City on Fire (Apple TV+)Turkey: Empire of Erdogan (BBC Two) | iPlayerKids (Channel 4) | All 4Mulligan (Netflix)Sometimes there’s no stopping the DNA from past fictional characters seeping into the present. City on Fire opens with Sam being shot in Central Park on the Fourth of July. The anti-establishment fires and explosions echo the Bonfire of the Vanities theme of uptown/downtown NYC worlds colliding. Bafta-winning Paddy Wivell’s three-part docuseries Kids (Channel 4) – an absorbing look at young people in the care of Coventry children’s services and their families – manages it. Star ratings (out of five)City on Fire ★★★Turkey: Empire of Erdogan ★★★★Kids ★★★★Mulligan ★★★What else I’m watchingMad Women(Channel 4)Who recalls Nick Kamen taking off his Levi’s to give them a wash in a launderette?

Source: The Guardian May 14, 2023 19:28 UTC