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Best new TV to watch in September

Including Dr Death, Sex Education and The Cleaner
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Best new TV to watch in September

Including Dr Death, Sex Education and The Cleaner

Featuring shows about pyramid schemes, whaling expeditions and racing drivers, and with performances from Stephen Graham, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Graham, Jennifer Aniston, Snoop Dogg, Christian Slater, and, um, Stephen Graham, there's plenty to enjoy on your small screens in September. Especially if you like Stephen Graham …

Code 404

The aforementioned Stephen Graham crops up for the first of his three appearances on this list with the second batch of his comedy-drama alongside Daniel Mays as a pair of coppers, one of whom was technically dead in a shoot-out before being 'reconstructed'.
Sky Comedy, Wednesday 1 September.

Landmark

If you feel that what Britain needs is a brand new landmark of public art, then this show might tickle a fancy. Six regions across the UK fight for their artist to win the bid with famous folk from those areas helping find a winner. Denise Mina, Charlotte Church and Benjamin Zephaniah are among those involved.
Sky Arts, Monday 6 September.

The Scotts

Those Burnistoun boys Iain Connell and Rab Florence are back with a sitcom about a family, with the tagline 'blood is thicker than water and no one is thicker than the Scotts'.
BBC One Scotland, Monday 6 September.

Grenfell

The Grenfell Tower block blaze in 2017 was a national disaster that opened up a whole host of questions about why such a thing could have happened. This documentary tackles the mistakes along the way and how it has effected survivors and the grieving.
Channel 4, Wednesday 8 September.

Doogie Kameāloha MD

Do you remember 80s/90s show Doogie Howser, MD? Well, this is the 21st century reboot featuring Peyton Elizabeth Lee as a wunderkind who is juggling her high school life with the beginnings of a promising medical career.
Disney+, Wednesday 8 September.

The North Water

Appearance number two for the chameleon-like Stephen Graham as he shows up in an all-star cast alongside Colin Farrell, Jack O'Connell and Peter Mullan in this adaptation of a 2016 novel about the crew members on an 1850s Arctic whaling expedition.
BBC Two, Friday 10 September.

The Cleaner

Greg Davies writes and stars in this comedy series about a crime-scene cleaner and the people he has to deal with on a daily basis. David Mitchell, Helena Bonham Carter and Ruth Madeley are among those joining in on the fun.
BBC One, Friday 10 September.

LuLaRich

A notorious pyramid scheme is put under the microscope in this documentary series about a clothing company that destroyed many lives on their way to selling crateloads of leggings.
Amazon Prime, Friday 10 September.

Wolfe

Babou Ceesay plays Wolfe Kinteh, a forensics professor who sometimes bends a rule here and there in order to capture the baddies. Paul Abbott (Shameless, No Offence) is the man behind this one.
Sky Max, Friday 10 September.

Dr Death

Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater and Joshua Jackson star in this drama series based on a hugely successful podcast about massively horrid medical professionals.
STARZPLAY, Sunday 12 September.

British As Folk

Three comedians hit the road to see what the heck is going on across this so-called United Kingdom, uncovering traditions and maybe debunking stereotypes along the way. Fern Brady, Darren Harriott and Ivo Graham comprise our trio of wags
Dave, Monday 13 September.

Look Away

This documentary takes a look at the dark side of rock music, with women who were groomed in their early teenage years opening up for the first time about their experiences of statutory rape.
Sky Docs, Monday 13 September.

Schumacher

It's been 30 years since Michael Schumacher became a Formula One driver, and this documentary reflects on the highs and lows of his career, the lowest of which has to be the skiing accident in 2013 which left him in an induced coma that he has subsequently emerged from.
Netflix, Wednesday 15 September.

Help

Stephen Graham completes his hat-trick with the Liverpool-set Help which is less jolly and Beatlesy than it sounds. Graham plays a man experiencing early onset Alzheimer's with Jodie Comer as a nurse while Covid starts to impact on the care-home system.
Channel 4, Thursday 16 September.

The Morning Show

One of Apple TV+'s biggest hits to date returns with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon back as co-hosts of a cable-news talk show which is dealing with the fall-out after a #MeToo scandal.
Apple TV+, Friday 17 September.

Sex Education

Joy will be untrammelled when the third season of Laurie Nunn's sex-tips comedy-drama returns featuring the regular likes of Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, and Emma Mackey while new cast members Jemima Kirke and Jason Isaacs are hopping aboard.
Netflix, Friday 17 September.

Chicago Party Aunt

Another new adult animation on the 'flix, with this one inspired by a parody Twitter account of a hard-partying middle-aged woman who spouts forth about everything from baked potato soup to the sexual habits of famous men.
Netflix, Friday 17 September.

Mr Mayor

Tina Fey returns to the sitcom fold with this co-written comedy featuring Ted Danson as a wealthy businessman running to be mayor of LA with Holly Hunter as his able deputy.
Sky Comedy, Friday 24 September.

The Inner Circle

Sweden gets political with this Walter Presents show about a low-level cabinet minister who is set to be promoted almost to the very top. But there are nefarious types out there hoping to get their claws into him.
All 4, Friday 24 September.

BMF

50 Cent moves into the TV production universe for this series about a black Mafia family (hence the title) in 1980s Detroit starring Snoop Dogg, Ajiona Alexus and Russell Hornsby with Eminem rolling up for a cameo.
STARZPLAY, Sunday 26 September.

Check our coverage throughout September for reviews of many of these shows.

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