On Television

Tough women take on the bad guys

When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more

The horror of 7 October on film

The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages

When America ignored a slaughter

Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors

Toffs, trials and tradecraft

The best police procedurals unpeel the place where the drama unfolds

Rebus at the school of hard Knox

The tropes are popular, because they work

The slain in Spain, and Belfast again

This police drama tidies up loose ends just enough, but still leaves the viewers wanting more

Walter’s Arctic Circle is a winner

Welcome to a kaleidoscopic showcase of topical dramas in vivid settings

The untalented Mx. Ripley

In a story of a fiendishly successful performance, Eliot Sumner proved an extremely unconvincing man

The stench of Chanel No 5

Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior

War on Nazis in Oz and in the air

LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air