The C&TH Culture Radar: What To Watch, Read and Listen To This Week

Forever wondering what to watch on Netflix, BBC iPlayer and Amazon Prime? Always keeping your ears pricked for word of new podcasts? Can’t decide what to read next? Welcome to our brand-new culture radar, which we’ll regularly update with recommendations for what to watch, read and listen to each week, plus bring you interviews with the stars of the moment.  

This week we’re watching: Rebecca on Netflix, Daphne du Maurier’s novel brought to life once more, starring the lovely Lily James alongside Kristin Scott Thomas and Keeley Hawes.

What To Watch, Read and Listen To This Week

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• The Queen’s Gambit

  Based on Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel of the same name, The Queen’s Gambit stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon, a chess prodigy struggling with addiction on her journey to becoming a Grandmaster.

  Out now, Netflix

• Schitt’s Creek

  Bottled sunshine and the warmth of laughter for cold winter nights. A total Emmy Award-winning gem.

  Out now, Netflix

• Truth Seekers

  Nick Frost, Simon Pegg and Susan Wokoma star in this new supernatural comedy about a team of part-time paranormal investigators.

  Out now, Amazon Prime

• The Spanish Princess

  Historical dramas are all the rage right now, and The Spanish Princess is about as juicy as they get. The Starz series looks at the tragic love story of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII from a new vantage point: from the perspective of the women involved. It’s back for a second series – here one of its stars, Georgie Henley – gives us the lowdown.

  Out now, Starzplay

• Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip

  Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip is a wonderful way to have a different perspective on a country about to decide on their future.

  Out now, Channel 4

• Spoon-Fed, Tim Spector

  Tim Spector is a man to trust. And his new myth-busting book Spoon-Fed will blast everything you thought you knew about the world of food.

• The Secret Garden

  The latest film remake of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 classic The Secret Garden is out now, starring Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, and Julie Walters.

• Rebecca

  Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca is being brought to life once more by Netflix, starring the lovely Lily James alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes and Call Me By Your Name’s Armie Hammer.

• The Witches

  The modern version of Roald Dahl’s The Witches will bring back childhood nightmares for 90s’ kids, starring Anne Hathaway as the gruesome Grand High Witch.

• Life

  Prepare to shed a tear at Alison Steadman’s moving performance in new BBC drama Life, which explores the theme of loneliness through four interconnecting stories. Image credit: Instagram.

  Out now, BBC iPlayer

• Ghosts, Dolly Alderton

  Exciting news for the legions of Everything I Know About Love fans: Dolly is back – this time with a fictional novel titled Ghosts.

• The Undoing

  Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant star in the latest series from Big Little Lies creator David E Kelley. Kidman plays Grace Fraser, whose cocooned world is shattered when her husband Jonathan (Grant) goes missing on the night of a brutal murder. Image credit: Sky.

  Out 26 October, Sky Atlantic

• Letter to You

  Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You is a through-the-keyhole look at ‘the Boss’s’ creative process – an album of the same name is also dropping this week.

  Out 23 October, Apple TV

• Happy Place, Season 8

  Fearne Cotton’s podcast Happy Place is back, featuring a fascinating conversation with extreme athlete Wim Hof, as well as a moving episode with Phillip Schofield.

• The Crown, Season 4

  The highly anticipated season four of The Crown will introduce us to Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) and Princess Diana (Emma Corrin), detailing the young royal’s turbulent marriage to Prince Charles.

  Out 15 November, Netflix

• The Natural Health Service, Isabel Hardman

  Isabel Hardman’s insightful book The Natural Health Service looks at how nature helps her cope with depression and anxiety.

• Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture

  Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture examines pop culture from the year 2000 from the perspective of culture critics now in their 20s. Illuminating.

• Spitting Image

  It’s back! If you’re old enough to remember the original series, you’ll have rejoiced at the news that the bitingly funny – and so close to the bone it actually hurts – satirical series is back with a new cast of anti-heroes.

  Out now, Britbox

• False Alarm, Bjorn Lomborg

  For a measured approach to the climate crisis, the recently published False Alarm by Danish scientist Bjorn Lomborg is a must-read.

• The Comey Rule

  Jeff Daniels is brilliant as James Comey in The Comey Rule, a four-parter based on the former FBI director’s dealings with Donald Trump.

  Out now, Amazon Prime

• Intimations, Zadie Smith

  Zadie Smith presents short stories from a Covid era in her new essay collection Intimations.

• Bringing Back the Beaver, Derek Gow

  In Bringing Back the Beaver Derek Gow explores how one farmer defied the authorities and proved them wrong.

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