We’ve got lots to choose from this week! The White Lotus Season 3 takes us to a gorgeous resort in Thailand for more vacation drama, murder and mayhem. Series 6 of excellent cold case drama Unforgotten is under way. Over on BBC player there’s Virdee — a riveting new cop / serial killer drama with Staz Nair as British Sikh cop Harry Virdee who has been disowned by his family for marrying a Muslim woman. While it’s been out since January – if you haven’t watched The Crow Girl yet — you will want to trust me. Superb acting from Eve Myles and crime drama ice queen Katherine Kelly, and let’s’ not forget Dougray Scott, will have you binging through all six episodes of this twisty cop drama / murder mystery. You’ll want answers but don’t worry Season 2 is already planned! And after last week’s truly brilliant episode, we can’t wait for the next episode of clever workplace thriller Severance to drop — hailed as the best show on TV right now #obsessed.

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The White Lotus – Available on HBO – 16 Feb

Dark secrets, violence, and twisted truths involving the guests, staff and the locale of a luxurious Thailand resort are unveiled over the course of a week that’s supposed to be a relaxing vacation. The all-star cast of this dark comedy / drama includes: Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell (remember her in The White Lotus S1?), Carrie Coon, and Michelle Monaghan. Sit back and enjoy the stunning scenery of Phuket, and Koh Samui.

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The Crow Girl – Available now on Paramount+, YouTube and Amazon Prime.

DCI Jeanette Kilburn (Eve Myles) and eminent psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven join forces to hunt the killer of young men whose bodies keep turning up. The investigation takes Jeanette and Sophia into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder. It’s described as a “nail-biting, twisted and contemporary psychological thriller” from the team behind Marcella.

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Virdee – BBC iPlayer – 10 Feb

We meet Detective Harry Virdee, a conflicted Bradford cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying Saima, who is Muslim. With his personal life in chaos, he must hunt down a killer targeting the Asian community as he struggles with being pulled into an uncomfortable alliance with a notorious drugs kingpin in order to snare the murderer. Games of Thrones’ Staz Nair stars.

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Unforgotten – Available on ITVX and Amazon Prime Video – 9 Feb

The sixth series of the hit cold case drama premiered on ITV1 (and STV in Scotland) on 9 February, with all episodes of the season available to stream on ITVX as a boxset on the same day. Jessie and Sunny, both experiencing strains at home, delve into the discovery of a body dumped in the marsh — apparently dismembered. The synopsis reveals: “As the investigation unfolds, viewers are introduced to a diverse new cast of characters.’’

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The Vanishings – Channel 5 – 6 Feb

Irish crime drama The Vanishings stars India Mullen and Downton Abbey’s Allen Leech. Filmed in Dublin’s Blackrock it’s based on the cases of women who vanished in the 1990s in Ireland. Dubliner Leech plays Detective David Burke, while Mullen stars as reporter Lisa Wallace. Desperate to stop the closing of a women’s shelter, Wallace publishes an article linking her own experience with violence against women – her mother’s murder. As the reactions to the article flow in, so does a letter from her mother’s killer, hinting at the kidnapping of another woman.

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The Åre Murders – Netflix – 6 Feb

A Stockholm detective under internal investigation heads to a ski resort to unwind, until a young girl’s disappearance compels her back to work. The series that takes place in the beautiful, snowy town of Åre (pronounced Ura) in Sweden and its two parts are based on two books by Swedish author Viveca Sten, “Hidden in Snow” and “Hidden in the Shadows’’.

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The Recruit Season 2 – Netflix – 30 Jan

Season 2 sees CIA lawyer Owen Hendricks pulled into life-threatening espionage in South Korea only to realize the bigger threat just might be coming from inside the agency. The series picks up directly after Season 1’s shock ending.

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Severance – Available now on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV – 17 Jan

In this clever sci-fi drama Mark S (Adam Scott) leads a team of office co-workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives; when a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

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