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    Adults S2 | Turning Point: Generation 9/11 | Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen | The Rainmaker

    31/08/2026 | 1h 5 mins.
    Naga’s back alongside Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan to review the latest TV releases in this special bumper episode. There’s the second series of the Disney+ comedy Adults, a Gen Z coming-of-age sitcom about a group of 20-somethings living in a house together in New York.
    From Netflix, there’s the new documentary Turning Point: Generation 9/11, examining the consequences of the World Trade Center attacks twenty five years on. 50% of Americans living today are too young to remember 9/11; but they are the generation processing the consequences of it.
    On Sky and NOWTV, there’s a new instalment of Tea with Judi Dench, featuring fellow national treasure and longtime friend Sir Ian McKellen. The two legends of stage and screen catch up and reminisce about their long and illustrious careers.
    Finally, there’s a new adaptation of the bestselling John Grisham novel The Rainmaker, previously adapted into a film in 1997, starring Matt Damon. This version shifts proceedings to the modern day and stars Milo Callaghan (Rivals) as idealistic young lawyer Rudy Baylor. He has to square up against his former employer Leo Drummond (John Slattery) in this courtroom drama.
    Remember you can email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.
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    Lanterns | You’re Killing Me | The Terror: Devil in Silver

    24/08/2026 | 45 mins.
    Emma Vardy sits in for Naga Munchetty in today’s episode of Must Watch, as she joins Scott and Hayley to review the new superhero show from HBO: Lanterns, starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre. This new adaptation of the legendary superhero follows experienced intergalactic peacekeeper Hal Jordan (Chandler) as he trains his new fellow green lantern, Jon Stewart (Pierre) and solves a crime in rural Nebraska, with extraterrestrial implications.
    Also, on the box this week, there’s a new crime caper starring Brooke Shields called You’re Killing Me, which follows a famous author (Shields) and a Gen Z podcaster (Amalia Williamson) as they unite to investigate a series of murders. There’s also the third series of the horror anthology The Terror, Devil in Silver, which stars Dan Stevens as a man wrongfully imprisoned in a sinister psychiatric hospital and his fight to remain sane.
    Remember you can email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.
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    Buried | My Brilliant Career | Race Against the Tide

    17/08/2026 | 42 mins.
    Emma Vardy stands in for Naga Munchetty on Must Watch this week.
    She's joined by Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell to review the week’s biggest new TV and streaming releases.
    This week the trio reviewed ‘My Brilliant Career’ the iconic Australian story that began as a 1901 semi-autobiographical novel by Miles Franklin. It follows Sybylla Melvyn (Phillipa Northeast), a headstrong and rebellious young farm girl in rural Australia who dreams of becoming a writer, without wanting to let romance get in the way.
    Next, it's 'Buried' with Michael Sheen, a new two-part documentary series with the well-known actor. Here he looks at allegations that a chemicals giant decades ago dumped huge amount of industrial chemicals all around Wales, resulting in contamination and concerns from locals that it could be responsible for an increase in cancer rates in the region.
    Finally, it's 'Race Against The Tide', a competitive sand sculpting competition on BBC Two. Expert professional sand sculptors are partnered with creative newbies and their sand sculptures are judged on technical prowess and detail. As the title suggests, they are racing against the tide.
    Remember you can email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say
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    Hit Point | The Shards | The Westies

    10/08/2026 | 47 mins.
    Emma Vardy stands in for Naga Munchetty on Must Watch this week.
    She's joined by Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell to review the week’s biggest new TV and streaming releases.
    This week the trio reviewed 'Hit Point' a six-part series on U&Dave and from the creators of Misfits. The series starts when three men in animal masks intercept a Range Rover carrying ten million pounds in cash and detectives Bella and Leo are called to investigate. It premiers on the 13th of August and stars Peter Serafinowicz, William Abadie and Nick Blood.
    Next, 'The Shards' a nine-part teen drama on Disney+, based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis and directed by Ryan Murphy. It follows Bret (Igby Rigney) a student in his final year of high school in 1981 in Los Angeles who becomes obsessed new student Robert Mallary (Homer Gere), at the same time as a serial killer rips through the local community.

    Finally, 'The Westies' an eight-part drama about the real-life 1980s Irish-American gang The Westies, who partnered with the Italian-American mafia in Manhattan. It features JK Simmons as the Irish gang leader, Eamon Sweeney.
    Remember you can email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.
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    Van Der Valk | Ann Droid | Possession

    03/08/2026 | 48 mins.
    Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and Marianna review the week’s biggest new TV and streaming releases.
    This week’s reviews include Possession on Sky, a new supernatural thriller set in Jamaica starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Claudia, a lawyer, journeys to Jamaica's haunted Connaught plantation to fight an inheritance claim.
    We’ve also got the fourth series of Van Der Valk on ITV, a loose remake of the original Van der Valk series. Marc Warren stars as the eponymous detective who uses his street smarts and powers of observation to solve crimes in Amsterdam.
    and there’s Ann Droid on the BBC iPlayer, a sitcom written by and starring Philomena Cunk’s Diane Morgan, as a hapless robot sent to assist Sue, a widow whose husband died 18 months earlier.
    Remember you can email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.
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About Must Watch
Scott and Hayley join Naga Munchetty to review the week's biggest shows. This week, that features ‘Lynley’ the latest crime thriller to reach BBC iPlayer, which follows aristocratic DI Thomas Lynley and his reluctant partner DS Barbara Havers as they’re brought in to solve murders.BBC Sitcom ‘Can You Keep a Secret’ starring Dawn French, Mark Heap and Craig Roberts, all about a retired couple - played by Dawn and Mark – who commit insurance fraud, after one of them is mistakenly claimed dead.And finally, we discuss Netflix’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ about two ice hockey players whose animosity in the rink turns into a secret romance off the ice. Remember you can Email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.
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