For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by Joe ClayGood OmensBBC Two, 9pmThe six-part bells-and-whistles adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s and Neil Gaiman’s 1990 fantasy novel, is quite something, although it had mixed reactions after its premiere on Amazon Prime Video last May. As the tale of an angel-demon odd couple — the cherubic Aziraphale and the rock-starrish Crowley pooling resources to stop the Apocalypse — it’s a nerd’s paradise. Michael Sheen and David Tennant play the immortal leads, Benedict Cumberbatch is the voice of Satan and his fellow Sherlock star Sian Brooke (Eurus Holmes) is the mother of the young Antichrist destined to bring the end of the world. Mixing up the ontological with the everyday makes for a predictably…

Source: The Times January 14, 2020 23:59 UTC