Get strapped in because this month's new shows are next level and we can’t wait! Some brand-new shows and some new seasons! Here are our top picks of what to watch this month! So, keep reading...
BBC | ITV and STV | Channel 4 | 5 | U
New on BBC and BBC iPlayer
Marie Antoinette (Season 2)
BBC Two + BBC iPlayer, from Thursday 8th May
This series offers a dive into the lavish life of the infamous French Queen, Marie Antoinette. As revolution simmers, season 2 sees Versailles no longer safe and enemies start closing in from all sides! Marie must fight harder than ever to protect her crown, her children and her legacy!
Families Like Ours
BBC Four + BBC iPlayer, from Saturday 3rd May
Families Like Ours has a plot so intense, raw and real that even the trailer will give you goosebumps! Set in bear-future Denmark where rising sea levels forced a nationwide evacuation, this series explores the emotional fallout as families, friends and lovers are torn apart.
I Kissed A Boy (Season 2)
BBC Three, coming soon
Get ready and get excitedddd because I kissed A Boy is heading back to your screens, packed full of all the drama, love and gossip you could possibly need! 10 singles are matched for the first time with a kiss… no small talk or dating apps, just one kiss to test their chemistry! Will any of the couples find true love?
Man Like Mobeen
BBC Three + BBC iPlayer, Thursdays at 9pm
It’s time for a whole lotta laughter as Man Like Mobeen is back for its fifth (and final) season! With Mobeen (Guz Khan) and Nate (Tolu Ogunmefun) fresh outta prison, they find themselves dealing with less than ideal living arrangements!
Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star (Season 8)
Stream now on BBC iPlayer
Back for its seventh season, this entertainment show follows aspiring artists as they compete to become Britain’s next makeup star! Judges Val Garland and Dominic Skinner meet 10 make-up artists as they take on a series of challenges to demonstrate their skills! The winner receives a contract to work with some of the biggest and most well-known names in the industry!
What’s new on ITV and ITVX (STV and STV Player in Scotland)
Malpractice (Season 2)
Watch on ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player from Sunday 4th May
After being caught between an anxious new mother’s postnatal check-up and the sectioning of a psychotic patient, Dr Ford (Tom Hughes) finds himself under investigation. As investigators dig into his decisions, what originally appeared to be a series of bad choices by one doctor, soon spreads beyond the psychiatric unit to the hospital itself! Is Dr Ford a reckless doctor playing God–or just another casualty of a system in chaos
Code of Silence
Watch on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player, from Sunday 18th May
The show we’ve been waiting for all year! This gripping new crime thriller stars Rose-Ayling Ellis as Alison Brooks, a smart deaf women working in a police canteen. Her life takes a drastic turn when her lip-reading skills catch the attention of DS Ashleigh Francis (Charlotte Ritchie) and DI James Marsh (Andrew Buchan)! Using her skills, they recruit her for a covert operation where Alison is thrust into a high-stakes heist, deep in the criminal underworld!
Rabbit Hole
Coming soon to ITVX
Enter a world, where nothing is as it seems! When cooperate spy John Weir is framed for murder by a secretive political ring, he’s is forced to question what is real as he attempts to uncover the truth and regain his freedom! Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Charles Dance and Enid Graham.
Lost
Coming soon to ITVX
Mystery, magic and mayhem collide in this supernatural survival series! When the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 crash land onto an island they soon discover nothing is at it seems as they attempt to survive and escape! Packed full of supernatural and scientific mysteries, you’ll be guessing the truth until the final episode! Starring Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Ian Somerhalder and Michelle Rodriguez.
What’s new on Channel 4
The Handmaids Tale (Season 6)
Watch on Channel 4, from Saturday 3rd May
Blessed be the fruit, it’s the final season of this dystopian drama, and the final push for the end of Gilead! The last episode of season 5 saw June (Elisabeth Moss) and Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) hopping on a train posing the big question of what happens next? Will June finally manage to take down Gilead? Will she reunite with Nick? And will she save all the girls trapped inside the totalitarian regime? With only 10 episodes and a lot of storylines to wrap up, we’re expecting biggggg things!
Long Bright River
Stream on Channel 4, from Sunday 11th May
In the mood for a gripping thriller that will keep you guessing? Say no more! Long Bright River stars Amanda Seyfried as Mickey, a dedicated police officer patrolling a Philadelphia neighbourhood devastated by the opioid crisis. When a string of murders rocks the community, she soon realises her past might be related to the case!
Beth
Stream on Channel 4, from Wednesday 7th May
This three-part science fiction drama follows the story of Joe (Nicholas Pinnock) and Molly (Abbey Lee), a couple who after years of trying to have a child discover Molly is pregnant. But when their daughter Imogen is born and looks nothing like Joe, their joy turns to confusion–and then to fear. As Joe digs deeper, he uncovers a secret so explosive it could upend not just their lives, but the fate of humanity itself.
What’s new on 5
The Game
Watch & stream on 5 from Monday 12th May
This cat and mouse thriller tells the story of Huw Miller (Jason Watkins), a retired police detective still haunted by an unsolved case from his past – a stalker who taunted his town, toying with his victims before murdering them. However, after a brief interaction with his new neighbour Patrick (Robson Green), Huw becomes convinced Patrick’s the killer he’s been chasing throughout his career!
Absentia
Stream all three seasons now on 5
In Absentia, FBI agent Emily Byrne (Stana Katic) reappears six years after being declared dead, discovered in a remote cabin with no recollection of where she’s been. As she struggles to piece her life back together, Emily must confront a chilling truth: reclaiming her identity may be more dangerous than anything she’s faced before.
What's new on U?
The Chelsea Detective (Season 3)
Coming soon to U & U&Drama
DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough) and DS Layla Walsh (Vanessa Emme) are back with three new cases taking the team from the Thames foreshore to the formidable US embassy, in this latest season the team will face some of their toughest challenges yet!
Recipes for Love and Murder (Season 2)
Stream on U from Friday 3rd May
This dangerously delicious drama follows recipe/advice columnist Tannie Maria (Maria Doyle Kennedy) who dishes out the latest and greatest recipes for her small town newspaper in the region of the Karoo in South Africa. Following the death of a woman who wrote to her, Maria and her colleague Jessie (Kylie Fisher) decide to solve the murder, much to the annoyance of police detective Khaya (Tony Kgoroge), but do they know what they are getting themselves into?!
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