New and returning world dramas
Midnight Diner S1-3 Netflix [Available Now]
Das Boot S2 Sky Atlantic 09/06/2020
Curon S1 Netflix 10/06/2020
Reality Z S1 Netflix 10/06/2020
Whispers S1 Netflix 11/06/2020
Anne+ S1 Walter P. 12/06/2020
Code 37: Sex Crimes S3 More4(WP) 12/06/2020
Crime Diaries: The Search S1 Netflix 12/06/2020
The Woods S1 Netflix 12/06/2020
New and returning British and US dramas
Behind the Filter SF/P BBC3online 08/06/2020 [*]
I May Destroy You S1 BBC1 08/06/2020 [*]
Sitting in Limbo SF BBC1 08/06/2020 [*]
Betty S1 Sky Comedy 09/06/2020 [*]
Agatha Raisin S3 Sky1 10/06/2020
Staged S1 BBC1 10/06/2020 [*]
What We Do in the Shadows S2 BBC2 11/06/2020 [*]
F is for Family S4 Netflix 12/06/2020
Reef Break S1 Alibi 12/06/2020 [*]
For shows marked with a [*] scroll down the page for more details and links to trailers where available.
Other continuing world dramas (First run TV only)
Cardinal S4 BBC2 Wed Ep. 3 & 4 (of 6)
New and returning world dramas – details
Midnight Diner S1-3 Netflix [Available Now]
“A scarred man operates a midnight diner in the backstreets of Shinjuku. No one knows his name or his story, but his customers each bring him theirs”. Netflix have just added 3 seasons off Midnight Diner which originally aired in Japan between 2009 and 2014 and predate the two seasons of Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories which Netflix co-produced. The trailer below is for the Tokyo Stories version.
Das Boot S2 Sky Atlantic 09/06/2020
“An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama”. Trailer is for season 1.
Curon S1 Netflix 10/06/2020
“After 17 years, a woman returns home with her teenage twins. When she mysteriously vanishes, her children must reckon with a shadowy family legacy”. Netflix Original series from Italy.
Reality Z S1 Netflix 10/06/2020
“With Rio de Janeiro under a zombie attack, reality show contestants shelter in a TV studio, where they must deal with more than flesh-eating hordes”. Netflix Original series from Brazil based on the Charlie Brooker series Dead Set.
Whispers S1 Netflix 11/06/2020
“When suspicions grow around the death of their patriarch, an affluent family begin to peel back the truth as dark secrets come to light”. Saudi Arabian drama marketed as a Netflix Original series.
Anne+ S1 Walter P. 12/06/2020
“A twenty-something lesbian university graduate navigates life and love in Amsterdam”.
Code 37: Sex Crimes S3 More4(WP) 12/06/2020
Third and final season of the Belgian crime thriller about a Vice Squad cop battling bad memories.
The Search (Historia de un Crimen: La Búsqueda) S1 Netflix 12/06/2020
“When a girl vanishes from a posh neighborhood near Mexico City, the personal goals of some involved in the case muddy the search”. Netflix Original series from Mexico.
The Woods S1 Netflix 12/06/2020
“Evidence found on the body of a homicide victim sparks hope in a prosecutor that his sister who disappeared 25 years earlier could still be alive”. Netflix Original series from Poland based on a novel by Harlen Coben.
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
Behind the Filter SF/P BBC3online 08/06/2020
“This isn’t how Ruby (Phoebe Walsh) imagined her life – single, unemployed, IBS, the wrong side of 25 and living at home with her parents (Dominic Coleman and Pippa Haywood)”. BBC comedy pilot.
I May Destroy You S1 BBC1 08/06/2020
“From Bafta-winner Michaela Coel, a fearless, frank and provocative new drama about sexual consent and modern relationships”.
Sitting in Limbo SF BBC1 08/06/2020
“A shocking drama inspired by the Windrush scandal. After 50 years in the UK, Anthony Bryan is wrongfully detained by the Home Office and threatened with deportation”.
Betty S1 Sky Comedy 09/06/2020
“Young New York skateboarders Janay and Kirt throw an all-girls skate sesh – but an unexpected visitor cuts the festivities short”.
Staged S1 BBC1 10/06/2020
“David Tennant and Michael Sheen star as two actors whose West End play has been put on hold due to Covid-19, but whose director has persuaded them to carry on rehearsing online”.
What We Do in the Shadows S2 BBC2 11/06/2020
“Following three vampires who have been roommates for hundreds and hundreds of years, in Staten Island”.
Reef Break S1 Alibi 12/06/2020
“Cat Chambers is a professional surfer with a shady past and ties to a crime syndicate. Cat’s less-than-perfect past gives her an instinctive gift for understanding crime and criminals and she is soon trying to avoid wiping out in a string of fast-paced, high-octane island adventures”.
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)
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia, 2015) Sat/Sun, Film4
Me and You (Italy, 2012) Mon/Tue, Film4
Square Eyed World 