Legends
Netflix
From the screenwriting pen of Neil Forsyth (The Gold) comes another intense thriller based on a real-life story. This time set in the 1990s, ordinary HM Customs and Excise officers are enlisted to go undercover to thwart a major international drug smuggling operation. Steve Coogan portrays the man assigned to train them, while a never-better Tom Burke is the operative who gets sucked in too deep. Also starring Hayley Squires, Aml Ameen and Johnny Harris.
Berlusconi: Condemned to Win
BBC Four
Docuseries delving into the life of the late Silvio Berlusconi, who went from property developer to AC Milan owner to highly controversial, scandal-ridden Italian prime minister. A dark study of a magnetic populist.
Unconditional
Apple TV+
Electrifying Israeli thriller about a young woman arrested for drug-trafficking in Moscow. Starring Liraz Chamami and Talia Lynne Ronn, it’s from the producers of Homeland.
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BBC Three/iPlayer
For superfans who simply can’t wait for this year’s Celebrity Traitors, here’s the high-octane Indian version of The Traitors, swishing its cloaks in style.
Illustration by Charlotte Durance