Frank Olson plunged from a 10th floor window, but his son was never convinced it was suicide. Here, he and Errol Morris attempt to unravel the truth

Dory Sief and her equally monstrous, self-obsessed friends are back for a second series

This campy self-parody centred on Jean-Claude Van Damme is let down by poor writing and direction. It’s a waste of everyone’s time

In these gloriously skewed shorts, comedians Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen film unsuspecting people, imagine their conversations and add hilarious voiceovers

A documentary crew follows three Los Angeles stringers as they race each other to the scene of heartstopping tragedies – but there is no attempt to justify the content

Roisin Conaty’s thirtysomething heroine is directionless, enthusiastic and, above all, funny

This superb three-parter from Oscar-winning Agnieszka Holland begins with a student burning himself to death in political protest, before widening out to tell the story of a nation in turmoil

Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman play murderer and detective in a mystery that’s satisfying and horrible

Sarah Gadon’s commanding performance as Grace Marks carries this Netflix series through, despite a lack of soot and grit in its portrayal of Victorian poverty

Streamed on a homemade website, this terrifically absorbing docusoap tells simple stories of love and the rocky transition into adulthood for a group of friends with special needs

The 80s oil-family soap has had a moreish makeover with the feuding Carringtons and Colbys reimagined as more interesting characters

Based on the work of the FBI man who pioneered criminal profiling, David Fincher’s new slow-burn thriller will reward those with the patience to sit back and discover the men behind the monsters

The justifications for various stunts and trials are paper-thin, but we do get to know more about the contestants’ dreams – the real hook of any reality format

Netflix’s brisk, imaginative comedy comes from Parks and Recreation creator Michael Schur, with Bell trying to avoid hell in Ted Danson’s pastel-tinged paradise

The streaming channel parodies one of its most bankable genres, the true-crime doc, with an amateur investigator on the trail of a genital-obsessed street artist

Led by an eighth-century David Brent-like buffoon, men in lustrous plaited wigs go pillaging on sets brimming with widdle and plop. This is comedy so good you can almost smell it

Billed as a ‘sexy Brazilian crime drama’, this relentlessly macho show is all about stubbly men with guns killing each other while pole dancers in plastic macs look on admiringly

Eight documentary vignettes serve up a discreet display of fireworks over the dinner table as former couples dissect past passions

Dressed as a 6ft 4in blue insect, Peter Serafinowicz’s superhero is a throwback to the Golden Age of Comic Books – but with everything just a fraction off

Gratification will follow the periods of boredom if you persevere until episode three