Breaking news, sport, TV, radio and a whole lot more. The case of a young talented ballerina who is found on an ancient stone altar, and another woman who is stabbed in a roofless famine cottage. As the largest provider of free television and radio tickets in the UK, we work on over a thousand shows each year. Jessica Raine and Tom Hollander also star. Is that OK? Dealing with BoJack’s experience in rehab and his agent ex Princess Carolyn’s new motherhood, among other things, this half-season struck the balance between melancholy and humour as exquisitely as ever. An eight-part series that blends the first two novels of Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series, Dublin Murders (BBC One/Starz/RTÉ) delivers a dark psychological mystery set during the height of the Celtic Tiger financial boom of the millennium. Based on the 1990 fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (Amazon Prime Video) takes place in modern times when the end is nigh and final judgment is set to descend upon humanity. The channel is a publicly funded outlet of the British government. Now, sadly, it is almost over: this autumn, Netflix dropped the first eight episodes of its sixth and final series, with the other eight scheduled for Jan 31 2020. The TV shows to watch in 2019. Canada’s most bingeable sitcom returns with Schitt’s Creek (CBC/Pop). And, of course, there is the usual feast of film references, including The Thing, The Terminator, The Blob and Fast Times at Ridgemont High – but what’s impressive, more than ever, is just how organic such intertextuality feels, providing the basis for what is a nothing-less-than-outrageously watchable piece of genre-splicing entertainment. A handpicked selection of stories from BBC Future, Culture, Capital and Travel, delivered to your inbox every Friday. From Harry and Jack Williams, The Missing spin-off Baptiste (BBC One) sees Tchéky Karyo return as insightful French investigator Julien Baptiste. After they pressure Marie into recanting, she is charged for lying to police, and her life starts to spiral. It stars Eugene Levy and his son Dan, Catherine O'Hara and Annie Murphy as The Roses, a wealthy family who lose their money overnight and move to a rundown motel in the titular town, which they bought years earlier as a joke birthday present. Other cast members include Sarah Lancashire and Ciarán Hinds. Share on Twitter . 8. Get 20%* off tickets to the BBC Good Food Show Summer quote WB1. His 30-year-old son, Caden (Billy Howle), runs Max’s British newspaper and is primed to follow in his father’s footsteps as one of the most powerful men in the world. The Best TV Shows of 2019. A New Zealand horror mockumentary that followed three vampire roommates is being remade for TV, as What We Do in the Shadows (FX) relocates from Wellington to New York. (Credit: Netflix) EM. When Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy-drama about a hedonistic, acerbically self-loathing thirtysomething made its debut in 2016, it was predictably lumped in with Girls as another study of millennial womanhood. Share using Email. (Credit: Netflix) HM, When that pop-cultural phenomenon Game of Thrones finally drew to a close in May, the discussion quickly turned to: what, if anything, could replace it? Troubled teenager Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever) reports to police that she has been raped in her home by a masked intruder, but the investigating cops – and those closest to her – start to doubt her story. “We would joke ‘is this just a show about the villains. But when Caden’s self-destructive lifestyle spirals out of control, the consequences threaten the future of the family’s empire. The series aired on Netflix in January 2020. Joining the cast is award-statue collector Meryl Streep, starring as mother-in-law to Celeste Wright (Nicole Kidman), which may spell trouble after events at the end of season one. BBC World News (1999-2019) BBC World News America (1999-2019) Bergerac (1998-2008) Bedlam (2012-2016) Being Human (September 25, 2009-2013) Beast (2000-2007) The Benny Hill Show (1998-2006) Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie (2001-2009; 2013) The Ben Elton Show (November 7th 1998-1999; 2010-2014) The Best of Tommy Cooper (1998-2005) Blandings (2013-2016) Blackadder (1998 … (Credit: Netflix) EM, Ever been trapped at a party that you just can’t wait to leave? Are we allowed to do that?’,” one of its writers, Lucy Prebble, [told BBC Culture recently](http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190808-hbos-succession-and-our-reckoning-with-male-monsters). We follow CIA analyst Jack Ryan (John Krasinksi) as he confronts the forces in power in a dangerous, declining democratic regime in South America. Available now on Netflix. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ iconic graphic novel Watchmen (HBO) set in an alternate history where superheroes are treated as outlaws, is getting a small-screen adaptation starring Jeremy Irons, Regina King and Don Johnson. Available now on Netflix. Suranne Jones stars in Gentleman Jack (BBC One) as Anne Lister, the remarkable landowner who – after years of exotic travel and social climbing – returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home. "Peaky Blinders" After five seasons, IMDb users' love for Thomas Shelby’s sharply-dressed gang is still going strong, landing the Netflix/BBC One series on our list of the Top 10 TV Shows of 2019.With tightly-paced six-episode seasons, charismatic scene-chewing characters, stylish slow-motion shots, and the suspense of guessing who will make it out alive, "Peaky Blinders" is a show to … India Eisley co-stars as Fauna Hodel, a girl given away at birth, who one day makes a discovery that leads her to question everything she knows to be true. Meryl Streep joins Big Little Lies as mother-in-law to Nicole Kidman's character Celeste (Credit: HBO/Sky Atlantic). Harry and Meghan, September 26, 2019", according to photos posted by the Sun's royal correspondent Emily Andrews. The most highly-anticipated ending of all time must be the final season of Game of Thrones (HBO), which closes with a six-episode run. Elsewhere, the Rosebud motel is growing in reputation under Johnny’s management, although tending to the needs of grubby mayor Roland Schitt (Chris Elliott) and deadpan clerk Stevie Budd (Emily Hampshire) is proving more of a challenge. Let’s hope she sticks to her word – because it’s perfect as it is. Read about our approach to external linking. However, despite the occasional nod to 80s nostalgia, the foreboding atmosphere of this time-travel saga makes it a closer relation to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s weird world of Twin Peaks, albeit with a slightly more logical plot. In season two, we are back in the company of police officer Andri Ólafsfson (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) and his colleagues, as they examine an even more complex and challenging murder case. Browse and watch the latest from BBC America shows and web series: Doctor Who, Killing Eve, Orphan Black, Luther, Planet Earth and more. (Credit: BBC) EM, This stripped-back 10-part British series about a couple in relationship crisis at times feels more like watching a stage play, with just two actors and a dialogue-heavy, whip-smart script from High Fidelity author Nick Hornby. TV Shows; Movies; Sign In; Sign Up. (Credit: Netflix) HM, The cataclysmic nuclear accident that happened in Ukraine in 1986, when a reactor in one of its power plants exploded, is a story that once occupied our collective nightmares, but has arguably been fading from view in recent years. (BBC One) When it was announced that Alan Partridge was to make his return to TV in early 2019 as co-host of a chat show, the big question was: … (Credit: Channel 4) EM, This sunny Canadian comedy has matured over its run to deliver a balance of heartfelt goofiness and cutting droll that serves as a refreshing, bingeable break from earnest prestige TV. Ava DuVernay’s four-parter gives voice to the horrific injustice suffered by the so-called ‘Central Park Five’: the five black and Hispanic New York City teenagers who were erroneously convicted, after coerced police confessions, of the assault and rape of a female jogger in Central Park in 1989. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen in Greyzone as Victoria Rahbek, an engineer specialising in drones (Credit: Channel 4/Walter Presents). The best BBC TV shows streaming on Netflix run the gamut from the classic (Fawlty Towers) to the contemporary (Sherlock), the sunny (The Great British Baking Show) to … Series two brought more grisly crimes, but it also touched more on contemporary issues: the threat of the far right; fear of immigrants; and protests amid environmental disasters. Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin. In this penultimate series, The Roses are thriving, taking their personal relationships and professional lives to the next level. Joining regular series lead stars Vicky McClure (DS Kate Fleming), Martin Compston (DS Steve Arnott) and Adrian Dunbar (Supt Ted Hastings), Line of Duty series five (BBC One) sees Stephen Graham star as guest lead alongside Rochenda Sandall, playing two pivotal figures in a deadly organised crime group. But the inadequacy of that comparison was hammered home by a game-changing [second series](http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190301-fleabag-series-2-review), which was as profound as it was funny, depositing its formerly cynical heroine into a meditation on love, goodness, family and faith, via her will-they-won’t-they acquaintance with Andrew Scott’s so-called ‘Hot Priest’. Share on Twitter . However the focus has shifted slightly towards the more sympathetic character of family man Tench, who has his hands full reining in Ford’s extreme techniques, while also feeling the strain of a difficult situation at home; meanwhile Ford pops Valium to deal with panic attacks brought on by the events at the end of the last series. With Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Joe Alwyn. Available now on Netflix. Undoubtedly a little confusing at first for Watchmen newbies, including this viewer, it nevertheless coalesces into something unlike anything else on television: visually arresting and sociologically scintillating. (Credit: HBO) HM, Kids are disappearing in their small hometown of Winden, and the adults are hiding secret double lives; meanwhile smart-mouthed teens are investigating weird goings-on in the woods – it’s not difficult to see why this German-language sci-fi has drawn comparisons to the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things. This time round, the cute child protagonists at its core have become gawky adolescents, while the plot is masterfully split into a series of sub-adventures. BBC had an amazing year of television in 2018, with shows including Bodyguard and Killing Eve receiving acclaim from critics and audiences alike. It’s also notable for featuring a compelling against-type performance from Emma Thompson as a brusque, populist politician who slowly but surely morphs into a fascistic despot. Offer now ends 31 Jan 2021. Available now on Amazon Prime. And if you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc.com features newsletter, called “If You Only Read 6 Things This Week”. In a world in which the most anticipated TV return of the year, Game of Thrones — the title we all expected would be a top contender in this list — crashed and burned in a fiery three-episode Rotten streak to end the epic HBO series, we can’t help but be surprised about the midyear lineup in our ranked list of the best TV shows of the year through late June. Search the BBC Search the BBC In an ice-breaking session, though, the group become stumped when asked to name similarities between Catholics and Protestants, but excel in naming differences, with gems like “Protestants keep toasters in cupboards” and “Catholics love bingo.” There’s a universal appeal to its coming-of-age comedy, but there’s also joy to be had in the specificity of its Northern Irish slang and in-jokes; indeed, the now-famous mural of the Derry Girls that has sprung up in their home city is testament to the impact the show has had on local people. Series five of Peaky Blinders (BBC One) finds the world thrown into turmoil by the financial crash of 1929, with misfortune and opportunity everywhere. Available now on Netflix. From thrillers to comedy and foreign drama, Eddie Mullan rounds up the most exciting programmes coming to the small screen in the next 12 months. All Shows Watch critically acclaimed, thought-provoking series On Demand. From dramas and documentaries to comedy and entertainment shows, here are all the biggest new and returning series still to come. Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin. Share using Email. Best of 2019. However, it looks like 2019 … (Credit: BBC) HM, It may be viewable from your couch, but, when the third run of Netflix’s retro-fetishizing sci-fi horror was released in July, [it proved to be more worthy of the title of 'summer blockbuster' than almost all of its big-screen, big-budget peers](http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190703-stranger-things-3-review-five-stars). (Credit: Netflix) HM, From Black Mirror to The Handmaid’s Tale, TV-makers are currently intent on giving us [their visions of the near future](http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190513-how-the-near-near-future-became-our-greatest-horror) – and invariably grim they are too. Davies’s genius here is to come up with a show that feels utterly unique in its tone, mixing the subversive dystopian-ism of JG Ballard with the homely warmth of long-running British soap Coronation Street. In Devs (FX), his TV series debut, writer-director Alex Garland seeks to further instil a healthy fear of technology as he reunites with Ex-Machina’s Sonoya Mizuno. So what a delight it was to discover how uncynical the end result was: an exquisitely immersive adventure, which expanded far beyond the original’s concise narrative to give a real sense of the entire kingdom of the mythical Thra, ruled by the evil, vulture-like Skeksis with the help of their noble but naive Gelfling subordinates, while seamlessly combining the old-school puppetry with more state-of-the-art CGI vistas. A remix rather than a reboot, as Lindelof puts it. Available now on BBC iPlayer/HBO Go. The crime drama, became the sleeper hit of 2016 and will need to have something special up its sleeve if it’s to keep fans happy. Alongside Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz all reprise their roles. By Hugh Montgomery and Eddie Mullan 24th December 2019. Scathing US political satire Veep (HBO) was put on hold last year after its star Julia Louis-Dreyfus received treatment for breast cancer; a diagnosis she received just one day after taking home a sixth consecutive Emmy award. Available now on Netflix. Reunited once more with cuddly bear chief of police Andri Ólafsson (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), the team of small-town cops examine an even more complex and challenging murder case, beginning with the death of a geothermal power plant employee and involving secrets hidden in the surrounding countryside. “There are, of course, also historical events and people of the time, both in Cornwall and in London.”. Swedish-Danish thriller Greyzone (Channel 4/Walter Presents) follows the events leading up to a terror attack in Scandinavia. When rich video-store chain magnate Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy) and his family of spoiled brats find themselves suddenly broke and forced to take up residence in the titular Schitt’s Creek – a tiny town bought as a joke gift for his son, David (Dan Levy) – their standard of living takes some adjustment and they learn to find joy in the simple things. (Credit: Sundance TV/BBC Two) EM, Based on the real-life FBI agents who pioneered criminal profiling and psychology in the 1970s and 80s, this series, overseen by David Fincher and filmed in a similarly atmospheric style to his 2007 film Zodiac, lived up to expectation with its long-awaited return. Because what path to the presidency doesn’t go through Des Moines? In 2019, BBC Two aired a new television series titled, Giri/Haji. Watch TV Shows on . More is also revealed about the private life of frosty psychologist Wendy Carr (Anna Torv), who fights to be more hands-on in interviewing inmates. A television adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas tale of the miser Ebenezer Scrooge. In his first TV role in nearly three decades, Hollywood star Richard Gere plays a charismatic media magnate named Max, in MotherFatherSon (BBC Two). By Eddie Mullan 29th November 2019. Ten TV shows to watch in December. Writer Adam Price follows up his political drama Borgen with an exploration of how faith and religion affects our lives in glossy Danish drama Ride Upon the Storm (Channel 4/Walter Presents), starring House of Cards’ Lars Mikkelsen in a family of priests and how they choose a path to a meaningful life. Playing out in three separate time periods, the next instalment of True Detective (HBO/Sky Atlantic) will hope to get the series back on track after an underwhelming second outing. The BBC informs, educates and entertains - wherever you are, whatever your age. Best new and returning TV series for 2019. Bookmark this article. Share on Twitter. The original novels left a break of 10 years between The Angry Tide ending and the eighth, The Stranger from the Sea, beginning: “Winston Graham made many references to developments that happened in the 'gap' years. Available now on Sky Go/HBO Go/Now TV. Known to have links with corrupt police officers and suspected to be under direct command of the shadowy figure known only as ‘H’, John Corbett (Graham) and Lisa McQueen (Sandall) become persons of interest to AC-12 following an explosive chain of events. The second series again focuses on agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), as they go out into the field to see if they can help crack a case – this time, the infamous Atlanta child murders of 1979-81. The Watch The City Watch, an unlikely group of … The Leftovers writer Damon Lindelof set out his aims to fans that he would embrace the nostalgia of the graphic novel while breaking new ground in an original story of its own. Written by Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley), the series explores Anne’s relationships, servants and professional rivals, who will use any dirty tricks they can to bring her down. Having been a slow-burn success story in its first season, Jesse Armstrong’s tale of a monstrous media mogul and his warring children has now, truly, moved into an imperial phase, being simply funnier, more brutal, and more timely than anything else on TV right now. The British Broadcasting Company, better known as the BBC, has been one of the most respected broadcast networks in the world for several decades. Intelligent and moody, Trapped is one of the few Nordic crime dramas since The Bridge that keeps audiences coming back for more. The Best TV Shows of 2019 In a year with way too many great TV shows, our critics pick their 10 absolute favorites. As Nadia succinctly puts it: “It’s a long story involving multiple deaths”; but there’s a twist – she is not the only one re-living this horrible night, and that might be key to Nadia ending the nightmare. In Black Monday (Showtime) we travel back to 19 October 1987, the worst day in Wall Street’s history; when a group of outsiders take on the old boys’ club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini and the glass ceiling. (Credit: Sky/HBO) HM, Alongside Chernobyl, this is the year’s second outstanding mini-series throwing a spotlight on a particularly shameful event in recent history.