The English
BBC Two, 9pm
An expert at allowing plots to unravel before pulling all the strands tight at the end, Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, Black Earth Rising)
has pulled off another triumph with epic Western The English. This second episode follows Eli (Chaske Spencer) and Cornelia (Emily Blunt) northwards where they encounter farmers and refugee children. Thomas Trafford (Tom Hughes), meanwhile, turns to dodgy local sheriff (Blick regular Stephen Rea) for protection from homesteaders. Thrillingly smart and filled with landscapes and acting more akin to award-winning cinema than television, this is drama at its peak.