She’s Gotta Have It
Spike Lee’s first TV joint is a reimagining of his film about a woman juggling a trio of lovers and a successful career as an artist. DeWanda Wise stars as Nola Darling, whose unapologetic sex-positive feminism made her a pioneering character back in 1986 and who feels pretty much in tune with 2017, too.
Available from 23 November, Netflix
Would I Lie to You?
WILTY? has long since transcended its status as humble panel show to become a vehicle for the most uncanny comic chemistry on TV – the love triangle between Messrs Mitchell, Brydon and Mack. More of the same please, chaps.
20 November, 8.30pm, BBC One
Madam Secretary
A show that’s struggling, like so many of its kind, with the current absurdity of real-life US politics, which renders fictional representations somewhat tame in comparison. All the same, this fourth season attempts to reckon with reality via a plotline concerning “fake news”.
23 November, 10pm, Sky Living
I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!
One of TV’s most enduring guilty pleasures returns. Gossip about potential participants has been rife but let’s hope that ITV doesn’t go down the beach-ready Love Island route – a mixture of ages, attitudes and motives makes for the liveliest camp.
20 November, 9pm, ITV
Raped: My Story
Sadly timely documentary in which victims talk about their experience of rape. It’s followed by a studio discussion of the issues raised.
22 November, 9pm, Channel 5
Sticky
Halfway between animation and sitcom, this new series stars Javone Prince, Kayvan Novak and husband-and-wife team Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley as four friends who attend college in London’s fictitious borough of Shatford. Expect this humdrum premise to be the launch pad for a journey into epic, mythical and ridiculous realms. For a start, we’re promised guest appearances from Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump so star power clearly isn’t a problem …
Available from 20 November, BBC Three
Blue Planet II
As the nights have drawn in, this series has functioned as a perfect Sunday evening pick-me-up: a spectacular, almost psychedelic survey of the scarcely believable abundance and beauty of life at the bottom of the sea. This week: baby turtles, sperm whales and an epic squid hunt.
19 November, 8pm, BBC One
My Country: A Work in Progress
It might not work perfectly as theatre but as a snapshot of Britain’s current identity crisis, this Brexit-themed National Theatre piece, which uses voters’ testimony, is right on the money. Priorities clash, tempers are lost and Britannia shakes her head sadly.
18 November, 9pm, BBC Two
Labour: The Summer That Changed Everything
Yet another royalties bonanza for the White Stripes as Jeremy Corbyn’s big year is traced through the eyes of various Labour MPs campaigning in June’s general election. But not all of them appear to be unreservedly enjoying his success …
20 November, 9pm, BBC Two
The Truth About Muslim Marriage
Myriam François explores the rights and status of Muslim women in Britain and finds a series of worrying legal flaws.
21 November, 10pm, Channel 4
