Isobel Yeung leads an alarming Dispatches investigation. Plus, the trauma behind Olympian Daley Thompson’s life. Here’s what to watch this evening
10pm, Channel 4There are neighbourhoods in England and Wales where 100% of crimes go unsolved, according to astonishing police data in this alarming investigation. Isobel Yeung puts it to the test by observing a brazen theft in action and trailing what happens next with the goods, speaking to criminals who claim to have no fear of the police and learning how a global criminal network rakes in thousands of pounds a month. Hollie Richardson
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8.15pm, ITV1Barnaby is off the clock when he and Sarah attend a swanky party in honour of DCS Elaine Bennet, a new resident at the gated police retirement community where Barnaby’s old gaffer already lives.
9pm, BBC FourWhen David Olusoga’s signature series was first broadcast in 2015, its unflinching examination of the UK’s deep involvement in the slave trade sparked a national conversation that led to statues being toppled.
9pm, BBC ThreeIn 2020, the US experienced a summer of explosive unrest following the murder of George Floyd, and 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial for shooting three people and killing two was about to further divide the nation.
Apart from the tunes, which range in style from Avril Lavigne to Billie Eilish to Beyoncé, and the presence of TikTok-ish social media, it is pretty much a retake of the original.
“Fetch” is still not happening, naive new girl at school Cady (Angourie Rice) is again seduced by the power of the Plastics clique led by Reneé Rapp’s intimidating Regina, and writer/co-star Tina Fey is back to teach the kids that calling someone ugly isn’t going to make you better-looking.
Mulligan’s acting is magnetic even in her quieter moments, as her 16-year-old character, Jenny, transforms from dutiful student destined for university in Oxford to school dropout and lover of Peter Saarsgard’s charming but disreputable David.
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