What to Watch: Dexter: Resurrection, the Tour de France, Too Much, Foundation S3
And by that we mean killing people. Lots and LOTS of people.
This revival is a continuation of the original crime drama that ran from 2006 to 2013, which saw Jeff Lindsay's serial killer novels translated to the small screen.
During its initial run, the series gained widespread acclaim, scooping up Golden Globes for Hall, who played Miami-based blood spatter analyst turned serial killer Dexter Morgan. Its initial premise was genius: Dexter isn't just your run-of-the-mill killer — he only goes after people who deserve to die. Viewers connected with it, and the story kept being spun off, with 2021's Dexter: New Blood (2021-22) and the prequel series Dexter: Original Sin (2024).
This latest picks up after New Blood's sensational finale, and sees Dexter miraculously recovered from his near-fatal gunshot wound. He winds up in New York in a frantic search for his son Harrison (Jack Alcott), who was the one who tried to off his dad.
I can't tell you much more as there are iron-clad embargoes in place, but I will say this: if you've been a Dark Passenger on Dexter's journey so far, you won't want to miss this latest instalment, which boasts a superb guest cast including Uma Thurman, Peter Dinklage, Eric Stonestreet and the return of David Zayas as Angel Batista.
Grab your lycra, we're rolling out. The world's most famous cycling race kicks off on Saturday, with the peloton starting out from Lille. The 184 riders will leg it across 3337km to end up at the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday July 27. All 21 stages of this year's Tour will take place in France for the first time in five years, so get ready to armchair your way across some spectacular countryside.
All hail Michael Portillo and his purple linen blazer! Eight seasons on and I'm still obsessively tuning into this show despite having zero interest in locomotives. I can't explain my fascination with this series, which sees Portillo (with his trusty 1936 Bradshaw's travel guide) criss-crossing the world. But if it's on, I'll tune in. Slow TV + a man in a fedora + some nice scenery = a night well spent. Adore this show and its purple-suited host.
Lena Dunham is behind this series, which sees Hacks' Megan Stalter playing Jessica, a workaholic New Yorker who relocates to London after a difficult break-up. She meets left-of-centre musician Felix (The White Lotus' Will Sharpe) and this series, based loosely on Dunham's own experiences with husband Luis Felber (the show's co-creator), is about how their two worlds collide. Dunham fans will want to check this one out.
Three seasons on, and this sci-fi series, based on Isaac Asimov's famous work, has managed to do the impossible, not only growing its (admittedly niche) audience, but also attracting the kind of universally favourable reviews most other genre TV series can only dream about. There's a big time jump, so it may take a while to wrap your head around this latest season and the new characters. Worth discovering.
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What to Watch: Dexter: Resurrection, the Tour de France, Too Much, Foundation S3
Dexter's back — again. Apparently, there's just no keeping a good vigilante serial killer down, and almost 20 years, eight seasons and two spin-offs later, Michael C. Hall's twisted anti-hero is back doing what he does best. And by that we mean killing people. Lots and LOTS of people. This revival is a continuation of the original crime drama that ran from 2006 to 2013, which saw Jeff Lindsay's serial killer novels translated to the small screen. During its initial run, the series gained widespread acclaim, scooping up Golden Globes for Hall, who played Miami-based blood spatter analyst turned serial killer Dexter Morgan. Its initial premise was genius: Dexter isn't just your run-of-the-mill killer — he only goes after people who deserve to die. Viewers connected with it, and the story kept being spun off, with 2021's Dexter: New Blood (2021-22) and the prequel series Dexter: Original Sin (2024). This latest picks up after New Blood's sensational finale, and sees Dexter miraculously recovered from his near-fatal gunshot wound. He winds up in New York in a frantic search for his son Harrison (Jack Alcott), who was the one who tried to off his dad. I can't tell you much more as there are iron-clad embargoes in place, but I will say this: if you've been a Dark Passenger on Dexter's journey so far, you won't want to miss this latest instalment, which boasts a superb guest cast including Uma Thurman, Peter Dinklage, Eric Stonestreet and the return of David Zayas as Angel Batista. Grab your lycra, we're rolling out. The world's most famous cycling race kicks off on Saturday, with the peloton starting out from Lille. The 184 riders will leg it across 3337km to end up at the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday July 27. All 21 stages of this year's Tour will take place in France for the first time in five years, so get ready to armchair your way across some spectacular countryside. All hail Michael Portillo and his purple linen blazer! Eight seasons on and I'm still obsessively tuning into this show despite having zero interest in locomotives. I can't explain my fascination with this series, which sees Portillo (with his trusty 1936 Bradshaw's travel guide) criss-crossing the world. But if it's on, I'll tune in. Slow TV + a man in a fedora + some nice scenery = a night well spent. Adore this show and its purple-suited host. Lena Dunham is behind this series, which sees Hacks' Megan Stalter playing Jessica, a workaholic New Yorker who relocates to London after a difficult break-up. She meets left-of-centre musician Felix (The White Lotus' Will Sharpe) and this series, based loosely on Dunham's own experiences with husband Luis Felber (the show's co-creator), is about how their two worlds collide. Dunham fans will want to check this one out. Three seasons on, and this sci-fi series, based on Isaac Asimov's famous work, has managed to do the impossible, not only growing its (admittedly niche) audience, but also attracting the kind of universally favourable reviews most other genre TV series can only dream about. There's a big time jump, so it may take a while to wrap your head around this latest season and the new characters. Worth discovering.
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