Your Friends & NeighborsFrom Friday, April 3rd, Apple TV
Jon Hamm is back in the neighbourhood for a second series of the suburban crime drama, so lock away your family jewels and bury those family secrets so deep he’ll need a Caterpillar to dig them out. Hamm stars as desperate ex-husband Andrew “Coop” Cooper, who has lost his high-flying job as a hedge-fund manager and is divorced from his cheating wife, Mel (Amanda Peet). What’s an unemployed financier to do all day, hanging around in his affluent Westmont Village neighbourhood? Coop decides to rob his neighbours’ gaffs, but he soon he learns there are more valuable goodies to be found than Rolexes, art and diamonds – and danger lurking in every dream home. In series two, Coop is keen to expand his burglary business, but the arrival of a mysterious new neighbour (played by James Marsden) threatens to upend his plans.
The BoysFrom Wednesday, April 8th, Prime Video
It’s the fifth and final series of The Boys: can Butcher and his ragtag crew finally kill Homelander? You know the story – the world is plagued by “Supes”, supposed superheroes; the biggest is Homelander (Anthony Starr), an egomaniacal manchild who wields ultimate power and uses it to settle scores with anyone who has ever crossed him. The world is now completely under his thumb. His enemies are dragged off to so-called “Freedom Camp”, and no one seems able to muster any organised resistance to the Supe supremacy. That is, until the reappearance of Butcher (Karl Urban), who arrives armed with an anti-Supe virus. But Homeland has his own plan, and if he succeeds he’ll not only be all-powerful: he’ll also be immortal.
The TestamentsFrom Wednesday, April 8th, Disney+
The TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale was a cultural phenomenon, and long before the sixth and final series in 2025, the show’s creators were preparing to adapt Atwood’s The Testaments, its sequel, for TV. Will it have the same seismic impact as its predecessor? Elisabeth Moss, who starred as Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale, is one of the producers of this new series set in Gilead. It tells the tale of two teenage girls, Agnes and Daisy, who have been sent to an exclusive prep school for future wives, where they will learn to be dutiful, pious and obedient servants of men in this brutal, repressive patriarchy. Will they prove to be apt pupils, or will a spark of resistance be ignited? The cast includes the recent Oscar nominee Chase Infiniti.
Big MistakesFrom Thursday, April 9th, Netflix
How do you follow a smash hit like Schitt’s Creek? Dan Levy, creator of the acclaimed comedy series in which he starred with his dad, Eugene Levy, the late, great Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy, has delivered his sophomore series. But will it suffer from second-album syndrome or confirm Levy as a comic auteur par excellence? Big Mistakes is a comedy thriller revolving around two chaotic siblings who are inadvertently plunged into the world of organised crime. Levy plays Nicky, with Taylor Ortega as his sister, Morgan. When they carry out an ill-advised theft, they find themselves being blackmailed into carrying out ever more dangerous crimes.
At Home with the FurysFrom Sunday, April 12th, Netflix
Think you’re ready to go another few rounds with heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and his lively family? The second series of the reality show finds Fury still trying to get his head around retirement and enjoy life in Morecambe Bay with wife, Paris, their seven kids and Tyson’s dad, John. But even though he tries out all sorts of ventures and adventures to keep the boredom at bay, including a road trip to Monaco and a flutter at owning a racehorse, Fury is still pining for the boxing ring, and is torn between the thrill of the fight and the chill of home life. While he decides whether he’s properly retired or not, Paris is keeping very busy, looking for new business opportunities, looking after a big family, preparing for their daughter’s extravagant 16th-birthday party and planning to renew their wedding vows.
Margo’s Got Money TroublesFrom Wednesday, April 15th, Apple TV
Margo (Elle Fanning) is a bright college student and aspiring writer whose dreams are put on hold when she gets pregnant. But life as a single mom and college dropout is not easy, and she’s desperate to find work to support herself and her new baby. “I’ll even dig ditches,” she tells one prospective employer. “Looks like you’ve dug one already,” is the terse response. But when an opportunity comes up to do some “work” on the internet, involving scant clothing and a “sexy alien” persona, she thinks maybe she’ll give it a go. After all, her mom (Michelle Pfeiffer) was a Hooters waitress and her dad (Nick Offerman) was a pro wrestler, so maybe she has inherited the showbiz gene. But can Margo tap into all her unfulfilled creativity and get out of camgirl hell? We’re with her all the way in this star-studded comedy drama series based on the bestselling novel by Rufi Thorpe.
BeefFrom Thursday, April 16th, Netflix
The first series of this comedy drama starred Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as two strangers whose lives collided (literally), throwing them into a doom spiral of spite and revenge. Everyone likes a good beef, so no surprise that the series created by Lee Sung Jin proved a hit. Now it’s back for a second season, with an entirely new cast and a fresh beef, this one involving a young couple (Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny), their boss (Oscar Isaac) and his wife (Carey Mulligan). What starts as a “disagreement” between the boss and his wife soon turns into a four-way battle for power and status in the setting of an exclusive country club owned by a Korean billionaire.
UnchosenFrom Tuesday, April 21st, Netflix
The up-and-coming Irish actor Fra Fee is among the stars of this psychological drama series created by Julie Gearey and directed by Jim Loach (son of Ken). The story revolves around a religious cult run by the charismatic Mr Phillips (Christopher Ecclestone) and his wife (Siobhan Finneran). Molly Windsor and Asa Butterfield play Rosie and Adam, a young married couple who are fully absorbed into the cult. The arrival of the enigmatic Sam (Fee) upends their lives and threatens to tear the entire religious edifice down. He turns out to be an escaped prisoner with a criminal past; as he worms his way into the cult, and wins the trust of the community, Rosie finds herself torn between the constraints of her marriage and the delicious danger of this mysterious interloper.
Criminal RecordFrom Wednesday, April 22nd, Apple TV
Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo return as rival cops in the second series of the acclaimed police drama set in the crime cauldron of London. Capaldi is Det Chief Insp Daniel Hegarty, a veteran cop with experience and wisdom to burn. Jumbo is Det Sgt June Lenker, a younger officer looking to establish herself as a force to be reckoned with. In season one they clashed over a cold-case murder investigation; in season two they must once again put aside their differences and work together following the killing of a young man at a political rally. Hegarty and Lenker soon uncover a far-right plot to carry out an atrocity in the centre of London.
Widow’s BayFrom Wednesday, April 29th, Apple TV
Tom Loftis is the mayor of a small town in New England, and top of his to-do list is boosting tourism to this quaint spot. But there’s one big problem: the town is on a remote island 60km off the coast, with no wifi and barely a mobile phone signal. And there’s another issue: the superstitious locals believe the island is cursed, and you’d be mad to invite tourists here. Loftis presses on with his plans, and soon visitors are arriving at Widow’s Bay ready to sample the island’s delights. Only one more problem: it seems the residents were right, and evil forces are lurking beneath the bucolic surface, ready to turn this nascent tourist hotspot into a hellscape. Matthew Rhys stars as the hapless mayor desperately trying to win the respect of the islanders while combating the forces of darkness in this comedy horror series.