This week’s crime drama picks lean into a second season of suburban secrets and lies, and classroom tension as a school-set anthology drama returns. Meanwhile, The Capture continues to captivate us with each tension-filled episode — and brilliant performances by Holliday Grainger. It’s a must-watch!

Ellis (Channel 5, 10 March)
You can binge all four episodes of Ellis now. The series returned to screens in March with Sharon D Clarke as formidable DCI Ellis, a detective brought in to salvage failing investigations across northern England, often facing resistance from local forces hiding corruption. Alongside DS Harper, played by Andrew Gower, the new series adopts a tighter format, with much of the new season filmed across Northern Ireland, while continuing to explore Ellis’s steely resolve and the personal empathy driving her pursuit of justice.

The Teacher (Channel 5, 30 March)
Anthology drama The Teacher — which debuted in 2022 with Sheridan Smith — returns with a brand-new story led by the wonderful Victoria Hamilton (Cobra, Unforgotten). Hamilton plays Helen Simpson, a respected teacher whose promotion to Head of Drama sparks a tense and unsettling conflict with influential female student Cressida Bancroft. As a sinister grudge match develops, the series explores generational divides, authority and the dangerous consequences of escalating tensions in the classroom.

Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple TV+, 3 April)
Your Friends and Neighbors continues with Jon Hamm as disgraced hedge fund manager Andrew Cooper, who doubles down on burglary to sustain his wealthy lifestyle, only to find himself increasingly out of control. The new season introduces James Marsden as a mysterious neighbour who threatens to expose Coop’s secrets, alongside returning cast including Amanda Peet and Olivia Munn, as the show leans further into its darkly comic take on privilege, desperation and deceit.

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