Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time, BBC One review – a defiantly small and personal goodbye

★★★ DOCTOR WHO: TWICE UPON A TIME, BBC ONE Capaldi and Moffat traded thrills for laughter and tears in their flawed but touching finale

Capaldi and Moffat traded thrills for laughter and tears in their flawed but touching finale

And so, with one last speech on the importance of kindness, Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat bid farewell to the TARDIS. In their final Doctor Who episode, Twice Upon a Time subverted expectations with a small, sweet adventure which valued character above plot.

The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey, BBC Four review - awe-inspiring and life-affirming space odyssey

★★★★★ THE FARTHEST: VOYAGER'S INTERSTELLAR JOURNEY, BBC FOUR 'Storyville' celebrates humanity’s most daring exploration into our solar system and beyond

'Storyville' celebrates humanity’s most daring exploration into our solar system and beyond

Long before Barack Obama spoke about the audacity of hope, the Voyager mission left the Earth driven by something else: the audacity of curiosity. What do the outer planets look like? What are they comprised of? And what’s beyond that?

theartsdesk Q&A: Steven Knight and Cillian Murphy of Peaky Blinders

THEARTSDESK Q&A: STEVEN KNIGHT AND CILLIAN MURPHY OF 'PEAKY BLINDERS'  The process behind the hit drama

As the fourth series approaches, its star and creator explain the process behind the hit drama

Like a lot of people, I came late to Peaky Blinders, bingeing on the first two brutal, but undeniably brilliant, series like the proverbial box-set sensation it quickly became.

W1A, Series 3 Finale, BBC Two review - the satire gets to the end of its joke

★★★ W1A, SERIES 3 FINALE, BBC TWO The satire gets to the end of its joke

Funny but flat, the BBC mockumentary struggled with engagement

Repetition can help clarity. It emphasises significance, and shines a light more directly onto something hidden. It can guide us gently into an area we might have otherwise circumvented, and urge us to stare at something for long enough to see beyond, and transcend previous, long-held opinions. It can also, of course, become very tired very fast and that was, sadly, the case with the third series of John Morton’s BBC mockumentary sitcom.

10 Questions for The Radiophonic Workshop's Paddy Kingsland

10 QUESTIONS FOR THE RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP'S PADDY KINGSLAND The composer talks synthesizers, 'Doctor Who' and a new project that has a foot in the past

The composer talks synthesizers, 'Doctor Who' and a new project that has a foot in the past

Formed in 1958 by Desmond Briscoe and Daphne Oram, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneered groundbreaking innovation in music making, using anything and everything to create new textures and tones to satisfy eager TV producers looking for otherwordly sounds to lead audiences through their programmes.

DVD: Marc Isaacs - Two Films

DVD: MARC ISAACS - TWO FILMS Subtle British documentaries catch the nuance of behaviour

Subtle British documentaries catch the nuance of behaviour

There’s a nice pairing to these two character-led documentary films, as reflections on concepts of partnership presented from different ends of the spectrum of innocence and experience. Treating innocence, Someday My Prince Will Come (2005) is the story of 11-year-old Laura-Anne, growing up in an isolated village on the Cumbrian coast, as she begins to engage with the boys around her.

Best of 2016: TV

BEST OF 2016: TV Ten highlights from a year stuffed with telly-treats

Ten highlights from a year stuffed with telly-treats

If there's one big question hanging over the television industry, it's "how long can the old broadcast networks survive in the new era of subscription and downloading services?" No doubt there will be a variety of answers, with different hybrid arrangements and partnerships springing up to deliver programming across multiple formats. From the viewer's point of view, it's a pain to have to keep subscribing to multiple providers such as Netflix or Amazon, not to mention all the extra devices we now have sticking out of the back of the TV. On the other hand, have viewers ever had it so good?

Kanneh-Mason, Fantasia Orchestra, Fetherstonhaugh, St Gabriel's Pimlico

★★★★ KANNEH-MASON, FANTASIA ORCHESTRA, FETHERSTONHAUGH, ST GABRIEL'S PIMLICO BBC Young Musician of the Year isn't the only major junior talent on show here

BBC Young Musician of the Year isn't the only major junior talent on show here

Sheku Kanneh-Mason isn't just BBC Young Musician 2016 - he's the year's top player in my books, a master at any level. Despite a contract with Decca, starting with the Shostakovich First Cello Concerto he played in the competition finale, he looks likely to remain loyal to family and friends, including the Fantasia Orchestra, founded this year, in which he's already played as part of the cello section.

Louis Theroux: Savile, BBC Two

LOUIS THEROUX: SAVILE, BBC TWO Little light, but powerful television, as Louis Theroux dealt with Jimmy Savile a second time

Little light, but powerful television, as Louis Theroux dealt with Jimmy Savile a second time

The procedure of introductions in Louis Theroux: Savile seemed somehow more elaborate than usual. Knocking on the door of those he was about to talk to for what might have been dubbed “Savile Revisited”, Louis Theroux was unusually careful about his greeting ritual: “I’m Louis”, “Can I come in?”, “Should I take off my shoes?” That last one was perhaps the fairest question here, because he was bringing all sorts of past horrors and dirty deceits into these clean and tidy homes.