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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 23 FEBRUARY 2020 13 LISTINGS TV & FILM TODAY Farmhouse Rules [Culinary Show] 7:50pm on Food Network (Channel 353) Nancy Fuller, a mother who runs a multimillion-dollar food distrib- utor with her husband, lives in an 18th-century farmhouse in New York's picturesque Hudson Valley. Fuller's farming lifestyle takes centre stage in this series that sees her gathering the best ingredients the land and her farming community have to offer to help her prepare classic, fresh meals for friends and family. The dishes Fuller prepares include lamb stew, roasted chicken, chilli and even mulled wine made from wine that Fuller picks up at a vineyard. MONDAY The Bobby and Damaris Show [Culinary Show] 7pm on Food Network (Channel 353) Bobby Flay played a significant role in the start of Damaris Phillips' Food Network career – he was one of the mentors on the ninth season of "Food Network Star," which she won. Since then, the two chefs have become friends as they share a passion for Southern food, cocktails and food trends. The chemistry they have together makes them an ideal choice to host a food-centric talk show. On the programme, Flay and Phillips cook together, test quirky food ideas and entertain friends TUESDAY Doctor Blake Mysteries S1 Ep.4: "Brotherly Love" [Drama Series] 8:45pm on Melita More (Channel 315) Blake is called to a prisoner on death row who is delirious. The prisoner, Sean McBride, confessed to a murder long ago and pleaded guilty. But in McBride's delirium, Blake hears him say he didn't do it. With a signed confession, and with McBride maintaining his guilt when he recovers, Blake faces a struggle to find proof and convince Lawson that McBride should not hang. Meanwhile, outside the prison in Ballarat, tensions run high about the rights and wrongs of capital punishment and Blake finds himself out of his depth. WEDNESDAY Abandoned Engineering [Documentary] 9pm on Discovery Science (Channel 402) Some of the world's most amaz- ing engineering projects now lie in ruins. How and why? These are the stories of the extraordinary people who originally designed them and of those whose inge- nuity and brilliance is now giving many spectacular new life. Every one of these extraordinary struc- tures tells a powerful and com- pelling story. This series looks at the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has seen. THURSDAY Mr Selfridge S1 Ep.4 [Drama Series] 8:45pm on Melita More (Channel 315) Harry wins a major publicity coup when prima ballerina Anna Pavlova agrees to visit the store. But Agnes' job comes under threat as Reg reaches breaking point and he crashes the special event, and things just get worse when a desperate Ellen invites herself along. One of Harry's closest employees is caught stealing, and a formidable new Head of Fashion arrives. Rose and Roddy's friendship hits a shocking low when she reveals her true identity. FRIDAY The Go-Between [Historical Drama] 9pm on BBC Entertainment (Channel 300) One of the most influential British novels of the 20th century, The Go-Between is a story of forbidden love, Edwardian strictures, betrayal and tragic naivety. Told from the perspective of Leo Colston, a callow 12-year-old middle-class boy, the story starts when he is invited by upper-class school friend Marcus Maudsley to stay at his elegant family home for the blazing hot summer of 1900. SATURDAY Incident at Loch Ness (2004) [Film] 9:25pm on AMC Channel (Channel 312) Believing that the Loch Ness monster is a figment of the collective psyche of the Scottish people, famed avant-garde film director Werner Herzog leads a crew to Scotland, accompanied by producer Zak Penn, to make a movie about the myth, and not the monster. However, Penn has also arranged for a second film production team, led by director John Bailey, to make a documentary about the renowned and sometimes difficult Herzog. While on a boat in the middle of the lake, something unexpected happens. What to watch this week Streaming picks Your guide to the best shows on streaming platforms Narcos: Mexico Netflix This continuation of "Narcos" explores the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots, star ting at a time when the Mexican traf ficking world was a loose, disorganised confederation of independent growers and dealers. It 's the 1980s, and Felix Gallardo takes the helm of the Guadalajara Car tel, unif ying traf fickers to build an empire. As DEA agent Kiki Camarena moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he learns his assignment is more challenging than he imagined. Hunters Amazon Prime "Hunters," a new Amazon series about vigilantes seeking to bring justice to Nazis hiding in 1970s America, is fixated in ways by which violence can be made weird. It features a vast conspiracy of Nazis embedded in the US government, one of whom enters the series by committing a gruesome mass killing. It goes on to depict the baroque ways a team led by Al Pacino's Meyer Offerman obtains revenge on their quarry, including force- feeding manure to a society matron as she pleads for mercy. The series was created by David Weil, premiered on February 21, 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. Hunters The Go-Between is a historical drama on BBC Entertainment at 9pm Narcos: Mexico

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