This Rellik is something from the past, all right

RELLIK

Monday, BBC One

UPSTART CROW

Monday, BBC Two

STATIC

Friday, BBC One

Another week, another Nordic noir-influenced cop drama in which a troubled detective tries to track down a serial killer. In the rain. At night. This one, Rellik, is typically po-faced. DCI Gabriel – you know, like the angel – has been facially disfigured in an acid attack. His attacker becomes the chief suspect in a high-profile murder investigation. The killer may have the same acid-crazed MO but Gabriel believes his assailant isn’t the man they’re looking for. He’s right, of course.

The stylised device of telling the story backwards – we start at the end and discover how we got there via flashbacks – is supposed to add intrigue but the effect is alienating.