The Weekly List (30 March-5 April)

New world dramas

Bitter Daisies (O Sabor das Margaridas) Netflix [Available now]
Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series S1 Netflix 31/03/2019
Bad Banks S1 Walter P. 04/04/2019
Stella Blómkvist S1 Sundance Now 04/04/2019
Persona S1 Netflix 05/04/2019
Quicksand (Störst av allt) S1 Netflix 05/04/2019
Tijuana S1 Netflix 05/04/2019

Continuing subtitled dramas

Ride Upon the Storm S1 C4(WP) Sun Ep. 10 (of 10)
Deutschland 86 S2 More4(WP) Fri Ep. 5 (of 10)

Other continuing world dramas

The Heart Guy S3 Drama Sun Ep. 5 (of 10)
Murdoch Mysteries S12 Alibi Mon Ep. 12 (of 18)
Rush S3 Alibi Mon to Fri Ep. 6 to 10 (of 22)
Bite Club S1 Alibi (Wed) Ep. 8 (of 8)

*Keep reading for more details on all the new world dramas as well as
separate lists of this week’s subtitled free to air films and new British & American TV shows. We’ll have discussion threads for all the major new shows in our Fans of European and World TV Dramas facebook group. If you’re not a member already you’re very welcome to join.

New world dramas – details

Bitter Daisies (O Sabor das Margaridas) Netflix [Available now]
“While investigating the disappearance of a teen girl in a tight-knit Galician town, a Civil Guard officer uncovers secrets linked to a loss of her own”. Trailer via the Netflix link.

Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series S1 Netflix 31/03/2019
“Nova Scotia’s favorite miscreants have always been super sketchy. Now, carrying on from the Season 12 finale, the boys have become complete cartoons”. Trailer.

Bad Banks S1 Walter P. 04/04/2019
“Sophisticated financial drama from Germany about a young, ambitious investment banker who is drawn into a merciless and convoluted power play after being wrongly fired from her prestigious job”. Trailer.

Stella Blómkvist S1 Sundance Now 04/04/2019
“Stella Blómkvist is a young, cute, libertine, tough, confident, intelligent, Icelandic lawyer with a flexible moral compass. A friend at the police calls her when there’s a criminal in need of a lawyer”. Trailer.

Persona S1 Netflix 05/04/2019
“An exploration of different personas in an eclectic collection of four works by critically acclaimed Korean directors”. Trailer via the Netflix link.

Quicksand (Störst av allt) S1 Netflix 05/04/2019
“After a tragedy at a school sends shock waves through a wealthy Stockholm suburb, a seemingly well-adjusted teen finds herself on trial for murder”. Teaser trailer.

Tijuana S1 Netflix 05/04/2019
“When a prominent politician is murdered, the intrepid journalists of Frente Tijuana risk their lives to uncover the truth”. Trailer (no subtitles).

Subtitled film list (BBC4, Channel 4 & Film 4)

Phoenix (Germany, 2014) Saturday/Sunday, BBC2
The Unknown Girl (Belgium, 2016) Saturday, BBC4
Mustang (Turkey, 2015) Sunday, BBC4

We now have a facebook discussion group specifically for films where you can discuss these films as well as any others you may have seen recently or just favourites you want to recommend to other fans. 

For details of the new British and US shows starting this week see here.