The week in TV: America’s New Female Right; Slow Horses; The Perfect Couple; Funny Woman – review

The week in TV: America’s New Female Right; Slow Horses; The Perfect Couple; Funny Woman – review

The BBC’s scattergun study of ‘tradwives’ fails to identify their motivation; Jackson Lamb is back and kicking up a stink; Nicole Kidman excels in ice queen mode; and Gemma Arterton returns as Britain’s answer to Mrs Maisel

America’s New Female Right (BBC Three) | iPlayer
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
The Perfect Couple (Netflix)
Funny Woman (Sky Max/Now)

For a movement built on female ultra-modesty and subservience, “tradwife” has a strong look. Stateside, that look involves flowing mermaid locks, 1970s TV anchor-woman styling and makeup spread as thick as buttercream. The effect is churchgoing Barbie dolls with a dash of Stepford wife.

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