On Television

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

Good cops and bad spies

Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work

Weekends à la mode

Living Architecture is opening minds and changing taste

Taking on ISIS and Eichmann

Covering a French spy thriller, a documentary on Eichmann and a British government drama

Haunting Ghosts

Two timely dramatisations of espionage in the Middle East

Paper trail

Thrillers from Finland to Afghanistan

From slobs to royalty

How the Royle Family mirrored working class life

Summer viewing

Top television recommendations for the summer from Adam LeBor