If you need a hand finding some gems that you missed out on, here are five brilliant shows, still available on BBC iPlayer, that you can catch up on right now.
1. Line of Duty
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If you haven't caught up with Line of Duty yet, firstly - why not? Secondly - get on iPlayer pronto. The full series is still available to view, so don't dally and make sure you don't miss out on the finest British drama of 2014 so far.
With a career best performance from Keeley Hawes and a script from Jed Mercurio that flips and twists more than a Premier League footballer in the penalty area, this truly lives up to the billing of 'must watch TV'.
2. Prostitution: What's The Harm
Reason No.1 to Save BBC Three this week. Billie JD Porter has recently become the new face of documentaries for BBC Three and she's certainly not afraid to tackle the big subjects with an open mind and an even hand.
She's got a Louis Theroux-style approach to her docs - it's wide-eyed fascination and heartfelt interest in her subjects without judgement or prejudice - and it would be a shame if her rising star was one of the many things lost in the BBC Three shake-up.
This documentary, which questioned those who buy and sell sex, had many eye-opening moments. From orgies and naked women waiting in saunas in Prague to British lads Adam and Declan who don't find it remotely humiliating that they have to splash the cash to get a girl "that looks like she's from Nuts magazine".
And that's before we even mention webcam girl and prostitute Charlotte and her regular online punter who enjoys inserting golf balls where the sun doesn't shine. Eye-opening TV? Eye-watering more like.
3. Life and Death Row
Reason No.2 to Save BBC Three. Would this documentary from Ben Anthony have been made without the BBC's 'yoof channel'. If the answer is no, we need to be fighting a hell of a lot harder to keep it.
Telling the stories of two young inmates on death row, the documentary was powerful, complex, provocative and unflinching. With access to the young men, just days before they were set to get the death penalty, and some of the victims and victims' families, it presented both sides of the capital punishment argument.
It was haunting, but compelling television and there are further episodes to come.
4. Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
We should never take a comedian like Stewart Lee for granted. Sneaked out at 10pm on Saturdays with little fanfare, his abrasive and confrontational style is bound to rub plenty of people up the wrong way, but he remains an original, razor sharp and willing to snarl at audiences' expectations and boundaries.
In his latest series, perhaps more than ever before, Lee has reveled in twisting and bending jokes back in on themselves. It's a masterclass in stand-up, which isn't really stand-up and it's the perfect antidote to endless Live from the Apollo repeats on Dave.
5. Arena: Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
These days political satire on TV is reduced to snarky comments on panel shows and David Mitchell bumbling pleasantly on 10 O'Clock Live. But it wasn't always so.
Back in the '80s and early '90s, millions used to tune in to watch politicians of all colours being savaged by latex puppets. This Arena documentary was a timely reminder of the show's success and how badly we miss it today.
Many claim that the modern politician is too slick, bland and PR-savvy for mickey-taking. But isn't it just the case that all politicians just seem that way nowadays because there isn't a show like Spitting Image to rip them to shreds every week?
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