NEW DRAMAS
Us
January
Full of humour and heartbreak, this miniseries stars Tom Hollander (Baptiste), Saskia Reeves (Luther) and Sofie Gråbøl (The Killing). Connie and Douglas are set for a grand tour of Europe. It’s one last family holiday before their son Albie leaves for university. But just days before departure, Connie announces she wants a divorce. They nonetheless continue with the trip from Amsterdam and Paris, to Venice and Barcelona. Douglas sees this as a make-or-break chance to win Connie back and restore his troubled relationship with their teenage son. As love takes a detour, will Douglas get his marriage back on track?
BBC FIRST &ON DEMAND
Devils
January
Massimo Ruggero (Alessandro Borghi), is a charismatic and fearless Italian banker who has enjoyed a stellar winning streak on the London trading floor of investment powerhouse, NYL Bank. But when Massimo’s fiercest rival, Edward Stuart, suddenly dies, Massimo becomes the prime suspect. Sensing the company CEO Dominic Morgn (Patrick Dempsey) is hiding something, Massimo sets about clearing his name and finding out the truth behind who set him up. He soon discovers the death of his colleague is linked to a vast, political game plan, concealed behind the Strauss-Kahn scandal, the Libyan war, and the deepening European financial crisis. Caught in the middle of a covert, intercontinental war, and facing the Devils who rule the world s fate from the shadows, Massimo must make a stark choice: join them, or bring them down.
ON DEMAND
Industry
Feb 1
Industry follows a group of hungry, young graduates competing for a limited number of permanent positions at Pierpoint & Co., a leading bank in London, while being thrown head- first into the exhilarating world of international finance. From first -time creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the drama series gives an insiders view of the high-stakes financial realm through the eyes of an outsider, Harper Stern (Myha la Herrold), a talented young woman from upstate New York who finds herself and her fellow young grads fuelled by raw ambition, youth, romance and drugs as they aim to impress their mentors and bosses. The series has just been renewed for a second season.
FOX SHOWCASE &ON DEMAND
The End
Feb 2
Kate Brennan is a British doctor specialising in Palliative Care on the Gold Coast. Back in the UK, her recently widowed mother, Edie (Dame Harriet Walter), tries to kill herself and fails spectacularly. Kate relaises she’s going to have to move Edie out to Australia. The only person more appalled by this is Edie, particularly when Kate dumps her in a nearby retirement village.
FOX SHOWCASE& ON DEMAND
A Teacher
Feb 11
A Teacher examines the complexities and consequences of an illicit sexual affair between a young teacher and her student. Claire (Kate Mara) is a new teacher at Westerbrook High in Texas. When Eric (Nick Robinson), a personable teenager in her English class, takes an interest in her. Claire and Eric discover an undeniable connection that allows them to escape their lives, but their relationship accelerates faster than either could anticipate. The permanent damage left in the wake of their illicit affair becomes impossible for them, and their family and friends, to ignore.
FOX SHOWCASE &ON DEMAND
Superman & Lois
February
After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and even alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, one of the world’s most famous superheroes, Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) and famed journalist, Lois Lane (Bitsie Tulloch), are set to come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever, dealing with being working parents in today’s society . Complicating the already daunting job of raising two boys, could they inherit their father’s Krypton ian superpowers.
FOX8 & ON DEMAND
Red Bird Lane
Written by Sara Gran and directed by David Slade, this psychological thriller follows eight strangers who arrive at an isolated house, all for different reasons. Upon their mysterious and coincidental arrival, the strangers realize that something sinister and terrifying awaits them. Stars Susan Sarandon Kiersey Clemons and Isidora Goreshter.
FOX SHOWCASE & ON DEMAND
The White Lotus
Created, executive produced, written and directed by Mike White ( Enlightened), the HBO limited series is a social satire set at an exclusive tropical resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week. Stars Molly Shannon, Jon Gries, Connie Britton, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Lacy, Natasha Rothwell, Sydney Sweeney and Steve Zahn.
Scenes From A Marriage
Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams are attached to star in this HBO limited series adaptation of Ingar Bergman’s Scenes From A Marriage. The original 6-episode series aired on Swedish TV in 1973. The new version is said to re-examine the shows depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple.
Mare of Easttown
Written and executive produced by Brad Inglesby, who also serves as showrunner, Mare Of Easttown stars Kate Winslet as a small-town Pennsylvania detective whose life crumbles around her as she investigates a local murder.
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Generation
Created by Zelda Barnz and her father Daniel Barnz and produced by Lena Dunham, Generation is a dark yet playful half -hour following a group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deep ly entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative community.
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The Nevers
The Nevers is an epic science fiction drama created by Joss Whedon for HBO. It follows a gang of Victorian women known as “The Touched” who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that could change the world. Stars Laura Donnelly, Viola Prettejohn, Ann Skelly and James Norton.
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Kung Fu
Set in the present day, the series follows a young Chinese American woman whose personal issues forced her to leave college and make a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. Upon her return to America, she starts using her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community when her hometown of San Franciscois plagued by ongoing crime and corruption run by the Triad, all while dealing with her estranged family and searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her. Stars Patricia Pemberton.
FOX8 & ON DEMAND
Gossip Girl (reboot )
Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl, a ruthless and mysterious blogger using all forms of social media to reveal secrets about teens in upper east side New York. With rollercoaster romances and piles of secrets hiding away for Gossip Girl to find. Gossip Girl follows the lives of privileged teenagers on the upper east s ide.
FOX8 & ON DEMAND
Valley of Tears
A harrowing, ten-episode limited drama series inspired by the true events of the 1973 Yom Kippur War in Israel. Leading up to the ultimate battle, the series follows young combatants thrust into a war that was later revealed could have been avoided by lead ers they blindly trusted. Valley of Tears focuses on the universality of heroism and sacrifice through four unique and intertwined stories: a famous bohemian television star in search of his estranged son, a newly enlisted soldier; a commander and his newly befriended intelligence analyst; tank crewman and a female officer who refuses to leave the battlefields, disobeying direct orders to evacuate.
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Black Narcissus
The series is a depiction of Rumer Godden’s best-selling novel, originally published in 1939,
later adapted into a feature film directed by Michael Powell and Emerick Pressburger in 1947. Set in 1934, Gemma Arterton plays a young nun named Sister Clodagh sent to a remote clifftop convent in the Himalayas.
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Rapshi$t
This new series produced by Issa Rae (Insecure) follows a fictional south Florida female rap group who are attempting to break into the music industry.
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The Sex Lives of College Girls
A new comedy from executive producer/writer Mindy Kaling ( The Office, The Mindy Project) that follows three 18-year-old freshman roommates at Evermore College in Vermont. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these sexually active college girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating.
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