Outlaw country

Stephen Merchant is back for more highvis high jinks

NEW COMEDY

The Outlaws

Thu, 9pm, BBC1 (box set, BBC iPlayer)

The lovable petty criminals at the heart of BBC1’s The Outlaws are put to the test like never before as the hit comedy returns for an action-packed third run.

At the end of the last series, bumbling lawyer Greg (Stephen Merchant) and his pals, who are serving time for minor offences with a Community Payback scheme in Bristol, planted drugs in the car of gangster The Dean (Claes Bang) to get the crime lord off their backs.