenders and grieving families of victims. The issue is complex and systemic, taking in poverty, the rise in school exclusions, lack of funding for effective mentoring schemes, and young people carrying blades for protection. Soon enough, maverick US president Cal Bradford James Marsden , the man Collins was supposed to protect, is found dead with his skull caved in. Why are people paying for groceries with bulky bracelets?
Why is Collins perma-furious? On the strength of the first few episodes of eight , Marsden, who keeps appearing in flashback, is only a credible president if you buy into the idea of Bill Clinton with a sprinkle of Ryan Seacrest, but the result is strangely interesting. Julianne Nicholson, who won an Emmy for playing Lori in Mare of Easttown , is a billionaire lady tech-bro tech-sis? Thus far, I find Paradise guilty of weird outbursts of soapiness, but with enough else anger, mysteries, unease to keep it interesting.
