TV ON DEMAND

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

CATCH-UP TV DRAMA BLACKOUT ALL 4

★★★

‘If the lights go on, your daughter dies’

– so reads the message received by the Belgian Prime Minister in this new subtitled drama from Walter Presents.

She doesn’t understand, and is remarkably calm about it all – and then, a blackout strikes the nation. Expect plenty of tension in the story that follows. From Friday.

KILLING EVE BBC IPLAYER ★★★★ With the final season of this stylish thriller due soon, catch up with the first three.

COMEDY

STARSTRUCK BBC IPLAYER ★★★★ There’s something charmingly retro about the dialogue in Rose Matafeo’s twentysomething London romcom. Some of the banter between the show’s unlikely main couple even feels a little screwball.

ENTERTAINMENT RACE ACROSS THE WORLD

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

Both series of a fun show in which duos vie to complete a long-distance journey without using the internet, mobile phones, credit cards or air travel. Series one is better.

DOCUMENTARY RISE OF THE NAZIS: DICTATORS AT WAR

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★★

It’s hugely impressive to make a documentary about the Second World War that feels fresh. This three-part continuation of Rise Of The Nazis digs into the war on the Eastern Front through the psychology of Hitler and Stalin, and the underlings who allowed them to rule as they did.

THE MILLIONAIRESS AND ME

ALL 4 ★★★★

This odd couple documentary follows the friendship between the oncehomeless film-maker Martin Read and the glamorous Amanda Cronin (left) as they spend time in each other’s worlds.

BLITZ SPIRIT WITH LUCY WORSLEY

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

The historian probes beyond the wartime propaganda slogans. Until Wednesday.

LOUIS THEROUX’S FORBIDDEN AMERICA

BBC IPLAYER ★★★★

For his first new series of wholly original material since 2018, the film-maker explores the impact of social media on the US.

TRAVEL EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPES WITH SANDI TOKSVIG

ALL 4 ★★★★

A second series of adventures for Sandi and an array of funny and fascinating women, starting with comic Sarah Millican in Devon.

LAST CHANCE

THE SOUVENIR BBC IPLAYER ★★★★ Tilda Swinton’s daughter, Honor Swinton Byrne, stars in this searing, based-on-truth drama about a haunting romance. Until Tuesday.

HOW IT WORKS

The free services BBC iplayer (bbc.co.uk/ iplayer), ITV Hub (itv.com/hub/itv), All 4 (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.