TV ON DEMAND

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

CATCH-UP TV

DRAMA

THE BRIDGE

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★★ One of the best shows from the original Scandi-noir invasion, The Bridge hasn’t been available on demand for a while. Now, the whole first season is available on iplayer.

BABS

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★\

Biopic of the Carry On and Eastenders star, with Jaime Winstone and Samantha Spiro playing Barbara Windsor at different ages.

WILDLIFE

ANIMAL PARK

BBC IPLAYER ★★★

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble report from Longleat Safari Park, and meet tiger cubs and sea lions as lockdown restrictions ease.

COMEDY

WE LOVE GAVIN & STACEY

MY5 ★★★ Stars Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb give the inside track on the show, and celebrity fans discuss their favourite scenes.

STAGED

BBC IPLAYER

★★★★★

The finest piece of lockdown comedy so far is this show starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant as versions of themselves, stuck at home and trying to rehearse a play – and shouting, quite a lot.

DOCUMENTARY

THIS FARMING LIFE

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

Farming’s a hard life, so watching it on TV is perfect – you get all the scenery, but none of the graft. In this charming returning series, a farm in Aberdeenshire is diversifying with ostriches, the eggs from which look like the produce of dinosaurs. Also, we meet a couple engaged in a bold expansion plan.

MANCTOPIA: BILLION POUND PROPERTY BOOM

BBC IPLAYER HHHH

There are two sides to this four-parter on the Manchester property boom – the agents and developers pushing the £1 million-plus flats in the city centre, and the people being forced out of areas they’ve known all their lives because of rising prices. The series profiles people on both sides, and especially those trying to straddle the middle.

ENTERTAINMENT DERREN BROWN: 20 YEARS OF MIND CONTROL LIVE

ALL4 ★★★★

The illusionist marks two decades since his TV debut with the re-creation of an astonishing stunt, plus tributes from famous fans.

LAST CHANCE BOTHAM: THE LEGEND OF 81

BBC IPLAYER ★★★

The story of Ian Botham’s remarkable comeback during the 1981 Ashes. Until Friday.