What To Watch W/C Monday 3rd August

This week’s What to Watch is short and sweet…

With Mo Gilligan’s eye-opening food experiment and Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s haunting new thriller to the return of Celebrity Hunted and a new BBC murder mystery, here’s what to add to your watchlist this week.

Celebrity Hunted – Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th August @ 9pm | Channel 4

Twelve Brits are given a chance to do their best at evading some of the most skilled intelligence agencies in the world to see how difficult it is to stay off the radar as a fugitive. Each pair of celebrities must go on the run and vanish into mainland Britain, cutting themselves off from the lives – and the fame – they’ve always relied upon. For 14 relentless days they must stay hidden, think fast and trust no one because the moment they leave a trail, the hunt is on.

The celebrities on the run in aid of Stand Up To Cancer include: reality star and content creator Toby Aromolaran and presenters Scarlette and Stuart Douglas.

Big Chicken A Fast Food Conspiracy – Wednesday 5th August | Netflix

In a bold 28-day experiment, comedian Mo Gilligan tours the UK and US on a fried chicken diet to uncover the impact of the craving — and industry behind it.

Starring Mo Gilligan.

Possession – Thursday 6th August @9pm – Sky Atlantic

Claudia, an ambitious young bi-racial lawyer who finds herself on a trip to Jamaica in a bid to challenge an inheritance claim filed by local resident Cudjoe East against wealthy white aristocrat Oliver Connaught.

However, her mission takes an unexpected turn when she discovers the contested estate is the Connaught family’s Jamaican former plantation, Hope Hill – the same ominous house that has been haunting her nightmares.

Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sheldon Shepherd, Nadean Rawlins, Olunike Adeliyi, Diveen Henry, Shantol Jackson, Jeff Crossley, Safina Simpson and more. Created by Karla Crome and directed by Storm Saulter.

He Had It Coming – Saturday 8th August | BBC iPlayer

Elise, an awkward British scholarship student who forms an unlikely alliance with fashion influencer Barbara . After a series of mishaps with men, both decide to take a stand. Barbara spearheads an activist art project in the dead of night, and while drunk the girls deface a statue of the university’s male founder in the university’s quadrangle.

When the girls wake to discover that the university’s star athlete has been murdered and displayed at the foot of their political statement, they must urgently erase all ties to the crime. With Detective Shepherd [Hewson] following the breadcrumbs they have been trying to sweep up, Barbara and Elise need to find the real culprit amid rising gender tensions on campus and a growing body count.

Starring Lydia West.