Catch-up and download: From Chicken Shop Date to Making Ophrah (original) (raw)

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Chicken Shop Date “This is so awkward, I just feel really awkward,” says actor-turned-singer Raleigh Ritchie as he sits down for wings, chips and an invasive chat about his personal life with presenter Amelia Dimoldenberg. The Londoner’s dry sense of humour and inquisitive interview style is enough to leave anyone a little on edge – and herein lies the charm of this irreverent webseries, which has featured “dates” with People Just Do Nothing’s Chabuddy G and hip-hopper Fuse ODG among others.
Available now

BBC3

A Dot’s Story Of Grime UK grime has risen and risen in recent years to become one of the nation’s most successful musical genres. Pioneered by the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Kano and Boy Better Know, and continued by a new generation that includes Stormzy, Novelist and AJ Tracey, today grime ranges from pirate radio-ish tracks with dark, drum-heavy instrumentals to chart-ready hits, but generally sticks around that recognisable 140bpm. This new doc – part of the BBC’s Black And British season – gets into its nuts and bolts, with 1Xtra’s A Dot organising a grime clash with backing from the likes of Lord Of The Mic founder and BBK member Jammer.
Available from Monday 21 Nov

BBC iPlayer

Bird On A Wire

Photograph: K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns

Just when it seemed that we couldn’t possibly lose any more musical greats before the end of 2016, on 7 November the world said so long to Leonard Cohen. Although the Canadian singer, songwriter and poet’s most known work will likely remain Hallelujah – which he wrote and rewrote for five long years – he also gave the world 14 studio albums, ranging from acoustic folk to 80s electronica. This long-lost documentary, unearthed and remastered by its creator Tony Palmer back in 2010, is a candid, moving account of Cohen’s life on the road back in the early 70s. Following its recent BBC4 airing, you’ll find it on iPlayer for a few weeks.
Available until 11 Dec

Netflix

3% Netflix’s first Brazilian original is a futuristic thriller seeking to conflate The Hunger Games’s YA dystopianism and Westworld’s “what is actually going on here?” water-cooler buzz. All but 97% of the population live destitute on the mainland, while the supposed cream of society are permitted to live offshore on an island, enjoying “luxuries” such as food, healthcare and showering facilities. This 3% is determined through rigorous testing: imagine Myers-Briggs, only with results that are more RIP than ENTP. Arriving into an admittedly crowded near-future TV marketplace, it nonetheless looks intriguing.
Available from Friday 25 Nov

Podcast

Making Oprah Marking 30 years since The Oprah Winfrey Show burst on to US screens, this three-part podcast from Chicago’s WBEZ tells the story of a media icon. Despite her deprived upbringing, Oprah went on to create her own distinctively confessional talkshow style and construct a media empire. But just how did she surpass the challenges she faced along the way? Tune in to find out, with the woman herself among the many talking heads.
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