This week’s What to Watch brings together hard-hitting documentaries, returning favourites, gripping new dramas and a little supernatural horror…
Including Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black returning for Season 3, Howard Charles, Deborah Ayorinde and Nicholas Pinnock entering the ring in Fightland, Eric Shango returning for Trigger Point, and Dark Matter returns for Season 2 with Dayo Okeniyi.
Untold: The Testimony Of Vince Young – Tuesday 25th August | Netflix
After delivering one of the greatest performances in Rose Bowl history, Texas Longhorns legend Vince Young was the NFL’s next big thing, and for a while, he was. But a career riddled by injuries, conflict and sudden loss tells a far more complicated story than the highlight reels ever showed.
Beauty In The Black: S3 – Thursday 27th August | Netflix
A stripper’s fate takes a turn when she crosses paths with the wealthy, dysfunctional family behind a cosmetics dynasty and a devious trafficking scheme. In S3 Chaos rocks the Bellarie empire as Horace’s wrath lands the family behind bars, Kimmie vies for power and hidden agendas lurk behind.
Cast includes: Crystle Stewart, Taylor Polodore, Debbie Morgan, Terrell Carter, Julian Horton, Ricco Ross, Charles Malik Whitfield, Richard lawson & more.
Fightland – Thursday 27th August | Sky Atlantic
A disgraced former heavyweight boxing champion returns to London seeking revenge against the crime family he believes destroyed him, plunging back into a dangerous world of money, power, and brutal ambition.
Cast includes: Howard Charles, Deborah Ayorinde, Nicholas Pinnock, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Charles Babalola, Tahirah Sharif, Richard People & more
The Front Room – Thursday 27th August | Netflix
A man takes his estranged stepmother into his home in exchange for a hefty inheritance, but she soon exerts something malevolent upon his pregnant wife.
Starring Brandy Norwood.
Dark Matter: Season 2 – Friday 28th August | Apple TV
After escaping an alternate version of his life, physicist Jason Dessen and his family finally find safety in a new world. But their peace is short-lived when an unimaginable threat forces the Dessens to run once again.
With Dayo Okenyi.
Trigger Point: Season 4 – Sunday 30th August @ 9pm | ITV
Lana and Counter Terrorism Command face their most dangerous threat yet when a wave of devastating bombings rocks London. As the team races to stop further attacks, dark secrets emerge and the investigation begins to unravel.
Cast includes: Eric Shango & Natalie Simpson.
Vigil: Season 3 – Sunday 30th August 2026 @ 9pm | BBC One
DCI Amy Silva and DI Kirsten Longacre’s new case takes them to a remote Arctic research station after a member of a covert British special forces mission has been shot dead.
Cast includes: Jordan Duvigneau & Shereen Cutkelvin.
Hamza: African Birds of Prey – Sunday 30th August @ 7pm | BBC One
Wildlife cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin journeys across Kenya in search of Africa’s spectacular and threatened birds of prey. From the Maasai Mara to the Rift Valley, he encounters eagles, owls and vultures while joining conservationists and local communities working to protect them. Facing habitat loss, poisoning and illegal wildlife trade, Hamza’s journey culminates in a mission to find a wild breeding pair of elusive African crowned eagles.
