With so many true crime documentaries littering the TV schedules, how does a programme stand out? Not, it seems, by being more morbid and sensationalist than the rest, but ( 5 and Netflix take note) by being restrained, meticulous and respectful of the victims’ families. That is the case with BBC Two’s excellent recent The Moors Murders: A Search for Justice and now with the same channel’s absorbing Murder Case: The Vanishing Cyclist .

The case concerns 63-year-old former naval submariner Tony Parsons, who embarked on a solo charity cycle ride through the Scottish Highlands in September 2017. Somewhere along the 100-mile route from Fort William to his hometown of Tillicoultry, Parsons disappeared without a trace; the police remained baffled for the next three years despite extensi

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