As the leaves turn, the small screen is serving up another killer batch of fall crime dramas, the least of which is the brilliant Slow Horses. The beloved Apple TV+ spy drama returns with its sharp, scruffy spy team of misfits led by Gary Oldman.

BBC iPlayer brings us The Guest — a toxic, twisty psychological thriller led by Eve Myles, while Netflix delivers Black Rabbit – which dives into the criminal chaos behind a glossy New York restaurant.

Lynley on BritBox revives the classic detective duo with a fresh British cast including Leo Suter and Sofia Barclay. Fans of atmospheric Australian crime dramas get Playing Gracie Darling, set in NSW, bringing supernatural chills and long-buried secrets to the surface with Morgana O’Reilly and Dame Harriet Walter. And HBO’s Task, starring Mark Ruffalo in a gritty FBI procedural, is already winning over critics with a Tomatometer score of 89%.

Black Rabbit (Netflix, Sept. 18)

Jude Law and Jason Bateman play estranged brothers pulled into dangerous criminal circles in this stylish NYC-set thriller. Bateman directs and calls it his best work yet — and it just might be.

Lynley (BritBox, available now)

Tommy Lynley, an aristocratic detective, and Barbara Havers, a working-class maverick sergeant, share little in common; except a passion for justice. His intellect and her instincts make them an unlikely but formidable team.

Playing Gracie Darling (Paramount Plus, Prime Video, available now)

When Joni’s best friend Gracie vanished at 14 during a séance, it haunted her. 27 years on, kids play a sinister game reenacting it until another girl goes missing. Starring The White Lotus’s Morgana O’Reilly.

The Guest (Netflix, Sept. 24)

A cleaner (Gabrielle Creevy) becomes captivated by her wealthy employer’s charismatic influence. As their intense friendship grows and secrets emerge, their relationship spirals into a dangerous psychological game where nothing is quite what it seems. Our Eve Myles plays the role of Fran Sharp.

Slow Horses – Season 5 (Apple TV+, Sept. 24)

The misfit spies of Slough House return, with Christopher Chung‘s Roddy Ho in the hot seat and Gary Oldman greasier (and funnier) than ever. Jack Lowden and Kristin Scott Thomas round out the supberb cast.

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