Show of the week


Show of the Week: Forgiven

Laura Manninen’s best-selling, semi-autobiographical novel Kaikki Anteeksi comes to the screen in this darkly tragic four-part Finnish drama. Drawing on the author’s own experiences, the story tackles tough issues surrounding love, domestic violence, shame and the culture of silence that keeps such stories behind closed doors. “Part of what makes the novel so powerful is […]

Show of the Week: Airborne

Take to the skies with this new natural history series that follows the animal masters of the air, getting close to an array of wildlife that spend their lives above the ground. Hailing from award-winning Humble Bee Films, a UK-based producer of blue-chip natural history, the series follows a diverse array of creatures through their […]

Show of the Week: So Long, Marianne

Romantic drama following the love story between Leonard Cohen, the Canadian singer-songwriter perhaps best known for his iconic Hallelujah, and an extraordinary Norwegian woman named Marianne Ihlen. The 8 x 60-minute series is an intimate tale of two lonely people falling in love during a period of their lives when they are trying to figure […]

Show of the Week: Moominvalley

Finnish author Tove Jansson’s beloved Moomins live on in this CGI-animated family series inspired by the tales of the friendly troll family and their friends. It’s been almost 80 years since the characters were first presented to the world and Katherine Senior, head of international sales at Gutsy Animations, says that their enduring appeal is […]

Show of the Week: After The Flood

When the town of Waterside is hit with the largest flood in its history, the community pulls together to keep everyone safe. However, three people die – one, an unidentified man, is found murdered in a lift in the basement of an apartment block. Police assume he became trapped as the waters rose but when […]

Show of the Week: Scrublands

Based upon Australian author Chris Hammer’s debut novel of the same name, Scrublands is set in Riversend, an isolated country town in New South Wales, where a charismatic and dedicated young priest (Jay Ryan) calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners. One year later, investigative journalist Martin Scarsden (Luke Arnold) arrives in Riversend […]

Show of the week: The Lost Ones

Co-operation is key in this new survival competition show in which a group of ordinary people are dropped into the remote wilderness in individual locations. Far from civilisation, they are each equipped only with a radio, an essential survival kit and a locked canister containing an unknown share of a cash prize fund. Before evacuation […]

Show of the Week: Late Bloomer

YouTube star Jasmeet Raina (aka Jus Reign) brings “the excitement and absurdity of being a turban-wearing influencer for a decade” to life in this dramatic comedy series, which he says is, in part, “a love letter to my parents’ generation – the immigrants.” Raina, who is the creator, writer and star of Late Bloomer, plays […]

Show of the Week: Men Up

This poignant British comedy drama travels back to the not-so-distant past of Swansea in 1994, where five men are struggling with the awkward issue of impotency. Meurig, Colin, Tommy, Pete and Eddie are united in their pain, suffering in silence and questioning their manhood – that is until they receive a lifeline. The group is […]

Show of the Week: While The Men Are Away

This irreverent Australian dramedy is set during World War II and follows the experiences of women who suddenly find themselves in control having previously been excluded from power. The 8 x 30-minute series is set against the dark and tragic backdrop of war, but offers humour and humanity as it tracks the attempts of a […]

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