New and returning world dramas
Balthazar S2 Acorn UK [Available Now]
Black Sun S2 Amazon Prime [Available Now]
The Lawyer S2 Walter P. 09/08/2020
3% S4 Netflix 14/08/2020
The Great Heist (El Robo del Siglo) S1 Netflix 14/08/2020
New and returning British and US dramas
Unsaid Stories SS ITV 10/08/2020 [*]
Greenleaf S5 Netflix 12/08/2020 [*]
Mandy S1 BBC2 13/08/2020 [*]
Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story S2 Netflix 14/08/2020 [*]
Ted Lasso S1 Apple TV+ 14/08/2020 [*]
Teenage Bounty Hunters S1 Netflix 14/08/2020 [*]
For shows marked with a [*] scroll down the page for more details and links to trailers where available.
Continuing subtitled dramas (TV only)
The Last Wave S1 BBC4 Sat Ep. 5 & 6 (of 6)
Code 37: Sex Crimes S3 More4 Fri Ep. 10 (of 13)
Other continuing world dramas (First run TV only)
The Heights S2 BBC1 Mon-Fri Ep. 11 to 15 (of 30)
Coroner S2 Sky Witness Wed Ep. 3 (of 8)
Wentworth Prison S8 5Star Wed Ep. 2 (of 10)
New and returning world dramas – details
Balthazar S2 Acorn UK [Available Now]
“Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphaël Balthazar (Tomer Sisley) can make the dead speak like no one else. As a forensic pathologist in Paris, he works with no-nonsense chief inspector Hélène Bach (Hélène de Fougerolles) to solve the city’s most disturbing crimes. But there’s one case that continues to haunt him–the murder of his wife over a decade ago”. Season 2 of the French crime drama. Trailer below is for season 1.
Black Sun (Senke nad Balkanom) S2 Amazon [Available Now]
“High politics, local interests, money, and, crime all merge together in this thriller set in the turbulent Europe of the late 1930’s”. Second season of the acclaimed Serbian drama. Trailer is for season 1 and has no subtitles.
The Lawyer (Advokaten) S2 Walter P. 09/08/2020
“Fast-paced Nordic thriller set in Malmo and Copenhagen about promising defence lawyer Frank Nordling, whose world unravels when he learns the truth about his parents’ demise”.
3% S4 Netflix 14/08/2020
“In a future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor”. Final season of the Netflix Original series from Brazil.
The Great Heist (El Robo del Siglo) S1 Netflix 14/08/2020
“In 1994, a team of thieves plans an ambitious heist to steal millions from Colombia’s Bank of the Republic”. Netflix Original series from Colombia which is inspired by true events.
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New and returning British and US dramas – details
Unsaid Stories SS ITV 10/08/2020
“Four short dramas inspired by Black Lives Matter and exploring racism in its many forms”. Continues nightly.
Greenleaf S5 Netflix 12/08/2020
“Although members of the Greenleaf family run a Memphis megachurch, their business and personal lives are tainted with greed, adultery and other sins”.
Mandy S1 BBC2 13/08/2020
“Comedy by Diane Morgan about the life and times of Mandy Carter”.
Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story S2 Netflix 14/08/2020
“Season 2 of the anthology series is based on a true story of love gone wrong – spanning the ‘60s to the ’80s through the breakdown of a marriage that Oprah deemed one of “America’s messiest divorces,” before it ended in a double homicide”.
Ted Lasso S1 Apple TV+ 14/08/2020
“Follows US American Football coach Ted Lasso heading to the UK to manage a struggling London soccer team in the top flight of English football”.
Teenage Bounty Hunters S1 Netflix 14/08/2020
“Twin sisters Sterling and Blair balance teen life at an elite Southern high school with an unlikely new career as butt-kicking bounty hunters.”.
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 (BBC, Channel 4 & Film 4)
Northwest (Denmark, 2013) 09/08/2020 Sun/Mon, Film4
Square Eyed World 