The North Water
From Saturday 13 May 8.15pm
From multi-award-winning writer and director Andrew Haigh, this five-part drama series is a thrilling tale of struggle and survival in the land of blood and ice.
1859 Disgraced ex-army doctor Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell) joins The Volunteer as a ship’s surgeon, hoping to lose himself in the tough physicality of an Arctic whaling trip. But the ferocity of the elements is matched by the violence of his crew mates. In particular, is Henry Drax (Colin Farrell), a harpooner, and a distinctly brutal force of nature.
As the true purpose of the expedition becomes clear, confrontation between the two men erupts taking them on a journey far from solid ground and way beyond the safe moorings of civilisation.
Starring Jack O’Connell, Colin Farrell , Stephen Graham (The Walk-In), Tom Courtenay, Peter Mullan.
EPISODE 1
Patrick Sumner, hoping to escape the horrors of his past, finds himself on an ill-fated journey to the arctic that throws him into the path of brutish and dangerous harpooner Henry Drax.Production credit: A See-Saw Films and Rhombus Media coproduction for the BBC.
Ragdoll
From Saturday 13 May 9.15pm
From the makers of Killing Eve, based on the novel by Daniel Cole, the gruesome discovery of a human “Ragdoll” sets detectives on the trail of a killer who also lists six more people due to die.
A stylish psychological thriller from the makers of Killing Eve, based on the novel by Daniel Cole.
Six people have been murdered, dismembered and sewn into one grotesque body – nicknamed the ‘Ragdoll’. Assigned to the shocking case are DS Nathan Rose (Henry Lloyd-Hughes), recently reinstated to the London Met; his best friend and boss, DI Emily Baxter (Thalissa Teixeira); and the unit’s new recruit, DC Lake Edmunds (Lucy Hale).The ‘Ragdoll Killer’ taunts the police by sending them a list of his next victims. And with those victims to protect, the heroes soon come under intense public scrutiny.
A darkly witty, gruesomely imaginative serial killer thriller, Ragdoll also focusses on fascinating but flawed friends struggling with the consequences of institutionalisation and trauma.
Production credit: Adapted by Freddy Syborn. Producer, Lizzie Rusbridger. Executive Producers, Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Freddy Syborn, Philippa Collie Cousins, Dan McDermott. A Sid Gentle Films production for AMC and UKTV.
Sister Boniface Mysteries
From Saturday 13 May 7.30pm
First there was Father Brown. Now, say hello to Sister Boniface. This clever, Vespa-riding nun is the police’s secret weapon for solving murders in this divine Father Brown spin-off.
From the makers of Father Brown and Shakespeare & Hathaway is the new light-hearted murder mystery series starring a Vespa driving, crime solving Catholic nun: Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson).
EPISODE 1
At the Great Slaughter Mangold Wurzel Festival, festivities come to an abrupt halt when a young woman’s corpse is found within the Aunt Sally dummy.
Meanwhile, DS Felix Livingstone (Jerry Iwu), on secondment from Bermuda, has wound up in Great Slaughter rather than his intended employment at Scotland Yard.
Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson) speedily introduces him to the case and the victim is identified as Grace Pearson (Daniella Phillips), housemaid to the Bellamy Family - a trio of eccentric siblings Electra (Silvia Presente), Edwin (Michael Marcus) and Fabian (Fred Fergus), who recently became wealthy after the sudden death of their uncle. A death which Sister Boniface begins to suspect was anything but natural.
The unintelligible accents, unorthodox policing methods, not to mention the boss’s reliance on a Catholic Nun, leave Felix reeling. But can the addition of this reluctant recruit help the gang to solve the case?
Production credit: A BBC Studios production