David Farnor | On 05, Dec 2022

Netflix. Amazon Prime Video. BBC iPlayer. NOW. Apple TV+. Paramount+. All 4. There’s so much TV to watch these days in so many places that it can be hard to keep up. Every month, we boil down what’s on the box to the essentials you need in your streaming queue.

We’ve sorted through All The TV to bring you your December watchlist – what’s worth watching and where you can stream it online in the UK. Head this way for our guide to what’s on TV at Christmas this year.

Week 1

Archer: Season 13

In Season 13 of the adult espionage comedy, The Agency have been acquired by the spy conglomerate known as IIA (International Intelligence Agency). As Archer and gang struggle to find their identity performing odd missions for Fabian, one question arises: will they be able to maintain independence, or will they succumb to their corporate overlords?

Slow Horses: Season 2

The darkly humorous espionage drama – already renewed for Season 3 and 4 – follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping-ground department of MI5 known unaffectionately as Slough House. Gary Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but irascible leader of the spies, who end up in Slough House due to their career-ending mistakes as they frequently find themselves blundering around the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world. Episodes 1 and 2 arrive together, followed by four more episodes weekly.

Firefly Lane: Season 2

What could possibly have ended the tight-knit 30-year friendship of Tully and Kate, our “Firefly Lane Girls Forever”?

Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything: Season 1

Rosie Molloy (Sheridan Smith) is addicted to everything. Smoking, alcohol, Terry’s Chocolate Oranges, Xanax, Adderall, caffeine… the list goes on. After an embarrassing incident at her brother Joey’s wedding, she wakes up in hospital and decides to change her life by ‘giving up everything’. But as Rosie juggles her father’s ill health and the possibility of losing her job, she has the dawning realisation that her addictions are destroying everything – her friendships, her family and her work life. Harder still is the realisation that perhaps it isn’t the addictions that are the problem. If Rosie really does give up everything, will she still be Rosie?

A Spy Among Friends: Season 1

Based on the book by Ben Macintyre, Damian Lewis (Homeland, Billions) and Guy Pearce (Jack Irish, Mare of Easttown) star in this thriller that dramatises the true story of Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) and Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) — two spies and lifelong friends, one of whom was betraying the other all along.

Little America: Season 2

Inspired by the true stories featured in Epic Magazine, “Little America” will go beyond the headlines to look at the funny, romantic, heartfelt, inspiring and surprising stories of immigrants in America.

Week 2

Strike: Season 5

Wounded physically and emotionally, Cormoran Strike’s chaotic life masks his ability to unravel complex cases. Season 5 sees Strike approached by a woman asking for help to find her mother, Margot Bamborough, who went missing in 1974 when a psychopathic serial killer stalked the streets.

Pennyworth: Season 3

This unlikely Batman prequel continues to tell the stories of butler Alfred Pennyworth before he became the loyal helper of the Dark Knight.

National Treasure: Edge of History: Season 1

Jess Valenzuela’s life is turned upside-down when an enigmatic stranger gives her a clue to a centuries-old treasure – that might be connected to her long-dead father. Jess has a knack for solving puzzles, and her skills are put to the test as she and her friends follow a series of clues hidden in American artefacts and landmarks. But can Jess outsmart a black-market antiquities dealer in this race to find history’s greatest lost treasure and uncover the truth about her family’s past? Episodes 1 and 2 arrive together, followed by new episodes weekly.

Vienna Blood: Season 3

Litvinenko: Season 1

Written by George Kay (Lupin), this four-part series sees David Tennant portray the former Russian Federal Security Services and KGB officer, whose death from Polonium-210 poisoning in November 2006 triggered one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police. The drama also focuses upon the story of Marina, portrayed by Margarita Levieva (The Deuce, The Blacklist), Alexander’s fearless, dignified widow who fought tirelessly to persuade the British Government to publicly name her husband’s killers and acknowledge the role of the Russian State in his murder.

The Recruit: Season 1

Noah Centineo stars in this thriller about a fledgling lawyer at the CIA, who becomes enmeshed in dangerous international power politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her long-term relationship with the agency unless they exonerate her of a serious crime.

Week 3

His Dark Materials: Season 3

Based on Philip Pullman’s final novel in the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass, Season 3 will see Will (Amir Wilson), the bearer of The Subtle Knife, and Lyra (Dafne Keen), the prophesied child, travel through multiple worlds to find and protect each other, while Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) mounts his campaign against The Authority. Meanwhile, Oxford physicist Mary Malone reaches another parallel world – that of the Mulefa, a strange animal-like species, who they tell her of a cataclysmic phenomenon in their world…

1923: Season 1

1923 will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family and explore the early 20th century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home. Episodes 1 and 2 arrive together, followed by episodes weekly. (Part B will debut in 2023.)

I Hate Suzie Too: Season 2

She’s back. And she’s dancing. Suzie Pickles steps back into the spotlight as the BAFTA® nominated and critically acclaimed Sky Original drama, from co-creators Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper returns.

Emily in Paris: Season 3

After moving from Chicago to Paris for her dream job, Emily finds herself at a crucial crossroads in every aspect of her life. Faced with two very different paths, Emily will have to decide exactly where her loyalties lie — at work and in her romantic life — and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventures and surprising twists and turns that life in Paris provides.

Jack Ryan: Season 3

The action thriller returns as Jack Ryan is on the run and in a race against time. Jack is wrongly implicated in a larger conspiracy and suddenly finds himself a fugitive out in the cold. Now, wanted by both the CIA and an international rogue faction that he has uncovered, Jack is forced underground, crisscrossing Europe, trying to stay alive, while preventing a massive global conflict.

The Witcher: Blood Origin: Season 1

Set in an elven world 1200 years before the time of Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri, this four-part prequel series will tell a tale lost to history: the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the events that led to the pivotal Conjunction of the Spheres, when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one. Michelle Yeoh stars.

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