“Musical performers are athletes,” warns Samantha Barks, currently starring as Elsa in Frozen the Musical.
This week’s mission – auditioning for The Lion King in the West End – is a gruelling proposition. Hollie Richardson Rob & Romesh vs the West End 9pm, Sky Max Cue an unravelling of twists and revelations that see him convicted, with imagined flashbacks to life before the incident to illustrate what the Petersons’ relationship might have been like. It quickly becomes a murder case, with Peterson the only suspect. The opener follows family man Michael Peterson immediately after he has called 911 to report finding his wife Kathleen’s dead body at the bottom of their staircase. After the hit Netflix documentary series of the same name about the 2001 death of an author’s wife, can this eight-part dramatisation add anything else to the well-trodden true-crime story? With Colin Firth and Toni Collette starring, it’s worth tuning in to find out.
