Prisoner 951
BBC One
Iranian-British dual citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in Iran between 2016 and 2022 on trumped up charges. Stephen Butchard’s elegantly furious drama explores the incarceration of Nazanin (Narges Rashidi), the campaign for her release by her husband Richard (Joseph Fiennes), and the pivotal role played by a decades-old £400m tank debt owed by the UK to Iran.
Greatest Basslines
Sky Arts
Never underestimate the rhythm section. A series looking at bass players featuring Peter Hook (New Order), Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole; the Smashing Pumpkins) and Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters). Contributors also include the hugely influential Mani from the Stone Roses, who died this month.
Poison Water
BBC Two
Tenacious documentary about contaminated drinking water in Cornwall in 1988 that local scientist Doug Cross thinks led to his wife’s premature death.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
BBC Three
The final of this year’s homegrown wing of Drag Race, hosted by RuPaul and Michelle Visage. Wit, campery, shade and fabulousness.
Illustration by Charlotte Durance