Television

Programmes Harry Potter: A History of Magic To mark the opening of the British Library’s exhibition, Harry Potter: A History of Magic, J.K. Rowling talks about the ancient books and scrolls that captured the myth, magic and folklore that inspired her own stories. Sat 28 Oct, BBC2 21:00 (60mins).

Blue Planet II Twenty years after the original series, David Attenborough returns to explore the planet’s oceans. With a soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and Radiohead. Sun 29 Oct, BBC1 20:00 (60mins).

Is Britain Full? Michael Buerk asks whether it is the UK’S growing population or internal migration that is putting pressure on services. Mon 30 Oct, C4 20:00 (30mins).

The Balfour Declaration: Britain’s Promise to the

Holy Land Jane Corbin – whose ancestor, Leo Amery, helped draft the Balfour Declaration – looks at whether its aspirations, for Jews and Arabs to live peacefully together in Palestine, were doomed from the start. Tue 31 Oct, BBC2 21:00 (60mins).

Films

Source Code (2011) Duncan Jones’s clever sci-fi thriller stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an army captain racing to save Chicago from a dirty bomb. Sat 28 Oct, C4 23:40 (90mins).

What We Do in the

Shadows (2014) Wickedly funny New Zealand mockumentary about four vampire housemates trying to grapple with the real world. Sun 29 Oct, BBC2 23:15 (85mins).

Patton (1970) Compelling, multi-oscar-winning portrait of the controversial US general. Starring George C. Scott. Mon 30 Oct, Film4 11am (200mins).