TV review: The Good Mothers is an edge-of-seat-thriller with no tidy endings

This is drop-dead great television with high stakes for everyone. Italy is regal and seedy in the same shot and the acting is so good you could almost do without the subtitles

Based on true events, The Good Mothers tells the story of Denise, daughter of Lea Garofalo, Maria Concetta Cacciola and Giuseppina Pesce - three women who dared to defy the ‘Ndrangheta mafia they were born into.

Italian drama has an unfair mafia advantage. Gomorrah and My Brilliant Friend would have been top 100 shows in the past 20 years without the mafia angle. Add it in, and they’re in the top 10.

So The Good Mothers (Disney+) always had a shot. This six-part drama is a story about women and the 'Ndrangheta — a violent organisation from Calabria (the region in the 'toe' of Italy) dating back to the 16th century.