Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s creepy anthology returns for a final time. Plus: a dangerous nuclear game in Secrets and Spies. Here’s what to watch today
10pm, BBC TwoSome starry guests join Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton to kick off the ninth and final series of their treacle-black comedy anthology. Mark Bonnar, Siobhan Finneran, Susan Wokoma and Charlie Cooper play a motley crew of passengers who are forced to take sides when their train breaks down and a woman’s handbag is stolen – but will they choose the “right” one? Hollie Richardson
Episode one was really solid. One of the better episodes of the second half of the show. Pulls on all sorts of threads regarding class, social justice, and soft authoritarianism.
I’ve just binged most of the series in the past month or so after learning about it as a result of Steve Pemberton’s appearance on Taskmaster. I think it’s absolutely brilliant, although somewhat uneven. The episodes that hit are just superb, and even the ones that aren’t perfectly executed still tend to contain some interesting ideas.
