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Beyond Paradise 

A spin-off from the highly successful Death in Paradise, which has just wrapped up its 12th season. The original series follows a number of British detective inspectors sent out into the Caribbean sun to solve murders. Now on its fourth detective, it still enjoys its high viewing figures, however, many viewers took a shine to the show’s second protagonist, DI Humphrey Goodman.

When Kris Marshall originally gave up the role, he said he struggled working away from his family, so it appears BBC has found a nice middle-ground in Cornwall, I mean Devon. Beyond Paradise is set near the coast in Shipton Abbott, Devon – far flung from the tropical Saint Marie – though much of it was filmed slightly further south in the idyllic Cornwall.

Humphrey moves to the coast with fiancee Martha and the story follows their attempts to settle back into Martha’s hometown, have a child through IVF, and, of course, Humphrey’s work to solve peculiar crimes. Marshall plays into his character’s usual bumbling antics as he gets back on the case, which is what made viewers love him so much the first time around.

Watch the first episode on BBC iPlayer and watch the rest of the series weekly on BBC One on Fridays at 8pm.

You & Me

How about another love story? This new three-part drama gives a different side to modern relationships. Watch what it means to find and lose love all too quickly – and then do it all over again.

You & Me is told over two separate timelines (then and now). The narrative reveals the tragedies and grief that have shaped our three main characters chapter by chapter. It asks the question: is it so easy to move on from loss and eventually love again? It’s certainly a struggle for our characters to take that leap.

At the helm of this one is Jamie Davis, who wrote and created the series and is known for stints on Casualty and Eastenders, as well as executive producer Russell T Davies, who is behind series such as Doctor Who and It’s a Sin. Essentially, we know we’re in safe hands with these two.

It’s streaming exclusively on ITVX.

Extraordinary

This show has one of the strongest first seasons I’ve seen in a long time. It’s laugh-out-loud funny and is split into 30-minute digestible episodes.

Set in a world where superpowers are about as commonplace as breathing, Jen sets out to find hers. She feels isolated amongst her friends, who all discovered their powers at 18 much like the rest of the world, but Jen is what they call ‘a late bloomer’. It follows four main cast members living together in London, navigating life after university.

Featuring your usual super-speed, flight and teleportation, Extraordinary doesn’t shy away from the more ridiculous. A man able to turn into a cat is the most tame of these. Already renewed for a second season, this is a roaring watch – tugging at your heartstrings and splitting your sides all in one breath.

Just when I thought my superhero fatigue was incurable, Extraordinary energised my enthusiasm for the genre once again.

Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake 

A series you’ll watch through the gaps between your fingers. I certainly did.

Survivors give their first-hand experiences and reveal footage from the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal. The earthquake famously triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, which killed 22 climbers. It’s the deadliest incident on the mountain on record.

Its first episode opens on a climber making a treacherous journey across the Khumbu Icefall, a huge crevasse with a big fall. He unsteadily makes his way across two ladders placed across the gaping wound in the snowy landscape. He makes it to the other side. But before long, a looming avalanche is upon them and everything is shaking. The cloud finally hits the group and everything becomes dark.

This very much sets the tone for what to expect in this three-parter – lots of terrifying ordeals and nail-biting close calls.

Watch it on Netflix.