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Too much choice on NOW<\/a>? Trust the Radio Times<\/a> experts to help you discover the shows most deserving of a place on your watchlist.<\/p>\n

A dark, slick crime procedural with a pulpy high-concept hook, The Hunting Party follows FBI profiler Bex Henderson as she tracks serial killers sprung from a secret underground prison. Melissa Roxburgh leads a capable ensemble, while the conspiracy surrounding the prison gives the case-of-the-week formula an extra layer of intrigue.<\/p>\n

For a gentler crime drama, there’s Miss Scarlet and the Duke. In Victorian London, convention is just another obstacle for Eliza Scarlet, a sharp-witted private detective determined to succeed in a profession dominated by men. Kate Phillips brings charm and steel to this stylish period mystery, with Stuart Martin as her sparring Scotland Yard ally, the Duke.<\/p>\n

No-one can leave \u2014 that’s the horror at the heart of sci-fi thriller From, which stars Lost’s Harold Perrineau. Set in a nightmarish American town that traps everyone who enters, unwilling residents fight to survive terrifying nocturnal creatures from the surrounding forest while searching for hidden secrets and a way out.<\/p>\n

Saturday Night Live UK<\/a> brings America’s legendary sketch show across the pond. Broadcast live from London, it pairs a different celebrity host (such as Jeff Goldblum, Jamie Dornan and Hannah Waddingham) and musical guest each week with topical sketches and a British take on Weekend Update, created by a home-grown ensemble cast that includes Hammed Animashaun, Celeste Dring, Ania Magliano and Paddy Young. Series two is airing now, so there’s no better time to dip in.<\/p>\n

Mark Gatiss writes and stars in cosy post-war crime drama Bookish<\/a> as Gabriel Book, a London bookseller with a talent for solving mysteries. With the second season having recently landed, there are even more baffling cases, hidden secrets and literary clues to uncover.<\/p>\n

If you like Doc Martin, why not try Best Medicine, a US comedy drama based on Martin Clunes hit. It follows a brilliant but socially awkward surgeon (played by Josh Charles) who leaves Boston to become a GP in a small Maine fishing town, where his blunt manner clashes with the quirky locals.<\/p>\n

NOW hosts acclaimed series such as It: Welcome to Derry<\/a> and The Chair Company, widely discussed dramas The Last of Us<\/a> and The Day of the Jackal<\/a>, plus highly decorated comedy Hacks<\/a>, with gritty crime thriller Gangs of London<\/a> among the British originals to choose from. It’s also where you can find celebrated classics such as Chernobyl, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos.<\/p>\n

All of this means it’s the perfect place to head to if you’re looking for an evening’s entertainment. Scroll on for Radio Times’s<\/a> top picks, spanning recent releases and all-time greats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Too much choice on NOW? Trust the Radio Times experts to help you discover the shows most deserving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[294790,294796,294791,294795,294794,294787,294788,294789,294792,294793,146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-655493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-textbrand-new-sci-fi-series","tag-textessiedus-star","tag-textgood-time","tag-textmonths-of-his-life","tag-textoriginal-series","tag-textpaapa-essiedu-stars","tag-textrecent-series","tag-textsuperb-drama","tag-textthird-season-of-succession","tag-texttrue-crime","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}