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THE SINGAPORE GRIP
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J.G. Farrell’s Second World War novel, with Charles Dance, Jane Horrocks and David Morrissey among the expat Brits about to get a shock. All six parts are available on Britbox.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
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The slick sci-fi remake that gripped audiences with its intelligence, conflicted characters, superior style and cracking action scenes.
COMEDY
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There’s a lot of joy in this Rentaghost-style comedy from the Horrible Histories team, series two of which arrives as a box set on Monday at 9pm, after the first episode is shown on BBC1. Series one is available now.
GHOSTS JONATHAN ROSS’ COMEDY CLUB
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Ross does his bit to provide a stage for all the comedians denied live venues in his new series, which features a mix of familiar and unfamiliar talent. Among the familiar are Tom Allen, Rob Beckett, Katherine Ryan and Kerry Godliman.
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DOCUMENTARY
PIERS MORGAN’S LIFE STORIES
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Piers meets Captain Sir Tom Moore, who famously raised £33 million for the NHS during the lockdown – when his goal was just £1,000. Here, the centenarian talks about the accident that landed him in intensive care at 98, the story of his two marriages and his wartime service in Burma.
Fun superhero adventure Secret Society of Second-born Royals arrives on Disney+ this Friday
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PICK OF THE WEEK DES
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David Tennant delivers a chillingly calm performance as Dennis Nilsen, the Muswell Hill Murderer (left), in ITV’S latest triumphant truecrime drama. Jason Watkins co-stars as his understandably unsettled biographer.
FLYING FOR BRITAIN WITH DAVID JASON
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David heads to RAF Coningsby to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, and to meet the team who maintain the 12 aircraft that take part in the awe-inspiring memorial flight. The actor’s enthusiasm for the planes is infectious, as he gets up close to Hurricanes, Spitfires and a Lancaster bomber to learn about their history. s Particularly
ALL 4 HHH
The fun dating show returns as Tara, a 32-year-old business consultant from Yorkshire, invites five single guys to move in.
LAST CHANCE
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
(2016) PG ●
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Kate Beckinsale stars as a scheming widow in Whit Stillman’s stylish adaptation of the Jane Austen novella Lady Susan. Until tomorrow.
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BRIGHTHEART 2: FIREFLY ACTION BRIGADE
(2020) PG ● HH Colourful and entirely undemanding children’s animation about a noble gang of insects and invading aliens. There is an amusing vein in here about moths and lights, but this is mostly best left to a very young audience.
THE RIZEN: POSSESSION
(2019) 15 u (Sky Store, Virgin) HHH Sally Phillips and Adrian Edmondson feature in a British horror action sequel set in a mysterious network of tunnels, reopened by a group of ‘urban explorers’. Both from Monday.