The Trial (iPlayer) – in an update of Franz Kafka’s classic, Allison P awakes to find herself arrested for thought crimes by police who won’t tell her the charges. Can she prove her innocence, with the support only of the Daily Telegraph and the leader of the Conservative Party? In a modern twist, the police officers are later revealed to have worn bodycams that show they actually told Allison exactly what she was accused of.

A Very Netflix Scoop (Prime) – the inside story of how Chet Nordquist, senior VP of Content-Leeching at a major streamer, decided to commission a film about the BBC’s interview with Prince Andrew. Nordquist, played by Channing Tatum, realises instead of hiring journalists, he can simply wait for other outlets to interview people, and make movies about that. But who will he hire to play Emily Maitlis?

Prime Time (Disney+) – A gripping six-part drama putting viewers in the room with Jackie Starbling, Executive Head of Streaming-Based Drama, as she develops a one-off film about a man making a film about the BBC interviewing Prince Andrew. Starring Courteney Cox as Starbling in a role many see as a sure-fire Emmy-winner.

Disneyfication (Netflix) – A fact-based musical about an executive commissioning a drama about a studio boss making a film about a news channel conducting an interview. Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda as Mark Urban.

All The Chancellor’s Women (Paramount+) – Incredible 1970s thriller about the intrepid Washington Post journalists Newman and Kempsell, who brought down one of Britain’s leading politicians with a series of tweets about Under-14 chess competitions.

Farage, PI (ITV) – Reboot of the classic Hawaii-based crime drama, with Tom Selleck as an MP who never seems to do any work and gets other people to pay for his “crime-fighting”. This week, Nige decides to launch a private prosecution from his sun lounger. 

House of Cards (iPlayer) – Based on the books by Nadine Dorries, this Westminster drama tells of the rise and fall of ambitious Conservative  MP Boris Urquhart, a brilliant schemer whose only flaws are total incompetence, a compulsion to shag anything that moves, and a habit of telling transparent lies. Famous for his catchphrase “You might very well think that; it’s an inverted pyramid of piffle.”

The Ten Commandments (ITV) – Cecil B DeMille’s classic retelling of the Exodus story. The children of Twitter are enslaved by the wicked Pharaoh Elon, until they flee to the promised land of BlueSky, flowing with starter packs and block lists. But on arrival they find that the people already there have written an arbitrary set of rules covering all aspects of their posting. Starring Charlton Heston as James O’Brien. 

Downfall (Channel 4) – Based on the multi-volume history by Tim Shipman, this covers the final days in a failing leader’s bunker, as he gives a speech in the pouring rain and then demands to know why everyone is laughing at his idea of “compulsory voluntary national service.”

The X Files (Disney+) – The continuing adventures of two attention-seeking FBI agents who believe everything they read on Twitter. This week, is the prime minister secretly responsible for a series of gruesome crimes, and is the famously left-wing Daily Mail covering it up? Starring David Duchovny as Fox “Spooky” Farage and Gillian Anderson as his love interest, Dom “Classic” Cummings.