Traces – Monday and Tuesday, BBC One, 9pm
Finally, a thriller set in Dundee! Albeit mostly filmed in Manchester.
Traces isn’t new, it debuted on UKTV in 2019, but a bigger audience is guaranteed on BBC One.
Based on an idea by top crime author Val McDermid (who has a fleeting cameo in episode one), it’s an enjoyable potboiler steeped in queasy intrigue.
Molly Windsor plays a forensic science student who is convinced that a supposedly fictional case study is based on the murder of her mother.
Every bit as grim and grisly as you’d expect from a McDermid-inspired drama, it pivots around believable performances from Windsor, Laura Fraser and Martin Compston.