TV ON DEMAND

Robin Wiggs’s guide to the best TV and movies on iplayer, Netflix and more…

CATCH-UP TV

DRAMA

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

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The BBC’S three-part adaptation of H.G. Wells’s classic sci-fi tale is set in Edwardian England, and opens in thrilling style.

COLD CALL

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This starts out in horribly believable fashion as a hard-pressed single mum

(Sally Lindsay) is defrauded over the phone. Then, she goes on a quest for revenge.

SPIRAL

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As the seventh season of the gritty Parisian crime drama reaches its finale, Laure and Gilou are in an undignified position, while Josephine seeks moral advice from Edelman.

COMEDY

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU

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Offbeat politician Rory Stewart is a guest on the latest edition of this reliable news quiz.

RICK AND MORTY

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The new, fourth season of this clever adult animated comedy from the US – about a boozy mad scientist and his goofy grandson–hasmadeitsukdebutone4.

DOCUMENTARY

WHAT MAKES A MURDERER

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This surprising series applies the question of nature v nurture to murder, and puts convicted killers through both biological and psychological testing to assess what drives them to take a life. One of the subjects is John Massey, now 71, who spent 43 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a pub bouncer.

NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD

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Part two of this engaging series deals with stories of empire and themes such as exploration, colonialism, slavery and independence. The works covered include Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, Rudyard Kipling’s Kim, Ian Fleming’s Live And Let Die and Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses – a BBC adaptation of which is in the pipeline.

ENTERTAINMENT I’M A CELEBRITY…

ITV HUB HHHHH Ant and Dec are back as hosts of this king of the reality shows, overseeing the antics of campmates including Kate Garraway, Caitlyn Jenner, Ian Wright and Nadine Coyle.

LAST CHANCE

TWO PINTS OF LAGER

BBC IPLAYER HHH Sheridan Smith and Ralf Little star in this long-lived comedy about the loves of twentysomethings in Runcorn. Until Friday.