{"id":255918,"date":"2026-01-24T20:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/255918\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:47:08","slug":"tv-tonight-flawless-prison-drama-is-the-first-must-watch-show-of-the-year-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/255918\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: flawless prison drama is the first must-watch show of the year | Television &#038; radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waiting for the Out<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9.25pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Dennis Kelly\u2019s prison drama, the first must-watch show of the year, passes its halfway point. Philosophy teacher Dan (Josh Finan) is feeling good about life again, but his unresolved past with his father catches up with him. Meanwhile, on the inside, it\u2019s Dris\u2019s (Francis Lovehall) release date, but there\u2019s a mixup with his papers. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s Best Homes With Phil Spencer<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">5.25pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cTell you what: the Kiwis are very serious about their indoor-outdoor living,\u201d says Phil. Today he visits a trio of homes with endless gardens and river views, from the paradisical Stables House in Waikato to Crinkle Cut, an open-plan oasis. (\u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of doors,\u201d says its architect. \u201cBut don\u2019t worry, there\u2019s doors in the toilets.\u201d) Ali Catterall<\/p>\n<p>Michael McIntyre\u2019s Big Show<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">6.45pm, BBC One<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">More variety show hijinks with the crowdpleasing comic. This week, YouTuber turned entrepreneur KSI has his phone hijacked, but will Idris Elba and Dua Lipa answer his suggestive texts? And Sophie Ellis-Bextor is an extremely good sport, in a prank that sees her judge a dire talent contest. Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n<p>The Masked Singer<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">7pm, ITV1<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Little Mix alumna Perrie Edwards joins the judging panel of the daft undercover singing contest. Out of 12 initial hopefuls, eight are still in contention \u2013 including Toastie, who looks like a peeved manta ray \u2013 but two will be unmasked before karaoke night is over. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Strangler: Unheard Confession<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, Sky Crime<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This is the case of Albert DeSalvo, who was convicted of murdering 13 women in the 1960s. This feature documentary hears chilling confession tapes that have been publicly released for the first time and speaks to people who know the case inside out. HR<\/p>\n<p>Heated Rivalry<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, Sky Atlantic<\/p>\n<p>Hot ice \u2026 Heated Rivalry on Sky Atlantic.  Photograph: Sphere Abacus\/Sabrina Lantos \u00a9 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI\u2019m coming to the cottage.\u201d It\u2019s the final double bill of the hit queer hockey romance drama, featuring the line that made the internet scream when it first aired in America. After Scott and Kip\u2019s relationship goes public, it forces Shane and Ilya to finally make decisions about their own endless yearning. HR<\/p>\n<p>Film choice<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Zone of Interest Saturday, 9.45pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p>Will leave you awestruck \u2026 The Zone of Interest.  Photograph: Alamy<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Other awards-garlanded films may come and go, but this drama will inspire awestruck discussion for decades to come. Christian Friedel \u2013 unrecognisable from his role in The White Lotus \u2013 stars as Rudolf H\u00f6ss, the Auschwitz commandant who lived with his wife (Sandra H\u00fcller) and children in an idyllic country home adjoining the notorious concentration camp. For the H\u00f6ss family, domestic life continues as normal, while the screams of industrial-scale murder are often audible just over the garden wall. Jonathan Glazer\u2019s film is an immersive historical drama, but it also makes chilling comment on our present moment, and humanity\u2019s capacity to carry on as genocide takes place. Ellen E Jones<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Disney+, out now<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Prestige TV\u2019s two favourite Jeremys \u2013 Jeremy Allen White from The Bear and Jeremy Strong from Succession \u2013 are united in this solid Golden Globe-nominated Bruce Springsteen biopic. White stars as the Boss during a downbeat period of his life when he was holed up in his Colts Neck, New Jersey home, reflecting on his childhood trauma and fiddling about with the demo that would eventually evolve into 1982\u2019s low-fi, bedroom-recorded album, Nebraska. Strong plays Jon Landau, the loyal manager and producer, who has always got Bruce\u2019s back with the label. EEJ<\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Tennis: Australian Open, 2am, TNT Sports 1 Day eight. Continues across week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Premier League football: West Ham v Sunderland, 11am, TNT Sports 1 Followed by Bournemouth v Liverpool at 5pm on Sky Sports Main Event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Women\u2019s Super League: Chelsea v Arsenal, 12.15pm, BBC One At Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Premiership League Rugby: Harlequins v Leicester Tigers, 2.45pm, TNT Sports 1Followed by Sale Sharks v Northampton Saints at 5.15pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">International Cricket: Sri Lanka v England, 8.45am, TNT Sports 2 The final ODI is on Tue at 8.45am on TNT Sports 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waiting for the Out 9.25pm, BBC One Dennis Kelly\u2019s prison drama, the first must-watch show of the year,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-255918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}