CATCH-UP TV

DRAMA HIS DARK MATERIALS

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The whole of the first series is available for catch-up on iplayer, while the second opens tomorrow in promising style on BBC1.

ONE TREE HILL

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Recently added to All 4, this engrossing US drama began as a high-school show about basketball-playing half-brothers – by season nine, the characters are well into adulthood.

COMEDY SPITTING IMAGE: US ELECTION SPECIAL

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A special Trump- and Biden-spoofing edition of the satirical puppet show’s revival, which is usually only available on Britbox.

GIMME GIMME GIMME

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Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus star in this odd-couple sitcom about the deluded Linda and her gay flatmate, Tom. It’s frenetic with a poignant streak, and is the latest show to join a line-up of classic comedies on iplayer (The Vicar Of Dibley, The Catherine Tate Show, The Royle Family), with Blackadder following next Saturday. From Thursday.

DOCUMENTARY THE TRIALS OF OSCAR PISTORIUS

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This new, four-part true-crime series reeks of quality, in terms of both its production and the contributors who reflect on the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp: Oscar’s brother, Carl; his ex-girlfriend, Samantha Taylor; and the victim’s cousin, Kim Martin. It will be shown tomorrow at 9.10pm on BBC2. From today.

ROYAL HISTORY’S BIGGEST FIBS

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Lucy Worsley raids the dressing-up box for this frothy series, in which she picks apart the self-serving lies and manipulations wrought on history by monarchies past.

Her focus in episode one is the French Revolution of 1789, and among the targets in her quest is Marie Antoinette – did she really say ‘Let them eat cake’? Possibly not…

THE PERILS OF CELEBRITY OVIE: LIFE AFTER REALITY TV

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Ex-love Island star (and professional basketball player) Ovie Soko weighs the good and the bad sides of reality TV. From Tuesday.

LAST CHANCE THE BEATLES: MADE ON MERSEYSIDE

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Ex-beatles drummer Pete Best recalls the band’s early years in Liverpool. Until tomorrow.