PICK OF DIGITAL & ON DEMAND TV
CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, APPLE TV+
THIS adorable US romantic comedy drama is about what happens if your soul mate is the wrong person — but it’s also a funny, heartbreaking tale of love in its many forms. The film — which won an Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival — has been written and directed by Cooper Raiff, who also stars as twentysomething Andrew, who finds himself treading water back in his home town after graduating from college, living with his mum and stepdad (Leslie Mann and Brad Garrett). Andrew, aimless but amiable,
NEW YORK COPS Blue Bloods, 9pm, Sky Witness
CRIME is on the up as this classy NYPD drama kicks off its new, 12th season. The trouble is, police commissioner Frank (a sturdy Tom Selleck) and the mayor (Nip/Tuck’s Dylan Walsh) can’t agree how to tackle it.
SCANDI-CRIME Maria Wern, Acorn TV
THIS Swedish show began in 2008 and is up to eight series and 35 episodes in its native country. The first two series arrive on Acorn today, and introduce us to widowed is struggling to get a real job but is hired as someone who can get awkward bar mitzvah parties going. At one such event, he meets the older Domino (Fifty Shades Of Grey’s Dakota Johnson) and her autistic teenage daughter, Lola (newcomer Vanessa Burghardt, pictured centre with Raiff and Johnson). Domino hires detective Wern (Eva Rose, pictured) as she returns to her job as Deputy Commissioner of Gotland Police. Wern has the kind of keep-calm-and-carry-on attitude that’s very British — and makes her more interesting to watch than someone who emotes freely. Her first case involves a murder and a bird flu outbreak.
RURAL IDYLL River Cottage Reunited, 9pm, More4
MORE than 20 years ago, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall began his grow-your-own mission at River Cottage. For this lovely new series, old pals help him to continue it on TV once more. This week, Hugh brandishes a chainsaw as he turns a tree trunk into an insect hotel, and chef Gelf Alderson lends a hand with the new outdoor kitchen.