What's on TV - Page 8 Last Updated On | 21 Apr 2026
The BBC's popular drama, The A Word, starring Grantchester's Morven Christie and Line of Duty's Lee Ingleby, is coming to Netflix soon Sorcha Groundsell stars in the award-winning Scottish drama, An t-Eilean (The Island), as Detective Sergeant Kat Crichton Prime Video's upcoming period drama, The House of Spirits, is based on Isabel Allende's internationally acclaimed novel and arrives on TV screens in April Season 29 of Silent Witness returned to screens in February and saw the return of Emilia Fox, David Caves, Maggie Steed and Francesca Mills Connor Storrie is being lined up to join the star-studded cast of Peaked, which includes Laura Dern, Simone Ashley and Emma Mackey Can You Keep a Secret? first landed on the BBC back in January and has become the third biggest BBC comedy launch after Ludwig and Amandaland School Spirits returned for its third season at the end of last month, and fans have been left "obsessed" with the popular supernatural drama Netflix recently added Spanish-language drama Salvador to its library, and fans have been hailing the eight-part thriller as 'unpredictable' and 'underappreciated' Hugh Laurie joined Apple TV+'s Israeli spy series Tehran back in 2024, where he plays Eric Peterson alongside Niv Sultan's Tamar Rabinyan Lucy Punch stars as snobbish mum Amanda in the BBC's hit comedy series, Amandaland, which is coming to Netflix very soon The Scottish actor stars alongside Lena Olin and Jack Bannon in the Nordic crime noir, The Darkness, which is available to stream on Channel 4 now Love Me Love Me is based on the slow-burn romance book by Italian author Stefania S, which garnered 24 million reads on Wattpad The American actor first played Kayce Dutton on Yellowstone opposite Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser back in 2018 Ahead of the season three finale, the show's creator Meaghan Oppenheimer confirmed that the hit college drama will not return with a fourth series The Murder Line, known as The Borderline in Canada, stars Minnie Driver, Stephen Amell and Hamza Haq and has confirmed international distribution The 2026 movie stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff, and has already raked in US $76.8 million at the global box office The BBC's upcoming series, Two Weeks in August, stars Call the Midwife's Jessica Raine as Zoe, whose dream holiday turns into a nightmare Annette Badland stars alongside The Night Manager actor Alistair Petrie and Jojo Rabbit's Roman Griffin-Davis in an adaptation of Giles Paley-Phillips' moving novel The Paramount+ detective drama, The Curfew, begins airing on Channel 5 on Monday night. The series is set in a world where men are bound by a 7pm curfew The Innocents is the latest Nordic thriller to join Channel 4's growing roster of similar TV shows and movies in the genre The Assassin first landed on Prime Video back in July 2025 and saw Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore star as a mother-son duo The Canadian actor plays ice hockey star Shane Hollander in Crave's smash hit romance series opposite Connor Storrie's Ilya Rozanov The hit Belfast-set drama Blue Lights first premiered on the BBC back in 2023 and is now available to stream for free on a new platform Tom Burke and Eve Hewson are starring in Oscar-nominated director Lenny Abrahamson's upcoming film, which begin shooting in March BBC presenter Anne McAlpine appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain on Monday, where she spoke about her four-year stalking ordeal Alison Oliver and Joe Alwyn star in the 2022 drama, Conversations with Friends, based on the debut novel of Normal People author Sally Rooney Sunny Dancer premiered at the Berlin film festival and features a star-studded cast including James Norton, Bella Ramsey, Jessica Gunning and Neil Patrick Harris Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette is based on a book by journalist Elizabeth Beller and is created by Ryan Murphy Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen comes from the producers of Netflix's Stranger Things and Baby Reindeer, and stars The Night Manager's Camila Morrone The Betrayal actor plays MI5 officer John Hughes in the new ITV drama - but off-screen, he's kept his private life out of the spotlight From Netflix and NOW to Apple TV+ and Disney+, these top five TV shows should definitely be on your radar for the week ahead All three seasons of the Italian detective series, Lolita Lobosco, are available to stream on Channel 4 now, via its offshoot streaming service, Walter Presents ITV's dark crime drama, Wire in the Blood, stars Robson Green as an eccentric psychologist who solves murders for the police From intoxicating love stories to slow burn romances, here are our top picks to watch on the most romantic day of the year The upcoming 8-part crime drama, Mint, follows the daughter of a powerful crime family who falls in love with a member of a rival clan The new comedy thriller, How to Get to Heaven From Belfast, comes from Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee The upcoming four-part drama, Close to Replica Luxury Handbag, starring Anthony Boyle and Jessica Reynolds, comes from the producers of Normal People Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, the new anthology series created by Ryan Murphy, drops on Disney+ on Friday The 40-year-old Londoner is the daughter of jewellery designer Theo Fennell and author Louise Fennell. Her sister, Coco, is a fashion designer HELLO! was at the London premiere of How to Get to Heaven From Belfast, written by Derry Girls' Lisa McGee and caught up with MobLand star Emmett J. Scanlan Cash Queens has just landed on Netflix, and fans of the French-language heist series have been bingeing the show's eight parts in just "one evening" Michaela Coel creates and stars in the new drama, First Day on Earth, which has added the likes of Thandiwe Newton and Maxine Peake to its cast…