David Farnor | On 31, Mar 2024

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 March 2024 UK TV highlights – what’s worth watching and where you can stream it online in the UK.

Week 1

 

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

This six-episode romp sees Dick Turpin (Noel Fielding) set out on a journey of wildly absurd escapades when he’s made the reluctant leader of a band of outlaws — and tasked with outwitting corrupt lawman and self-appointed thief-taker Jonathan Wilde (Hugh Bonneville). In this irreverent retelling set in the 18th century, Turpin is the most famous but least likely of highway robbers, whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship and great hair. Together with his gang of lovable rogues, Turpin rides the highs and lows of his new endeavours, including a brush with celebrity, all while trying to escape the clutches of the thief-taker. Episode 1 and 2 arrive together, followed by episodes weekly until the finale on 29th March.

Week 2

 

Mary & George

Based on the extraordinary true story of Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore), who moulded her son, George (Nicholas Galitzine), to seduce King James I (Tony Curran) and become his all-powerful lover.

Death and Other Details

Set amidst the glamour of the global elite, “Death and Other Details” centers on the brilliant and restless Imogene Scott (Violett Beane), who finds herself in the wrong place/wrong time (okay, it was kinda her fault) and becomes the prime suspect in a locked room murder mystery. The setting? A lavishly restored Mediterranean ocean liner. Suspects? Every pampered guest and every exhausted crew member. The problem? To prove her innocence, she must partner with a man she despises—Rufus Cotesworth (Mandy Patinkin), the world’s greatest detective. All episodes arrive at once.

Extraordinary: Season 2

After the revelations of Season One, the gang find themselves poised for their best attempts at being proper adults. This season follows Carrie and Kash rekindling their platonic relationship while finding their feet independently of each other, Jizzlord searching for where he truly belongs, and Jen striving for self-improvement – which is not easy, when you have a penchant for self-sabotage. All episodes arrive at once.

The Gentlemen

Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherits his father’s sizeable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. What’s more, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation…

Week 3

 

The Cleaning Lady

After witnessing a murder, Thony (ELodie Yung) is forced to clean up the scene and is offered a permanent job by the mob… in exchange for her and her son’s life. Episodes arrive weekly.

Girls5eva: Season 3

The members of the late ‘90s girl-group Girls5eva – Dawn, Wickie, Summer, and Gloria – have reunited and recorded a new album, Returnity, so it’s time for the next logical step: a comeback tour. With no plan, tour manager, or venues secured, the ladies pile into a van and hit the great unknown, doing their damnedest to promote their album and get back on top.

Invincible: Season 2, Part 2

Amazon’s superhero animation returns to complete its second chapter, in which Mark goes back to college, reads his dad’s books, and nothing bad happens to him or his family. Episodes arrive weekly.

The Dry: Season 2

The second series picks up seven months on from the events of the first, and we now meet the Sheridans in their new normal. To all outward appearances, it seems like the family is relatively content: Shiv’s been sober, celibate, and solvent for 6 months, Ant has hung onto his job at the estate agents and his relationship with Max, and Caroline’s making up for a lost time by shagging everyone she meets on Tinder. So far, so normal… Or is it? After all, how normal is it for 3 grown adults to still be living at home with their parents? And are the Sheridans really happy with this new status quo, or have they just rearranged their dysfunction and found another groove of denial to fit into? All episodes available at once.

Manhunt

Based on the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning nonfiction book from author James L Swanson, this seven-part series is a conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history, the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Tobias Menzies and Anthony Boyle star. Episodes 1 and 2 arrive together, followed by weekly episodes until the finale on 19th April.

Chicken Nugget

A woman steps into an odd machine and becomes… a chicken nugget?! Now, it’s up to her father and admirer to embark on a zany quest to bring her back.

Comic Relief 2024

In what will be his last year hosting the show, Sir Lenny Henry will be joined by Joel Dommett, Davina McCall, Paddy McGuiness, Romesh Ranganathan and David Tennant with Maya Jama and Rosie Ramsey making their Red Nose Day Night of TV debut. Live from Media City UK in Salford, the night will include the cast of W1A reuniting to find Sir Lenny’s replacement host, Alan Partridge returning to our airwaves and an all-star line-up in The Traitors: The Movie. Starting on BBC One at 7pm, it will jump to BBC Two at 10pm for more skits and musical guests, before returning to BBC One at 10.40pm for a special tribute show, Comic Relief: A Whole Lotta Lenny.

Week 4

 

The Great Celebrity Bake Off

Over five new episodes, hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding will welcome 20 more famous faces to the Bake Off tent, where they will try to impress Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills. The stars facing the signature, technical and showstopper challenges are: comedian & presenter Adam Hills, actor Danny Dyer, comedian and author David O’Doherty, TV and radio broadcaster Dermot O’Leary, comedian Fern Brady, TV presenter Gabby Logan, presenter and children’s author Greg James, actress Jodie Whittaker, actor Joe Locke, comedian, Leigh Francis, Spice Girl, TV presenter and patron of Women’s Aid Mel B OBE, broadcaster and satirist Munya Chawawa, TV presenter Oti Mabuse, singer and actress Paloma Faith, broadcaster and writer The Reverend Richard Coles, comedian Rhod Gilbert, broadcaster Sara Cox, broadcaster Spencer Matthews, comedian Suzi Ruffell, and presenter and documentary filmmaker Yinka Bokinni.

Hunted: Season 7

12 ordinary people from all over the UK have turned fugitive. If they can successfully outrun the elite team of hunters for 21 days, they will win a share of £100,000. On the run across the length and breadth of the UK, these fugitives will be looking over their shoulders, ever fearful that the hunters have picked up their trail.

Coma

Simon (Jason Watkins) is thrust into turmoil in this four-part drama when he confronts Jordan, the notorious ringleader of the local gang. In a moment of reckoning, Simon’s actions sends shockwaves through his life, reshaping everything in its wake with irreversible consequences.

Palm Royale

This true underdog story follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she endeavors to break into Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, Palm Royale asks the same question that still baffles us today: “How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to get what someone else has?” Set during the powder keg year of 1969, the series is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance to truly belong. Episodes 1 to 3 arrive together, followed by episodes weekly until the finale on 8th May.

X-Men ’97

Marvel’s follow-up to the beloved 90s classic X-Men: The Animated Series, with all-new stories about everyone’s favourite mutants. All episodes arrive at once.

Twisted Metal

This action series, based on the Playstation game of the same name, follows a milkman with amnesia who is given a chance at a better life, but only if he can accomplish the mission of successfully delivering a peculiar parcel across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Starring Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz. All episodes arrive at once.

3 Body Problem

From David Benioff and DB Weiss (Game of Thrones), and Alexander Woo (The Terror: Infamy, True Blood) comes a sci-fi drama based on the bestselling book trilogy of the same name. A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time to a group of brilliant scientists in the present day. As the laws of nature unravel before their eyes five former colleagues reunite to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.

Beyond Paradise: Season 2

In this spin-off, Kris Marshall reprises his role of DI Humphrey Goodman, who has relocated from tropical Saint Marie to sleepy Shipton Abbott, where he cracks cases and hopes for happily ever after with fiancée Martha (Sally Bretton). Season 2 begins as the Shipton Abbott Players rope in Humphrey to play a detective, but the fictional crime becomes real when the amateur murder victim gets a real knife in his back.

Week 5

 

Passenger

Written by debut screenwriter Andrew Buchan, who is best known for his acting roles on Broadchurch, The Honourable Woman and Better, Passenger explores a close-knit community who are unwilling to face their fears of change, of outsiders and of the unknown. Set in the fictional small Northern town of Chadder Vale, Former Met Police Detective Riya Ajunwa (Wunmi Mosaku) investigates a series of strange and inexplicable crimes that have the townsfolk spinning on an axis. A missing woman, a dead stag – DI Riya Ajunwa knows something is not right. There must be a connection between the two, but what is it? Episode 1 and 2 air on consecutive nights, followed by weekly episodes on Sundays. All episodes arrive on ITVX at once.

Wreck: Season 2

Created and written by Ryan J Brown, BBC Three’s horror-comedy returns for a second chapter. Months after the boat-set Season 1, we join the survivors back on land, as they strike back against the Velorum corporation. In a daring and desperate attempt, they go undercover to infiltrate Velorum’s newest venture – an exclusive “wellness” festival for millionaires in the remote Slovenian countryside. Relationships fray, blood pours, and not everyone will be making it out alive. It’s going to be a cleansing experience…

Professor T: Season 3

Professor T (Ben Miller) returns for a third season of the remake of the Belgian series. Season 3 finds Professor T in unfamiliar surroundings: banged up in prison. DCI Christina Brand (Juliet Aubrey), meanwhile, also has her career on the line and both have momentous decisions to make. Will Christina allow Jasper to incriminate himself to save her career or will her conscience and the formidable duo of his mother Adelaide (Frances de La Tour) and his therapist Dr Helena (Juliet Stevenson) get the better of her?

Mandy: Season 3

Mandy returns to BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, with bigger hair! Longer cigarettes! Mintier pig! Expect all this and more in the third epic season. The nation’s hero of the zero-hours economy will continue to battle her own personal cost of living crisis in a number of short-lived, ill-thought-through and poorly-paid jobs. Mandy is joined as ever by her friend, mentor and nail clinician Lola, played by Michelle Greenidge (Code 404), as she navigates her way through the turbulence of her quest for the ultimate aspirational lifestyle – one where she breeds prize-winning Doberman pinchers and has a magic eye picture on every wall. New cast joining for series three includes Paul Ready (Motherland), Beverley Callard (Coronation Street), Nathan Foad (Our Flag Means Death) and Robbie Gee (Black Ops). Episodes air in double-bills on Wednesdays, with all episodes available at once on BBC iPlayer.

Grey’s Anatomy: Season 20

Dr Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) returns to Grey Sloan Memorial as the long-running medical series returns for its 20th season. Episodes arrive weekly.

Taskmaster: Season 17

Preparing to fight tooth and nail, impress the almighty Taskmaster – Lord Greg Davies – and Little Alex Horne are a fresh bunch of contestants, ready for round 17 of TV’s silliest competition. They are: comedian, writer, and presenter Joanne McNally (My Therapist Ghosted Me), comedian and radio presenter John Robins (BBC Radio 5 Live), actor and comedian Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso), actor, writer, producer and comedian Sophie Willan (Alma’s Not Normal), and actor and writer Steve Pemberton (Inside No 9). Who will emerge victorious, raise the weighty trophy above their head, and call themselves a Taskmaster champion?

Big Mood

Written and created by Camilla Whitehill, Big Mood is a vivacious and rebellious portrayal of female friendship when infiltrated by the complexities of a serious mental illness. Besties Maggie and Eddie – Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton, Derry Girls) and Lydia West (It’s A Sin, Inside Man) – have been through everything together. But Maggie’s bipolar disorder makes an unwelcome return. Can their friendship survive?

The Twelve

This courtroom drama tells the story of 12 ordinary Australians who are selected for jury duty in a murder trial as traumatising as it is controversial, in which a woman stands accused of killing her teenage niece. Behind the façade of their anonymity, these 12 ordinary people bring with them their own histories. Lives that are as complex as the trial. Through the multiple lenses of these jurors, audiences will see the fragility and imbalances of the law, and the chaotic and flawed way we attempt to determine justice in our society. Sam Neill stars alongside Marta Dusseldorp (Wentworth, Stateless, A Place to Call Home) and Kate Mulvany (Fighting Season, Lambs of God, Hunters). Episodes air weekly on ITV, following the show’s premiere on ITVX last year.

A Gentleman in Moscow

Ewan McGregor stars in this thriller as Count Alexander Rostov, who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, finds that his gilded past places him on the wrong side of history. Episodes arrive weekly.

The Famous Five: Peril on the Night Train

The Famous Five follows five daring young explorers as they encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets. Nicolas Winding Refn (byNWR) and Matthew Read (Moonage Pictures) bring Enid Blyton’s classics to life with this new reimagining of the iconic stories. The second episode, after the first aired at Christmas, is a cross-country thriller involving Quentin’s invention of a state-of-the-art proto-computer dubbed ‘the Algebra Engine’. With war on the horizon, the contraption is critical for the country’s counter intelligence efforts and it’s a race against time to prevent the machine falling into enemy hands. The final episode, The Eye Of The Sunrise, will follow later this year.

Week 6

 

This Town

Birmingham 1981: a city on edge, a music scene set to explode and a fight to choose your own future. Expect feuds, family and fierce music in this drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey, Anatomy of a Scandal), Nicholas Pinnock (Life, Marcella) and David Dawson (My Policeman, The Last Kingdom) star. Episode 1 and 2 air on consecutive nights, followed by weekly episodes on Sundays. All episodes arrive on BBC iPlayer at once.

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