BOX SETS AND ON DEMAND

Unforgotten (BritBox, from Thu)

If you saw the recent fourth season of Chris Lang’s wonderful crime drama, then you’ll already know what a gut-wrenching, powerful run it turned out to be. If you haven’t seen it yet, what have you been doing? Unforgotten has been mustsee TV since it first aired in 2015. It may not be as melodramatic as Line of Duty, but its low-key charms mean it’s far more believable.

The most recent series is now being made available, and once again stars Nicola Walker and Sanjeev

Bhaskar as DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, cold case detectives trying to find out how Matthew Walsh, whose frozen corpse was found at a scrapyard, met his maker. Susan Lynch, Andy Nyman, Phaldut Sharma and Liz White play the chief suspects.

Things Heard & Seen (Netflix, from Thu)

Husband and wife writerdirector team Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini have been married since 1994; their most famous cinematic work is undoubtedly American Splendor, the 2003 biopic about comic book creator Harvey Pekar. However, that may be eclipsed by their latest project, a horror-thriller based on the novel All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage. As it has at its heart a married couple, Springer Berman and Pulcini have perhaps been able to bring an added realism to the tale. Amanda Seyfried and James Norton star as Manhattan marrieds who swap city life for a historic hamlet in the Hudson Valley. However, the move doesn’t bring them happiness – a darkness seems to be following them...

The Mosquito Coast (Apple TV+, from Fri)

In 1986, Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix starred in a bigscreen adaptation of Paul Theroux’s novel The

Mosquito Coast. Now Theroux’s nephew Justin is taking the lead role of Allie Fox, a radical idealist and brilliant inventor. After becoming disgusted with the corruption of the civilised world, he decides to uproot his family and move them to rural Latin America, where he hopes to raise his children in a more humble manner.

However, a mysterious government agent is determined to keep an eye on them. Melissa George is set to play Allie’s wife Margot, with Logan Polish, Gabriel Bateman and Kimberly Elise as the Fox children. But perhaps of most interest to British viewers is that fact that the series has been developed by Neil Cross, creator of Luther.

Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse (Amazon Prime, from Fri)

It’s almost a decade since Tom Clancy passed away, but his legacy lives on in the many films and TV series inspired by his novels. The latest is an adaptation of his 1993 novel Without Remorse, and is designed as a spin-off from the Jack Ryan movies. Michael B Jordan heads the cast as John Clark, leader of an elite team of US Navy SEALS who rescue a CIA operative being held hostage in Syria. However, three months later, in retaliation for his involvement in the mission, Clark’s pregnant wife Pam is murdered by Russian assassins.

Clark is shot too, but after recovering from his injuries, goes rogue in an attempt to gain revenge on those responsible for Pam’s death. Jamie Bell, Jodie TurnerSmith and Guy Pearce also appear.

Nicola Walker in Unforgotten