{"id":460965,"date":"2026-04-30T06:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/460965\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T06:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:47:11","slug":"tv-tonight-a-slick-police-thriller-for-line-of-duty-fans-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/460965\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: a slick police thriller for Line of Duty fans | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prisoner<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>9pm, Sky Atlantic<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>A lean, Line of Duty-esque police drama finds a fresh-out-of-idyllic-maternity-leave prison officer Amber (Big Boys\u2019 Izuka Hoyle) on her way to pick up Tibor Stone (The Serpent\u2019s Tahar Rahim). He plays a prisoner so dangerous he can\u2019t even be trusted with his own insulin pump. Despite his heinous crimes, the police need his testimony to bring down an organised crime syndicate. Sleek storytelling, plus Eddie Marsan playing against type \u2013 what\u2019s not to love? Priya Elan<\/p>\n<p>Saint-Pierre<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>8pm, U&amp;Alibi<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>This occasionally bilingual, always far-fetched Canadian procedural boasts one big asset: its stunning east-coast scenery. A Bastille Day killing sees Arch (Death in Paradise\u2019s Jos\u00e9phine Jobert) and Fitz (Allan Hawco) drawn into a world of mob rivalries that may have you asking: mais que se passe-t-il donc? Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n<p>Taskmaster<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>9pm, Channel 4<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>Our five comedians try their best to make something boring exciting: Joanna Page smashes a sheep; Amy Gledhill creates a \u201csexy plank lady\u201d; and Kumail Nanjiani invents a dish named \u201cRacial Harmony\u201d that combines a kebab with strawberry jam. (Greg Davies: \u201cI didn\u2019t think I\u2019d say this, but racial harmony makes me feel sick.\u201d) Ali Catterall<\/p>\n<p>The Traitors India<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>9pm, BBC Three<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Camp flair \u2026 host Karan Johar in The Traitors India.  Photograph: BBC\/All3Media<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Indian gameshow remake takes place in a \u201cfancy, mysterious palace\u201d, with 20 contestants marshalled with camp flair by host Karan Johar. In this opening triple bill, the more grandiose style of the show permeates to the participants, whose accusations are much more flamboyantly confrontational than in the UK version. Lucinda Everett<\/p>\n<p>Big Mood<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>10pm, Channel 4<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>Camilla Whitehill\u2019s dark comedy about mental illness has leaned further into its kooky side for series two, but has it lightened the mood too much? This final double-header sees Maggie (Nicola Coughlan) try to save Eddie (Lydia West) from cultish-guru Whitney, before a flashback-heavy trip to 2010. HJD<\/p>\n<p>The Miniature Wife<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>10pm, Sky Atlantic<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>The tricksy US comedy drama continues to waste the talents of Matthew Macfadyen as beleaguered scientist Les. While he deals with a new boss at work, his unfortunately shrunken wife, Lindy (Elizabeth Banks), has two visitors to her doll\u2019s house: a human, who is welcome, and a fly, which engages her in a fight to the death. Jack Seale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prisoner 9pm, Sky AtlanticA lean, Line of Duty-esque police drama finds a fresh-out-of-idyllic-maternity-leave prison officer Amber (Big Boys\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-460965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116492320666118306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}