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Keeley Hawes in The Assassin.

Keeley Hawes’ complicated assassin is a bit hit (and miss) in manic thriller

The creators of outback caper The Tourist, brothers Jack and Harry Williams, offer another romp through picturesque locations, but it’s a bit of a slog at times.

  • Karl Quinn

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Ingrid (Sally Phillips), Austin (Michael Theo) and  Julian (Ben Miller) continue their adventures in season two of Austin.

ABC comedy Austin returns with more humour, heart and Michael Theo

There is much to rejoice about this Australian and British comedy drama co-production, which shines with a beautifully peculiar wit.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Filippa Coster-Waldau as Smilla in the TV adaptation of the best-selling book Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow.

It was a groundbreaking crime book – and this TV adaptation is even stranger

Smilla’s Sense of Snow brings Peter Hoeg’s 1992 literary thriller firmly into the future with an energy crisis twist.

  • Craig Mathieson
Lucy Boynton stars as Ruth Ellis in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

The incredible true-crime story that changed UK legal history

This magnetic, if occasionally hollow, four-part drama tells the tragic story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Mark Gatiss stars as Gabriel Book in new crime drama Bookish.

Mark Gatiss is brilliant in this series – just don’t call it cosy crime

The co-creator of Sherlock stars in a new post-war crime drama as an eccentric, grammar-loving bookshop owner who is also adept at solving mysteries

  • Kylie Northover
What to stream this week (clockwise from top left): Underdogs; Deep Cover; Foundation; Dear Ms; Too Much; and Sneaky Pete.

What to stream this week: Lena Dunham’s new comedy and five more picks

Picks include the Girls creator’s London rom-com, season three of a cerebral science-fiction epic, cute animals and sneaky three-season binge. 

  • Craig Mathieson
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Michael C. Hall reprises his role as serial killer Dexter Morgan in Dexter: Resurrection. 

This is one of the most blatant cash grabs in TV history – but I love it

Did we need another helping of this iconic series? Absolutely not. Will I watch it? Weirdly, yes.

  • Meg Watson
Steven Oliver and Narelda Jacobs are back with a full season of Big Backyard Quiz.

Looking for a new TV quiz show? Step into the backyard

Narelda Jacobs hosts Big Backyard Quiz, which has made the leap from standalone special to a proper 10-episode season.

  • Bridget McManus
Vritika Gupta plays Canadian teenager Reena, whose murder is investigated in Under the Bridge.

True crime dramas seldom provide understanding. This one is different

Based on the real-life murder of a Canadian teenager in 1997, Under the Bridge grapples with brutal events.

  • Craig Mathieson
Kat Sadler, Lizzie Davidson and Louise Brealey as Josie, Billie and Deb.

This five-star British series is shocking and confronting – and it’s the best comedy in years

The unremittingly dark Such Brave Girls returns for a second season of unsentimental, pitch-black comedy.

  • Kylie Northover

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