The Handmaid’s Tale, Season 6
Praise Be! Gilead’s story is gliding at last to its close. After a long two years, The Handmaid’s Tale is returning to our screens and wrapping itself up. Elisabeth Moss is as unforgettable as the totalitarian society she inhabits in this multi-award-winning series. If you didn’t start at the beginning, waste no more time.
And Just Like That, Series 3
Fear not, SATC fans, for the wait is nearly over. Carrie Bradshaw and her well-heeled friends will be back at the end of May for a third series of the spin-off show. The sun is shining, the Brownstones are gleaming and love is, as ever, in the air. For glamorous escapism, this series is hard to beat.
The Better Sister, Prime Video
In this crime drama series, Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel play estranged sisters living their lives at the opposite ends of a spectrum, only to be reunited by the murder of a loved one. “It is,” says Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon MGM Studios, “a gripping story about family feuds and forgiveness.”
Etoile, Prime Video
The notion of Charlotte Gainsbourg acting with Simon Callow in a show about the attempt to keep ballet culturally relevant on both sides of the Atlantic isn’t a predictable one. It comes from the creators of The Marvellous Mrs Maisel and is set in Paris and New York, though, so we know we can expect the comedy to be both quirky and stylish.
Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2, Prime Video
The first series of Nine Perfect Strangers was based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel of the same name. Now the creators are just running with the idea. In the second series, Masha (Nicole Kidman) returns to weave her witchy ways over wellness. We are in the Austrian Alps this time and joined by such luminaries as Mark Strong and Christine Baranski.
You, Season 5, Netflix
Don’t miss the fifth and final season of the psychological thriller, You. This TV show began quietly in 2018 as an adaptation of a novel about a bookseller and serial killer and has defied the critics and the odds ever since. The Guardian calls it “the awful, sociopathic show we’re absolutely addicted to”.
Little Disasters, Paramount Plus
This stylish new drama, based on Sarah Vaughan’s novel of the same name, shines a light on motherhood. The star of the show, Diane Kruger, says: “The series will offer a relatable story which examines the crippling judgement levied upon mothers by society. The story so wonderfully explores the fragility of reputation, with the rapid unravelling of Jess’s seemingly perfect life.” Vaughan also wrote Anatomy of a Scandal, which itself became a hit TV series on Netflix, so we know how well her work translates to the small screen.
