Queenie (Channel 4, June 7)

Similar in tone to last year’s BAFTA award-winning Rye Lane, this whapsmart dramedy introduces us to 25-year-old Londoner Queenie Jenkins who, after breaking up with long-term boyfriend Tom, seeks solace in all the wrong places. There’s also lots of commentary on the Black British experience with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s Joseph Marcell playing Queenie’s Grandad Wilfred who was part of the Windrush generation.

Queenie on Channel 4.

Becoming Karl Lagerfield (Disney+, June 7)

Based on the best-selling Raphaëlle Bacqué biography of the same name, this French biopic whisks us back to the summer of 1972 when the world of haute couture was still in a state of flux after the death of Coco Chanel. At the centre of the intrigue was a young Karl Lagerfield whose bitter rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent’s partner Pierre Bergé and own tempestuous relationship with Jacques de Bascher provide this six-parter with much of its drama. Whether you’re a fashionista or not, it’s a fascinating watch with Daniel Bruhl spookily reminiscent of the young Karl and the attention to period detail absolute.

Becoming Karl Lagerfield on Disney+.

Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+, June 14)

Ruth Negga stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in this pacy mystery series which finds a previously squeaky clean member of Chicago’s prosecuting attorneys’ office becoming the prime suspect in a brutal murder. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, the plot does a 180° pivot with Negga & Co. clearly having a ball as the tension builds towards the most dramatic of finales.

Presumed Innocent.

You Shall Not Lie (Walter Presents strand on Channel4.com,
June 21)

Already a big hit in its native Spain, this nail-biting drama focuses on Macarena, a teacher at a prestigious school whose life falls apart when a video of her having sex with an underage student is posted onto social media. Despite her protestations that it’s an AI fake, the whole town turns on her with the notable exception of a police detective who smells a very large rat.

You Shall Not Lie.