James Nesbitt’s latest troubled detective got lost in neo-noir gloom, an excellent documentary exposed the UN’s seedy side, Lenny Henry celebrated cultural diversity, and a new sketch show sparkled

Suspect (Channel 4) | channel4.com
The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN (BBC Two) | iPlayer
Lenny Henry’s Caribbean Britain (BBC Two) | iPlayer
Ellie and Natasia (BBC Three) | iPlayer

It’s late, a sigh past midnight, and I’m five whiskies and a pack of smokes down, when I decide to eyeball Channel 4’s new eight-part thriller, Suspect, starring some acting heavy called James Nesbitt…

Some TV critic-noir there, in keeping with the steamily nihilistic tone Channel 4’s new drama aims towards, albeit with patchy results. Directed by Dries Vos, adapted by Matt Baker from the Danish series Forhøret, it stars Nesbitt as Danny, a cop first seen talking to a police pathologist about the suspected suicide lying between them on a mortuary table. When a devastated Danny realises the Jane Doe is his estranged daughter, Christina (Imogen King), he suspects murder and strides out into the London night to prove it.

Yes, here is Nesbitt delivering yet another Troubled Cop, this time with Brillo pad facial hair you could scrub a bath with. Still, the cast has the wow factor, including Anne-Marie Duff as Danny’s ex, Richard E Grant as Christina’s shadowy mentor, Niamh Algar as her wife and Joely Richardson as the pathologist. Suspect also has an interesting structure: each 30 minute episode – two...

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