The week in TV: Alice & Jack; The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth; The New Look; Bring the Drama – review

Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson convince as a perma-turbulent couple; a devastating docuseries pays homage to the doomed Columbia space shuttle crew. Plus, ill-fitting wartime drama with Coco Chanel and Christian Dior and a sweet, old-school reality show

Alice & Jack (Channel 4) | channel4.com
The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth (BBC Two) | iPlayer
The New Look (Apple TV+)
Bring the Drama (BBC Two) | iPlayer

What's in the ether with sputtering, on-off romances at the moment? We've just had the Netflix adaptation of One Day (college couple circle each other for 20 years). Now, there's Victor Levin's Alice & Jack, a six-part Channel 4 drama devoted to decades-spanning romantic dysfunction. Part-directed by Juho Kuosmanen (Compartment No 6) and Hong Khaou, if it's meant as a TV valentine (the opener aired last Tuesday, 14 February), it's an emotionally visceral one, with cerebral entrails dangling out.