Media ​​​​​​​MAYHEM!

An ageing media mogul divides and rules over his empire and his family.

- Judy Ewens

NEW DRAMA

Succession Thursday, Sky Atlantic HD, 9pm

Power, money, politics and a dysfunctional family are at the heart of Sky Atlantic’s new American drama, Succession.

The 10-part series revolves around the Roy family, who control media conglomerate, Waystar Royco. The family’s patriarch, Logan (Brian Cox), looks set to announce that he is standing down at a gathering to mark his 80th birthday – and his four children are consumed with finding out just where his retirement leaves them.