The 10 best TV shows to watch this week, from The Goop Lab to Curb Your Enthusiasm season 10 – inews

CultureTVThere's also Star Trek: Picard, Bring Back the Bush on Channel 4 and a documentary following Nigel Farage's Brexit campaign

Friday, 24th January 2020, 7:00 am

Star Trek: Picard

From Friday 24 January, Amazon Prime

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The Goop Lab

From Friday 24 January, Netflix

Providing yet more evidence that actress-turned-lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow is in on the Goop joke, this six-part documentary about the wellness brands research group is a rare insight into the controversial company. Taking on everything from contacting the dead to recalibrating their biological age, Paltrows troupe of guinea pigs are up for anything, making for a bizarre, fascinating show.

Keeler, Profumo, Ward and Me

Sunday 26 January, 10pm, BBC Two

As The Trial of Christine Keeler comes to an end, ex-journalist Tom Mangold who reported first-hand on the Profumo affair in 1963 presents this documentary on the scandal. Featuring previously unheard interview recordings with Keeler, the film provides evidence that she was pressured into giving evidence against Dr Stephen Ward, who introduced the young girl to thepolitician.

Bring Back The Bush: Where Did Our Pubic Hair Go?

Monday 27 January, 10pm, Channel 4

Chidera Eggerue, aka Twitters @theslumflower, presents this investigation into Britains lack of pubic hair. Eggerue herself takes on the shame often associated with having hair down there by growing out her own pubes and presenting them as part of a public exhibition all in the name of self-love, of course.

The Windermere Children

Monday 27 January, 9pm, BBC Two

A one-off drama about the group of children who arrived at Windermeres Calgarth Estate in the Lake District after surviving the Holocaust. Based on first-person testimonies from Jewish people who made a new life in the UK after the Second World War, it is a heart-breaking but ultimately hopeful watch as the children rebuild a family together.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Tuesday 28 January 9pm, Sky Comedy

The Sky channel launching on Monday brings Larry Davids miserable alter ego to the UK only a couple of weeks after it premiered in America. In the first episode, Larry begins 2020 by creating a new rival for himself Mocha Joe, who owns a coffee shop where the coffee is too cold and the scones are too soft. Nihilism at its most entertaining.

Young, Sikh and Proud

Tuesday 28 January, 10.35pm, BBC One

Jagraj Singh is often credited as the most popular Sikh leader in modern Britain, attracting young people to return to their faith before he died in 2017. This documentary follows his brother, the journalist Sunny Hundal, in his attempt to understand the allure of Singhs Sikhism and examine why the pair fell out over their different interpretations of the same religion.

Next In Fashion

From Wednesday 29 January, Netflix

Queer Eyes Tan France and model Alexa Chung present Netflixs first fashion competition. Competing for the chance to have their designs sold on luxury site Net-a-Porter and a cash prize of $250,000 (190,000), 10 designers from around the world take on various sartorial challenges. Guest judges include the designers Tommy Hilfiger and Christopher Kane, and the model Adriana Lima.

Farage: The Man Who Made Brexit

Wednesday 29 January, 9pm, Channel 4

Christian Trumble, the director who brought us Carry on Brussels, goes behind the scenes of Nigel Farages 2019 European election triumph, in which his Brexit Party won more votes than the Conservatives and Labour combined. In the months following, the controversial politician attempts to get soon-to-be PM Boris Johnson on side a dream that ends with tales of bullying, threats and phone calls from Donald Trump.

Auschwitz Untold: In Colour

Wednesday 29 January, 10.30pm, More 4

Almost 75 years to the day since the liberation of Auschwitz, 16 Holocaust survivors tell their stories alongside newly restored and colourised archive footage of the genocide. Among the contributors are a Roma resistance fighter and a Jewish artist, who tell their stories of survival with admirable bravery.

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The 10 best TV shows to watch this week, from The Goop Lab to Curb Your Enthusiasm season 10 - inews