Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Netflix review - thrilling documentary series wreaks havoc in the paddock

★★★★★ FORMULA 1 : DRIVE TO SURVIVE, NETFLIX Thrilling documentary series wreaks havoc in the paddock

Ripping away the corporate facade of motorsport's gated community

The 2020 Formula 1 season will commence in Melbourne next weekend... unless the race is cancelled because of the mounting coronavirus panic. Everyone will have to self-isolate and watch Netflix instead, so how fortunate that the ‘flix has delivered this second series of Drive to Survive in the nick of time.

Midnight Family review - a thrilling documentary set in Mexico City

★★★★ MIDNIGHT FAMILY A thrilling documentary set in Mexico City

Luke Lorentzen's intimate film tells the inside story of a family and their private ambulance service

“It’s cool to see a car crash or a gunshot wound, it’s exciting.” Emergency medical technician Juan Ochoa, 17, loves his work, which is just as well because he doesn’t always get paid.

How To Stay out of Jail, Channel 4 review – a bold rehabilitation programme from Durham police

★★★★ HOW TO STAY OUT OF JAIL, CHANNEL 4 A bold rehabilitation programme from Durham police

Touching and insightful film about offenders trying to seize a second chance

With prison overcrowding reaching chronic proportions, police in County Durham have developed the Checkpoint programme to try to keep offenders out of jail with rehabilitation in the community. It’s like Felons Anonymous – candidates have to sign a contract confessing their crimes and stipulating that they won’t reoffend. They get one chance, and if they break the pledge they’ll end up behind bars.

Confronting Holocaust Denial with David Baddiel, BBC Two review - grappling with the incomprehensible

★★★★ CONFRONTING HOLOCAUST DENIAL WITH DAVID BADDIEL, BBC TWO Grappling with the incomprehensible

Writer and comedian tries to fathom how so many can deny such well-documented history

It’s all in the timing. Here was David Baddiel beginning a stand-up turn at a gig in Finchley. A Holocaust survivor gets to heaven, and God asks for a Holocaust joke. God says that his joke isn't funny, and the survivor replies “Well, I guess you had to be there.” Baddiel believes there is nothing that is impervious to a joke.

Classic Albums: Tears for Fears, Songs From The Big Chair, BBC Four review - anatomy of an anthem

★★★ TEARS FOR FEARS, SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR, BBC FOUR Classic Albums documentary hits the right notes, mostly

Latest BBC Classic Albums documentary hits the right notes, mostly

Roland Orzabal, co-founder and lead guitarist of Tears for Fears, laughs to himself often during this documentary — the latest in the BBC’s often-excellent, always-forensic Classic Albums series. “I agree, I agree, it sounds great,” says Orzabal. He’s listening to “Shout,” the band’s 1984 Billboard No. 1 hit.

Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall review - needles, guns and grass

Alfred George Bailey documents rock photographer Jim Marshall's demons and genius

In photographer Jim Marshall’s heyday in the 60s and 70s, before the music business became corporate and restrictive, and before Marshall unravelled – he was partial to cars, cocaine and guns as well as cameras – musicians asked for him, they trusted him, and he never violated their trust because, he said, “these people have let you into their life”.