Pick of the week
A Man on the Inside
Michael Schur’s delightful retirement home detective comedy was originally based on a true story. While that source material was soon exhausted, it was clear the show had legs. Sure enough, this second season effortlessly transfers its magic to another eccentric institution: Wheeler College, a university that needs the favour of an unpleasant donor to survive. But who is trying to sabotage the deal? It’s a perfect job for Ted Danson’s septuagenarian PI Charles, who must pose as a professor and assess the suspects – including music tutor Mona, played by Danson’s wife Mary Steenburgen. It’s charming stuff, kept afloat by the lead’s irresistible comic chutzpah.
Netflix, from Thursday 20 November
