TV ON DEMAND

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

CATCH-UP TV DRAMA NO RETURN

ITVHUB ★★★★

Sheridan Smith plays a holidaying mum whose time away is thrown into turmoil when her son is swept up into the mysteries of the Turkish legal system. The lawyer who comes in to defend him is questionable, too.

THIS IS GOING TO HURT

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

All seven parts of Adam Kay’s adaptation of his own darkly funny junior doctor memoir, which captures the tough spirit of the NHS and doesn’t flinch from its realities. Ben Whishaw plays the seemingly confident Kay.

COMEDY THE CURSE

ALL4 ★★★★

Lively crime caper set in the 1980s, starring King Gary’s Tom Davis and from the team behind offbeat BBC3 shows Murder In Successville and People Just Do Nothing.

THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR

BBC IPLAYER ★★★

Every episode of the culture-clash sitcom that made a star of Will Smith, along with the reunion special. Compare and contrast it with Bel-air, a dramatic take on the same story, on Sky and Now from Monday.

DOCUMENTARY WHIRLYBIRD: LIVE ABOVE LA BBC IPLAYER

★★★★

During the 1980s and 1990s, husband-andwife team Bob Tur – who later became

Zoey – and Marika Gerrard flew a helicopter above LA, hunting for breaking news. It was an exhilarating life, but also a stressful one, as they reveal in a candid documentary that’s full of great footage. Until Tuesday. ★★★★

RISE OF THE NAZIS

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★★

The first three parts of a hugely impressive history that continues on Monday (9pm, BBC2) with the story of the Eastern Front.

ROLLING STONES: CROSSFIRE HURRICANE

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

Unseen performances, interviews and a rare chat with Brian Jones. Until tomorrow.

ROYAL CELEBRATION THE QUEEN: 70 GLORIOUS YEARS

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★★

Julie Walters narrates a warm-hearted look back at seven decades of the Queen’s reign.

LAST CHANCE

AN INSPECTOR CALLS BBC IPLAYER ★★★ David Thewlis stars in this punchy, one-off

J.B. Priestley adaptation. He plays the inspector who questions a rich family about a suicide, then exposes a web of lies. Until Tuesday.

HOW IT WORKS

The free services BBC iplayer (bbc.co.uk/ iplayer), ITVHUB (itv.com/hub/itv), All4 (all4.com) and My5 (my5.tv) give you from seven to 30 days – and sometimes longer – to watch programmes and films that have already aired. Netflix (netflix.co.uk), Prime Video (amazon.co.uk/piv), Now (nowtv.com), Apple TV+ (apple.com/uk/ apple-tv-plus), Britbox (britbox.co.uk), Disney+ (disneyplus.com) and Acorn TV (acorn.tv) are all subscription services. There is also a selection of non-subscription sites for the rental and purchase of TV and film, such as Rakuten TV (uk.rakuten.tv) and Google Play (play.google.com/store). All of these services can be watched through a variety of internet-connected devices.