James Walton

Only goodwill will get you through this reboot: Paramount+’s Frasier reviewed

Plus: Dark Winds is a drama that grippingly fulfils on its promise to show us a world generally ignored by TV

Frasier’s scene-stealing brother Niles has been spilt into two. Supplying the languid put- downs in the reboot is Alan (Nicholas Lyndhurst, much to British surprise)

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