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Parminder Nagra’s spirited DI battles a thicket of social issues; a raked-over US murder is overplayed as drama; and drink addiction fuels a sharp new Irish dramedy

Chris and Rosie Ramsey make one of the country’s most-loved weekly podcasts, with more than 100m listeners. Now they are taking their own brand of self-deprecating humour to the BBC. And no one is more surprised than them...

In these times of Extreme Peak TV, true crime is the streaming gift that keeps on giving.

‘If you manage to make a second one, I guess you can make a third, a fourth, and a fifth. It was already a miracle,’ Firth said

Here's a look at one of the oddest yet entirely possible hypotheses in all of true crime hoo-dunnits

The changes in tone work as a British officer (Colin Firth) uses a ridiculous plan to save thousands of lives.

The notorious documentary series about the death of an author’s wife gets a star-packed fictionalisation that is practically fizzing with tension

The first three installments of HBO Max’s “The Staircase” are now streaming. I’ve seen five of the eight in this limited series, based on the long-form documentary of the same name.

Some history: In 2001, in the city of Durham, N.C., Michael Peterson, a writer and sometime political candidate, either did or did not kill his wife, Kathleen, who either fell down a flight or stairs or was beaten to death at its foot. A French television crew, under the direction…