Curb Your Enthusiasm

Larry David may be 70 now but, in his fictionalised persona at least, that doesn’t mean he’s learned tact, sensitivity or social awareness. Accordingly, this returning series picks up exactly where it left off with Larry upsetting a barber and creating a geopolitical storm via the medium of music. Don’t go changing, Larry.
2 October, 10pm, Sky Atlantic

Nile Rodgers: How to Make It in the Music Business

The cheeriest man in pop gets a three-part series explaining the secrets of his success. Writing a bunch of utterly irresistible disco bangers is a good place to start but expect modesty and great stories.
6 October, 9pm, BBC4

Suburra

Not unpredictably, Netflix’s first Italian original is a cavalcade of gun-toting mafiosi, dodgy priests and even dodgier politicians. Suburra tracks the battle for control of Rome in such explosive style that you’ll wonder how the place isn’t just a pile of rubble and broken glass.
Available from 6 October, Netflix

Boris Johnson: Blond Ambition

The BoJo Master Plan (cause chaos, promise to solve chaos) remains a work in progress. It’s still hard to see his political career as much more than a panel show turn that got out of hand but this doc follows him as he compiles his bluffer’s guide to diplomacy.
1 October, 10.05pm, Channel 4

Escape

Scowling, bristling, terrifying SAS dude Ant Middleton leads this new adventure challenge, this time involving a desert and a wrecked aeroplane.
1 October, 8pm, Channel 4

Doctor Foster

The increasingly raddled, wild and unpredictable Dr Gemma Foster (brilliantly brought to life by the furiously magnificent Suranne Jones) reaches the end of her second season. Tonight, she goes to extreme lengths to win back her old life. But has she finally gone too far? Hopefully, she’ll leave room for this splendidly berserk spectacle to return for a third series.
3 October, 9pm, BBC1

Modern Family

The glossy, award-laden family sitcom returns for a ninth season. Season eight was generally regarded as a partial return to form and it certainly mustered a sweet and satisfying finale in the shape of Manny and Luke’s graduation. As we return, Jay is forcing his clan to take a family vacation on a houseboat.
6 October, 8.30pm, Sky1

The Last Post

The dying days of empire continue to fascinate the makers of TV drama: this Peter Moffat joint sees post-colonial machinations in Aden as the turmoil between Ed and Alison (Stephen Campbell Moore and Jessica Raine) mirrors an emerging political insurgency in Yemen.
1 October, 9pm, BBC1

Vice Principals

The high-school comedy returns, still mining bleak, queasy humour from its characters’ complete absence of moral qualms or self-awareness. After season one’s shooting, Gamby returns to North Jackson and has to contend with new arrival Nash.
5 October, 10pm, Sky Atlantic

The Apprentice

Possibly feeling slightly outdone by the original Apprentice boss-man across the Atlantic, Suralan is back with more eager business-bots.
4 October, 9pm, BBC1