{"id":568533,"date":"2026-08-14T06:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/568533\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T06:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:08:31","slug":"tv-tonight-lydia-wests-offbeat-college-campus-murder-mystery-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/568533\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: Lydia West\u2019s offbeat college campus murder mystery | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"

He Had It Coming<\/p>\n

11.15pm, BBC Three
Lydia West stars in this offbeat Australian comedy-drama about a murder on a university campus. It follows a grungy feminist art student, Elise (West), and her unlikely new influencer mate, Barbara (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), who get drunk and deface a statue \u2013 only to wake up and find that the institution\u2019s star athlete was killed in the same spot overnight. Can they cover their tracks? Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n

Beethoven\u2019s Seventh at the Proms<\/p>\n

7pm, BBC Four
The Los Angeles Philharmonic returns to the Proms<\/a>, conducted by surprise World Cup final half-time show participant Gustavo Dudamel. It\u2019s an evening of vibrant rhythm and vital energy, as Beethoven\u2019s ecstatic Seventh Symphony is paired with Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz\u2019s Revoluci\u00f3n diamantina. Jack Seale<\/p>\n

Bergerac<\/p>\n

9pm, BBC Two
This reboot emphasises the darker aspects of detective Jim Bergerac\u2019s character. As the endgame approaches, Bergerac seems to have the measure of Pippa Haywood\u2019s Margaret. But there\u2019s a danger that his emotional investment in catching Cate\u2019s killer might blow him off course. Phil Harrison<\/p>\n

Frank Skinner: 30 Years of Dirt<\/p>\n

9pm, Sky One
A welcome return to the warm bosom of the standup special for the one-time national treasure. Skinner riffs on pensioner-age concerns, including the appearance of his long-term partner (\u201cShe doesn\u2019t even have laughter lines!\u201d), Harold Shipman and landlines. Priya Elan<\/p>\n

Grimsburg<\/p>\n

10pm, Sky One<\/p>\n

A homage to American teen fiction \u2026 Grimsburg. Photograph: Fox\/2025 by Fox Media Inc.<\/p>\n

More adult animated fun from hapless detective Marvin Flute (voiced by Jon Hamm) whose titular town has become ever more comically crime-ridden. This time, a homage to a particular genre of American teen fiction as Flute visits a summer camp where a slasher is leaving a trail of bloody destruction. PH<\/p>\n

Ann Droid<\/p>\n

10.40pm, BBC One
Robots go camping \u2013 what could possibly go wrong? Diane Morgan\u2019s comedy drama about a widow and her carer robot just gets funnier and more poignant as Sue (Sue Johnston) and Linda (Morgan) stay at a campsite. But as the series heads to its end, so too does the question of Linda\u2019s future. HR<\/p>\n

Film choice<\/p>\n

Hamnet (Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, 2025), 8.10am, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n

Married to the Bard \u2026 Jessie Buckley as Agnes in Hamnet. Photograph: Agata Grzybowska\/Focus Features<\/p>\n

From a Roman muscle man in Gladiator II to William Shakespeare, Paul Mescal has certainly been showing his range of late. But in Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s version of Maggie O\u2019Farrell\u2019s superb novel, he has to play second fiddle to Jessie Buckley<\/a>. It\u2019s her Oscar-winning turn as Agnes \u2013 the Bard\u2019s unsung wife \u2013 that gives the drama its gut-wrenching power. Agnes is the heart to Will\u2019s brain, more attuned to the mysteries of the natural world, and aware that his genius will take him away from her. But their differing reactions to a family tragedy push them further apart \u2026 Hamnet is a difficult book to adapt, its potency coming from its unarticulated emotions, but Zhao has pulled it off brilliantly. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n

On Falling (Laura Carreira, 2024), 11.05pm, BBC Two
Portuguese immigrant Aurora (Joana Santos) works as a \u201cpicker\u201d in an Amazon-style warehouse in Scotland. It\u2019s a monotonous but time-sensitive job that has reduced her to a zombie-like state; she\u2019s too tired and poor to enjoy her free time and struggles to connect with her mostly foreign colleagues and flatmates. And when her phone needs a costly repair, that\u2019s all it takes to tip her over the edge. Laura Carreira\u2019s debut feature is heart-breaking social realism with a Ken Loach feel, but where he rails at capitalism\u2019s evils, Carreira sees bureaucratic indifference. SW<\/p>\n

Live sport<\/p>\n

Championship football: Wolves v Blackburn, 7.15pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The opening match of the season at Molineux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He Had It Coming 11.15pm, BBC ThreeLydia West stars in this offbeat Australian comedy-drama about a murder on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-568533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}