For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by James JacksonStar Trek: PicardAmazon Prime VideoThis is the show Star Trek fans thought they would never see. Captain Jean-Luc Picard back on screen in new episodes of the iconic sci-fi franchise 25 years after the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation. But, of course, it’s a far different Picard who is at the heart of this Amazon series. Sir Patrick Stewart, the actor who so memorably embodied the captain of the Starship Enterprise for seven seasons in TV’s TNG — and in a trio of Star Trek films — is 79 and won’t be fighting bad guys anymore. It’s the end of the 24th century and we find…

Source: The Times January 24, 2020 00:00 UTC