T IAN HYLAND

on last night’s telly

Penance C5 ★★★★★ here are two ways to approach your TV viewing while selfisolating/social distancing. Lose yourself in light relief or wallow in the gloom.

I tend towards the former, so I’ll be doing one of four things.

Diving headlong into Schitt’s Creek – easily the most worthwhile contribution Netflix made to the world.

Checking out Sky Sports News to see which forgotten sports star they have dragged in to fill the rolling void this time. Watching Iceland’s Eurovision entry. And Lithuania’s. And Bulgaria’s. And Azerbaijan’s. In fact, all 41 of them. Even Georgia’s.

Bingeing on old episodes of Bo’ Selecta! on YouTube and asking the same question over and over: How the HELL did he get away with that?

If you fancy something a little grittier,

you need to catch up on Penance, another gripping drama from C5.

(NB. While you’re there, watch Sally Lindsay’s Cold Call before it disappears next weekend.)

Penance stars Julie Graham, pictured, and Neil Morrissey as grieving parents Rosie and Luke, whose life is thrown into greater turmoil when they befriend Jed (Nico Mirallegro) at counselling.

Even before Rosie’s close friend Father Tom (Art Malik) warns “Get that boy out of your house before something terrible happens”, it’s clear Jed is a wrong ’un.

I won’t let on just how wrong here. Let’s just say this three-parter twists, turns and amazes like Boris Johnson at a daily news briefing.

It also boasts a truly heartstopping climax and a killer final line.