The week in TV: Showtrial; Sweetpea; Social Studies; Alma’s Not Normal – review

Showtrial (BBC One) | iPlayerSweetpea (Sky Atlantic/Now)Social Studies (Disney+)Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two) | iPlayerIs Showtrial (BBC One) the ultimate fast-paced Sunday-night thriller? Ben Richards’s series, from the same production stable as Line of Duty and Vigil, returned for a second series last week, and like the first outing it went in boots first. It wasn’t long before an ecowarrior was fatally rammed off his bike on a country road.And as in the original series, which was dominated by an intoxicating Celine Buckens as the accused, you soon don’t care a hoot about the victim (in flashbacks, he’s posh and supercilious). It’s all about the offbeat, magnetic prime suspect – this time round, PC Justin Mitchell, played by This Is England’s Michael Socha, twitching in his remand-issue joggers; a study in repressed trauma. Mitchell’s lawyer, Sam Malik (Sherwood’s Bafta-winning Adeel Akhtar), is also buffering, hollowed out by personal grief and such…