What to Watch this week: World Cup satire Twenty Twenty Six hits Britbox – and other winning new comedies
A horror-comedy with ghost clowns and Emerald Fennell’s much-discoursed “Wuthering Heights” are viewing options this week
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ShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountTwenty Twenty Six, Britbox and BBC FirstOpen this photo in gallery:Hugh Bonneville and Chelsey Crisp in Twenty Twenty Six.Jack Barnes/SuppliedIs it even possible to satirize the FIFA World Cup 2026™ after its president Gianni Infantino gave Donald Trump an international peace prize in a real-life scene that seemed straight out of Veep?British TV writer John Morton gives it a go in this new BBC half-hour mockumentary set in the Miami HQ of a completely different, of course, international soccer tournament being hosted this summer by Canada, Mexico and the United States.
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