Happy Face, Gangs Of London, and Protection. With guest Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

Happy Face, Gangs Of London, and Protection. With guest Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

Author: Empire Magazine March 17, 2025 Duration: 1:43:24

Gangs Of London star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù is our guest on this week’s show (32:20) as we suit up for another instalment of bloody murder on the streets of the capital in Season 3 (1:20:55). Plus, we’re testing the boundaries of paternal relations in Happy Face on Paramount+ (1:12:59), in which Annaleigh Ashford stars as the daughter of Dennis Quaid’s serial killer, and going on the lam with Siobhan Finneran in protective custody thriller Protection on ITV (1:28:52).

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