Apple’s spy show returns with old enemies and unfinished business

Slow Horses
From Wednesday, Apple TV
There are various blasts from the past as this sour and salty espionage drama returns for season six – although some have more staying power than others. In a development that might hint at a show approaching the end of its natural lifespan (although it’s been renewed for a seventh season), someone is killing former occupants of Slough House. Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb is characteristically unsentimental about this, but other Horses are more concerned – particularly given the return of an old antagonist who proved to be a ruthless and relentless foe. Slow Horses feels unlikely to surprise us at this point but it’s still pungently scripted and beautifully performed. Phil Harrison

Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
Monday, 9pm, BBC Two
State guests can only dream of the sort of welcome the Bayeux tapestry has received in London. No wonder one of the French conservators in this documentary was having nightmares about its “treacherous journey beneath the channel”. Michael Palin narrates the events of its move to the British Museum, while historians such as David Olusoga and Janina Ramirez help tell the story behind the stitches, with Rory Stewart also explaining why some call it a “dodgy dossier”. Hollie Richardson

70 Up
Wednesday, 9pm, ITV1
Asif Kapadia’s final instalment of the long-running documentary (it first aired in 1964) does all its subjects – and their loyal viewers – proud. Meeting the now-70-year-olds again tugs at the existential heartstrings and some, such as cheeky dreamer Tony, have stayed close to their childhood selves, whereas the more mellow John worries about how he has been portrayed. Hannah Verdier

Neagley
From Wednesday, Prime Video
Jack Reacher’s female protege gets her own story in a drama which shares plenty of stylistic and narrative DNA with its parent show. Ex-military PI Frances Neagley (Maria Sten) is, you guessed it, a lone wolf. She’s awkward, persistent and formidable. She’s investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, which looks like a drug-related suicide but may be linked to a sinister cult. She’s battling both the police department and the cult leaders – but fortunately, she’s got some extra muscle she can call on if necessary … PH

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
From Thursday, Netflix
It’s an unspoken rule of fact-based fiction that the older the source material, the wilder the approach can be. This suits Ryan Murphy fine – the latest instalment of his never-knowingly-understated Monster anthology deals with Lizzie Borden (Ella Beatty), a woman who was accused of killing her father and stepmother with an axe in 1892. Borden was acquitted and lived the rest of her life in the same town, so whether she deserves to be posthumously labelled a “monster” is highly debatable. Still, various theories around the murders are tried out for lurid size. PH

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