New and returning world dramas
The Crime S1+S2 Netflix [Available Now]
The Restaurant S2 Sundance Now [Ep. 1 & 2 Available Now]
The Secret Daughter S1+S2 My5 [Available Now]
The Road to Love S1 Netflix 04/12/2019
Apache: The Life of Carlos Tevez S1 Netflix 05/12/2019
Home for Christmas S1 Netflix 05/12/2019
Instinto S1 StarzPlay 05/12/2019
Sanctuary S1 StarzPlay 05/12/2019
A Very Scandi Scandal S1 + S2 Walter P. 06/12/2019
The Chosen One S2 Netflix 06/12/2019
Three Days of Christmas S1 Netflix 06/12/2019
Triad Princess S1 Netflix 06/12/2019
New and returning British and US dramas
EastSiders S4 Netflix 01/12/2019 [*]
Madam Secretary S6 Sky Witness 05/12/2019
V-Wars S1 Netflix 05/12/2019 [*]
Vikings S6P1 Amazon 05/12/2019 [*]
Fuller House S5 Netflix 06/12/2019
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S3 Amazon 06/12/2019 [*]
Truth Be Told S1 Apple TV+ 06/12/2019 [*]
Virgin River S1 Netflix 06/12/2019 [*]
*For shows marked with a [*] scroll down the page for more details and links to trailers where available.
Continuing subtitled dramas
The Lies Within S1 Netflix Sat/Sun Ep. 15 & 16 (of 16)
Chief of Staff S2 Netflix Mon/Tue Ep. 7 & 8 (of 10)
8 Days S1 Sky Atlantic Tue/Wed Ep. 5 to 8 (of 8)
The Restaurant S2 Sundance Now Thu Ep. 3 (of 10)
The Team S2 More4 Fri Ep. 6 (of 8)
Other continuing world dramas
Frankie Drake Mysteries S2 Drama Sat Ep. 6 (of 10) (Freeview Premiere)
Murdoch Mysteries S11 Drama Sat Ep. 15 (of 18) (Freeview Premiere)
The Heart Guy S4 Drama Sat Ep. 5 & 6 (of 10)
The Brokenwood Mysteries S6 Drama Mon Ep. 3 (of 4)
Vienna Blood S1 BBC2 Mon Ep. 3 (of 3)
Mary Kills People S3 More4 Tue Ep. 5 (of 6)
Upright S2 Sky Atlantic Thu Ep. 3 & 4 (of 8)
Private Eyes S2 5USA Fri Ep. 6 (of 18) (Freeview Premiere)
The Name of the Rose S1 BBC2 Ep. 7 (of 8)
New and returning world dramas – details
The Crime (Zbrodnia) S1+S2 Netflix [Available Now]
“The peaceful lives of the residents inhabiting a breathtaking seaside town are shaken following a series of macabre crimes”. Polish drama series.
The Restaurant (Vår tid är nu) S2 Sundance Now [Ep. 1 & 2 Available Now]
Series 2 of the Swedish period drama which follows the Löwander family who have been running a high-end restaurant Djurgårdskällaren, a classical establishment in Stockholm for decades. Series 2 begins in 1955. Trailer is Swedish only.
The Secret Daughter S1+S2 My5 [Available Now]
“Finding herself in hot water with the local hood, Billie pretends to be the secret daughter of Jack Norton in order to escape town, which suddenly lands her in the middle of a grieving family”. Australian drama series.
The Road to Love (Los Briceño) S1 Netflix 04/12/2019
“After an argument with her dad, a young woman from a family of macho truck drivers is kicked out of the home and must make her own success as a trucker”. Colombian comedy drama marketed as a Netflix Original series. Trailer via the Netflix link above.
Apache: The Life of Carlos Tevez (Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez) S1 Netflix 05/12/2019
“This gritty dramatization of the life of Carlos Tevez shows his rise to soccer stardom amid the harrowing conditions in Argentina’s Fuerte Apache”. Argentinian drama marketed as a Netflix Original series. Trailer via the Netflix link above.
Home for Christmas S1 Netflix 05/12/2019
“Tired of the constant comments on her relationship status, perpetually single Johanne starts a 24-day hunt for a boyfriend to bring home for Christmas”. Netflix Original series from Norway.
Instinto S1 StarzPlay 05/12/2019
“Marco Mur is an attractive, successful businessman, but a trauma from his past prevents him from getting emotionally involved with women. Instead, he has intimate encounters in a club where no one knows anyone else. But his past returns and now Marco must face it and all the other conflicts of his life”. Spanish drama.
Sanctuary (Himmelsdalen) S1 StarzPlay 05/12/2019
“What could be worse than being imprisoned in a locked-down clinic where nothing is what it seems, and nobody believes you are who you say you are? How about beginning to suspect that they’re right?”. Swedish drama based on Marie Hermanson’s novel The Devil’s Sanctuary.
A Very Scandi Scandal (A Simple Heist) (Enkelstöten) S1 + S2 Walter P. 06/12/2019
“Jenny and Cecilia are two women in their 60s who live a regular middle class life in Kalmar. But when both realize that the future is anything but light for them, they decide to do something drastic, robbing a bank office in Stockholm”.
The Chosen One (O Escolhido) S2 Netflix 06/12/2019
“Determined to bring a Zika vaccine to the remote Pantanal, three doctors clash with a faith healer and are pulled deeper into the mysteries of his cult”. Season 2 of the Brazilian Netflix Original series. Trailer via the Netflix link above.
Three Days of Christmas (Dias de Navidad) S1 Netflix 06/12/2019
“Four sisters deal with family drama and secrets throughout three different time periods, all occurring on Christmas Day”. Netflix Original series from Spain.
Triad Princess S1 Netflix 06/12/2019
“After jostling her way into a gig as a celebrity bodyguard, the boisterous daughter of a powerful triad boss shakes up a TV star’s life and finds love”. Netflix Original series from Taiwan.
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
EastSiders S4 Netflix 01/12/2019
“Cal turns to his friends for help through a hilariously dark time when he discovers that his partner Thom’s been cheating on him”. Emmy nominated LGBTQ-focused comedy series written by Kit Williamson that has a fourth and final season on Netflix after a kickstarter campaign.
V-Wars S1 Netflix 05/12/2019
“A fast-spreading disease that turns victims into blood-sucking fiends pits two best friends against each other in a fight for humanity’s future”.
Vikings S6P1 Amazon 05/12/2019
The historical drama returns for the first part of its final season.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S3 Amazon 06/12/2019
Season 3 of the Emmy winning series starring Rachel Brosnahan as a 1950s housewife who suddenly embarks on a career as a stand-up comic.
Truth Be Told S1 Apple TV+ 06/12/2019
“A true-crime podcaster tries to solve the mystery surrounding a family patriarch’s death”.
Virgin River S1 Netflix 06/12/2019
“Searching for a fresh start, a nurse practitioner moves from LA to a remote northern California town and is surprised by what — and who — she finds”.
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)
Drug War (China, 2012) Mon/Tue, Film4
Blue is the Warmest Colour (France, 2014) Wed, Film4
The Space Between the Notes (India, 2017) Wed/Thu, Channel 4 [Documentary]
Searching for Ingmar Bergman (Germany/Intl, 2018) Thu/Fri, Film4 [Documentary]
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