TV ON DEMAND

Robin Wiggs’s guide to the best TV and movies on iplayer, Netflix and more…

DRAMA DEUTSCHLAND 89 ALL4 ★★★★

The whole final season of this top German drama comes to All 4 this week, right after the first episode shows on More4. It’s set just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and seasons one and two are available, too. From Friday.

BLOODLANDS BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

James Nesbitt stars as DCI Tom Brannick in a moody crime drama set in Northern Ireland. The plot follows a cold case about an assassin known as ‘Goliath’, whom Tom believes to be a police officer.

UNFORGOTTEN ITV HUB ★★★★

Series four of this rewarding, multistranded cold case drama begins with Cassie (Nicola Walker) on the outside and Sunny (Sanjeev Bhaskar) discovering a body in a freezer.

COMEDY HAPLESS MY5 ★★★

Paul (Tim Downie) has his own particular standard of personal justice and, like Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm, is constantly disappointed by a world that doesn’t match up. In a sweary six-parter, journalist Paul starts by offending a key cutter as he goes about his day in London. From Monday.

DOCUMENTARY BLITZ SPIRIT WITH LUCY WORSLEY BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

The historian goes beyond the wartime propaganda slogans to reveal what it was really like to live under the constant threat of attack on the home front during the Second World War. Worsley uses the letters and diaries of six real people to help to bring the time very effectively to life.

GAME SHOW GORDON RAMSAY’S BANK BALANCE BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

For Ramsay’s new primetime game show, pairs of contestants must answer questions to stack weighted bars on to a tilting board and, if they don’t manage to maintain the balance, the jackpot of up to £100,000 will be lost. As host, Ramsay largely keeps his famously fiery on-screen persona in check.

THEY’RE BACK! GOGGLEBOX ALL4 ★★★★

The armchair TV critics make a welcome return in the 17th series of this much-loved show.

LAST CHANCE THE DROWNING MY5 ★★★★

A mother (Jill Halfpenny) loses her son in this four-part thriller and then, years later, thinks she spots him as a teenager – and will go to any lengths to learn the truth. Part one until Wednesday, part two until Thursday, etc.