This week Matthew Rhys stars in a new comedy-horror and Sheridan Smith returns to the small screen in the casino crime thriller The Cage. Man on Fire gets a new adaptation, this time starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Gemma Arterton is playing spy games and a family saga is told through the eyes of three generations of women in The House of the Spirits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Widow\u2019s Bay\u00a0<\/p>\n
Available on Apple TV in the UK and the US\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matthew Rhys is the mayor of a small New England island town in this comedy-horror series which proves that politics is far from a simple business. While the locals warn him that dark secrets and superstitions are preventing the town from moving on, he decides that the price of progress must be change, only to unleash many of the worst fears of the community. Character comedy blends with scares in a deliciously dark comic adventure. <\/p>\n
Man on Fire\u00a0<\/p>\n
Available on Netflix in the UK and the US<\/p>\n
If you recognise the title of this show, it may be because you remember the two previous film adaptations of AJ Quinnell\u2019s 1980 novel, the first in 1987 starring Scott Glenn, and more recently the 2004 Tony Scott movie with Denzel Washington. This time it\u2019s the turn of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to take on the role of the former special forces mercenary John Creasy, who attempts to make a fresh start after leaving the field only for the need for revenge to disrupt his new life. <\/p>\n
The Cage\u00a0<\/p>\n
Available on BBC iPlayer in the UK<\/p>\n
Written by the Bafta-nominated Tony Schumacher, who created The Responder starring Martin Freeman, The Cage takes us to Liverpool once again for this high-stakes crime drama set in a casino. Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha play characters who are both stealing from the casino, and the show follows their lives as they become intertwined when their crimes bring them under the scrutiny of the police and the gangsters from whom they\u2019ve been stealing.\u00a0<\/p>\n Secret Service\u00a0<\/p>\n Available on ITVX in the UK<\/p>\n Gemma Arterton and Rafe Spall star in this new five-part espionage series based on the novel of the same name by the ITV News at Ten anchor Tom Bradby. The fast-paced thriller focuses on the head of the Russia desk of the British intelligence service, who learns that a senior member of the government may be an asset for Moscow. The strong cast includes Mark Stanley, Alex Kingston, Amaka Okafor, Khalid Abdalla, Avi Nash and Roger Allam.\u00a0<\/p>\n The House of the Spirits<\/p>\n Available on Prime Video in the UK and the US<\/p>\n Based on Isabel Allende\u2019s internationally acclaimed novel, which has sold more than 70 million copies worldwide, this eight-episode series follows the story of a family across half a century. At the heart of the show are the experiences of Clara, Blanca and Alba, three generations of women in a conservative South American society shaped by the constant changes in political leadership and class struggles.<\/p>\n Love TV? Discover the\u00a0best shows on Netflix<\/a>, the\u00a0best Prime Video TV shows<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0best Apple TV+ shows<\/a>. Don\u2019t forget to check\u00a0our critics\u2019 choices to watch<\/a>\u00a0and our comprehensive\u00a0TV guide<\/a>, plus our look at the finest upcoming\u00a0films<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0TV shows<\/a>\u00a0this month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week Matthew Rhys stars in a new comedy-horror and Sheridan Smith returns to the small screen in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-406753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}