The 15 most exciting TV shows to look out for in 2024
Criminal Record
Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo star in this tense, stylish eight-part police thriller. An anonymous phone call sparks a clash between two detectives over an historic murder case.
Apple TV+
After the Flood
When an unidentified corpse is found in an underground car park following a devastating flood, police officer Sophie Rundle investigates. Philip Glenister leads the supporting cast in an intriguing mystery.
ITV1
True Detective: Night Country
The anthology crime drama comes blazing back to form with Jodie Foster on the trail of a serial killer in the inhospitable wilds of Alaska. Chilling in every sense.
Sky Atlantic & Now
Artful Dodger
Dickens goes Down Under. Jack Dawkins (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) is now a surgeon in 1850s Australia, lured back into a life of crime by Fagin (David Thewlis).
Disney+
Griselda
Modern Family’s Sofía Vergara transforms into infamous Colombian drug trafficker Griselda Blanco, aka “The Black Widow” or “Cocaine Godmother”, for this true-crime miniseries.
Netflix
Masters Of The Air
Band Of Brothers in planes. That’s the pitch for a soaringly cinematic wartime drama about America’s 100th Bombardment Group, aka “the Bloody Hundredth”. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks produce. A buzzy young cast includes Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan.
Apple TV+
Expats
Nicole Kidman produces and stars in this White Lotus-esque adaptation of Janice YK Lee’s novel about the wealthy American expatriate community in Hong Kong.
Amazon Prime Video
Mrs & Mrs Smith
A reboot of the Noughties film sees two lonely strangers (Donald Glover and Maya Erskine) land glamorous jobs at a mysterious spy agency. Slight snag? Their new identities in an arranged marriage.
Amazon Prime Video
Shōgun
Remember the 1980s miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain? This epic adaptation of James Clavell’s novel, set in 17th century Japan, sees Cosmo Jarvis play the marooned English sailor who rises from outsider to samurai.
Disney+
The Way
A bold, politically charged drama from the trio of playwright James Graham, actor Michael Sheen and documentarian Adam Curtis. A family is forced to flee a civil uprising in their Welsh hometown.
BBC One
The Murder Retrial
This fascinating look at the British justice system recreates a real-life murder trial in front of two randomly selected juries, both unaware of the other. Will they reach the same verdict?
Channel 4
Nightsleeper
This claustrophobic real-time suspense thriller follows the hacking of an overnight train from Glasgow to London. As events on board escalate, can a cybersecurity expert and an off-duty cop save the passengers’ lives?
BBC One
Mary & George
A lavish historical drama inspired by the outrageous true story of ambitious countess Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore), who groomed her dashing son George to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover.
Sky Atlantic & NOW
This Town
The latest creation of Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, SAS Rogue Heroes) is a pulsating drama set on the Midlands ska scene of the early Eighties. Expect madness and Madness.
BBC One
3 Body Problem
Game Of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss turn their hands to sci-fi with this adaptation of the bestselling novel about an astrophysicist conscripted by the Chinese military to search for aliens. The truth is out there.
Netflix
