Adam Lundgren in 'Hostage'. Photo: Channel4 Faye Dunaway pictured with her Oscar. Photo: HBO Our Lives: Two Sisters, One Goal.
(l-r) Chris Coleman, Ashley Williams, Emma Rees, Katy Yeandle, Nathan Dyer, Sol Campbell. Photo: BBC Nick Cave: This Much I Know To Be True. Photo: Bad Seed/Sky As we catch up on other shows now the Olympics is over, there are plenty of options for everyone to choose from whether you’re a music aficionado, crime fan or history buff.
HOSTAGE More4, 9pm & 10pm This six-part Swedish suspense thriller is a follow-up to Stockholm Requiem (shown in 2018 and streaming on channel4.com ) that reunites former detective partners Fredrika Bergman (Liv Mjones) and Alex Recht (Jonas Karlsson). A flight en route to San Francisco is hijacked by terrorists demanding that a Syrian academic the Americans want extradited be released, and a secret file turned over to them.
There’s a complication: the co-pilot happens to be Recht’s estranged son. Our Lives: Two Sisters, One Goal. (l-r) Chris Coleman, Ashley Williams, Emma Rees, Katy Yeandle, Nathan Dyer, Sol Campbell.
Photo: BBC OUR LIVES: TWO SISTERS, ONE GOAL BBC1, 7.30pm This week’s short documentary tells the story of Welsh sisters who want to organise an all-star charity football match, despite having no venue, no celebrity contacts and no knowledge of football. Easy-peasy, so.
BBC PROMS: MODERN MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS BBC4, 8pm Don’t expect any John Williams or John Barry classic scores here. The emphasis is on n.