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THE RED SHADOWS
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You could be forgiven for thinking you’re watching a car advert at the start of this French mystery, which seesaws between glamour and grit over its six parts. The story follows vineyard-dwelling police officer Aurora, who learns that her sister – missing for 25 years – could be alive. From Friday.
COMEDY
THE VICAR OF DIBLEY
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There are a few jokes in Monday’s new short series, The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown, but these require you to remember the names of the show’s characters to fully appreciate them. Luckily, the whole series is on iplayer .
EXTRAS
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The self-mocking cameos from Kate Winslet, Daniel Radcliffe and many other stars still make great viewing in Ricky Gervais’s series.
DOCUMENTARY
WATERHOLE: AFRICA’S ANIMAL OASIS
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Hidden cameras have been placed in a specially built waterhole, and Chris Packham and Ella Al-shamahi show us the results.
PICK OF THE WEEK SPIRAL
BBC IPLAYER HHHH The first seven seasons of a French drama that follows the police and lawyers of Paris – but mostly Captain Berthaud (Caroline Proust, right), who really goes through the wringer. Season eight is due here in January. From today.
THE DAMBUSTERS
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Over three programmes, the historian
Dan Snow relives the countdown to the famous Second World War bombing raid codenamed Operation Chastise. Snow begins the story in the spring of 1943 as squadron leader Guy Gibson assembled and began training his team, whose mission was to target German dams with Barnes Wallis’s remarkable bouncing bombs.
NEW! THE WILDS
After a plane crashes on a deserted island, a group of teenage girls fight for their lives in Amazon’s powerfully acted new drama. It’s like Lost mixed with 13 Reasons Why, with the mysteries of the island taking a back seat to a rounded portrait of the pains of adolescence. Each episode gives you a different girl’s perspective on life, both on and before the island. From Friday.
DRAMA ALIAS
(All five seasons) HHHH The first show to be solely created by J.J. Abrams was this fun and increasingly nutty spy thriller, starring Jennifer Garner.
MOVIE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
(2012) 15 HHHH Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence star in an unpretentious drama about mental illness.
MOVIE
uI’M YOUR WOMAN
(2020) 15 HHH Rachel Brosnahan powers a nicely styled mix of drama and thriller, about a detached 1970s housewife who must go on the run – with a baby – when her husband vanishes. The role allows the star of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel to show a quieter side, and the slow reveal of her character’s true nature is what keeps you interested in this good-looking film. From Friday.
uLovely frolicking pups from around the world in Channel 5’s 101 Adorable Puppies, on My5
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NEW! HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL
HHH Almost aggressively festive special from the cast of the Disney+ show, in which the actors perform their favourite Christmas songs and look ahead to season two.
MOVIE SAFETY
(2020) PG ● HHH Heartfelt and grandly staged US sports drama based on the true story of Ray Ray Mcelrathbey, a young man who makes a noble choice when his college scholarship and American football dreams are interrupted by tragedy. Both from Friday. s Particularly
Contestants answer questions for big money with the help of celebrities in this game show.
LAST CHANCE
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
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Peter Jackson blended film with audio archive from the First World War to create this toptier tribute to the war dead. Until Wednesday.
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