
New and returning world dramas
The Plague S2 Acorn TV [Available since 05/04/2021]
Hudson & Rex S3 Alibi 11/04/2021
Harrow S3 Alibi 14/04/2021
Law School S1 Netflix 14/04/2021
Floodland S1 Walter P. 16/04/2021
Leonardo S1 Amazon 16/04/2021
The Hunter S1 Walter P. 16/04/2021
Why Are You Like This S1 Netflix 16/04/2021
New and returning British and US dramas
Fear the Walking Dead S6P2 AMC UK 12/04/2021
Gang Related S1 FOX 12/04/2021 [*]
Too Close SS ITV 12/04/2021 [*]
Wynonna Earp S4 Syfy 13/04/2021 [*]
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me S1 Netflix 14/04/2021 [*]
Frank of Ireland S1 Channel 4 15/04/2021 [*]
Big Shot S1 Disney+ 16/04/2021 [*]
Grown-ish S1-2 Star/Disney+ 16/04/2021 [*]
For shows marked with a [*] scroll down the page for more details and links to trailers where available.
Continuing subtitled dramas (TV only)
Devils S1 Sky Atlantic Wed Ep. 9 (of 10)
Deutschland 89 More4 (WP) Fri Ep. 7 (of 8)
Other continuing world dramas (First run TV only)
Coroner S3 Sky Witness Mon Ep. 8 (of 10)
Wellington Paranormal S1 Sky Comedy Mon Ep. 2 (of 6)
Private Eyes S4 Sky Witness Thu Ep. 11 (of 12)
New and returning world dramas – details
The Plague (La Peste) S2 Acorn TV [Available since 05/04/2021]
“Mateo is called back to Seville by Teresa to combat criminal gang La Garduña and save Valerio. Under Mayor Pontecorvo and aided by the ruffian Baeza, danger awaits”. Season 2 of the Spanish historical drama. Season 1 aired on BBC Four in 2018.
Hudson & Rex S3 Alibi 11/04/2021
“Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his “highly trained law enforcement animal” German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn’t talk his ear off”. Season 3 of the light-hearted Canadian crime drama.
Harrow S3 Alibi 14/04/2021
“Dr Daniel Harrow (Ioan Gruffudd) is no ordinary forensic pathologist – he’s brilliant, unorthodox, a rule-breaker… and a complete failure as a husband and a father”. Season 3 of the Australian crime drama.
Law School S1 Netflix 14/04/2021
“When a grim incident occurs at their prestigious school, justice through law is put to a test by a tough law professor and his ambitious students”. Korean drama marketed as a Netflix Original series.
Floodland (Grenslanders) S1 Walter P. 16/04/2021
“When a mysterious and traumatised girl is found and questioned by a Belgian psychiatrist, connections emerge between her, gangs, human traffickers and a bloody shootout at sea”. Dutch/Belgian drama.
Leonardo S1 Amazon 16/04/2021
“The series recounts Leonardo da Vinci’s extraordinary life through the works that made him famous, through the stories hidden within those works, revealing little by little the inner torment of a man obsessed with attaining perfection”.
The Hunter (Il cacciatore) S1 Walter P. 16/04/2021
“Based on a true story. a Sicilian Prosecutor with a killer instinct for tracking down top Mafiosi soon becomes known as ‘The Hunter’ but success will come at huge personal cost”. Italian drama.
Why Are You Like This S1 Netflix 16/04/2021
“Three best friends negotiate work, fun, identity politics, hookups and wild nights out in this razor-sharp satire of 20-something life in Melbourne”. Australian comedy branded as a Netflix Original series.
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
Gang Related S1 FOX 12/04/2021
“As a kid, Ryan Lopez got connected to gang boss Javier Acosta. He’s now a detective in LAPD’s Gang Task Force. While secretly passing info on to Javier, he’s a good cop 95% of the time”. Single season show that aired in the US in 2014.
Too Close SS ITV 12/04/2021
“A forensic psychiatrist has to assess a woman accused of a heinous crime, who claims she can’t remember a thing”. Airing over 3 successive nights.
Wynonna Earp S4 Syfy 13/04/2021
“Following Wyatt Earp’s great great-granddaughter as she battles demons and other creatures. With her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies, she’s the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice”. The final season of the supernatural drama has moved to Syfy after the show previously aired in the UK on Spike/5Spike.
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me S1 Netflix 14/04/2021
“A single dad and cosmetics brand owner figures out fatherhood on the fly when his strong-minded teen daughter moves in with him”.
Frank of Ireland S1 Channel 4 15/04/2021
“A 32-year-old misanthropic musician named Frank lives in Dublin with his mother”. Brian Gleeson stars in this comedy series which is co-produced by Amazon.
Big Shot S1 Disney+ 16/04/2021
“A temperamental college basketball coach gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school”.
Grown-ish S1-2 Star/Disney+ 16/04/2021
“Zoey Johnson is off to college and must live outside the nest, dealing with drugs, sex, and relationships along the way”. A spin-off of ABC’s Black-ish.
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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