British Comedy 'Big Boys' Earns Double BAFTA Win; TV Picks

This Tuesday's television schedule features a variety of new and returning shows across Israeli channels. Kan 11 will air "Taboo" at 9:30 PM, while Reshet 13 presents "The Promised Land" at 9:15 PM.

Keshet 12 is launching a new season of "The Kitchen VIP" at 9:30 PM. This celebrity version of the cooking competition, judged by Haim Cohen and Ruti Brodo, sees pairs of contestants host each other in their homes. The show evaluates not only the food but also the hospitality, teamwork, and dynamics within the pairs. This season's participants include Gia Bar Giorvis and her director husband Yogev Yiftah, Rami Kleinstein and his wife Alex, Avri Gilad and choreographer Nofar Ilon, Michal Hakatanah and Yehuda Bohbot, and Judy Shalom Nir Mozes with Itai Turgeman.

Hot 8 will broadcast "The Hand" at 9:15 PM, with additional showings on Yes Docu and Partner TV at 10:00 PM. The documentary follows Aria Ahtanalooma from Finland, who in 2017 lost all four limbs due to a severe blood infection. Seven years later, she became the first person in Finland to undergo a rare hand transplant. Director Kati Luokkanen documented her four-year journey, from awaiting a donor to adapting to her new hand. The film also features surgeon Jorma Rehnan and his team at Helsinki University Hospital, exploring the medical and emotional costs of such a transplant and the integration of a donor's limb into a recipient's identity.

Cellcom TV is adding the first two seasons of the British Channel 4 comedy-drama "Big Boys," created by and starring Jack Rooke. The series, based on Rooke's life and stage shows, follows Jack, a shy 19-year-old navigating university life, grief, and his identity as a gay man, while forming an unexpected friendship with his older, boisterous roommate Danny. Rooke won a BAFTA for Best Comedy Screenplay for the second season in 2024 and again for the third season in 2026. All twelve episodes of the first two seasons are available.

Netflix is releasing the third season of the Japanese dating reality show "Love Village," featuring singles aged 35-60 seeking love. Set this season near Mount Fuji, the participants live together in an old red house, renovating it and living a semi-independent life. The show focuses on candid conversations about life, love, and relationships, eschewing manufactured drama. The first eight episodes are available, with four new episodes added weekly until the finale on November 3rd.

Additional programming includes "MobLand" and "Line of Fire" on various VOD platforms, "Saturday Night Live" with host Dakota Johnson and musical guest Turnstile on Yes VOD, Sting TV, and Partner TV, and the films "All in the Family" and "The Promised Land" on Cellcom TV.