The Guilty, ITV

Another night, another cold case for your viewing pleasure

Scientists may have found a cure for insomnia. It’s thinking up names for television detectives. Have you noticed how elephant-tranquilisingly dull they are? Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller. Len Harper. Denise Woods. Tony Gates, Steve Arnott and Kate Fleming. Sergeant Geoff Plank. DS Fiona Photofit. Oh go on then, couple of ringers in there, but the rest have lately been busting crime on a mainstream channel near you (see sidebar to ID them all).

Whitechapel, Series Four, ITV1

WHITECHAPEL, SERIES FOUR, ITV1 The history-themed crime drama takes the genre bending a step too far

The history-themed crime drama takes the genre bending a step too far

I can’t have been alone in my struggle to keep the two of them straight in my head: there’s the one set in the east end of London, in which a former BBC Spook tries to track down Jack the Ripper; and then there’s the one set in the east end of London, in which a former BBC Spook tries to track down a modern-day killer inspired by Jack the Ripper.

Love and Marriage, ITV

LOVE AND MARRIAGE, ITV It's a nice idea, but ITV's family-centric comedy drama is light on entertainment

It's a nice idea, but ITV's family-centric comedy drama is light on entertainment

They say that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but I began to grow bored with Love and Marriage about halfway through the opening credits. What seemed like endless pairs of smiling, photogenic couples swung onto the screen against a twee, brightly-coloured backdrop, and I realised I was already struggling to care.

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane, ITV

THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER, ITV Could ITV be setting up a series with its returning 19th-century detective?

Could ITV be setting up a series with its returning 19th-century detective?

The disgraced ex-cop turned private investigator has become such a trope of contemporary noir that the fate of the first great modern detective, following the events of his first televised outing, is not particularly surprising. The Murder in Angel Lane has Paddy Considine reprise his 2011 role as the titular detective, but this time the mystery he is charged with solving has sprung entirely from the pen of Appropriate Adult’s Neil McKay rather than being inspired by true-life events.

The Big Reunion, Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle

THE BIG REUNION, METRO RADIO ARENA, NEWCASTLE Reality TV and washed-up '90s pop creates a harmonious match. No, seriously

Reality TV and washed-up '90s pop creates a harmonious match. No, seriously

With a full-on commercial break in the middle of the programme and teary clips from the television show interspersed throughout, The Big Reunion live show really does play out like an extended episode of ITV2’s unlikely reality hit. Thankfully this means carrying over many of the things that made the TV show great, as well as giving late '90s/early '00s revivalists ample opportunity to purchase a £50 hoodie.

Broadchurch, Series Finale, ITV

BROADCHURCH'S BIG NIGHT AT THE BAFTAS Hit ITV show takes best drama series, Olivia Colman feted as best actress

ITV's hit crime series drags itself wearily across the finishing line

And the killer is... No, that would be telling, and you might not have watched it on catch-up yet. But was the revelation worth the wait?

The Ice Cream Girls, ITV

THE ICE CREAM GIRLS, ITV A dark secret from the Nineties haunts Poppy and Serena, but do we care?

A dark secret from the Nineties haunts Poppy and Serena, but do we care?

A new drama series at 9pm on a Friday? How often does that happen, eh? Friday is supposed to be reserved for quiz shows, comedies and BBC Four documentaries about disco music.

Endeavour, Series 1, ITV

ENDEAVOUR, SERIES 1, ITV Lewis having retired, a skinny young Morse rises again

Lewis having retired, a skinny young Morse rises again

Where will it end? Inspector Morse keeled over all the way back in the year 2000. Then the faintly unimaginable happened. Morse’s plodding sidekick Lewis got a promotion and started solving Oxford’s apparently inexhaustible supply of murders himself. When Lewis retired this January, the logical choice would have been to hand the baton on his lanky junior.  Hathaway sounds like a series, doesn't it? But no, ITV have long been hatching other plans for the brand that keeps on printing money.

Inspector Morse's Last Round

As the young detective returns in Endeavour, we revisit this set report from Morse's final case

Oxford. A glum afternoon in early spring, 2000. Tourists clogging the city’s arteries. On a terrace overlooking the river Cherwell, a tour guide finishes her spiel and shepherds a flock of pensioners on to the next destination. A lone squat figure with silver hair, leaning contemplatively against the railings, doesn’t budge. The tour guide is convinced he’s one of hers. A quick cup of tea, she says kindly, and it’s back on the coach to Stratford. He turns the sad hound’s face on her, with its blowtorch eyes, and advises her brusquely of her mistake.

The Security Men, ITV

THE SECURITY MEN, ITV Puerile, predictable one-off comedy from writers Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope

Puerile, predictable one-off comedy from writers Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope

Does Caroline Aherne hate women? Surely not, but given that there have been plenty of painfully humourless so-called comedies over the years with this heavy a reliance on recurring jokes about older women’s breasts you could be forgiven for hoping that one of the country’s most high-profile comediennes might use her position to produce something a little less puerile than The Security Men.

Aherne and Pope's foursome at least seem to be having fun