Television
Programmes
Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories
The notoriously guarded, Portuguese-born artist opens up to her filmmaker son about the experiences that have shaped her life and her work. Sat 25 March, BBC2 9pm (90mins).
Turkey with Simon Reeve
The adventurer travels around the country as it undergoes dramatic and fundamental change. Sun 26 March, BBC2 9pm (60mins).
Eyewitness Atmospheric Norwegian drama series about two teenage boys who witness a multiple murder. Thur 30 March, C4 10pm (80mins).
Decline and Fall Three-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s comic novel about the travails of Paul Pennyfeather – a modest theology student who is expelled from Oxford and lands up teaching at a minor public school in Wales. With Jack Whitehall. Fri 31 March, BBC1 9pm (60mins).
Films
Cold in July (2014) Twisty thriller set in Texas. Michael C. Hall plays a protective father who confronts a burglar, with fateful consequences. Sun 26 March, BBC2 10pm (105mins).
High-rise (2015) Tom Hiddleston stars in this adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel set in a state-of-the-art 1970s tower block. The reviews were mixed, but it’s certainly a visual treat. Wed 29 March, Film4 9pm (140mins).
Shadow Dancer (2012) Gripping thriller set in Northern Ireland, starring Andrea Riseborough as a reluctant IRA informer. Fri 31 March, BBC2 12.05pm (95mins).