Fellow Travellers, Paramount+ review - four-decade saga of power, politics and gay love

Plush TV treatment of Thomas Mallon's bestselling novel

Derived from the similarly-titled novel by Thomas Mallon and directed by Ron Nyswaner, Fellow Travellers tracks the course of its protagonists through several decades of 20th Century American history. It’s also an account of changing attitudes to homosexuality, and how gay culture emerged from the shadows and went mainstream.

The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from the Life of John le Carré, Apple TV+ review - outstanding, intriguing portrait of David Cornwell

★★★★ THE PIGEON TUNNEL, APPLE TV+ Outstanding, intriguing portrait of David Cornwell

Errol Morris's film puts the author in a hall of mirrors where the truth is satisfyingly elusive

When the Oscar-winning documentary-maker Errol Morris sat David Cornwell down before his Interrotron camera in 2019, the first salvo of the chat came, not from the interviewer, but from his subject: “Who are you?” 

Frasier, Paramount+ review - he's back! But should he be?

★★★ FRASIER, PARAMOUNT+ Can Kelsey Grammer and a new cast make lightning strike again?

Can Kelsey Grammer and a new cast make lightning strike again?

F. Scott Fitzgerald said there were no second acts in American lives, but here’s Frasier Crane coming back for his third. Frasier first appeared on TV in the third series of Cheers in 1984. After Cheers bit the dust in 1993, Frasier was transported from Boston to Seattle and reborn in his own show, which ran until 2004 and stands as one of the most revered comedies in TV history (alongside, it must be said, Cheers).

Reckoning with the Jimmy Savile legacy - Steve Coogan stars in BBC One's four-part 'factual drama'

RECKONING WITH THE JIMMY SAVILE LEGACY Suitable for prime-time entertainment?

Is Savile's career of evil suitable for prime-time entertainment?

Dramatisations of real-life crime have become all the rage on TV, as screenwriter Neil McKay and producer Jeff Pope are well aware. Their history of morbid collaborations includes See No Evil: The Moors Murders, the saga of serial killers Fred and Rosemary West in Appropriate Adult, and, in Four Lives, the story of serial killer Stephen Port.

Boiling Point, BBC One review - chef drama that's simmering nicely

★★★★ BOILING POINT, BBC ONE Chef drama that's simmering nicely

Terrific drama series has been whipped up from Stephen Graham's hit film

The problem facing any chef series is that its daily dramas are essentially rooted in the same small, sweaty space. It’s like one of the reductions prepared there, all the flavours compressed into an intense spoonful of sauce.

The Continental, Prime Video - welcome to the expanding John Wick universe

★★★ THE CONTINENTAL, PRIME VIDEO Welcome to the expanding John Wick universe

Origin story of the hitman's hotel makes a sluggish start

Now that earnings from the John Wick movie franchise have topped a billion dollars, it’s no surprise that there should be moves afoot to cash in by developing a “John Wick Universe”.

Wilderness, Prime Video review - twisty thriller that leaves a nasty aftertaste

Gilded couple explore the barren lands of their blighted marriage

Jenna Coleman has had a mostly upbeat acting CV to date, notably playing Clara in Doctor Who and the young Queen in ITV’s Victoria. The mood darkened with her excellent turn as the French-Canadian girlfriend of the mass murderer in The Serpent; now it turns to pitch with Wilderness.

Top Boy, Season 5, Netflix review - grime and punishment

★★★★ TOP BOY, SEASON 5, NETFLIX Grime and punishment

Ronan Bennett's Hackney crime epic reaches a fiery conclusion

And so Ronan Bennett’s Hackney gangster odyssey reaches its conclusion, having made the leap from its Channel 4 origins back in 2011 to become, over its last three series, one of Netflix’s top-rating and most acclaimed shows. And it has managed to do it without diluting or compromising its London roots, despite detours to Jamaica, Spain, Morocco and even Ramsgate.

Who Is Erin Carter?, Netflix review - secrets and ultra-violence under the Catalan sun

★★★ WHO IS ERIN CARTER?, NETFLIX Secrets and ultra-violence under the Catalan sun

Anglo-Spanish thriller is daft but addictive

One thing we know for sure about Erin Carter is that she’s played by Swedish-Kurdish actor Evin Ahmad, and it’s clear right from the start that she’s a woman with a complicated past which she’s trying to run away from. But you’ll have to get to episode four before the mysteries start to unwind themselves.