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ON DEMAND Kid Cosmic (Netflix, from Tuesday) The brainchild of Emmy-winning animation expert Craig McCracken, who has previously worked on the likes of The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory. At the centre of the story is a little boy who lives with his free-spirited Grandpa in a desert town. The youngster longs to become a hero, and thinks he's found a way of making it happen when he finds some magical stones in a wrecked spaceship. He and his friends set out to use them against an alien invasion, but matters don't go to plan. Firefly Lane (Netflix, from Wed)

How to be a more considerate shopper without breaking the bank  Buying fewer clothes that will last longer can make you an eco-angel Alyson Walsh, the considerate shopper Credit: Claire Pepper One question I am asked repeatedly is “why is sustainable fashion so expensive?” I’m sure that’s an issue on many readers’ lips as they study this photograph of me wearing a designer coat costing more than £700. “When you consider the skills in play and stages involved – from the growing and collecting of the raw materials, to the dyers and weavers, to the designers, production teams and...

Rating: Anyone can have too much of a good thing, as our poodle-cross Fizzy found out on Boxing Day. Not satisfied with the scraps from every plate, she somehow levitated onto a table and stole half a Toblerone. Dogs and chocolate are a bad combination, so I’m grateful the consequences were nothing worse than an hour spent shampooing the stair carpet. Pooch Perfect (BBC1), the dog grooming contest hosted by Sheridan Smith, suffered a similar fate. It crammed in so much sweetness that it ended up being a little bit sick-making. The basic idea was to take four professional groomers and set t...

HERE'S a subject for investigation: mockumentaries – when did they start, and will the invasion end with the ubiquitous format taking over TV? I would trace the beginnings to the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap. In Rob Reiner’s classic comedy, written by Christopher Guest, Reiner (also starring), Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, the cameras followed a heavy metal band on tour, their triumphs and tragedies but mostly their regular bouts of humiliation, including getting lost en route to the stage. It was such a hit that imitators were sure to follow, and it turned out that television, ...