PICK OF PAY TV AND MOVIES

NETFLIX NEW! Poldark

(Season 1) Like Colin Firth in Pride And Prejudice before him, Aidan Turner captured around half the nation’s attention when he stripped off for this adaptation of the 18th-century Cornwall novels. The second series is still running, on Sundays at 9pm on BBC1, and the less welloiled 1975 TV series can be purchased from the BBC Store. From Wednesday.

COMEDY Rick And Morty

(Season 1)

Quirky animated US comedy from Dan Harmon (Community) about a timetravelling scientist who’s like a boozy version of Back

To The Future’s Doc Brown.

DRAMA Freaks And Geeks

(All 18 episodes)

James Franco and Seth Rogen had early roles in this subtle – and controversially cancelled – US drama about misfit high-school students in 1980. Paul Feig (director of Bridesmaids) is its creator.

MOVIE Arq

(2016) 15 The inventor of a time machine is killed, then wakes up, then is killed again – until he can find a way out – in a lean, Groundhog Day-style thriller.

AMAZON PRIME DRAMA The Following

(All three seasons)

Kevin Bacon brings some movie star glamour to this thriller, in which his ex-FBI man takes on a charismatic serial killer (James Purefoy) who has a network of followers. Season one is the best – it gets sillier later on.

DRAMA Empire

(Seasons 1-2) Glossy US supersoap set in and around a family-run hip-hop label. Season three is showing on Tuesdays at 10pm on E4.

NEW! Good Girls Revolt

(Season 1)

Imagine a light-hearted Mad Men, told from the women’s perspective and set in a late-1960s newsroom, and you’ve got the gist of Amazon’s engaging new drama. Grace Gummer (daughter of Meryl Streep) plays one of the women who want to write, not just research for the men; Jim Belushi (left) is one of the oafs standing in their way. From Friday.

MOVIE Westworld

(1973) 15 The film looks cartoon-like next to the TV series version on Sky Atlantic (Tuesdays at 9pm). Still, Yul Brynner remains chilling as the robot who decides he’s had enough of being shot at by puny humans. Also available on Sky On Demand/Now TV.

SKY ON DEMAND/ NOW TV DRAMA The Borgias

(All three seasons)

Jeremy Irons plays the scheming Pope at the centre of this deliciously Machiavellian 15thcentury drama, which serves as a companion piece to the artsier and considerably more modern The Young Pope

(Thursday, 9pm, Sky Atlantic).

NEW! Stan Lee’s Lucky Man

(Season 1) James

Nesbitt stars as a man with a lucky bracelet in Sky’s misfiring but occasionally exciting superhero-style series set in London. From Monday.

LAST CHANCE Hawaii Five-0

(Seasons 1-5) This turbo-charged 21st-century remake of the 1970s classic has the jokey double act of Danno (an excellent Scott Caan, son of James) and Steve McGarrett at its heart. Until Thursday.

MOVIE Sense And Sensibility

(1995) U Surprising and delightful take on Austen’s classic, with a script from Emma Thompson. She also stars, with Kate Winslet; they’re the sisters hoping love will conquer all.

BEST OF THE REST NEW! Class

(BBC3 via iPlayer) The Doctor Who spin-off hits the ground running with a well-tuned double bill filled with action, humour and suspense. Coronation Street’s Katherine Kelly is a treat as an icy teacher (left) at a school where all is not as it seems. And is that the sound of the Tardis? From today, 10am.

FAMILY Rentaghost

(BBC

Store) The children’s classic is now available, along with The Adventure Game, Andy Pandy and many others.

PAY MOVIES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows

(2016) 12 (BT TV Store,

Sky Store, Virgin) A cast with sharp comic timing, including Will Arnett and Laura Linney, help to lift an all-action sequel in which the evil Shredder is at large once more.

The Boss

(2016) 15 (BT TV Store, Sky

Store, Virgin) Light comedy about a crude industry titan who tries to rebrand herself after a spell in prison. She’s played by Melissa McCarthy, who also co-writes; her husband is the director. Both from Monday.