The week in TV: The Beast Must Die; Before We Die; The Great British Photography Challenge; Breeders

Streaming service BritBox surprises with a gripping thriller, while Scandi noir goes to Bristol. Plus the kindness of Rankin and a superb exploration of Afrofuturism

The Beast Must Die (BritBox) | britbox.com
Before We Die (Channel 4) | channel4.com
The Great British Photography Challenge (BBC Four) | iPlayer
Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture (BBC Four) | iPlayer
Breeders (Sky One) | sky.com

BritBox can be seen a little unkindly as the Gibraltar of streaming services, or the Malta. A bit too keen to embrace expats, a touch overly wrapped in past glories, with somehow a dusty whiff of mid-70s custard creams down the back of the sofa; and no one-worldly sophisto really wants to go there unless there’s absolutely no option, as we’ve just seen with the recent government list of free-to-travel zones. It made a few headlines when it launched with a new Spitting Image, quickly and rightly forgotten, and hasn’t even attempted to engage with original programming since.

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