TVON DEMAND
PICK OF THE WEEK FRANKLIN
Apple TV+
Michael Douglas, right, brings his twinkly-eyed charm, and plenty more besides, to the role of US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in Apple’s impressive eight-part drama. It focuses on Franklin’s attempt to charm the French into saving the US from extinction at British hands. From Friday
FALLOUT
Prime Video
The sprawling, post-apocalyptic video game becomes a TV series with a lot of action, a wry sense of humour and a wonderfully ghoulish bounty hunter played by Justified’s Walton Goggins. The violence won’t be for everyone. From Thursday
BABY REINDEER
Netflix
Richard Gadd’s horrifying experience with a stalker fuelled his award-winning, one-man Edinburgh play in 2019, which has now evolved into a darkly compelling Netflix series. The title comes from the stalker’s cutesy nickname for Gadd, below. From Thursday
PERFECT DAYS
MUBI
Wim Wenders’ film about the daily life of a Tokyo toilet maintenance man – who chooses to see joy where others don’t – is a lifeaffirming delight. It’s one of those cinematic lessons that stays with you. From Friday
CONSTELLATIONS
National Theatre At Home
Four casts perform one romance on stage from beginning to end, showing you all the different paths it could have taken. Nick Payne’s clever, poignant play is in the hands of a terrific cast of duos here, including Zoë Wanamaker and Peter Capaldi. From Friday
THE SON
ITVX
Pierce Brosnan western that’s the best of a bunch of US series arriving on free service ITVX. If you’re a fan of oddball American comedy, seek out The Spoils Of Babylon and sketch show Portlandia, too. From Monday
DOCTOR FINLAY
Acorn TV
The lovely 1990s take on the A.J. Cronin novels, with David Rintoul as the freshly demobbed physician who returns to his ailing private practice in Scotland. From Monday
PARADE’S END
UKTV Play
In 2012, before Sherlock properly propelled him to stardom, Benedict Cumberbatch excelled in a five-part BBC drama about an Edwardian man’s challenging marriage. From Wednesday
THE GREATEST HITS
Disney+
Music is a great way to time travel in memory. Disney’s sweet, thought-provoking romantic fantasy movie takes that power literally, as a grieving woman travels to different points in her relationship with her now-dead boyfriend. Will it help her move on, or maroon her for ever? From Friday
SWEETHEART
Walter Presents/C4
A 38-year-old teacher embarks on an affair with her 17-year-old student in a challenging and extremely well-acted French-Canadian drama that’s one of the best box sets to come out of Walter Presents in a while. From Friday