James Jackson

For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerSaturday’s viewing guide, by James JacksonThe Hacienda — The Club That Shook Britain BBC2, 10.15p

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A brilliant premise of ruthless back-stabbing, deception — and niceness — produces an unmissable climax. Warning: contains spoilers

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Documentary titles like to spell out their subject in literal fashion these days, but lately that has started to mutate into something more extreme: there was Don’t F*** with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, then The Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker, and now The Pig Butchering Romance Scam

The best of the new TV series and shows that are available to stream in the UK — chosen by the Times TV team

The best of the new TV series and shows that are available to stream in the UK — chosen by the Times TV team

As BBC current affairs series go, Katya Adler’s Living Next Door to Putin has already admirably fulfilled two thirds of Lord Reith’s mission statement. It is informing us how Russia’s neighbouring countries are feeling as the Ukraine invasion starts to feel endless (answer: anxious), and it is educating us in recent and lesser-told Baltic history.

Another week, another new series in which celebrities scream and f-word their way through extreme challenges. But unlike Celebrity SAS, you didn’t have to watch Don’t Look Down for SU2C while slightly hating yourself for doing so

There’s a scene in the forthcoming final run of The Crown that feels oddly authentic — and it involves William and Harry. William is turning 18 and in his last term at Eton, and after we’ve witnessed