Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, Series 1
(Sky One, 2016)
Intriguing crime drama with an undercurrent of the supernatural. Unfortunately, the Yin/Yang nature of the bracelet—the bad luck that comes concomitant with the good—is soon swept under the carpet. Amara Karan and Steven Mackintosh rather outshine a stony-faced James Nesbitt.
Murphy’s Law, Series 1
created by Colin Bateman (BBC, 2001-2003)
James Nesbitt is irrepressibly Irish as the loquacious, mercurial DS Tommy Murphy, a nonconformist whose traumatised disregard for self makes him a natural at undercover work. Claudia Harrison (DI Annie Guthrie) provides well-pitched support through five serious but quirky feature-length crime dramas.