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Planet Earth III review – David Attenborough creates yet more majestic TV

This awe-inspiring series has a scale that is simply spectacular. It is possible to watch and enjoy it purely for the astonishing footage – but it will horrify you too

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Bodies review – Stephen Graham’s thrilling cop drama leaves you wanting more and more (and more)

Ambitious, tense, explosive: this genre-blurring whodunnit travels time to visit four detectives investigating the same murder – in different eras. It’s exceptionally good value

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Don’t Look Down review – the heartwarming tale of 10 terrified celebs on a 100ft highwire

This Stand Up to Cancer special is an oddly touching look at stars who suffer vertigo – and their attempts to walk a nausea-inducingly high tightrope

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Everything Now review – this witty teen drama is a sweet, nuanced look at anorexia

There’s a real bounce and energy to this beautifully acted Netflix coming-of-age tale about a 16-year-old with an eating disorder – who’s on a mission to live wildly

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House of Kardashian review – this exhaustive show turns Kim and co’s circus into a meaningful story

Part potted history of the American family, part analysis of their impact, this docuseries is a neutral look at their lives. It’s also far less exhausting than following the rest of their TV output

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Ghosts series five review – this beautifully warm comedy bows out on a high

Ghosts is one of TV’s best comedies, and this funny and clever final season doesn’t disappoint. It is touching and comforting without being cheesy. Let’s hope they haunt us again one day…

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Beckham review – the candid, riveting truth about the footballer’s life

This absolutely star-packed docuseries is a fun, gossipy watch full of blunt, entertaining interviews. Every episode just flies by

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Boiling Point review – TV that asks what if The Bear isn’t stressful enough?

In a mesmerising four-part TV adaptation, Carly is now head chef at a new restaurant where the pressure-cooker atmosphere will have you rooting for this troubled bunch

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Pete Doherty, Who Killed My Son? review – a shocking look at a terribly bungled case

Sheila Blanco’s son Mark died after attending a party at a ‘crack den’ with the rock star, then falling from a great height. Seventeen years on, pioneering CCTV may help her get closure

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Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story review – a fun, clever show about a director with a difference

This documentary follows a film-maker with Down’s syndrome as he makes an autobiographical horror film. It’s full of jokes, warmth and honesty – as well as challenging perceptions

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Minx season two review – this feminist porn comedy is an absolute treat of a show

It’s rich, witty and looks exquisite. This vibrant, lively 70s-set series about a sex mag is huge amounts of fun – and deserves a gigantic fanbase

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Sex Rated review – Rylan’s erotic chatshow could be retitled This Is Your (Sex) Life

This daft, entertaining interview series talks to a contestant – and their exes – about their bedroom prowess. It’s like a late-night One Show … or a kinky career retrospective

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‘I’m not the showgirl. She’s on TV’: Strictly’s Motsi Mabuse on family life and screen life

As the ebullient Motsi Mabuse starts her fifth series of the show, she talks about being a deep thinker, her South African childhood – and why dancing is cheaper than therapy

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The Russell Murders: Who Killed Lin and Megan? review – is there any point to this documentary?

The brutality of the attack on Lin, Megan and Josie Russell in a country lane 27 years ago was unforgettable. This three-parter talks to those involved – except, notably, for the family

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Stranger in My Family review – the moving tale of a DNA test that upended a life

This heartfelt documentary follows Luke Davies as he goes on a fascinating journey of heritage, family and love – and inadvertently takes his mum to the place he was conceived

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Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos review – full of extraordinary revelations, if you can bear to watch

The knives are out as Nigel Farage, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Hilary Benn and more dish out startling high-end gossip about Brexit and beyond. A gruesome look at the UK’s political perma-crisis

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The Lovers review – this spiky romcom may well give you the ick

A self-involved broadcaster meets a foul-mouthed supermarket worker in this wonkily charming new series – but its morals might make you feel very uncomfortable indeed

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Goodbye The Great: a sad farewell to one of TV’s best shows

The surprise cancellation of the anachronistic period comedy series is the latest example of a show taken from us too soon

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A Very British Space Launch review – as flimsy as Richard Branson’s rockets

There’s lots of fascinating detail in this documentary about Virgin Orbit’s attempt to get Britain into the space race. But like the flight itself, it falls short

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Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn review – this twisty, dramatic tale will leave you agog

The tale of the ex-car industry chief who made an astonishing escape while on bail – and is subject to an international arrest warrant – is fascinatingly told in this documentary

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Amputating Alice review – a surprisingly jaunty look at an extremely likable Paralympian

There are puns and dry humour aplenty in this inspiring documentary about Paralympic gold medallist Alice Tai – and her journey from elective leg surgery to the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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‘71 seconds of regal poise’: Kim Cattrall’s short, sweet return to the Sex and the City universe

There was no messing about with Samantha Jones’s appearance in And Just Like That. It was a fabulously styled debut that delivered maximum impact with minimum effort

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The Price of Truth review – this gripping look at Russian journalism was too dangerous to finish filming

The editor of one of Russia’s independent newspapers, Dmitry Muratov, has risked his life to report on abuses of power against the odds. This is his remarkable but terrifying story

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Henpocalypse: The hilarious hen-do comedy about drinking ‘penis coladas’ at the end of the world

The bride-to-be and pals’ trip to a remote Welsh cottage might coincide with a humanity-destroying pandemic. But who says the wedding can’t go ahead?

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The Case Against Cosby review – a revelatory story from the woman who brought him down

This powerful film rails against a legal system that so often fails victims of sexual assault. It is a vivid, intimate – and ultimately redemptive – look at trauma

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