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Sunday Times Culture Magazine - Critics Choice Tracey Moberly Fuzz off, fuzz on F*** Off, I'm a Hairy Woman (BBC3, 9pm) Thursday 29 March

The aggressive title aside, this is actually a stirring programme that addresses the fact that while women naturally have hair all over their bodies, this is never represented in advertising, even in hair-removal ads, and rarely in art. Here, the comedian Shazia Mirza, who has spent thousands on depilation over the years, lets her body hair grow as a revolutionary act.