Strewth! Has anyone else noticed just how many Australian dramas have been on British TV recently? From The Last Anniversary and Mix Tape to One Night and The Narrow Road to the Deep North these superior shows have done much to bolster the stale home-grown diet of crime dramas (and yet more crime dramas). Yes, the Aussies also export those, but even police procedurals like Scrublands and Mystery Road are a cut above many of our own efforts.

Next week sees The Newsreader , the acclaimed media drama about a 1980s current affairs TV programme, return to BBC Two for its third and final series. Starring Anna Torv ( The Last of Us ) and Sam Reid ( Interview with the Vampire ) as lovers/colleagues/rivals on a flagship news programme, it may lack the A-list cast of Apple T

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