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STRIKE It’s will-they-won’t-they for J. K. Rowling’s ’tec

Based on the eponymous detective novels written by J. K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, Strike stars Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike, a war veteran turned private detective operating out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street, who uses his background as a Special Investigation Branch officer to solve complex cases that have eluded the police. Opposite him, Holliday Grainger (below, with Burke) plays his professional partner Robin Ellacott. Throughout all four series there is a constant will-theywon’t-they between Strike and Ellacott that many critics found frustrating, though Bur Burke insists that this is the very heart of the show. BBC iPlayer, available now

MICHAEL PALIN BOX SETS And now for something completely brilliant

To tie in with Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime, a new series starting tonight ton (BBC2, 8pm) in which the genial Monty Mo Python star looks back on his epic journeys, the BBC is making three thre of his best-loved series available to stream. st Around The World In 80 Days is the th show that started it all in 1989, and sees Palin follow in the footsteps of Jules Jule Verne’s Phileas Fogg. In 1992’s Pole To Pole he travels from the North Pole to the South Pole via Scandinavia, the Soviet Sovi Union, Europe and Africa. Finally, Hemingway’s Hem Adventure, from 1999, sees him retrace his literary hero Ernest Hemingway’s Hem journeys through the US, Europe, Eur Africa and the Caribbean. BBC iPlayer, available now

ANGEL The vampire strikes back

In Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Buffy’s relationship with boyfriend Angel was always complicated by the fact that she was a slayer and he was a vampire – and a moody, tortured one at that; a love rival dismisses him as a ‘billowy coat king of pain’. When Angel (David Boreanaz) bowed out, he was given his own spin-off series, in which he works as a detective, battling the powers of darkness and saving souls. Several characters appear in both shows and Buffy fans will find Angel an enjoyable addition. All 4, available now

LANCE The Tour star who lost it all

Lance Armstrong (left) was once the most famous sportsman on the planet, a seven-time Tour de France winner who had survived testicular cancer and founded a charity that raised millions. We know now that it was only through drugs that he was able to dominate the world’s toughest cycle race from 1999 to 2005. This gripping film charts his spectacular rise and fall in forensic detail, with contributions from the man himself. Regrets? He’s got a few… BBC iPlayer, now