What to watch this week, from Boris Johnson in Ukraine to Tom Hiddleston in Pompeii

Boris Johnson: Into Ukraine’s Kill Zone

Channel 5

A feature-length documentary about the Russia-Ukraine conflict in which Boris Johnson spends 72 hours on an unprotected journey though the “kill zone” of the Ukraine region of Zaporizhzhia. Talking extensively to soldiers and ordinary citizens, is the former British prime minister aping a war reporter or doing good? And what does a balaclava have to do with it?

The Undeclared War

Channel 4

Second series of the cyberattack thriller. Simon Pegg returns as the GCHQ director who must now uncover a mole in the intelligence agency. Adrian Lester and Siân Brooke also appear.

Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston

Disney Plus/National Geographic

The Night Manager actor Tom Hiddleston flexes his ancient scholar muscles and examines the Pompeii disaster of the eruption of Vesuvius.

Ghosts Australia

BBC Three

For those missing the British haunted mansion comedy that ended in 2023, Australia has a red-hot-go at its own version. Starring Tamala Shelton and Roman Witt.

Illustration by Charlotte Durance