Funny but punchy feminist fight-back

Vivian (Hadley Robinson, above) is a shy teenager who likes to keep her head down and ignore the sexism at her school, until one day, inspired by her mum’s (Amy Poehler) history of protesting, she decides to take on the idiots among her fellow students by publishing an anonymous feminist magazine that sparks a social revolution. The comedy is adapted from a YA novel and is the second film directed by Poehler, best known as the star of Parks And Recreation. Netflix, from Wednesday

Can it really be 50 years since Glenda Jackson’s imperious portrayal of the Virgin Queen, from youth to old age? The performance of a lifetime, in more ways than one. In the six-part series, first shown on BBC2 in 1971, Jackson (above) is mesmerising as Elizabeth Regina, alternately doggedly determined and sourly suspicious. Her make-up alone deserved an Emmy, though the award went to Jackson. Some other actors are in it – notably Robert Hardy – but really, this is a onewoman show. BBC iPlayer, available now