Oh la la, a slick new French thriller

Just as the great cop show Spiral ends, here’s another terrific French series, but this time our hero is often operating on the other side of the law. Assane Diop (Omar Sy) tries to find out why his late father was framed for the theft of a priceless necklace. Diop takes his inspiration from the fictional ‘gentleman burglar’ Arsène Lupin, a character occupying the same place in the French canon as Sherlock Holmes does in ours. This is slick, fast-moving and funny, and Sy is a charismatic lead, alongside Ludivine Sagnier (above) as his ex-wife Claire. Lupin became the first French series to enter Netflix’s Top Ten in the US. Available now