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DRAMA

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Anderson gets hot and steamy in New Orleans

A chance to see the Young Vic’s acclaimed 2014 production of the Tennessee Williams masterpiece. Gillian Anderson (right) steals the show as Blanche DuBois, the Southern belle whose life crumbles after she moves into her sister Stella’s marital home in New Orleans. Vanessa Kirby plays the emotionally torn Stella while Ben Foster (right) steps into Marlon Brando’s formidable shoes as Stella’s crude bully of a husband. With an ingenious revolving set and powerhouse performances, Benedict Andrews’ contemporary production of this emotionally and sexually charged tragedy is not to be missed. YouTube (National Theatre channel), from Thursday, 7pm (available for seven days)

RKO CLASSIC FILMS

Monster hits from the golden age of cinema

The BBC has dipped into the Hollywood studio’s archive and come up with a collection of 23 classic movies to keep us entertained. These were all made in the days before CGI, a time when the language of the cinema was still being written, when innovators were king and stars were treated like gods and goddesses. Among the highlights are Orson Welles’s debut Citizen Kane, the horrifying delights of the original versions of King Kong (with Fay Wray, left) and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Top Hat, starring the peerless Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in the screwball comedy

Bringing Up Baby. BBC iPlayer, from Tuesday

THREE BUSY DEBRAS

NEW SHOW Women on the verge of social breakdown

Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari and Alyssa Stonoha may not be household names, but you won’t forget them after seeing the sitcom they created. They take the lead roles of three housewives called, you guessed it, Debra. These are not your stereotypical wives and mothers – think those featured in The Real Housewives franchise and then turn the dial up to 11. The Debras live in an affluent Connecticut suburb and should be able to enjoy their privileged lifestyles. Instead, they spend their days trying to upend the social order, committing crimes and taking their frustrations out on men – all while wearing pristine white outfits, of course. All 4, from Friday

KILLER KICKS

NEW SHOW The sneaky truth about trainers

Believe it or not, manufacturing a pair of training shoes produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as a ten-mile drive – so imagine the damage being done to the environment by an industry that churns out a billion pairs of trainers a year. This kind of thought-provoking fact makes Killer Kicks a must-see. It’s hosted by self-confessed sneaker addict Lynnie, who travels to New York to learn about the world’s seemingly evergrowing obsession with footwear that started as something comfortable for sportspeople to wear and became a must-have fashion item. BBC3/iPlayer, from Tuesday, 6am

CUCKOO

Very British situation, very British comedy

Andy Samberg is now a star thanks to his role in US police comedy Brooklyn NineNine but, before that, he appeared in the first two series of this Britcom as Dale, the lovable but hopeless slacker husband of student Rachel Thompson. The pair met and married during her gap year, and it’s fair to say her straitlaced Home Counties parents aren’t thrilled by the match – he is, of course, the cuckoo of the title. When Samberg left, Twilight star Taylor Lautner joined as Dale Jr., and the fun continued. Andie MacDowell appeared in the final fifth series, but it’s not the US actors who make the show work – it’s the core UK cast, including Greg Davies and Helen Baxendale. BBC iPlayer, now

PEOPLE JUST DO NOTHING

Massive hit for BBC3

Newly available as a five-series box set, the hit BBC mockumentary ran from 2014-18 following the West London massive at Kurupt FM, a tiny pirate radio station run by MC Grindah and his posse of loveable idiots. It won a Best Comedy Bafta in 2017, and a movie adaptation is now in the pipeline. If you’ve somehow missed out on BBC3’s biggest breakout since Little Britain, it’s time to ‘keep it Kurupt’ and check out the nearest millennials will ever get to Spinal Tap. BBC iPlayer, available now