New and returning world dramas
Seven Types of Ambiguity S1 My5 [Available Now]
The Heights S1 BBC1 15/06/2020
Spides S1 Syfy 16/06/2020
Girls from Ipanema S2 Netflix 19/06/2020
My Brilliant Friend S2 Sky Atlantic 19/06/2020
New Nurses S1+S2 Walter P. 19/06/2020
New and returning British and US dramas
The Salisbury Poisonings SS BBC1 14/06/2020 [*]
Mr. Iglesias S2 Netflix 17/06/2020
The Great S1 StarzPlay 18/06/2020 [*]
The Order S2 Netflix 18/06/2020 [*]
The Politician S2 Netflix 19/06/2020 [*]
The Sinner S3 Netflix 19/06/2020 [*]
For shows marked with a [*] scroll down the page for more details and links to trailers where available.
Continuing subtitled dramas (TV only)
Das Boot S2 Sky Atlantic Tue Ep. 3 & 4 (of 8)
Code 37: Sex Crimes S3 More4 Fri Ep. 2 (of 13)
Other continuing world dramas (First run TV only)
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New and returning world dramas – details
Seven Types of Ambiguity S1 My5 [Available Now]
“A complicated chain of events is triggered when a child is taken and relationships are thrown into crisis”. Australian drama.
The Heights S1 BBC1 15/06/2020
“Australian drama series following six families living in a tower block in Perth”.
Spides S1 Syfy 16/06/2020
“Murders, disappearances, and strange occurrences begin piling up in connection with the appearance of a new club drug called “Blis””. English language international drama series set in Berlin. Oddly the only trailer(s) I can find are German language ones – dubbed from the original English.
Girls from Ipanema (Most Beautiful Thing) (Coisa Mais Linda) S2 Netflix 19/06/2020
“A 1950s housewife goes to Rio de Janeiro to meet up with her husband, only to learn he’s deserted her, but decides to stay and open a bossa nova club”. Netflix Original series from Brazil which has been retitled for season 2.
My Brilliant Friend (L’amica geniale) S2 Sky Atlantic 19/06/2020
“A writer recounts her decades-long relationship with her best friend in the second series of the Italian drama based on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels”.
New Nurses (Sygeplejeskolen) S1+S2 Walter P. 19/06/2020
“Love, sickness, health and exam anxiety at a Danish hospital in the 50s. Erik (Morten Hee Andersen) and Anna (Molly Blixt Egelind) are among the first to be accepted into a nursing school with men and women being trained together”.
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
The Salisbury Poisonings SS BBC1 14/06/2020
“In March 2018 Salisbury became the site of an unprecedented national emergency. This three-part dramatisation focuses on the extraordinary heroism shown by the local community”.
The Great S1 StarzPlay 18/06/2020
“A royal woman living in rural Prussia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor”.
The Order S2 Netflix 18/06/2020
“Out to avenge his mother’s death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic”.
The Politician S2 Netflix 19/06/2020
Rich kid Payton has always known he’s going to be president. But first he has to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: high school.
The Sinner S3 Netflix 19/06/2020
“The Sinner’s third installment follows Detective Harry Ambrose (Bill Pullman) as he begins a routine investigation of a tragic car accident on the outskirts of Dorchester, in upstate New York”.
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)
Two Days, One Night (Belgium, 2014) Sun/Mon, BBC2
The Brand New Testament (Belgium, 2015) Mon/Tue, Film4
The Handmaiden (Korea, 2016) Tue/Wed, Channel 4
Square Eyed World 
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