The Weekly List (25-31 January)

New and returning world dramas

Stockholm Requiem S1 Walter P. 26/01/2020
Omniscient S1 Netflix 29/01/2020
Diablero S2 Netflix 31/01/2020
Luna Nera S1 Netflix 31/01/2020
Ragnarok S1 Netflix 31/01/2020

New and returning British and US dramas

Shrill S2 BBC3online 25/01/2020 [*]
A.P. Bio S1 Sky Comedy 27/01/2020 [*]
Miracle Workers S1 Sky Comedy 27/01/2020 [*]
The Windermere Children SF BBC2 27/01/2020 [*]
Ballers S5 Sky Comedy 28/01/2020 [*]
Curb Your Enthusiasm S10 Sky Comedy 28/01/2020 [*]
The Stranger S1 Netflix 30/01/2020 [*]
BoJack Horseman S6P2 Netflix 31/01/2020 [*]

*For shows marked with a [*] scroll down the page for more details and links to trailers where available.

Continuing subtitled dramas

Wisting S1 BBC4 Sat Ep. 9 & 10 (of 10)
The Passenger S1/LS More4 Ep. 3 (of 6) (TV Premiere)

Other continuing world dramas

Murdoch Mysteries S12 Drama Ep. 2 (of 18) Sat (Freeview Premiere)
The New Pope S1 Sky Atlantic Sun Ep. 5 & 6 (of 9)
Murdoch Mysteries S13 Alibi Mon Ep. 3 (of 18)
Frankie Drake Mysteries S3 Alibi Tue Ep. 2 (of 10)
Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries S1 Drama Ep. 2 (of 8) (Freeview Premiere)
Rookie Blue S5 5USA Wed Ep. 4 (of 11) (Freeview Premiere)

New and returning world dramas – details

Stockholm Requiem (Sthlm Rekviem) S1 Walter P. 26/01/2020
“Criminal misdemeanours, violence and family dramas interweave in this Swedish psychological crime thriller based on Kristina Ohlsson’s best-selling novels”. Episode 1 is on Channel 4 at 11:00pm. All episodes are immediately available on All4.

Omniscient (Onisciente) S1 Netflix 29/01/2020
“In a city where citizens are monitored 24/7, a tech employee must outsmart her surveillance drone in order to investigate a murder”. New Netflix Original series from Brazil. Follow the Netflix link for a trailer with English subtitles.

Diablero S2 Netflix 31/01/2020
“When a young girl goes missing in a big city, a desperate priest joins a demon hunter and his motley crew on an otherworldly mission to find her”. Season 2 of the Netflix Original series from Mexico.

Luna Nera S1 Netflix 31/01/2020
“In 17th-century Italy, a teenager learns about her destiny among a family of witches, just as her boyfriend’s father hunts her down for witchcraft”. New Netflix Original series from Italy. Follow the Netflix link for a trailer with English subtitles.

Ragnarok S1 Netflix 31/01/2020
“In a Norwegian town poisoned by pollution and rattled by melting glaciers, the End Times feel all too real. It’ll take a legend to battle an old evil”. New Netflix Original series from Norway.

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

Shrill S2 BBC3online 25/01/2020
“When journalist Annie realises she’s dating a total loser and being pushed around by her boss, she resolves to stop playing down to society’s expectations of her as a fat woman”. Season 2 of Hulu’s comedy arrives on the iPlayer a day after its release on Hulu in the US.

A.P. Bio S1 Sky Comedy 27/01/2020
“A former philosophy professor who takes a job teaching AP biology, uses his students to get back at the people in his life who have wronged him”.

Miracle Workers S1 Sky Comedy 27/01/2020
“A comedy set in the offices of Heaven Inc. When God plans to destroy the Earth, two low-level angels must convince their boss to save humanity. They bet him they can pull off their most impossible miracle yet: help two humans fall in love”.

The Windermere Children SF BBC2 27/01/2020
“The stark, moving and ultimately redemptive story of how the friendships forged at Windermere become a lifeline to a fruitful future”.

Ballers S5 Sky Comedy 28/01/2020
“Dwayne Johnson stars in the final season of the series centered around a group of football players and their families, friends and handlers”. The series which previously aired on Sky Atlantic is now on Sky Comedy.

Curb Your Enthusiasm S10 Sky Comedy 28/01/2020
The return of the popular cringe comedy starring Larry David. Another series moving to Sky Comedy.

The Stranger S1 Netflix 30/01/2020
“When a stranger makes a shocking claim about his wife, family man Adam Price becomes entangled in a mystery as he desperately searches for answers”.

BoJack Horseman S6P2 Netflix 31/01/2020
“Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the ’90s, 20 years later. He’s a curmudgeon with a heart of…not quite gold…but something like gold”. The final part of the final season of the critically acclaimed animated comedy drama.

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.

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