Best of the Rest

the parents of 12-year-old Tim Parry, killed by an IRA bomb, in this true story of the events surrounding the Warrington atrocity in 1993. Vicky McClure is the Dublin mother so sickened by the attack that she organises the peace rally that would help to bring an end to the Troubles.

INFORMER, BBC1, OCTOBER

A SHARPLY contemporary thriller starring Paddy Considine as Gabe, an intelligence officer who recruits a young, second-generation Pakistani man (Nabhaan Rizwan) from East London to infiltrate a terrorist cell. But Gabe has his own secrets — putting his agent in danger as the murky plot thickens.

THE CRY, BBC, OCTOBER

JENNA COLEMAN, feted for her portrayal of the young Queen Victoria, steps into darker territory here. She plays Joanna, a Scottish mother who is flying to visit family in Australia with her husband and young baby when tragedy strikes. As she finds herself in the full glare of social media condemnation, Joanna lashes out.

DROWNING IN PLASTIC, BBC1, AUTUMN

THE Daily Mail has been at the forefront of the campaign to stem the landslide of plastic pollution into our oceans. Science presenter Liz Bonnin investigates the scale of the crisis and asks how the environmental threat can be averted.

DYNASTY, BBC1, AUTUMN

YEARS in the making, this major BBC series follows individual animals — lions, hunting dogs, tigers, chimpanzees and emperor penguins — at crucial stages of their lives, from birth to parenthood.

THE MANSON FAMILY: THE LOST TAPES, ITV, AUTUMN

HALF a century ago, hippy film-maker Robert Hendrickson was given access to Charles Manson’s dark and drug-fuelled Californian cult, about to spill over into a horrific series of murders. Following Hendrickson’s death, the reels can be seen for the first time — including disturbing footage of the young killers

WANDERLUST, BBC1, SEPTEMBER

HOLLYWOOD star Toni Collette takes centre stage as a therapist whose life is turned inside-out by a cycling accident. As her sexual relationship with her husband (Steven Mackintosh) fades, she discovers she harbours hidden desires.

CHEAT, ITV, AUTUMN

A FOUR-PART psychological thriller starring Katherine Kelly and Molly Windsor as a university professor and her student. A case of academic deception spirals dangerously out of control . . .

MOTHER’S DAY, BBC2, SEPTEMBER

ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN and Daniel Mays play