Television
This is your guide to the tv shows to watch out for in the coming months
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The One
Netflix’s The One poses a simple question: what would you do if a simple DNA test could reveal your perfect partner? Set in the near future, the series begins with a massive scientific breakthrough. A...
1899
It may have been dubbed the ‘new Bridgerton’ but Netflix’s latest blockbuster, 1899, is clearly a much darker beast. Telling the story of a ship full of immigrants en route to New York, the seri...
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings
If you’ve ever wondered what a billion pounds could buy you these days – then you’d better tune into Amazon’s Lord of the Rings, for that’s what the shopping giant are paying for the series. The...
The Offenders
Seven strangers manage to forge a connection while serving a community sentence in Stephen Merchant’s latest drama for the BBC. Part crime thriller, part character study, The Offenders is also a state...
Simone Ashley lands lead role in Bridgerton
Sex Education star Simone Ashley has landed a leading role in the second series of Netflix’s sexy period romp, Bridgerton. Ashley will play Kate Sharma in the series, a society beauty who steals the h...
Mare of Easttown
Hollywood superstar Kate Winslet heads up the cast of HBO’s new crime drama, Mare of Easttown, this spring. Best known for her role in the blockbuster movie Titanic, Winslet has a long series of...
The Flight Attendant
A massive hit in the US, HBO’s The Flight Attendant looks set to do the same thing in the UK when it arrives on Sky One in early March 2021. With a pair of Golden Globe nominations to its name, ...
The Ipcress File
Len Deighton’s twist laden spy novel, The Ipcress File, is set for a modern retelling this year courtesy of BAFTA Award winning writer John Hodge and ITV. A tale of abducted scientists, brainwashing, ...
Angela Black
Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt leads the cast of ITV’s new psychological thriller, Angela Black, this winter. Playing the role of a suburban housewife whose picture perfect life conceals a chillin...
Stay Close
With a screenplay by writer of the moment, Harlan Coben, and a star studded cast to boot, Netflix’s Stay Close looks like another winner for the streaming platform. Following hot on the heels of...
Bloodlands
With Cold Feet star James Nesbitt heading up the cast and Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio serving as Executive Producer, BBC1’s Bloodlands looks set to wow armchair thriller fans when it debut...
Your Honor
A hit and run, an attempted cover up, and a father’s dilemma are at the heart of Sky Atlantic’s Your Honor. Originally shown in the United States on Showtime, the series looks set to set thrill ...
Lupin
As adaptations go, Lupin is about as good as they get. Loosely based on the famous series of novels by the French writer Maurice Leblanc, Netflix have cleverly adapted the story for the 21st century. ...
Seven amazing shows to get you through lockdown
Variety’s all very well but it can make finding something to watch on TV almost possible.Sometimes, it can seem like there are almost too many options, and narrowing down your choices becomes an all b...
Marvel’s Helstrom
If you’re hunting for your Marvel fix, then you could do a whole lot worse than tuning into Disney’s Helstrom when it lands on the platform this February. Designed to kick start a new era of small scr...
Conversations with Friends
Following the phenomenal success of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, the BBC are now adapting Rooney’s first novel, Conversation with Friends, for the small screen. Normal People was the BBC’s most...
Ten television shows to look forward to in 2021
If 2021 is beginning to feel a little like Groundhog Day, with the same endless rounds of lockdowns and restrictions which blighted 2020, on a happier note, it also means more time to binge watch TV! ...
Inventing Anna
Inventing Anna tells the story of one of the 21st centuries greatest acts of deception. Based on a New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler entitled “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’...
