Unforgotten, Big Boys, and Amandaland

Unforgotten, Big Boys, and Amandaland

Author: Empire Magazine February 3, 2025 Duration: 1:21:57
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We have a trio of brilliant British shows for you this week as Chris Lang’s Unforgotten reunites Sunny with his famous backpack for its sixth series on ITV (52:22), Jack Rooke’s Big Boys gets a last hurrah as its third and final series hits Channel 4 (59:40), and Lucy Punch starring Motherland spinoff Amandaland makes its debut on BBC1 (1:07:26). Plus we take a deep dive look at this week’s Next On Netflix presentation and Ben Travis gets called at home to answer for his ridiculous question.

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