THE twisty new comedy-thriller Am I Being Unreasonable? promises to be a darkly comic treat, taking female-driven storytelling to new heights (and disturbing depths) as it explores an obsessive friendship between two women. it’s new and exclusive to BritBox from July 6.
It’sabout obsessive friendship, maternal paranoia … and a dead cat. Shot through with whip-smart humour, this mischievous blend of funny and frantic takes female storytelling to a refreshing new level.
Written by and starring real-life best friends Selin Hizli (Appropriate Adult and Grantchester, both on BritBox) and Daisy May Cooper (BAFTA winner for This Country), it’s been described as a “brilliantly warped” and “twisted, funny and downright clever” comedy about just how quickly lives can change – and unravel.
Cooper stars as Nic, a suburban mother stuck in a rut who finds a kindred soul in Jen (Hizli), prompting her dark secrets to bubble up. But is their newfound friendship truly therapeutic?
Young Inspector Morse returns for a final, memorable goodbye in Endeavour, from July 13. After a phenomenally successful decade, the popular period crime drama is coming to an end with its ninth season – and Shaun Evans will take his final bow as Endeavour Morse in this prequel to the long-running detective series Inspector Morse. Travel back in time to 1970s Oxford to meet young Morse for a last goodbye and witness the return of some familiar faces as he grapples with new challenges across three two-hour episodes.
Endeavour first aired in 2012 as a single film to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Inspector Morse’s TV debut. It proved such a success that nine seasons followed, seeing the young detective set out to solve tricky cases with the help of colleague Fred Thursday (Roger Allam – Game Of Thrones, The Queen, Murder in Provence).
In the opening episode of season nine it’s spring, 1972. Two unexplained deaths seem to lead to the Oxford Concert Orchestra, while a body discovered in a derelict warehouse stokes fears that members of the London criminal underworld have again found their way to Oxford. Thursday and Endeavour’s investigation unearths some unsettling connections to cases the duo believed were well and truly behind them.
Back to the present day, expect more hijinks in season two of Stephen Merchant’s comedy caper The Outlaws, with Christopher Walken again delivering a “demonic sparkle” in his role as a shifty ex-con among the band of misfits doing community service together in Bristol. From July 20.
Following on from season one which you should have already watched in June, the seven outlaws still have time to serve on their community sentences but, when they discover the criminal underworld is not finished with them yet, they’re forced to consider an unlikely and dangerous way of making money just to stay alive.
The Outlaws also features Rhianne Barreto (Honour, Hanna), Gamba Cole (Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle, Hanna) and Darren Boyd (Killing Eve), plus an array of guest stars, including Ian McElhinney (Game Of Thrones, Derry Girls).
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