This week we have the long-awaited return of the Malcolm in the Middle gang and the next chapter in The Handmaid’s Tale story with The Testaments. We also have David Attenborough’s latest landmark series, Matthew Macfadyen shrinking his wife and the Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy back with a new comedy, Big Mistakes.
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Malcolm in the Middle – Life’s Still Unfair (Disney+)
Malcolm in the Middle ran for over 150 episodes between 2000 and 2006 and was one of the most popular network comedies of its time. Chronicling the life and times of a dysfunctional working-class family with a child prodigy (Malcolm, played by Frankie Muniz), the series also starred Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston, who would go on to play Walter White in Breaking Bad. Twenty years on, the band are back together for this new series with the three original cast members, where Malcolm, along with his daughter, return to see his parents to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. What could possibly go wrong?
Secret Garden (iPlayer)
A British national treasure who has been on television for as long as most people can remember, the naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough turns 100 this spring. Despite his age, Attenborough is still making remarkable television, and in this five-part series that he introduces and narrates he turns his attention close to home and to the hundred of different species that live in our gardens in Britain. This series is once again a fascinating and beautifully crafted journey into the animal kingdom, from blue tits in Bristol to pine martens in the Lake District.
Read our full review here
The Testaments (Disney+)
After the wild success of The Handmaid’s Tale starring Elisabeth Moss between 2017 and 2025, it’s perhaps no surprise that a sequel, once again based on Margaret Atwood’s work, has made it to the screens so fast. Serving as a narrative continuation of the story, the new series is set several years after the events of the finale and begins by following two young women, Daisy and Agnes, as they attend the strict Aunt Lydia’s preparatory school for future wives. A coming-of-age story for a new generation in Gilead, this is likely to be popular with fans of The Handmaid’s Tale.
The Miniature Wife (Sky/Now)
Available to watch on Peacock in the US
Anyone for a grown-up Honey, I Shrunk The Kids? Elizabeth Banks and Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen star in this fun drama, based on the author Manuel Gonzales’s short story, about a couple struggling with an imbalance of power in their marriage and, well, it becomes quite a big imbalance of power. Or should that be a small one? Macfadyen’s scientist shrinks his wife to only six inches tall. Together they must come to terms with their new reality. Can their love and marriage survive?
Big Mistakes (Netflix)
The Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy is back with a new comedy about two incapable, directionless siblings (Levy and Tatylor Ortega) who end up in over their heads when a theft for their dying grandmother pulls them into the dark world of organised crime. For those looking for something fun and easy to watch, this may be the perfect treat: a show about another dysfunctional family with a crime twist.
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