If you missed tonight's episode of Banished, catch up via iPlayer. It was an incredible episode. 

The last 20 minutes of this episode is a cracking fable, full of brutal love and death, with the fierce dignity of convicts shipped to 18th-century Australia coming face to snarling face with their masters’ bogus authority. The final scene will leave you winded. Exactly what we hoped for from a Jimmy McGovern period drama, in contrast to the previous scenes, which feel merely like a stilted, perfunctory period drama, too glossy and gentle by half. Is it worth it? If you’ve come this far you’d probably say yes. Guardian

Don't miss tonight's episode of Banished - on BBC 2 at 9pm. Catch up with previous episodes on BBC iPlayer.

With James (Russell Tovey) vanished into the bush the attention of Jimmy McGovern’s claustrophobic saga about the first (very reluctant) European settlers focuses on Ewen Bremner’s vicar and his attempt to build a church, and Ross (Joseph Millson) getting his revenge on Kitty for spurning his advances. Or as the gallant Major puts it: “I will not be humiliated by a whore.”

TV Guide has shared a new photo of Joseph as Major Ross and a synopsis for episode 5 of banished, due to air on Thursday 2nd April. 

The bedraggled, starving convicts and power-crazed guards of the penal colony are all equal in the face of a common enemy: nature itself. This week that's made horribly clear when a hapless guard falls victim to an exotic predator in the bush, proving that nobody is safe in this unfamiliar terrain. Major Ross employs the services of the camp's scribe, Letters Molloy, to write a letter to the dead man’s parents informing them of his demise (with the facts rewritten to make the soldier into a glorious war hero, naturally). Meanwhile, an illicit game of cards has dramatic consequences for more than one, and Anne Meredith continues to secretly counsel the grieving Mary – but what might the convict's endgame be?

Broadcast Now shared an infographic for the consolidated viewing figures for Banished episode 1.

The See-Saw Films / RSJ Films epic launched with the third biggest audience for any BBC2 drama opener since 2012 after it added 1m consolidated viewers.

RSJ Films shared a new clip for this week's episode, which airs on Thursday 9pm on BBC 2.

Peak Practice series 7 is finally available on DVD, though only as region 4 (Australia). Another reason we all need multi-region DVD players - at least they are fairly inexpensive. The DVD will be released on May 6th 2015, and can be pre-ordered.