IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS

★★★★½

Sunday (July 5), 9.30pm, ABC

Social documentary maker Maya Newell (Gayby Baby) beautifully presents life in Alice Springs through the eyes of 10-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa boy, Dujuan, and in doing so, exposes sticking points around education and the cultural and economic divide. A child healer, Dujuan conveys his inherited history, his spirituality, and his frustration and confusion with a system that’s failing him. Inspiring and awakening, this is a precious inside view of a politicised world.

BEECHAM HOUSE

New series ★★★

Saturday (July 11), 8.30pm, Ten

From beloved British Indian filmmaker, Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham, Viceroy’s House), comes this extravagant six-part period drama set in 18th-Century Delhi. Pre-colonial India is slavishly recreated, down to servile caricatures and European posturing. Tom Bateman (Jekyll & Hyde) cuts a dashing figure as the highly anticipated incoming “sahib” of Beecham House, a place ripe for scandal, intrigue and a bitter battle for his affections.

PAY TV

LAST ONE LAUGHING

★★★½

Amazon Prime

Extremely silly series in which 10 Australian comedians are locked in a room, told to be funny – but also instructed to not, under any circumstances, smile or laugh. If that sounds like a recipe for chaos, you’d be right. At stake is $100,000. Rebel Wilson oversees the action and makes the call to evict offenders. And in between times, some of the best comics in Australia get increasingly crazy in their attempts to make each other crack. The sheer mayhem is frequently hilarious. MH