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DRAMA Poldark

BBC iPLAYER

It’s 1794 as series three begins, and Ross’s mine is doing rather well. Still, dark clouds linger over our flawed hero, and matters take a further twist when Demelza is summoned to her father’s deathbed.

The Handmaid’s Tale

ALL 4

The subject material can make it brutal to watch, but this adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel is executed with a stunning sense of style, and Elisabeth Moss continues to give a great performance as the enslaved woman in a theocratic future US.

The Loch

ITV HUB

This intriguing and atmospheric drama is set against the beautiful backdrop of Scotland’s Loch Ness, and stars Laura Fraser as a detective looking for a serial killer. There’s a touch of Scandi-noir to the style of this show.

COMEDY Count Arthur Strong BBC iPLAYER

Steve Delaney’s superb comedy returned with another great new episode last week. It’s all wonderfully silly, and involves Arthur (Delaney) complaining that he has tired of playing the victim at murder mystery events.

DOCUMENTARY Amazing Animal Births ITV HUB

Zoologist Lucy Cooke witnesses the births of animals ranging from guinea pigs to gorillas in this six-part series, and explores the bonds that are forged between mothers and babies. In part one, lucky Lucy is in the glorious Yorkshire Dales in spring, for lambing season.

Jo Cox: Death Of An MP BBC iPLAYER

It’s now just over a year ago that Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered as she was on her way to a constituency surgery in Birstall, west Yorkshire. This documentary picks apart the background of the case, and hears from those who knew Cox and others who knew her killer, right-wing terrorist Thomas Mair.

ENTERTAINMENT Dirty Dancing

MY5

Abigail Breslin takes the Jennifer Grey role in a remake that does its best to re-create the feel-good nostalgia of the original. Debra Messing and Nicole Scherzinger co-star.

LAST CHANCE Inspector George Gently

BBC iPLAYER

It’s 1970 in the first of Martin Shaw’s final two cases as the detective, in which Gently finds himself opening an investigation that could destroy his reputation. Until Tuesday.