On Television

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

Memories of a massacre

Rinder’s documentary is the kind of television at which the BBC excels, says Adam Lebor

The universal appeal of self-pity

Zeinab Badawi’s ‘The History of Africa’ (BBC World News)

Learning to love Big Brother

A contemporary political drama uses the double whammy of Covid and Brexit to reanimate older, primeval forces

Reviving the inner anarchist

A new series shows Britain sliding into authoritarianism. Sound familiar?

Lost dream of coexistence

Adam LeBor delves into The Bureau, the utterly absorbing French spy thriller series

A trauma that never ends

Adam LeBor commends the BBC’s latest documentary on the Iraq war

Rave that runs out of puff

Summertime and the streaming is easy, but Netflix’s White Lines leaves Adam LeBor cold

Shakespeare in the West Bank

Adam LeBor has found one of the most immersive, and exhausting, experiences television has to offer