The Weekly List (11-17 May)

New world dramas

Cardinal S3 BBC4 11/05/2019
Harrow S1 Drama 11/05/2019 (Freeview Premiere)
Mary Kills People S1 More4 14/05/2019
The Bad Seed S1 Alibi 14/05/2019
Code 37: Sex Crimes S2 More4(WP) 17/05/2019
The Rain S2 Netflix 17/05/2019
Well-Intended Love S1 Netflix 17/05/2019

Continuing subtitled dramas

Abyss S1 Netflix Mon & Tue Ep. 3 & 4 (of 16)

Other continuing world dramas

Murdoch Mysteries S12 Alibi Mon Ep. 18 (of 18)
Rush S4 Alibi Mon to Fri Ep. 11 to 13 (of 13)  
Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries S1 Alibi Wed Ep. 6 (of 8) 
The Murders S1 Universal TV Fri Ep. 6 (of 8)

New world dramas – details

Cardinal S3 BBC4 11/05/2019
Third season of the Canadian crime drama, based on the books by Giles Blunt, following detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme. Season 3 trailer.

Harrow S1 Drama 11/05/2019 (Freeview Premiere)
Brilliant, unorthodox and mysterious, Dr. Daniel Harrow (Ioan Gruffudd) is Queensland’s best forensic pathologist. A dedicated scientist and maverick rule breaker, Harrow has the unique ability to decipher the tragic final moments of the victims. But when a secret from Harrow’s past threatens his career and those he cares about the most, Harrow stalls for time. He is torn between his ironclad integrity and his darkest fear. He must rely on his wit and medical genius to keep this crime buried forever. Freeview premiere of the Australian drama series. Trailer.

Mary Kills People S1 More4 14/05/2019
Dr Mary Harris is an overworked single mother and ER doctor who lives a secret double life helping terminally ill patients with assisted deaths in this thought-provoking and darkly comic drama series. Trailer.

The Bad Seed S1 Alibi 14/05/2019
Crime drama based on the books by Charlotte Grimshaw which tells the story of two brothers from the same dysfunctional family who have raised themselves up from the desperate days of their early childhood, only to have their newly ordered lives begin to fall apart when one becomes a suspect in a murder Trailer.

Code 37: Sex Crimes S2 More4(WP) 17/05/2019
Second season of the intense Belgian crime thriller about a Vice Squad detective in Ghent battling bad memories.

The Rain S2 Netflix 17/05/2019
Six years after a brutal virus wipes out most of Scandinavia’s population, two siblings join a band of young survivors seeking safety — and answers. Season 2 of the Danish drama. Season 2 trailer.

Well-Intended Love S1 Netflix 17/05/2019
To secure a bone marrow donation, a struggling actress with leukemia makes a marriage pact with a young CEO — until true love gets in the way.

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

Like Someone in Love (Japan, 2012) Mon/Tue, Film4
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia, 2015) Wed, Film4

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