Succession

Succession follows the Roy family and the media business that makes their personal arguments everybody else's problem. Logan Roy's adult children have different ambitions, but his approval remains a powerful influence on all of them.

Jesse Armstrong's four-season series is excellent: viciously funny, sharply written and unusually attentive to the way a business position can conceal a family injury. The wealth changes the scale of the decisions without making the people taking them emotionally secure.

Brian Cox plays Logan, with Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin as Kendall, Shiv and Roman. Matthew Macfadyen is superb as Tom Wambsgans, whose desire to belong creates some of the show's funniest and most uncomfortable exchanges.

The pleasure is in listening closely, including to what someone cannot quite bring themselves to say. Billions offers a different contest over money and influence; Mad Men is another strong choice for work, identity and difficult conversations.