If you’ve got a TV, you’ll have a TV licence and that means the BBC’s world-class content is at your fingertips. We’ve put together our selection of ten of the best that are currently available on BBC iPlayer.
Michaela Coel's stunning new series is most certainly not a family show, but if you have the stomach for gripping drama this is certainly a Must. Coel is not just a gifted writer and actor, but a brilliant humourist to boot.
By interviewing some of the people who were there, Once Upon A Time In Iraq, tells a new story of the invasion, at times terrifying, but also by turns tender and unexpectedly funny. It is consistently compelling television.
Sherlock Holmes has ditched the deerstalker and pipe for a head of curls and a mobile phone, strutting his eccentric stuff right into the 21st Century. And what better man for the job of playing him than Benedict Cumberbatch?
He never disappoints does he? Sir David Attenborough’s got his thermals on and he’s off to the poles in the name of nature exploration. Cor, almost makes you chilly just thinking about it.
When writing London-based Luther, Neil Cross threw subtlety out of his car window onto the busy M25, where it then got run over by a car, a lorry, and a cement mixer.
There are few TV shows that are spoken about with almost universal praise - you’ve got The Wire, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Sopranos, and this show, Battlestar Gallactica.
Compared to other cop dramas, this one is notably stripped back. They haven’t chucked a load of money at fancy schmancy lighting, and don’t waste precious resource making sure the soundtrack reflects a hipster’s playlist titled “just vibes.” Instead they’ve spent their time and money on the properly good stuff: the drama.
If our readers are anything like Team Must, you’re well ready for a break from all the smarter-than-thou, emotionally intelligent dramedies and are more than ready for a slice of belly-jiggling, knee-slapping silliness. And there are two people who are absolutely certain to give you just that: Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
