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Robin Wiggs’s guide to the best shows and movies on iPlayer, Netflix and more…

DRAMA

The Cry BBC iPLAYER

The Sunday night replacement for

Bodyguard stars Jenna Coleman and Ewen Leslie as a couple plunged into despair by the disappearance of their baby son. Part one jumps about in time, so requires close attention. Feud: Bette And Joan BBC iPLAYER

Catch up with all eight episodes of this excellent drama about the rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, played by the dynamite pairing of Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon.

COMEDY

Have I Got News For You BBC iPLAYER The 56th series of this remarkably long-lived news quiz opens with guest host Alexander Armstrong. Even after 28 years, team captain Ian Hislop still finds it a challenge: ‘I still get nervous. Our audience is very sharp.’

DOCUMENTARY

The Placebo Experiment BBC iPLAYER Every year, the British take almost five billion over-the-counter painkillers. Do we really need every pill? In this excellent Horizon, Michael Mosley explores whether the brain can produce its own pain-easing chemicals. The Big Audition ITV HUB At the Big Audition Studios, anyone can go in front of a panel of employers and audition for an actual job. In episode one of this entertaining series about the comings and goings there, the hopefuls include dogs trying out for a modelling contract, men testing to play a new Henry VIII at Hampton Court and applicants keen to sell fitness items on TV. Drowning In Plastic BBC iPLAYER In this compelling, feature-length film, Liz Bonnin reveals the alarming scale of the world’s plastic problem. She visits the US, the Arctic, Australia and Indonesia, and learns what happens to our plastic waste when it arrives at the sea. There are some bleak sights along the way, but science does offer some hope.

ENTERTAINMENT

This Morning: 30 Unforgettable Years

ITV HUB

On October 3, 1988, Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan hosted the first This Morning – and their opening audience of a million doubled by the end of the first week. Here, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby take a look back.

LAST CHANCE

Black Earth Rising

BBC iPLAYER

The first episode of Hugo Blick’s thoughtprovoking drama about a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. Until Wednesday.