MEXICAN drug cartels get such a bad rap on television, don’t you find? There they are, international businessmen, heavily involved in their communities, providing a service, and what do they get in return? Nag, nag, nagging about their murderous exploits and how they are destroying western civilisation from within. But like that other businessman Tony Soprano used to say, whaddya gonna do?

If you are a character in Ozark (Netflix) you pack a bag and move across the country pronto. Netflix made the news this week with the announcement that it now has 104 million subscribers around the world. Ozark typifies the reasons for that success. Starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney, it’s a familiar tale of a seemingly respectable family man who is not what he seems, but it is lavishly shot, well-written and has top-quality direction (also from Bateman). As such, it offers more bang for your Friday-night buck than many a movie released lately.

Nadiya Hussein, a former winner of the Great British Bake Off, was this week given the ultimate accolade. No, not a damehood, though that is probably on the cards in time, but her own cookery programme. Like Ozark, Nadiya’s British Food Adventure (BBC Two, Monday, 8.30pm) hardly broke the jelly mould, consisting of its host travelling round the country talking to food producers then taking to the kitchen to rustle up something tasty. Hussein is a TV natural, putting folk at ease and making what she was doing look easy. At one point I could even see myself recreating her cheese scones, but luckily the moment passed. As for cooking in the garden, as she did several times in this first episode, good luck with that when you get to Scotland, hen. (Ever seen that YouTube video of a trampoline being blown down a Scottish pavement? That could soon be your barbecue, Nadiya. Just saying.)

Having done a fair old shift on the BBC during Wimbledon fortnight there was no rest for Clare Balding, who turned up to present When Football Banned Women (Channel 4, Tuesday, 10pm). It was a documentary about how the dastardly Football Association put the kibosh on the women’s game because, argued Clare and various talking heads, it was taking money away from the men’s game and giving women ideas above their station. Clare and co were rightly outraged. All very commendable. Just one wee thing, though: HAD NO-ONE MAKING THIS PROGRAMME EVER HEARD OF A PLACE CALLED SCOTLAND? By focusing on the game in England, this was a missed opportunity to tell equally great stories, and pay similar tributes, to female players in the Scottish game, Rose Reilly to name but one. Own goal, Clare. I’d impose a fine, but I know you still have a heck of a way to go before closing the pay gap with Gary “Ears and ego to match his bank account” Lineker, so we’ll let it go this time. In any case, the next night Clare was back on the same channel and this time Scottish players did feature. Given the game being televised was Scotland v England it wasn’t much of an achievement, but let us not be picky.

Indeed, given the scoreline, let’s move on quickly. Perhaps The People’s History Show (STV, Monday, 8pm) could teach other documentary makers how it is done. Though just half an hour long this nifty little mover of a programme covered four topics, including East Kilbride’s place in the history of Scotland’s new towns. Did you know that the number of roundabouts in East Kilbride led to it being given the handle “Polo mint city” on CB radio? And whatever happened to CB radio?

The films were helmed by four presenters, leaving viewers to wonder what hosts Ashley Cowie and Sarah Mack did for their money. More puzzling still was why they both stood in the same spot, in the same side-on pose, every time they appeared, as if some prankster on the crew had super-glued them to the pavement. Perhaps the pair will go mad next time and walk as well as talk.

There was no time for standing around on I Know Who You Are (BBC Four, Saturday, 9pm). Filling the fancy-pants BBC Four detective series slot, a lot was expected of this Spanish tale of a top lawyer accused of murder, and for a long time one could not be sure if it would deliver. Yes, there were beautiful people and gorgeous homes aplenty but we’ve seen all that before. Just before the end, however, the writers executed a neat move that should have most viewers giving the show another chance tonight. Let us pray the culprit is not a member of Mexican drugs cartel otherwise I’ll have to write a stiff letter of complaint.