Nobody Wants This returns with more crackling chemistry and questions aplenty

Nobody Wants This
Netflix, from Thursday
The first series of this sparkling romcom about Kristen Bell’s sex podcaster Joanne and Adam Brody’s hot rabbi Noah was given real spice by its sense of jeopardy. The pair were obviously made for each other but could their union survive the cultural realities underpinning their lives? It’s time to find out. Will Noah’s family accept the relationship continuing on an inter-faith basis? How will Joanne handle Shabbat? (“Ooh! I love how shiny this bread is!”) Can Joanne feasibly continue with her famously plain-speaking podcast? Nobody Wants This insistently carries an important message about tolerance – but the breezy dialogue and crackling chemistry help it slip down easily. Phil Harrison

Leonard and Hungry Paul
Monday, 10pm, BBC Two
Julia Roberts narrates an endearing comedy drama based on Rónán Hession’s novel. Leonard (Alex Lawther) is a thirtysomething oddball who lives with his doting mother. But when she suddenly dies, Leonard finds himself looking for more from his quiet life. Joining him is best friend, Hungry Paul (Laurie Kynaston). Might a new extrovert colleague, played by Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, be the key to opening up Leonard’s world? Hollie Richardson

Lazarus
Prime Video, from Wednesday
Prolific novelist Harlan Coben has a sideline in cheerfully absurd TV potboilers. This series – co-written with Danny “Brassic” Brocklehurst – contains a familiar Coben trope; a visitation from the dead as a metaphor for buried trauma. It stars a moody Sam Claflin as Joel Lazarus (see what they did there?), a forensic psychiatrist whose father, Jonathan (Bill Nighy), takes his own life. Soon, Joel is beset with phantoms: memories of his past and victims of unsolved murders become intertwined in his fevered brain. It has the good sense to entirely commit to its own concept but it’s utterly ridiculous all the same. PH

The Monster of Florence
Netflix, from Wednesday
Bursting with slightly inappropriate jump-scares and unashamedly expository dialogue (“We’ve got to stop him now!” says one detective), this florid Italian drama tells the story of the titular serial killer who terrorised Florence between 1968 and 1985. The murderer preyed on couples and he’s thought to be responsible for 16 deaths. The sluggish police operation is vaguely reminiscent of the British police force’s struggles to capture Peter Sutcliffe – and despite two men being convicted, there remains some doubt that the true killer was ever caught. PH

The Ridge
Thursday, 9pm, BBC Two
Karen Pirie star Lauren Lyle gets stuck into another meaty protagonist in this stressful psychological thriller. Mia is an anaesthetist, and also a recovering alcoholic. After an event at the hospital threatens her career, she decides at the last minute to attend her estranged sister’s wedding in New Zealand. Worse still, when she boards the plane she receives a panicked voicemail from her sibling – and arrives to find her dead, after falling from a mountain. But Mia believes this was no accident and is instantly suspicious of her nearly-brother-in-law Ewan (Jay Ryan). She soon finds herself immersed in the small town and questioning everything. HR

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