TV To Look Forward To This Year
Industry – Season 4
Industry’s fourth season began on Monday, raising the stakes once again inside London’s ruthless financial institutions. With Pierpoint still reeling from past power shifts, the latest episodes find old loyalties tested and new alliances forged – often at steep personal cost. Yasmin is navigating life, love and status alongside tech founder Sir Henry Muck, while Harper finds herself pulled into the orbit of the enigmatic and formidable Whitney Halberstram. As both women chase influence in an environment that rewards ambition and punishes vulnerability, their already fractured friendship begins to buckle. Myha’la and Marisa Abela return at the centre of the drama, joined once again by Kit Harington, Ken Leung and Sagar Radia. The cast is bolstered by new additions including Kiernan Shipka, Charlie Heaton, Toheeb Jimoh and Max Minghella.
Weekly on Mondays
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Tehran – Season 3
Tehran follows Tamar (Niv Sultan), a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity. After going rogue at the end of season two and reeling from the loss of her closest allies, in season three Tamar must find a way to reinvent herself and win back Mossad’s support if she is to survive. Returning stars include Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi, plus new additions Hugh Laurie, Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei.
Weekly on Fridays
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Hijack – Season 2
In the thrilling second season of Hijack, a Berlin underground train and its commuters are taken hostage, while authorities scramble to save hundreds of lives. Once again Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) is at the heart of the crisis on board, where one wrong decision could spell disaster. This time, Clare-Hope Ashitey (Top Boy, Doctor Foster) and Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Detectorists) join the drama.
14th January
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
From the world of Westeros comes this endearing tale centred on the adventures of an unexpected duo, Dunk and Egg. A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros – a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne – and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory – great destinies, powerful foes and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends across six episodes.
18th January
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Steal
GoT’s Sophie Turner leads this high-stakes heist thriller set inside a seemingly ordinary pension fund investment firm. When armed thieves storm the office and take employees hostage, Zara and her colleague Luke are forced to comply with a plan that soon reveals itself to be far more sinister than a simple robbery. As the tension escalates, it becomes clear the thieves aren’t just after money – they’re targeting the pensions of ordinary people. Turner is joined by Archie Madekwe and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in a tightly wound drama that turns the corporate workplace into a pressure cooker.
21st January
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The Rip
We love the look of this tense-looking new Netflix film, which pits A-list buddies Ben Affleck and Matt Damon against one another. Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray. And as outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question – including who they can rely on. Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor and Kyle Chandler also feature.
16th January
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Shrinking – Season 3
The warm, witty and surprisingly moving comedy returns for a third outing. Shrinking once again follows grieving therapist Jimmy, who continues to abandon professional boundaries in favour of radical honesty – with increasingly complicated consequences for both his patients and his own personal life. Jason Segel leads the series alongside Harrison Ford, Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Brett Goldstein, Damon Wayans Jr, Wendie Malick and Cobie Smulders. Series three also welcomes Jeff Daniels and Michael J. Fox to the cast.
28th January
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Birmingham, 1940. Amid the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground. Oscar winner Cillian Murphy returns as Tommy in this one-off film directed by Tom Harper and written by Steven Knight. The cast also includes Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, A House of Dynamite), Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, The Hateful Eight), Sophie Rundle (After the Flood, Gentleman Jack), Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin) and Stephen Graham (Adolescence, Boiling Point).
20th March
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Widow’s Bay
Widow’s Bay blends genuine horror with character-driven comedy. Widow’s Bay is a quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England. But something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community. There’s no wi-fi, spotty cellular reception, and some superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed. But Loftis is determined to build a better future for his teenage son and turn the island into a tourist destination. Miraculously, he succeeds: tourists are finally coming. Unfortunately, the locals were right. After decades of calm, the old stories, which seemed too ludicrous to be true, start happening again.
29th April
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House of the Dragon – Season 3
The Targaryen civil war continues as House of the Dragon returns for a third season. With the Dance of the Dragons escalating, the battle lines between Team Black and Team Green grow ever more volatile. Season three promises more political intrigue, devastating betrayals and spectacular action, as the fight for the Iron Throne intensifies. With season four already confirmed, this chapter marks a crucial turning point in the saga. Returning cast members include Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, Eve Best and Emma D’Arcy.
August
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The Pitt
The Pitt season two started in the US last week, and we still haven’t got access to the Emmy-winning season one over here. Thankfully that should change later this year, probably when HBO Max launches as a standalone streaming service in March. Set in an emergency room, The Pitt is a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America, as seen through the eyes of some frontline heroes. Each episode follows an hour of Dr Robby’s (Noah Wyle) 15-hour shift as the chief attendant in Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital’s emergency room.
TBC
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Army of Shadows
Army of Shadows has been written by Bafta-winning Ronan Bennett (The Day of the Jackal, MobLand, Top Boy). Inspired by Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1969 film and Joseph Kessel’s seminal book of the same name, the series dramatises the emergence of the French Resistance to the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. From those earlier works, Bennett has created a bold new story that tells of a resistance that takes shape in a near-future authoritarian Britain. Under de facto American occupation, a former British army officer builds a covert resistance cell from scratch as young recruits fight to reclaim their country and their futures. Across six episodes, the series will chronicle the early days of this British Resistance. From first kills and internal betrayals to propaganda campaigns, internment camps and a climactic political assassination, it’s a story about how freedom is taken and how it can be won back.
TBC
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Beef – Season 2
The blistering first season of Beef kicked off when two strangers’ lives converged during a road rage incident. Series two will feature an entirely new cast, including Oscar Isaac (Dune, Inside Llewyn Davis), Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, Maestro), Charles Melton (May December, Warfare) and Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla, Civil War), telling a fresh story about a rift within a country club, shifting away from Danny and Amy's story but keeping the core theme of escalating conflict. Parasite’s Song Kang-ho has also joined the cast as a guest star.
TBC
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Dear England
James Graham is a powerhouse of British theatre. One of his most career-defining works is Dear England, the play that follows Gareth Southgate and the England team in the run-up to the 2018 Euros. With the worst penalty record in the world, Southgate knows it’s not just about tactics – it’s about confronting years of hurt and finding a new way forward. Now the award-winning production has been turned into a BBC drama, which will land on screens later this year. Joseph Fiennes will reprise his role of Southgate, with appearances from Jodie Whittaker, Greg Davis and Jason Watkins.
TBC
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The Altruists
Julia Garner (Ozark, Inventing Anna) and Anthony Boyle (House of Guinness, Masters of the Air) are set to star in The Altruists, an eight-episode limited series about Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison. Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) and Jacqueline Hoyt (The Underground Railroad, The Leftovers) will co-showrun the series, which tells the story of Bankman-Fried and Ellison, two hyper-smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye – then seduced, coaxed and teased each other into stealing $8 billion.
TBC
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