Carol Midgley

Let’s just say Alice and Steve embark on petty tit-for-tat revenges that wreak havoc on both their lives and show us, very entertainingly, that the fogeys are far more immature than the youngsters.

This is a raw drama that could easily have been depressing (and at times it is), but ends up ultimately being a buoyant story of resilience.

Hugely engaging.

Traditionally the first episode in a series is the strongest and if this was the case here I’d fear for the rest of it. .... I watched ahead (all episodes are available) and I can tell you things do improve, especially in the episode featuring Howick, which is funny (Howick rarely isn’t). I’d give the series as a whole three stars, but two to the opener.

Despite its deliberate corniness, this is also gloriously uplifting television. It is unashamedly celebratory and perhaps even better than the last series.

Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure (BBC1) is, predictably, wonderful television because it delivers reminders of all the breathtaking and now famous animal money shots while also filling us in on the human drama happening behind the scenes. Of which there was plenty.

The format was designed by Richard Bacon, formerly of Blue Peter, and I think it works. The questions started off easy, such as "dead, alive or fictional" (although even here someone managed to answer that Manuel from Fawlty Towers was "dead"), but got increasingly harder. .... Carr is a quick, funny host.

I’m afraid Summerwater is really quite depressing. Others may disagree, but I found episode one dourly intense, pouring on the “eerie dreamlike” stuff with a ladle and taking about 40 minutes to become interesting.

It could easily have been a handwringing tale in which Margo ended up seeing the error of her ways but instead it chooses to be realistic, upbeat and bold. The result is really quite life-affirming.

It is a pleasant enough diversion, which feels as though it should be on at Christmas, but I wouldn’t put it in the category of “must-see”.