Das Boot - Season 2
Friday 26 June, English, French, German
December 1942. We meet the very experienced U boat ace Johannes von Reinhartz (Clemens Schick) who is sent with U 822 on a secret mission to the US East Coast in order to disembark three saboteurs. His loyalty is questioned and U 612, with its Commanding Officer Wrangel (Stefan Konarske), is sent in pursuit. Former U 612 Commanding Officer Hoffmann (Rick Okon) narrowly escaped death in the Atlantic Ocean. In New York he finds shelter with Sam Greenwood (Vincent Kartheiser), who owes his life to Hoffmann, and meets the sleazy German born lawyer Berger (Thomas Kretschmann).
Why Women Kill
Thursday 16 July, 10 episodes, English
Why Women Kill is an American dark comedy drama web television series created by Marc Cherry for CBS All Access. Set in multiple time periods, the series depicts the events leading to a death that occurs after the respective husbands of three married women commit adultery. Why Women Kill follows three women from different decades who are connected through having all lived in the same Pasadena mansion and experiencing infidelity in their marriages. Beth Ann Stanton remains content as a housewife in 1963 until she learns of her husband’s unfaithfulness, socialite Simone Grove discovers her third husband’s homosexuality and begins her own affair with a younger man in 1984, and although in an open marriage in 2019, attorney Taylor Harding finds her relationship tested when she and her husband become attracted to the same woman. The infidelity in each marriage sets off a chain of events that ends with a woman taking the life of another person.
Fear The Walking Dead
Thursday 18 June, 2 seasons, English
A sign of the apocalypse has begun. Reports of a rapidly changing world for unknown reasons underscore this gritty drama, a prequel to AMC’s uber popular ‘Walking Dead.’ The story is told through the lens of high school guidance counsellor Madison Clark. The widowed mother is raising two children on her own, and maintains a relationship with English teacher Travis Manawa, her apocalyptic partner. The challenge of blending their families is exacerbated by unforeseen chaos, and a necessary survival of the fittest takes hold.
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