Intruder, Channel 5 review - implausible but watchable

★★★ INTRUDER, CHANNEL 5 Implausible but watchable

The death of a home invader opens a can of worms

Channel 5 is rather partial to its four-night dramas, though recent effort The Drowning seemed to have sneaked unseen past the quality control department on its way to the screen. It pulled in the viewers though, and Intruder will probably do the same.

Extract: TV by Susan Bordo

EXTRACT: TV BY SUSAN BORDO On 75 years of changing TV, changing habits and the relationship between TV and Trump

On 75 years of changing TV, changing habits and the relationship between TV and Trump

"Television and I grew up together." As a baby boomer born in 1947, Susan Bordo is roughly the same age as our beloved gogglebox, which began life as a broad box with a ten-inch screen, chunky and clunky and encased in wood. With the rapid changes in technology in the years since, "television", as Bordo points out, has become estranged from its material status.

Keeping Faith, Series 3, BBC One review - is the drama turning to melodrama?

★★★ KEEPING FAITH, SERIES 3, BBC ONE Last orders for the Carmarthenshire-based family saga

Last orders for the Carmarthenshire-based family saga

After arriving with a bang in 2018, Keeping Faith (BBC One) disappointed many (though not all) of its fans with 2019’s second series. It’s had a bit of a breather before this third – and final – series, first seen in its Welsh version Un Bore Mercher on S4C last November. So, how is it shaping up?

The Flight Attendant, Sky One review - first-class entertainment

★★★★ THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, SKY ONE Kaley Cuoco excels as a hard-drinking air stewardess

Turbulence, murder and one-night stands: Kaley Cuoco excels as a hard-drinking air stewardess

“I get to see all these beautiful places and look passengers right in the eye and say the word trash.” Meet Cassie Bowden (the excellent Kaley Cuoco), flight attendant on Imperial Atlantic Airways. In firm denial about her alcohol problem, she knocks back myriads of vodka miniatures onboard, parties hard in cities the world over, has one-night stands after black-out benders (“Thank you for the effort.

Line of Duty, Series 6, BBC One review - fasten your seatbelts, it's back

★★★★ LINE OF DUTY, SERIES 6, BBC ONE Fasten your seatbelts, it's back

Attention-grabbing return of Jed Mercurio's dark and knotty police corruption thriller

Jed Mercurio’s tangly police corruption thriller Line of Duty has become one of the jewels in the BBC’s drama crown, and this sixth (and possibly last) series has finally arrived on BBC One after a steadily growing crescendo of pre-publicity. Can it live up to the hype?

Deutschland 89, Channel 4 review - the Wall comes down, what next?

★★★★ DEUTSCHLAND 89, CHANNEL 4 Final series of the East German spy drama

Compulsive start to final series of the East German spy drama that's much more

Joerg and Anna Winger’s gripping drama of East Germany, a loose portrait set over the final decade of that country’s existence, has reached its culmination, and this first episode of Deutschland 89 landed us right in the unpredictable maelstrom of history.

Your Honor, Sky Atlantic review - Bryan Cranston suffers fear and loathing in New Orleans

★★★★ YOUR HONOR, SKY ATLANTIC Bryan Cranston suffers fear and loathing in New Orleans

A road accident sets off a terrifying chain of events

Nice to find Bryan Cranston taking the lead in a TV series again (this is his first since Breaking Bad ended in 2013), and the role of New Orleans judge Michael Desiato fits him like a well-tailored suit.