Daily Mail - Daily Mail Weekend Magazine
TV ON DEMAND
Robin Wiggs’s guide to the best TV and movies on iplayer, Netflix and more…
CATCH-UP TV DRAMA
ACKLEY BRIDGE ALL4 ★★★
You can see the whole of the new, fourth series of the school drama after the first episode airs on Ch4. From Monday, 6.30pm.
MIDSOMER MURDERS ITVHUB ★★★★ Murder strikes at the heart of the Stitcher Society, whose members are all survivors of bypass surgery. There’s an obvious suspect, but is he actually the killer?
TOO CLOSE ITVHUB ★★★★
All three parts of this bleak but well-acted psychological drama are on ITV Hub. Emily Watson stars as Dr Robertson, a forensic psychiatrist who takes on a shocking case.
COMEDY
FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER ALL4 ★★★★
If you’ve never watched this consistently hilarious comedy, you’re in for a treat. Every episode focuses on a family meal for two sons and their parents, brilliantly played by Tamsin Greig and the late Paul Ritter.
FRANK OF IRELAND
ALL4 ★★★
Actor brothers Brian and Domhnall Gleeson stars as best friends in this six-part comedy.
DOCUMENTARY THE QUEEN AND HER COUSINS
ITVHUB ★★★★
In an effort to better understand the life of our longest-serving monarch, Alexander Armstrong speaks to her relatives. These include Princess Olga Romanoff – who has a story about George V – and Ivar Mountbatten and his husband, James Coyle, who are the first openly gay couple in royal history.
ENTERTAINMENT
I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE/GAME OF TALENTS BBC IPLAYER/ITV HUB ★★★★ The BBC and ITV have both launched big new Saturday-night game shows. On the BBC’S I Can See Your Voice, players try to guess who out of six mystery singers can hold a tune – without hearing them sing. On ITV, Vernon Kay hosts as contenders have to guess the talents of mystery performers.
ONE FROM THE ARCHIVES
WATERLOO ROAD BBC IPLAYER ★★★ Ackley Bridge is back this week, but if you fancy a different school drama, all 200 episodes of this BBC series are available.
LAST CHANCE DONALD CAMPBELL: SPEED KING
BBC IPLAYER ★★★
The story of Campbell, who set a string of records and was driven by a need to emulate his father’s achievements. Until Thursday.