A widow’s might
The Widow is intelligent television that probes the dark side of the international aid industry
Match of the dull
How Match of the Day needs modernising
Back to the wall
Despite the fact East Germany has disappeared, it continues to live on in this outstanding trilogy
Finn noir
A Bergmanesque miasma of gloom hangs over every episode in this new Scandinavian thriller
A treasure trove of memories
T.V. show, The Repair Shop, is just what we need in these dark and fractured times, says Adam LeBor
Remembering Khamis Abulafia: broadcaster, baker, peacemaker
As the remnants of Israel’s left implode and the hard-right strengthens further, Israel needs voices like Khamis’s more than ever
Memories of a massacre
Rinder’s documentary is the kind of television at which the BBC excels, says Adam Lebor
Learning to love Big Brother
A contemporary political drama uses the double whammy of Covid and Brexit to reanimate older, primeval forces
The Marxist cell in Number 10
Adam LeBor investigates the former communist cult that has found common cause with the prime minister and the Brexiteer Conservative right
Reviving the inner anarchist
A new series shows Britain sliding into authoritarianism. Sound familiar?