TV tonight: Ruth Madeley’s ambitious new drama about the end of the world

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TV tonight: Ruth Madeley’s ambitious new drama about the end of the world

The Guardian · 3 hours ago

Tonight's TV highlights are led by *The Rapture*, a new five-part BBC One drama starring Ruth Madeley as a therapist working with a teenager who claims her disturbing drawings predict real-world climate disasters, set against a backdrop of extreme heatwaves in Wales. The series, also featuring Ruth Jones, Iwan Rheon and Jack Farthing, is notable for its ambitious blend of climate anxiety, religious fervour and psychological drama, reflecting a broader trend of factual and fictional programming grappling with the climate crisis.

Elsewhere in the schedule, Andrew Lincoln narrates ITV1's new nature series *Force of Nature*, which documents extreme weather's impact on wildlife, including cheetahs in Kenya experiencing a month's rainfall in a single day. Other picks include conductor John Wilson's Proms performance on BBC Four, the penultimate episode of ITV1 thriller *The Dark*, Channel 4's *The Piano* from York station, Sky Crime's *The Idaho Murders* two-parter, and an ITV1 documentary on the 2006 transatlantic liquid bomb plot.

  • BBC One's *The Rapture* explores climate catastrophe and a girl who predicts disasters.
  • Andrew Lincoln narrates *Force of Nature*, showing climate change's toll on wildlife.
  • Other picks: the Proms, *The Dark*, *The Piano* and an Idaho Murders documentary.

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