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Stacey Dooley: On the Psych Ward (BBC3, available now)

We’ve grown accustomed to seeing Dooley immerse herself in various situations, but few have moved her quite as much as her latest project has done. Much has been written and said about mental health and the way in which it is treated in the UK in recent months - it’s believed that one in three in the UK people suffer from some form of mental illness - and yet relatively few of us have sampled life on its frontline. Dooley shows us just how difficult it can be while spending three weeks working alongside staff and patients at Springfield Hospital in London. She discovers first hand how difficult it is to make potentially life-changing decisions about a young person’s treatment.

Better Call Saul s5 (Netflix, from Mon)

Breaking Bad is widely regarded as one of the greatest TV shows ever made. It ran for five seasons (not including the recent sequel El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie) and now, its prequel series, starring Bob Odenkirk as sleazy lawyer Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman, is about to equal it in terms of longevity. When we catch up with the central character again, Jimmy has officially become Saul after getting his law licence back. We’re set to edge ever close to the Breaking Bad/Walter White timeline too as Mike finishes work on the underground meth lab, expanding the terrifying Gus Fring’s criminal empire in the process. A sixth run is set to appear next year.

Altered Carbon s2 (Netflix, from Thu)

The first series of this futuristic crime drama, based on a novel by author Richard K Morgan, starred Joel Kinnaman as Takeshi Kovacs, a former soldier given a new chance at life after having his soul removed from storage and placed in a new body, or

‘sleeve’. But he could only buy his freedom if he successfully solved a murder. The run was met enthusiastically by viewers, and now it’s back for a second time, but with Anthony Mackie taking over as Kovacs - as characters can move from body to body, he can appear in any shape or form the writers want. Now Kovacs has a new quest - to be reunited with his lost love while also finding whoever is responsible for a series of brutal murders.

All the Bright Places (Netflix, from Fri)

In 2015, screenwriter, journalist and TV producer Jennifer Niven published her first novel aimed at the young adult market. Entitled All the Bright Places, it won or was nominated for various awards, and so was seemingly always destined to be turned into a movie. Niven herself co-wrote the script with Liz Hannah, whose previous work includes Steven Spielberg’s The Post. Elle Fanning and Justice Smith play the central characters of Violet Markey and Theodore

Finch, two troubled souls desperate to escape their small Indiana town. While she’s been struggling with survivor’s guilt following her sister’s death, he suffers from depression and constantly thinks about suicide. They form a close bond that offers them both hope, although danger seems to be lurking around every corner.

Stacey Dooley: On the Psych Ward (BBC3)