TV ON DEMAND

Robin Wiggs’s guide to the best shows and movies on iPlayer, Netflix and more…

CATCH-UP TV DRAMA

Hamlet BBC iPLAYER

With his masterly command of the emotional spectrum and fabulous talent for looking unhinged, Andrew Scott (Sherlock’s Moriarty) was a terrific choice to play the prince in this 2017 stage production. It is sleek, modern and moody, and it runs for more than three hours.

The City & The City

BBC iPLAYER

David Morrissey leads the cast of a dark sci-fi detective drama, adapted from China Mieville’s book, about a place where two worlds come together. All four parts are available – which is just as well, as it’s challenging to follow. Dave Allen At Peace BBC iPLAYER Aidan Gillen gives a great performance in this Dave Allen biopic, which tells the story of the comedian’s life in imaginative style, and reveals how he lost his finger.

COMEDY Cunk On Britain BBC iPLAYER

Diane Morgan neatly spoofs TV histories for this new parody account of our isles, in which her clueless presenter, Philomena Cunk, befuddles real-life experts with questions such as: ‘Where did the Romans come from?’ The best bits are when Cunk thinks she really understands the answers – and really doesn’t.

DOCUMENTARY The Island

ALL 4

This new series of Bear Grylls’s survival contest splits its contenders along wage lines – and so, to some extent, along class lines. One end of the island is populated by those who earn more than £100,000 a year; the other is home to those who earn below the UK’s average wage. Who is better equipped to survive? The Big Painting Challenge BBC iPLAYER Mariella Frostrup and the Rev Richard Coles present this returning contest in which they encourage ten amateur painters through a six-week artistic boot camp. These budding Picassos begin in Glasgow, working with mentors Diana Ali and Pascal Anson to tackle their first genre task: a still life.

ENTERTAINMENT Last Laugh In Vegas

ITV HUB Entertainers of yesteryear are thrown together to put on a show in Vegas for this new series. How will Su Pollard, Cannon & Ball, Anita Harris and Bernie Clifton get on?

LAST CHANCE Sir Bruce: A Celebration

BBC iPLAYER

Tess Daly hosts a glitzy salute to the showbiz legend, with singing from Shirley Bassey and Ball and Boe, and plenty of terrific anecdotes about the man himself. Until Tuesday.