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What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Friday

Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson

Domhnall Gleeson stars in mockumentary The Paper, David Mitchell and Robert Webb reunite in Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping, Gogglebox is back again, and The Brutalist lands on Sky . . .

Pick of the Day

The Paper, 9.00pm, Sky Max

Extremely promising spin-off from the US version of The Office, starring our own Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore, the Italian actress from The White Lotus.

The documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin heads to the Toledo Truth-Teller, a historic but declining Midwestern newspaper trying to resurrect itself with volunteer reporters.

Domhnall Gleeson arrives as new editor Ned Sampson, who promises to shake things up.

In episode two at 9.30pm, Ned slowly starts with his volunteer crew of reporters until Esmeralda forces an accelerated scramble for new stories.

New or Returning Shows

Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping, 10.00pm, Channel 4

They're back together again! Doubt this will be as much fun as Peep Show though.

Mad to think these guys have – on and off - been working together since they met at university back in the early 1990s.

This new series offers comedy sketches, written by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, with Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Stevie Martin, Lara Ricote and Krystal Evans.

Eighteenth-century housemates grapple with the latest in tech - the toilet; and there's foulmouthed family feuding in Sweary Aussie Drama.

Plus, an unhelpful therapist, a porn star who really does have a big spanner, and an evil villain with a flaw in his plan.

Gogglebox, 9.00pm, Channel 4

The long-running TV show about people watching TV returns as the armchair critics gather in front of their goggleboxes once more to give their thoughts on the week's programming highlights.

The great thing about this show is its simplicity. Once the Goggleboxers are animated, you're laughing.

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, 8.00pm, Channel 4

Following the return of the mother show, Jo Brand (above) and Tom Allen are joined by Jonathan Ross, and the first baker to leave the tent as they face the bakes brought along by the studio audience and enjoy viewers' baking fails.

New to Stream

Love Con Revenge, Netflix

Victims of romance scams try to reclaim their lives with help from The Tinder Swindler target Cecilie Fjellhøy and private investigator Brianne Joseph.

In the new series Love Con Revenge, Cecilie and Brianne look into real schemes on behalf of women and men who can’t find help through traditional avenues.

Queen Mantis, Netflix

South Korean mystery-thriller-police procedural television series about a woman who was imprisoned two decades ago for committing five murders.

Her son disowned her and is now a police officer who – wouldn't you know – specialises in capturing serial killers.

The story unfolds as someone begins committing a series of murders imitating her and the son is compelled to pay a visit to the ma.

Highest to Lowest, Apple TV+

Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for the fifth time in their long working relationship for a reinterpretation of the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller High and Low, now played out on the mean streets of modern-day New York City.

When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington), widely known as having the "best ears in the business," is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.

Don’t Miss

The Brutalist, 9.00pm, Sky Cinema Premiere

Director Brady Corbet's impressive drama, starring Adrien Brody (below, who won an Oscar), Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn, lands on Sky.

When a concentration camp survivor and architect flees Europe with his wife in 1947, their new lives in the US are changed by a strange client.

Here’s Harry Guerin’s review from when the film was released in cinemas last January.

Classic Thriller Soundtracks at the Proms, 8.00pm, BBC Four

Movie and music buffs will be all over this like a rash.

A night of thrills and suspense awaits as Alfred Hitchcock’s favourite composer – the late, great Bernard Herrmann – is celebrated at the Royal Albert Hall.

Highlights include the themes from Vertigo, Psycho and Taxi Driver, as well as Erich Korngold’s sumptuous cello concerto from superstar American Sterling Elliott.

Charismatic conductor Edwin Outwater leads the BBC Concert Orchestra, while Edith Bowman presents.

Ending Today

Here We Go, 8.00pm, BBC One

Season 3 finale of the sitcom starring Jim Howick, Katherine Parkinson and Alison Steadman.

Paul is going to be Atlas's godfather - but only if he gets himself baptised first.

Rachel gains a new personal trainer in the form of Dean's new girlfriend Katie, and Amy gets ready to take to the stage at the Bedford Battle of the Bands.

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