Esquire this week put Jamie Dornan into its seven-show British TV roundup, using the actor’s thriller as one of the titles to watch right now. The headline promises a specific pick, but the text stops short of naming which thriller it means, so the recommendation lands as a broad pointer rather than a clean viewing guide.
Seven British shows this week
The roundup framed the week as a strong one for British TV and grouped seven recommendations into a single watchlist. That makes the Jamie Dornan entry part of a wider editorial push, not a standalone profile, which is why the missing title matters to anyone trying to queue up the right episode or series from the list.
Among the other picks, the second part of the second series of Rivals was airing, with Danny Dyer, Aidan Turner and David Tennant in the cast. The same list also pointed viewers toward Philomena Cunk, played by Diane Morgan, with Benedict Cumberbatch appearing in the mockumentary. For a reader deciding what to watch this week, the roundup is less a ranking than a shortcut through British TV’s current supply.
Janet Williams and Emma Murphy
Another title in the roundup was a documentary about sodium valproate, also known as Epilim, which said the drug was prescribed to pregnant women for decades despite known risks of severe birth defects and developmental disorders. It said the children of Janet Williams and Emma Murphy are among an estimated 20,000 affected, and that the children affected include people with autism, learning difficulties and spina bifida.
That same list also included a two-part documentary following the murder of Stuart Everett after a dismembered human torso was found in woods near Salford in 2024. It also noted that Ken Loach reflected on the impact of Cathy Come Home, the 1966 drama about a couple’s decline into homelessness and poverty, screened in full after a 15-minute interview with Ken Loach. The range tells you what the roundup is doing: bundling prestige drama, crime, documentary and satire into one week of viewing.
Which Jamie Dornan thriller
The complication is simple. The headline singles out a Jamie Dornan thriller, but the provided text does not name the thriller itself, so readers cannot identify it from the roundup alone. That leaves the article useful as a guide to the week’s British TV slate, but incomplete for anyone searching specifically for Dornan’s title.
For now, the clearest takeaway is practical: the roundup signals that Jamie Dornan is part of a seven-show British TV push worth checking, but the exact series still needs to be pinned down before it becomes a real viewing recommendation. Until that title is named, the list works as a broad route into British TV rather than a precise one-click answer.
