RECOMMENDED AUTUMN VIEWING

The Larkins

A new ITV adaptation of H E Bates’s novel arrives on our screens tomorrow. Like its predecessor, The Darling Buds of May starring David Jason, Pam Ferris and Catherine Zeta-Jones as the Larkins, the six-part series is set in the 1950s, although this time around Bradley Walsh, right, is playing wheeler dealer with a heart-of-gold, Pop Larkin, with Joanna Scanlan as his wife Ma.

The Larkins, STV, Sundays, 8pm

Angela Black

On the surface wife-and-mother Angela Black enjoys a picture-perfect and privileged life. Yet, the gut-wrenching reality behind closed doors is that of someone who has become adept at covering up fresh bruises with make-up and finding new ways to explain away her missing teeth. Joanne Froggatt plays the lead in this thriller from ITV about a woman who risks everything to fight back against the man who has controlled and brutalised her for years. Starts tomorrow.

Angela Black, STV, Sundays, 9pm

Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle

Over four episodes, this BBC Scotland documentary series sees Ben Fogle embark upon a personal pilgrimage as he explores themes of community and spirituality across a clutch of markedly different islands. The aerial shots of beaches, machair and rugged coastline will make your heart soar.

Scotland’s Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle, BBC Scotland, Tuesdays, 8pm. Catch up on iPlayer

Succession

The billionaires behaving badly are back for a third series of Jesse Armstrong’s satirical comedy-drama about a media mogul’s children jostling for control over the family empire. Adrien Brody (The Pianist) joins the action for this latest instalment. Logan Roy, the Dundeeborn ruthless patriarch of the clan, is played by acting stalwart Brian Cox (above, left, lest you get confused with the physicist chap of the same name) with Alan Ruck, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook as his offspring. Succession returns to Sky Atlantic and Now from October 18

The Beatles: Get Back

Peter Jackson, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind The Lord of the Rings trilogy, turns his hand to another epic story: The Beatles. The three-part documentary series, attempting to capture the creative genius of the Fab Four, taps into more than 60 hours of unseen footage. Upwards of 150 hours of previously unheard audio has also been painstakingly restored.

The Beatles: Get Back Disney+ from November 25

All Creatures Great and Small

Nicholas Ralph reprises his role as Glaswegian vet James Herriot with All Creatures Great and Small newly returned for a second series. Events at Skeldale House pick up three months on from last year’s debut offering on Channel 5. The drama, based on the books by the late James Herriot (real name Alf Wight), is set in the Yorkshire Dales during the late 1930s. The cast includes Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse and Rachel Shenton, as well as bovine, equine and canine thespians.

All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5, Thursdays, 9pm

The Scotts

Burnistoun stars Robert Florence and Iain Connell have co-written The Scotts, a whip-smart mockumentary-style comedy series that draws much of its tongue-in-cheek inspiration from glitzy US reality shows. Think Keeping Up With The Kardashians meets The Real Housewives of Glasgow as it charts the eye-watering antics of a dysfunctional Scottish family. The superb cast includes Louise McCarthy, Barbara Rafferty, Shauna Macdonald, Sharon Young and Lee Greig.

The Scotts, watch all episodes on BBC iPlayer