Stuff To Watch This Week (Apr 4-10, 2022)

Sunny Side Up

Bye-bye, Kin! Hello, Sunny Side Up — Mediacorp’s latest long-form drama examining social issues told from the perspectives of a diverse group of unconventional families. The ensemble includes Gurmit Singh, Gina Tan, Wang Yuqing, Chen Xiuhuan, Najip Ali, Siti Hajar, Salif Hardie, Yuslina Yussof, Chen Tianwen and Sivakumar Palakrishnan.

Watch it on: meWATCH& Channel 5, Mon, 7.30pm

Dishing with Chris

Christopher Lee relives his kampong childhood on this chat show-cum-cooking show, filmed on Pulau Ubin where he shares tales of yesteryear with guests over a hearty home-cooked meal. Chris meets Mark Lee and Li Nanxing this week, and Rebecca Lim and Chen Hanwei, the next.

Watch it on: meWATCH & Channel 8, Mon, 8pm

Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle, Series 8

Ben Fogle is back to meet more (white?) folks who have given up modern living to pursue an off-the-grid existence in remote parts of the world.

Watch it on: BBC Earth (Singtel TV Ch 203, StarHub Ch 407), 9.55pm Mon; BBC Player

Photo: BBC Studios

Speakeasy

The Malaysian stand-up and Crazy Rich Asians alum’s second Netflix special — filmed at New York’s City’s Chinese Tuxedo bar and restaurant — sees him going ballistic over “online critics, gratitude for nerds, bewilderment with irrational skeptics and unique cure for racism.”

Watch it on: Netflix, Tue

Photos: TPG News/Click Photos, Netflix

Death on the Nile

The star-studded Agatha Christie whodunit arrives on Disney+ but expect some of its widescreen opulence diminished. Kenneth Branagh reprises the role of Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot (with his Wi-Fi blocking moustache), this time investigating a honeymoon gone awry in Egypt.

Watch it on: Disney+, Wed

Photos: TPG News/Click Photos

Tokyo Vice

Eight-part true-crime drama — executive produced by Michael Mann (who also directed the pilot, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Destin Daniel Cretton handling the rest — about the Yakuza as seen through the eyes of a gaijin, an American expat reporter (West Side Story’s Ansel Elgort). Based on Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir, this series launches with three episodes. Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi and Tomohisa Yamashita co-star.

Watch it on: HBO Go, Thur

Photo: HBO Go

All the Old Knives

Business meets pleasure when two CIA agents and former lovers (Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton) reunite at a beach town where they are haunted by a past mission. Based on Olen Steinhauer’s book, this thriller also stars Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce.