Funny Woman

Thursday

Sky Showcase, 9.00pm

A new dramedy based on Nick Hornby's novel Funny Girl, which recalls a time in the 1960s when the television sitcom was in its infancy—as were attitudes towards women in comedy.

Gemma Arterton stars as Barbara Parker who, inspired by her idol Lucille Ball, abandons the idea of becoming a beauty queen and heads to London in pursuit of a career in TV comedy. It looks to be at once a nostalgic look at the cosy comedies of the era and a tribute to the trailblazers who paved the way for all the funny women that followed.

1923

Thursday,

Channel 5, 10.00pm

Taylor Sheridan continues expanding his Yellowstone universe with 1923, a prequel to the hit neo-Western drama and a sequel to its spin-off 1883.

Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren star as Jacob and Cara Dutton, who struggle to hold onto the family ranch through all of Prohibition, the rise of Western expansion and the early stages of the Great Depression which affected Montana long before the Wall Street Crash in 1929.

Guy Martin’s Power Trip

Sunday

Channel 4, 9.00pm

Amid the double whammy of the energy and cost of living crises, Guy Martin sets out to shed light on the UK's electricity industry.

The first episode sees Guy testing every piece of equipment in his workshop to find out which items use the most electricity. Both horrified and mystified by the extortionate prices he is having to pay for power, he heads to his local power station at Drax to find out what's causing them.

The Gold

Sunday

BBC One, 9.00pm

Based on the real-life "crime of the century", The Gold tells the gripping true story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery.

What began as a typical Old Kent Road armed robbery in 1983, of a security depot near Heathrow Airport, turned into a theft with global ramifications and a legacy lasting decades when the six thieves stumbled upon a pile of gold bullion worth £26 million.