The Weekly List (20-26 April)

New world dramas

The Secret City (Taynyy gorod) S1-3 Amazon Prime [Available now]
Strike Force (Force) (Smeris) S3 Amazon Prime [Available now]
The Protector S2 Netflix 26/04/2019
Yankee S1 Netflix 26/04/2019

Continuing subtitled dramas

Follow the Money S3 BBC4 Sat Ep. 5 & 6 (of 10)
Stella Blómkvist S1 Sundance Now Thu Ep. 4 (of 6)
Deutschland 86 S2 More4(WP) Fri Ep. 8 (of 10)

Other continuing world dramas

The Heart Guy S3 Drama Sun Ep. 8 (of 10)
Murdoch Mysteries S12 Alibi Mon Ep. 15 (of 18)
Rush S3 Alibi Mon to Fri Ep. 20 to 22 (of 22) + S4 Ep. 1 (of 13) 
Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries S1 Alibi Wed Ep. 3 (of 8)
The Murders S1 Universal TV Fri Ep. 3 (of 8)

*Keep reading for more details on all the new world dramas as well as
a separate list of this week’s subtitled free to air films. 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

The Secret City (Taynyy gorod) S1-3 Amazon Prime [Available now]
“Based on the sci-fi novels of Vadim Panov about “the other” Moscow where in parallel reality the last representatives of the disappeared civilizations live. For thousands of years in the territory of Moscow there existed another – the Secret City, inhabited by those who ruled long before humans”. There are 3 seasons of 8 episodes each.

Strike Force (Force) (Smeris) S3 Amazon Prime [Available now]
The third season of the Dutch crime drama following a boisterous homicide detective who is partnered with a neurotic narc to fight organized crime in the Dutch city of Tilburg is now available.

The Protector S2 Netflix 26/04/2019
“Discovering his ties to a secret ancient order, a young man living in modern Istanbul embarks on a quest to save the city from an immortal enemy”. Season 2 of the Turkish fantasy drama arrives just four months after the first. Season 2 trailer.

Yankee S1 Netflix 26/04/2019
“On the run from the police, an Arizona man crosses into Mexico and gets deeply involved in drug trafficking, with the help of modern technology”.

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

Heal the Living (France, 2016) Mon/Tue, Channel 4
The Raid (Indonesia, 2011) Fri/Sat, Channel 4

We 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.