The Rest is Football; The Evil Lawyer

“The first of what will be 40 daily shows was most hampered by the lack of games to discuss (so it might improve once the football is up and running). I’m playing five-a-side tonight and our post-match pub talk will probably include the same pointless ruminations about the make-up of the French forward line or whether Cole Palmer should be in the England squad. Also, the cutaways to reporters Rob Jones and Alex Aljoe hampered the flow and felt too much like a very average episode of Football Focus (though hopefully future guests, such as wounded England defender Harry Maguire, will add more spice than Richards teasing Aljoe about how much she “loves a night out”). As Tuchel knows, football isn’t about individuals — it’s a team sport and this unit does generally work effectively. They just need to work much harder on their game.”
Ben Dowell, The Times

“Lineker is at his best early on when he quickly calls out Fifa President Gianni Infantino for insisting this would be a World Cup when everyone was “welcome” in the week a Somalian referee was banned from travelling to the US. Aside from the dad jokes – “they need to go to VAR and overturn that decision!” – Lineker is filled with righteous anger. Even so, with the New York skyline behind him, he shies away from naming Donald Trump or delving too deep into the toxic world of Make America Great Again (Maga) that has turned this into the most controversial World Cup in history. There is just not enough of the serious stuff and too much of the vacuous nonsense.”
Kat Lucas, The i

“If the title of this Thai crime-thriller-cum-courtroom-drama feels a little splashy, wait until you meet the scoundrel in question. Her name is Jittri and she is, at least at the show’s outset, a pantomime villain in a power suit, her hair even bigger than her ego. Known for getting murky clients off the hook by any dirty trick necessary, she stiletto-struts in slow motion, flashes a trademark crooked smirk after each victory, and (like all bona fide wrong ’uns) wears sunglasses inside. If she had a moustache, she would absolutely be twirling it. But don’t be fooled; one boo-hiss baddie does not a pantomime make. Directed by Nottapon Boonprakob, whose 2025 drama Mad Unicorn won a clutch of awards, this eight-episode series may be tonally erratic and at times faintly ridiculous, but it also has confronting questions about power, corruption and systemic injustice plus a gripping, twisty plot.”
Lucinda Everett, The Guardian