Headline : Unfrosted to Old: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

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Jerry Seinfeld’s origin story of Pop-Tarts is a riotous comedy full of starry cameos, and M Night Shyamalan’s thriller about a secret beach has all the twists you would expect from the maker of The Sixth Sense

Based on a true story in the same way that Froot Loops are based on fruit, Jerry Seinfeld’s feature directorial debut is another of that new movie genre, the product origin tale – but his take on the birth of Pop-Tarts favours comedy over accuracy. It’s 1963, and Kellogg’s head of development, Bob Cabana (Seinfeld), is vying with rival cereal firm Post – run by Amy Schumer’s Marjorie Post – to create a toastable breakfast snack. He’s aided by ex-Nasa food boffin Donna Stankowski (Melissa McCarthy) but obstacles abound, including that inveterate scene-stealer Hugh Grant as a thwarted thesp stuck playing Tony the Tiger. A film of constant one-liners and cherishable big-name cameos. Out now, Netflix

The charismatic, risk-taking Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna may be an obvious subject for a documentary, but Asif Kapadia’s film is probably the definitive take on his life – and death. Contemporary and new interviews, and lots of in-car and behind-the-pit-lane footage, reveal a man pushing himself to the limit season after season. The rivalry with Alain Prost – a more political operator known as the Professor – is spicy and dramatic, while Senna’s role as an idol (or opiate) for Brazil’s impoverished masses gives him a wider relevance than just sport. Fascinating and tragic. Sunday 5 May, 11.20pm, Channel 4

The channel’s season of Charlie Chaplin films continues with this delightful 1931 work. Released after the advent of the talkies, it has the odd sound effect (gunshots, pianos, whistles) but largely sticks with Chaplin’s tried and trusted silent comedy shtick. This time, his ever-optimistic Tramp falls for a poor, blind flower-seller (Virginia Cherrill) but can’t reveal his own downtrodden life. The pathos overload of that is mitigated by inventive scenes of him in the company of Harry Myers’s drunk millionaire and a slapstick boxing match that is pure genius. Saturday 4 May, 1pm, Sky Arts

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