On Television

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

Diamond geezers in Antwerp

From crime dramas to political thrillers, Adam LeBor reviews television from across the world

TV crime spree

From Washington to Belfast via a conspiracy thriller, Adam LeBor reviews the latest television drama.

Risky liasons

From Syria to Spain