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DRAMA

ELIZABETH IS MISSING

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★★

Superb feature-length drama spearheaded by Glenda Jackson, as a woman nearing 90 who lives alone. One day, her friend goes missing, and Maud (Jackson) turns sleuth. THE SINNER

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★ Season two of this US series has been a thoroughly absorbing affair, slowly unfurling the mystery of how and why 13-year-old Julian became a murderer.

COMEDY

BACK TO LIFE

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★ Daisy Haggard’s thoughtful comedy has been renewed for a second series, and it’ll be interesting to see where she takes the story of an ex-prisoner who’s starting again after this perfectly formed first six-parter.

CHILDREN

HETTY FEATHER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

BBC IPLAYER ★★★

CBBC’S drama department has been pulling out all the stops recently. This year, the cast of the Victorian drama are putting on a musical special about an attempt to bust Sheila out of the workhouse.

DOCUMENTARY

GUY MARTIN’S GREAT ESCAPE

ALL 4 ★★★★

Guy Martin has found the very field in which Steve Mcqueen’s Great Escape character, Hilts, so very nearly cleared two barbed-wire fences on a motorbike. For this one-off, the lucky Martin swings his leg over a modified Triumph Scrambler 1200 to see if he can succeed in the jump that Hilts couldn’t. THE CASE OF SALLY CHALLEN

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

What drove Sally Challen – described as ‘happy, caring, loving’– to murder her husband of 31 years with a hammer? This finely weaved one-off documentary explores Sally’s conviction in 2011 and ultimate release in 2019, for time served on the lesser charge of manslaughter. The journey into her motives is a troubling one.

FROM THE ARCHIVES HUSTLE

BBC IPLAYER ★★★

All eight series of this breezy BBC drama about a group of morally minded con artists, starring Adrian Lester and Robert Vaughn.

LAST CHANCE

GARY LINEKER: MY GRANDAD’S WAR

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

Lineker learns about his late grandfather, Stanley Abbs, who served in Italy during the Second World War. Until Monday.