Long-awaited UK returns
Remember: 25 years ago, Gaz and his unemployed buddies decided to jiggle and strip naked to clear their minds when England was hit hard by the crisis in the steel industry. Since then, the world has changed a lot and the happy lads of the Monty gang finally find their audience… but what has become of them in the meantime?
In The Full Monty: the series, we thus learn that Gaz, still played by Robert Carlyle, is a grandfather, but has not lost his good habits. For his part, Dave (Mark Addy) is still married to Jean (Lesley Sharp) and Lomper, Dennis, Gerald and Horse are doing the best they can for their old age. But now, the younger generation promises to give a hard time to their unwavering friendship. Note also that the screenwriter of the 1997 film, Simon Beaufoy, co-signed this new version.
another fic made in UK has been making viewers impatient since the release of the last episodes in 2019. black-mirror, Charlie Brooker’s darkly satirical and dystopian anthology series, is making a resounding return to Netflix in an unpredictable and surprising sixth season. If only a few images have leaked so far, we already know that the cast is impressive, with dozens of Hollywood actors like Salma Hayek (Frida), Michael Cera (Juno), Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor), Zazie Beetz (Joker), Kate Mara (House of Cards) or even Rory Culkin (Swarm). Paranoia, streamingpaparazzi, blackmail, Scottish landscapes and high technology are among the ingredients of the new episodes of black-mirror.
The Full Monty: the series
Disney+, from June 14
Black Mirror, season 6
Netflix, from June 15
The story of a betrayal
With the approach of the Canadian Grand Prix, disputed on the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit, Crave is interested in the driver who gave his name to the famous track as well as his best enemy, the Frenchman Didier Pironi. To the rhythm of archive images, the documentary Villeneuve-Pironi rekindles the rivalry between the two men, or rather sheds light on a tumultuous relationship between Scuderia Ferrari teammates, seen from the inside.
To do this, filmmaker Torquil Jones (14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible) hands out his microphone to those — Joann, Mélanie and Jacques Villeneuve, Catherine Goux, Alain Prost, Sir Jackie Stewart, among others — who rubbed shoulders with them as they reached the heights together. But everything came to an end during the dramatic 1982 Formula 1 season, where the baseness, accidents and tragic death of Gilles Villeneuve followed one another.
Villeneuve-Pironi
Crave, from June 12
Laughing to defuse the process of procreation
Also note the broadcast of the excellent Canadian radio web series At all costsadapted from How to Buy a Baby from CBC Gem by Julie Hogue (eye of the storm), which follows the adventures of a couple in their assisted procreation process. Mickael Gouin (Squad 99) and Pascale Renaud-Hébert (Can you hear me ?) are thus Charles and Laurence, who love each other very much and do not manage to have children in a natural way.
Of course, they are not immune to medical constraints, multiple appointments at the fertility clinic, hormone variations and comments not always about their loved ones… Between two hilarious and acerbic lines, At all costs playfully shows the ups and downs of a process that ultimately requires a great deal of patience, courage and perseverance.
At all costs
Véro.tv from ICI Tou.tv Extra, from June 16
Hidden treasures
Bernard Lafrenière’s documentary series (The birth unit) highlights the hard work of a few pickers who cross Canada in search of precious food. Through encounters, trials and ecological gestures, we discover, in the aptly named the pickersthe multiple facets of this hidden profession, as well as the specific characteristics of these mushrooms, fruits, wild plants and other algae that turn these professionals upside down.
We remember, for example, the breathtaking episode devoted to the green sea urchins of the Bas-Saint-Laurent, in which we follow Joseph Roy and Anthony Jean, passionate fishermen-divers who exercise daily against winds and tides; or the one that takes us to the east coast of Newfoundland, with its grandiose landscapes, in search of junipers in the company of the nomad Baptiste Gissinger and Ushuia, his Bengal cat.
the pickers
Unis TV, Thursday, 9:30 p.m., starting June 15
Two French series to remember
Télé-Québec has selected two dramas from across the Atlantic for its summer programming. The first one, Orders, was created, written and directed by comedian Florence Foresti, who also plays the leading role. Florence Foresti is therefore Florence Foresti, a woman almost like the others: single mother in joint custody, artist out of inspiration, big anxious and big mouth, but also celebrity known and recognized by all. With her friends Béatrice (Béatrice Facquer), Manue (Laetitia Vercken) and Julia (Anouk Feral), they make the 400 blows and chain dirty jokes as soon as their offspring are not around… If the series sometimes seems to use clichés to the hilt, the spirit of Florence Foresti remains no less entertaining.
In Seventh heaven, by ClémenceAzincourt, we meet Jacques (Féodor Atkine), a grumpy senior who thinks he is definitely condemned when his daughter places him in a residence for the elderly. Since life always has many surprises in store, he will actually fall under the spell of his roommate Rose (Sylvie Granotier), with whom he rediscovers desire and physical pleasure. A truly original and well-crafted comedy!
Orders
Télé-Québec, Saturday, 8 p.m., starting June 10
Seventh heaven
Télé-Québec, Saturday, 8:30 p.m., starting June 10