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Fargo Channel4.com, until July 1. Series 3, episodes 1-3 Back again to the Minnesotan community of Fargo, where everyone knows everyone, and tries to be ‘real nice’, but somehow, ‘real life’ keeps breaking out instead, in the form of unsolved crimes and secrets. This is the third series spun off by Noah Hawley from the Coen brothers’ 1996 movie, and the quality of the writing and direction is as good as ever, with some episodes directed by our own Dearbhla Walsh (left). What works here is the fluidity, the liberties taken. This time, Ewan McGregor plays twin brothers, one a successful but creepy property developer, the other a low-achieving but decent bail bondsman. Both make a separate, stupid decision, and these, along with their sibling rivalry, spark off the action that propels this series. Stylish and economical, Fargo manages to be about ordinary human lives, but without sacrificing the principles of entertainment. Carrie Coon is excellent with more-than-able support from Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Michael Stuhlbarg. The Loch TV3 player, until July 17, season 1, episode 1 New six-part crime drama, with distinct overtones of Broadchurch, this is set in the remote Scottish Highlands and has Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad, and recently the creepy BBC series The Missing) as Annie Redford, a newly-fledged detective whose first case throws her right in at the deep end, when it seems that a serial killer is on the loose and terrorising the close-knit community. Written by Stephen Brady, of Silent Witness, this is less a police procedural than it is a Scandi-noir-style psychological examination of cause and effect, as the community struggles to come to terms with the implications of the murders, and Laura as the person responsible for solving them. The case impacts on her relationship with her husband and daughter, as well as throwing her into partnership with a far more experienced detective — played by Siobhan Finneran. Support comes from John Sessions.