Donald Glover’s surreal, sprawling account of life inside and outside the Atlanta rap scene continues to takes risks in its second season, attempting everything from a full-on horror movie in one episode to a relationship drama set at a German Fasnacht festival in the next. There’s still nothing on television quite like it.
What we said: Intelligent, profound, and clever all at once, Atlanta hits the trifecta of smarts and makes it look casual. It’s TV’s funniest drama and most bruising comedy. It’s the best thing currently running on the small screen, full stop.
Superheroes, spandex and smart social commentary: Black Lightning has it all. Cress Williams stars in the title role as a senior superhero coaxed out of retirement by the emergence of a powerful crime gang in his local community, a premise that asks pertinent questions about the limits and potential possibilities of power and violence.
What we said: For a show that is supposedly aimed at teenagers, Black Lightning has a lot to offer adults, too. The stage has been set for a complex, elegant and mature action-drama.
One of the more pertinent truths of the EU referendum is that a great deal of those who voted in it – on both sides – did so without knowing much about the apparatus they were seeking to stay in or leave. This fly-on-the-wall documentary offers a belated corrective, following seven MEPs from across the political spectrum as they pursue different goals within the European parliament.
What we said: Director Christian Trumble spins comedy and tragedy into a watchable, if at times teeth-grindingly frustrating three-part series that pulls off a remarkably balanced portrait.
David Hare’s police procedural stars Carey Mulligan as an investigative officer investigating the murder of a Syrian refugee. Collateral has been criticised by some for its political bent, but for its defenders the series makes for compelling state-of-the-nation drama.
What we said: Collateral has something of the feel of Paul Abbott’s magisterial State of Play but you can’t help but think of JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, as characters link and interlink, the web tangles and the responsibilities of society become an every knottier mass around Abdullah and those who have – so far – survived him.
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