Only Murders in the Building, Disney+ review - this comedy crime drama is a class act

★★★★★ ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, DISNEY+ Comedy crime drama is a class act

Guest star Meryl Streep is the icing on the cake

Despite its cursory nods to new technology, there’s something deliciously old-fashioned about Only Murders in the Building. Now into its third series, it tells the stories of a trio of affluent Manhattanites who make true-life podcasts about the mysterious deaths that occur in their palatial Upper West Side apartment building.

Wolf, BBC One review - a load of old...

★★ WOLF, BBC ONE Credulity-stretching adaptation of Mo Hayder's Jack Caffery novel

Credulity-stretching adaptation of Mo Hayder's Jack Caffery novel

Adapted by Megan Gallagher from one of Mo Hayder’s Jack Caffery novels (the seventh one, apparently), Wolf might be described as Welsh Gothic, spiced up with a splash of gratuitous sadism. Episode two, for instance, is titled merely “Torture”, which might apply to some of the acting as much as the dramatic content.

Disturbing Disappearances, More4 review - headstrong 'tec tackles Pied Piper mystery

★★★ DISTURBING DISAPPEARANCES, MORE 4 Headstrong 'tec tackles Pied Piper mystery

Abducted children case unlocks a tortuous family history

This five-part policier is the finale of the current Walter Presents French season, and takes us to the town of Montclair on France’s eastern border. The opening self-contained episode, occupying a chunky two-hour slot, took for its theme the legend of the Pied Piper. In this, you may recall, the children of Hamelin were lured away by the titular itinerant musician and drowned.

Hijack, Apple TV+ review - trapped at 40,000 feet with a bunch of armed thugs

★★★ HIJACK, APPLE TV+ How is Idris Elba going to rescue his fellow-passengers from this?

How is Idris Elba going to rescue his fellow-passengers from this?

Probably because it’s a secret fear shared by many a flyer, aircraft hijacking has become its own screen mini-genre. We’ve already had not only Hijack but also Hijacked, not to mention the Wesley Snipes vehicle Passenger 57, Jodie Foster in Flightplan and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 7500. In Air Force One, the President himself (played by Harrison Ford) was hijacked. And then there’s Liam Neeson in Non-Stop.

Turn of the Tide, Netflix review - cocaine madness comes to the Azores

★★★★ TURN OF THE TIDE, NETFLIX Cocaine madness comes to the Azores

Could this be Portugal's answer to 'Breaking Bad'?

When we consider the storied history of Portuguese television, we naturally think of… er… well, perhaps we'll get back to you on that. But in the meantime there’s Turn of the Tide (or Rabo de Peixe to give it its original title), Augusto Fraga’s surprising and captivating story of a tiny community in the Azores which suddenly finds itself awash with cocaine.

Best Interests, BBC One review - a family feels the unbearable strain of terminal illness

Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen star in Jack Thorne's hard-hitting drama

This is possibly not ideal viewing for a spell of sunny weather in June, but Jack Thorne’s drama about a family trying to cope with a terminally ill child is as compelling as it’s painful. Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen star as parents Andrew and Nicci, and Best Interests probes their private agony in piercingly intimate detail, but the focus also pulls out to encompass prickly issues of ethics, morality and the labyrinthine innards of the NHS.

Succession Season Four finale, Sky Atlantic review - a glorious bonfire of the vanities

★★★★★ SUCCESSION FINALE, SKY ATLANTIC A glorious bonfire of the vanities

The Roy family saga comes to a satisfyingly bruising end

Hey-hey! Alright! The standard greeting of Kendall Roy will be much missed, along with all the other regular joys of Succession. It wasn’t always 100% perfect, thank goodness, it was all too human: changeable, moody, ultimately self-serving, just like its characters, especially as it powered to a climax.

Ten Pound Poms, BBC One review - a new life in the Great Southern Land

★★★ TEN POUND POMS, BBC ONE A new life in the Great Southern Land

Sun, soap and clashing cultures in Danny Brocklehurst's emigrant drama

The Ten Pound Pom programme (or to use its official title, the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme) was devised to encourage British emigrants to Australia after World War Two. The idea was that the volunteers could escape from drab, rationing-battered Britain to the sun, sea and wide-open spaces of the Great Southern Land, while also helping to boost the Australian economy. Adults paid 10 quid and children travelled free.