What’s on TV tonight: David Tennant and Michael Sheen take on the Antichrist in Good Omens – inews

CultureTVAlso Tom Kerridge encourages us to lose weight and get fit while true crime drama White House Farm continues

Wednesday, 15th January 2020, 6:02 am

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Neil Gaiman adapts the 1990 fantasy novel that he co-authored with Terry Pratchett, in which a fussy angel (Michael Sheen) and a hedonistic demon (David Tennant), millennia-old friends now accustomed to life on Earth, unite to prevent the coming of the Antichrist and therefore avert Armageddon. Shown on Amazon last year, this BBC co-production works best as a sort of divine buddy comedy, the enjoyable Sheen-Tennant double-act bolstered by a top-notch cast, including Anna Maxwell Martin as Beelzebub, Successions Brian Cox as the voice of Death, and Daniel Mays and Sian Brooke as the unsuspecting parents of the reluctant Antichrist.

Trust Me, Im A Doctor

Youve probably heard of ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, which has spawned an online industry of people whispering, scratching books, tapping on glass and other such supposedly soothing sounds. But do they actually (as claimed) help relieve stress and anxiety? Dr Alain Gregoire, whose splendid moustache is enough in itself to relieve stress, investigates with a group of volunteers and discovers a seemingly contradictory mix of lowered heart rates and increased skin arousal. Elsewhere, Dr Javid Abdelmoneim investigates over-the-counter cannabis-based health products.

Lose Weight And Get Fit With Tom Kerridge

In the first full week of the challenge the chef is back in Gloucester, where he grew up, to exercise and cook alongside his fitness gang. As team chef, he wants to get them calorie counting starting with window cleaning brothers-in-law Dan and Alex, who would normally begin their day with a big, calorific breakfast. Kerridge takes them instead on an early bike ride, before giving them a tasty breakfast muffin.

White House Farm

Freddie Fox continues his chilling turn as Jeremy Bamber, who in 1985 killed his adoptive parents, his half-sister and her two young sons at the eponymous Essex farmhouse. And while suspicion lies heavily on the mentally unstable Sheila committing a murder-suicide, Mark Addys DS Stan Jones is having doubts that a woman built like Twiggys thinner sister would have had the strength to carry out the attacks, much to the impatience of his aggressive superior (played by Stephen Graham).

Meat The Family

More from the four families who are challenging their meat-eating habits by caring for farm animals in their homes. Dawn, John and the boys have fallen in love with their pigs, but a vegetarian barbecue goes disastrously wrong. Meanwhile, there are new arrivals for Pam, Lou, Jade and Jazmyn, who are responsible for rearing two lambs. Will a trip to a farm during lambing season prompt Pam, a convinced carnivore, to challenge her long-held beliefs?

The Great Pottery Throw Down

Judge Keith Brymer Jones is reduced to tears again as the 11 remaining potters are tasked with hand-building an elaborate chess set, quite an endeavour with 32 individual pieces to craft, followed by throwing miniature vases at the wheel (as it were). Melanie Sykes is the new Sara Cox of the resurrected show.

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What's on TV tonight: David Tennant and Michael Sheen take on the Antichrist in Good Omens - inews