New and returning world dramas
The Heart Guy S4 Drama 16/11/2019
The Brokenwood Mysteries S6 Drama 18/11/2019
Vienna Blood S1 BBC2 18/11/2019
Mortel S1 Netflix 21/11/2019
High Seas S2 Netflix 22/11/2019
Nobody’s Looking S1 Netflix 22/11/2019
Seaside Hotel S1 Walter P. 22/11/2019
New and returning British and US dramas
Hidden (Craith) S2 S4C 17/11/2019 [*]
The Crown S3 Netflix 17/11/2019 [*]
The War of the Worlds SS BBC1 17/11/2019 [*]
Cold Call S1 C5 18/11/2019 [*]
Flatmates S1 BBC2 18/11/2019 (TV Premiere) [*]
Ray Donovan S7 Sky Atlantic 19/11/2019
Rick & Morty S4P1 E4 20/11/2019 [*]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S18 5USA 21/11/2019 (Freeview Premiere)
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings S1 Netflix 22/11/2019 [*]
*For shows marked with a [*] scroll down the page for more details and links to trailers where available.
Continuing subtitled dramas
Spiral S7 BBC4 Sat Ep. 11 & 12 (of 12)
The Lies Within S1 Netflix Sat/Sun Ep. 11 & 12 (of 16)
Chief of Staff S2 Netflix Mon/Tue Ep. 3 & 4 (of 10)
When the Camellia Blooms S1 Netflix Wed/Thu Ep. 19 & 20 (of 20)
The Team S2 More4 Fri Ep. 4 (of 8)
My Country: The New Age S1 Netflix Fri/Sat Ep. 15 & 16 (of 16)
Other continuing world dramas
Frankie Drake Mysteries S2 Drama Sat Ep. 4 (of 10) (Freeview Premiere)
Murdoch Mysteries S11 Drama Sat Ep. 13 (of 18) (Freeview Premiere)
Mary Kills People S3 More4 Tue Ep. 3 (of 6)
My Life Is Murder S1 Alibi Tue Ep. 9 (of 10)
Private Eyes S2 5USA Ep. 4 (of 18) (Freeview Premiere)
The Name of the Rose S1 BBC2 Ep. 6 (of 8)
New and returning world dramas – details
The Heart Guy (Doctor Doctor) S4 Drama 16/11/2019
Fourth season of the popular Australian drama starring Rodger Corser as Dr. Hugh Knight: a gifted surgeon who is forced back to his hometown of Whyhope after being banned from surgery.
The Brokenwood Mysteries S6 Drama 18/11/2019
Sixth season of the sometimes quirky, usually light-hearted, crime drama from New Zealand which sees DI Mike Shepherd and DC Kristin Simms investigate murders in the small town of Brokenwood.
Vienna Blood S1 BBC2 18/11/2019
“As part of his research in understanding the criminal mind, junior doctor Max Liebermann is given permission to trail Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt”. Austrian-set crime thriller based on the best-selling Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis.
Mortel S1 Netflix 21/11/2019
“After making a deal with a supernatural figure, two high schoolers emerge with extraordinary powers and join forces to solve a murder”. Netflix Original series from France.
High Seas (Alta Mar) S2 Netflix 22/11/2019
“Two sisters discover disturbing family secrets after a string of mysterious deaths occur on a luxury ship traveling from Spain to Brazil in the 1940s”. Netflix Original series from Spain. Trailer below is Spanish only, follow the Netflix link above for one with subtitles.
Nobody’s Looking (Ninguém Tá Olhando) S1 Netflix 22/11/2019
“A new guardian “angelus” uncovers a secret behind the Angelus System’s bureaucracy that leads him to break its official rules about protecting humans”. Netflix Original series from Brazil. Trailer below is Portuguese only, follow the Netflix link above for one with subtitles.
Seaside Hotel (Badehotellet) S1 Walter P. 22/11/2019
“Think Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie – a charming drama set beside the beautiful North sea sand dunes in 1920s Denmark. Chambermaid Fie is starting her first day of work at a rural beach hotel. Her father warns her not to fraternize with the bourgeois guests, but as secrets about each guest begin to unravel, the seemingly idyllic rural life is much more dramatic than Fie expected…”
A reminder, if you’re not a member already, that we have a Facebook group with discussion threads set up for you to discuss these shows and many other world dramas.
New and returning British and US dramas – details
Hidden (Craith) S2 S4C 17/11/2019
“Cadi John (Sian Reese-Williams) and Owen Vaughan (Sion Alun Davies) return for a second series, as this time another murder leads them into the shadows of the slate-strewn mountains of Blaenau Ffestiniog to unlock more dark secrets”.
The Crown S3 Netflix 17/11/2019
Olivia Colman takes over as Queen Elizabeth II as the historical drama returns for a third series covering the years 1963 to 1977.
The War of the Worlds SS BBC1 17/11/2019
“Three-part adaptation of HG Wells’s classic tale of a Martian invasion of Earth”.
Cold Call S1 C5 18/11/2019
“A single mom gets caught up in a cold call scam that turns her world upside down”.
Flatmates S1 BBC2 18/11/2019 (TV Premiere)
“Two lads, three girls, one flat. Flatmates follows the lives of five teens as they take their first uncertain steps into adulthood whilst trying to fulfil the millennial dream”. We don’t usually list the TV premieres of series already available on the iPlayer as a BBC II! series but this one managed to slip under my radar entirely when it came out earlier this year. All 10 episodes are available now and it’s also getting a (very) late night airing on BBC2 nightly from Monday.
Rick & Morty S4P1 E4 20/11/2019
“Acclaimed animation following drunken scientist Rick and his easily influenced grandson Morty as they split their time between family life and inter-dimensional travels”. Primarily flagging this up for the change of UK channel for new episodes. Adult Swim ordered seventy new episodes of the series back in May 2018 which I’m now guessing probably means 7 seasons of 10 episodes given that season 4 is being released in two batches of 5. Seasons 1 to 3 are still on Netflix.
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings S1 Netflix 22/11/2019
“Eight stories celebrating family, faith, love and forgiveness come to life in this series inspired by Dolly Parton’s iconic country music catalog”.
A reminder, if you’re not a member already, that we have a Facebook group with discussion threads set up for you to discuss these shows and many other British and US dramas.
Subtitled film list (BBC4, Channel 4 & Film 4)
Sicilian Ghost Story (Italy, 2017) Mon/Tue, Film4
Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (India, 2018) Tue/Wed, C4
Kapurush (India, 1965) Thu/Fri, C4
Square Eyed World 