Lots of stuff happening this week, so stand by your beds. Beck returns for a couple of new episodes, Ridley’s back for a second series, and we get Italian crime drama Inspector Gerri. Enjoy!

1 Smoke *NEW UK PREMIERE EPISODE*
S1 E8/9
Gudsen flips the script. Harvey grapples with regret. Calderone is forced to confront her past.
Friday 8th August, Apple TV+

2 Beck *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S10 E1/2
A delivery gone wrong turns deadly in a Stockholm apartment and Vilhelm’s past trauma resurfaces when his team are put on the case. His personal investigation into the execution-style killing leads to unexpected connections with the Beck group.
Saturday 9th August, 9pm, BBC Four

3 Ridley *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S2 E1/4
Retired detective Alex Ridley re-enters the gritty world of crime to lend his expertise as police consultant to Carol and Goodwin with a perplexing case involving a spate of jewellery raids, but the complexity deepens when a crucial witness on the brink of exposing vital information about the criminal gang responsible is killed. As the team discovers connections to a stud farm and a local middleman in the drug trade, Ridley races against time to decipher the motives of the case.
Sunday 10th August, 8pm, ITV1

4 Inspector Gerri *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1 E1/8
When the body of a young girl is found on a deserted beach, the police discover that the victim is the daughter of one of the most powerful lawyers in the area. Troubled detective Gerri Esposito suspects a connection to an old case with a Romani victim.
Friday 8th August, 9pm, More4

5 The Gone *NEW UK PREMIERE EPISODES*
S2 E3&4/6
The truth about how Aileen went missing is revealed and the detectives grapple with the murder case now on their hands. The team discover that both Aileen and Derry were lured to the hut by the same person and strongly suspect that this individual could be the real Mountain Murderer.
Thursday 7th and Friday 8th August, BBC Two, 9pm

6 Dexter: Resurrection *NEW UK PREMIERE EPISODE*
S1 E5/10
No synopsis available.
Friday 1st August, Paramount+

7 Promethea *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1
She was hit by a car. She should be dead. But she stands up – unharmed, confused, and with no memory of who she is. The only clue? A strange name that means nothing to her: Promethea. Taken in by the family who accidentally struck her, 17-year-old Promethea begins to experience disturbing visions – flashes of a violent murder that took place weeks earlier. As she pieces together the fragments of her shattered identity, questions start piling up: Is she a witness? A victim? Or something far more dangerous?
Friday 8th August, All4/Walter Presents

7 Sight Unseen *UK PREMIERE EPISODE*
S1 E8/10
Tess and Sunny investigate the murder of a realtor’s assistant in a mansion while dodging traps laid by a smart home with a mind of its own.
Friday 8th August, Paramount+

9 Nothing Uncovered *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1
South Korean crime drama centred on a special reporter and a detective tracking down a murder case.
Thursday 7th August, Netflix

10 Agatha Christie’s Poirot *REPEAT*
S13 E2/5 The Big Four
The sleuth is reunited with sidekick Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser), secretary Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran) and Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) in a case that plunges him into the world of global espionage as the Second World War looms. The public are in panic after the shocking death of Russian grandmaster Ivan Savaranoff during a game of chess. Poirot must try to determine the good guys from the bad in a complex plot that sees the main figures used like pawns.
Monday 4th August, 8pm, ITV3