The November 2019 Watchlist: 25 highlights and UK TV air dates for this month
David Farnor | On 03, Nov 2019
Netflix. Amazon Prime Video. BBC iPlayer. NOW. Walter Presents. Apple TV+. 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.
After October’s flurry of new series, November is the month when TV’s big-hitters come out at night, from BBC One’s His Dark Materials to Netflix’s The Crown. That, of course, is not to mention the launch of Apple TV+ with its own slate of original series, including Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston’s The Morning Show and – later this month – M Night Shyamalan’s Servant. With Jack Ryan and The End of the F***ing World also returning, there’s no shortage of things to fill those long, dark evenings.
We’ve sorted through All The TV to bring you your November watchlist – what’s worth watching, why and where you can find it online in the UK:
Dickinson
A darkly comedic coming-of-age story, explores the constraints of society, gender and family through the lens of rebellious young poet, Emily Dickinson.
Dickinson UK air date:
When? 1st November (12am)
What channel? Apple TV+
Watch online in the UK:
Apple TV+ (£4.99 a month)
Available at once on-demand
For All Mankind
A new series from Ronald D. Moore that imagines what would have happened if the global space race never ended and the space program remained the cultural centrepiece of America’s hopes and dreams.
For All Mankind UK air date:
When? 1st November (12am)
What channel? Apple TV+
Watch online in the UK:
Apple TV+ (£4.99 a month)
3 episodes released at once, then weekly on-demand
See
An epic drama starring Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard, is set 600 years in the future after a virus has decimated humankind and rendered the remaining population blind. When all humanity has lost the sense of sight, humans must adapt and find new ways to survive.
See UK air date:
When? 1st November (12am)
What channel? Apple TV+
Watch online in the UK:
Apple TV+ (£4.99 a month)
3 episodes released at once, then weekly on-demand
The Morning Show
A cutthroat drama starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, and starring Steve Carell, explores the world of morning news and the ego, ambition and the misguided search for power behind the people who help America wake up in the morning.
The Morning Show UK air date:
When? 1st November (12am)
What channel? Apple TV+
Watch online in the UK:
Apple TV+ (£4.99 a month)
3 episodes released at once, then weekly on-demand
Jack Ryan: Season 2
John Krasinski returns as Tom Clancy’s US hero. In the second season, after tracking a potentially suspicious shipment of illegal arms in the Venezuelan jungle, Ryan heads down to South America to investigate. As Jack’s investigation threatens to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy, the President of Venezuela launches a counter-attack that hits home for Jack, leading him and his fellow operatives on a global mission spanning the United States, UK, Russia, and Venezuela to unravel the President’s nefarious plot and bring stability to a country on the brink of chaos.
Jack Ryan S2 UK air date:
When? 1st November (12am)
What channel? Amazon Prime Video
Watch online in the UK:
Amazon Prime Video (£5.99 a month)
Available at once on-demand
Atypical: Season 3
Netflix’s coming-of-age comedy follows Sam (played by Keir Gilchrist), an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum as he searches for love and independence. While Sam is on his funny and emotional journey of self-discovery, the rest of his family must grapple with change in their own lives as they all struggle with the central theme: what does it really mean to be normal? Sam and the Gardner family return as Sam prepares to begin college, and figure out what success means for him, on top of the existing pressures of growing up.
Atypical S3 air date:
When? 1st November (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
The Young Offenders: Season 2
Written and directed by Peter Foott, the comedy is based on the feature film of the same title from 2016. It follows the coming-of-age adventures of lovable rogues Conor and Jock (Alex Murphy and Chris Walley, reprising their roles from the smash hit feature film) as they navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school. Conor’s long suffering mother Mairead (Hilary Rose) tries to keep both her son and his best friend on the straight and narrow, with varying degrees of success.
The Young Offenders S2 UK air date:
When? 3rd November (10am)
What channel? BBC Three
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available all at once on-demand
His Dark Materials
Jack Thorne’s faithful, thrilling and lavish adaptation of Philip Pullman’s series of novels tells the story of Lyra, the young protagonist who lives in Jordan College, Oxford. Placed there at the request of her Uncle, Lord Asriel, she lives a sheltered life amongst the scholars and college staff while under the watchful protection of The Master and Librarian Scholar Charles.
When the glamorous and mesmeric Mrs Coulter enters Lyra’s life she embarks upon a dangerous journey of discovery from Oxford to London. Here she meets Father Macphail, Lord Boreal and journalist Adele Starminster at a glittering society party where she first hears about the sinister General Oblation Board. But what are they up to? And why are children disappearing?
His Dark Materials UK air date:
When? 3rd November (8pm)
What channel? BBC One
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available weekly on-demand
The End of the F***ing World: Season 2
After a finale that left viewers reeling, Season 2 sets the action two years on, with Alyssa (Jessica Barden) still dealing with the fallout of the events from that day on the beach. In this opening scene, we re-join the story and meet Bonnie (Naomi Ackie), who has a mysterious connection to Alyssa.
TEOTFW S2 UK air date:
When? 4th November (10pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
All 4
Available all at once on-demand
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Season 4
The stakes are higher than ever before as Netflix’s reboot returns for a fourth run.
She-Ra S4 air date:
When? 5th November (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Mary Kills People: Season 3
This dark, provocative drama follows Dr. Mary Harris (Caroline Dhavernas), an overworked single mother and ER doctor, who lives a double life helping terminally ill patients with assisted deaths. So far Mary has managed to stay under the radar but her double life is getting complicated. When her world starts to unravel, Mary realizes she’s going to have to fight dirty if she’s going to stay in the killing game. Also starring in the series are Jay Ryan as Joel, one of Mary’s terminally ill clients, but a mutual attraction blurs the lines of their doctor-patient relationship; and Richard Short as Des, Mary’s trusted partner in crime.
Mary Kills People S3 UK air date:
When? 6th November (12.05am)
What channel? More4
Watch online in the UK:
All 4
Available live and on-demand weekly
Britannia: Season 2
Rome may have arrived, but Britannia isn’t about to start acting civilised. The second series of the unique Sky original from acclaimed writer Jez Butterworth and starring David Morrissey and Mackenzie Crook arrives on Sky Atlantic. Two years after General Aulus (Morrissey) claimed a foothold in Britannia, the romanisation of this savage isle is underway – but not without resistance. Meanwhile, an ancient figure has woken, and it could spell the end of everything, Celtic and Roman alike…
Britannia S2 UK air date:
When? 7th November (9pm)
What channel? Sky Atlantic
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£8.99 a month – an Entertainment Membership auto-renews at £8.99 a month until 1st September 2020, £9.99 thereafter unless cancelled))
Available all at once on-demand
Flirty Dancing: Season 2
This unlikely dating series, hosted by Ashley Banjo, sees two disillusioned daters taught two halves of the same bespoke dance. Across a week, they train separately, working with Ashley and his team to get to grips with their routine. The pair then meet for the first time in a cinematic setting where they don’t speak, just dance, deciding afterwards based on the dance alone whether they want to go on a second date. Will it be love at first dance? It sounds like the silliest idea for a TV show ever, but Channel 4’s twirl through the world of romance is a delightfully feel-good gem, with the smiles on each partner’s faces as they meet each other mid-moves genuinely infectious. All that and an inspired pun in the title? Don’t miss the chance to go for a second spin with this one.
Flirty Dancing S2 UK air date:
When? 8th November (8pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
All 4
Available weekly live and on-demand
First Dates: Season 13
The BAFTA award-winning series is back and for the first time the full season will be available to stream on All 4 immediately after Episode 1 has been broadcast on Channel 4. The First Dates restaurant is re-opening its doors in timely fashion to a brand-new crop of hopeful singletons looking to find love on a real blind date. Maître D Fred and his team of cupids welcome their guests and love is at the top of the menu.
First Dates S13 UK air date:
When? 12th November (10pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
All 4
Available all at once on-demand
The Man in the High Castle: Season 4
The fourth and final season of The Man in the High Castle will be rocked by war and revolution. The Resistance becomes a full-blown rebellion, a new Black insurgent movement emerges to fight the forces of Nazism and imperialism and empires teeter. Meanwhile, Reichsmarschall John Smith (Rufus Sewell, Dark City) will be drawn towards the portal the Nazis have built to another universe, and the tantalising possibility of stepping through a gateway to the path not taken.
TMITHC S4 UK air date:
When? 15th November (12am)
What channel? Amazon Prime Video
Watch online in the UK:
Amazon Prime Video (£5.99 a month)
Available at once on-demand
The Toys That Made Us: Season 3
For the casual to the hardcore collector, The Toys That Made Us is an international journey through parts of our history and culture shaped by popular toys.
The Toys That Made Us S3 air date:
When? 15th November (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
The Crown: Season 3
Season 3 of the hit Netflix show sees a new guard sweep into Downing Street, as Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and her family struggle to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing Britain. From cold-war paranoia, through to the jet-set and the space age – the exuberance of the 1960s and the long hangover of the 1970s – Elizabeth and the Royals must adapt to a new, more liberated, but also more turbulent world.
Written by Peter Morgan, The Crown also stars Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, Tobias Menzies as The Duke of Edinburgh, Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles, Erin Doherty as Princess Anne, Ben Daniels as Lord Snowdon, Jason Watkins as Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Charles Dance as Lord Mountbatten.
The Crown S3 air date:
When? 17th November (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Vienna Blood
This three-part, feature-length thriller stars Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game), and Juergen Maurer (Tatort) as an English doctor and Austrian detective. In 1900s Vienna – a hot bed of philosophy, science and art – Max’s extraordinary skills of perception and forensics, and his deep understanding of human behaviour and deviance, help Oskar solve some of Vienna’s most mysterious and deadly cases. Written by Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Deep State) and based on the best-selling Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis, this series is stacked with style, brains and period atmosphere.
Vienna Blood UK air date:
When? 18th November (9pm)
What channel? BBC Two
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available weekly on-demand
Cold Call
Channel 5’s first original drama in several years is notable not just because of its broadcaster. This grippingly timely thriller follows June, a woman who becomes the victim of a cold call scam. Trying to work out what happened, who’s responsible and how to get justice, the result is a compellingly twisted four-parted that tackles everything from class and family tensions to the chilling ease with which any one of us could be hoodwinked by fraudsters. Hustle, it ain’t, and that makes this arresting viewing. Episodes air across four consecutive nights.
Cold Call UK air date:
When? 18th November (9pm)
What channel? Channel 5
Watch online in the UK:
My5 (Free)
Available nightly on-demand
Ray Donovan: Season 7
Enforcer. Problem solver. Fixer. He goes by many names, and he’s the best at what he does. But what he does is killing him on the inside. Liev Schreiber returns in the seventh season of Ray Donovan. Now in therapy, Ray is beginning to make some progress. But there are dangers from the past that require the Ray Donovan of old. Between NYC mayor Ed Feratti, an unrelenting NYPD officer hunting for the truth and clients old and new, Ray struggles to find the balance between fixing for clients and fixing himself. And when Feratti’s corruption brings a piece of Mickey’s past back to New York, Ray is forced to seek answers to long-buried questions.
Ray Donovan S7 UK air date:
When? 19th November (9pm)
What channel? Sky Atlantic
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£8.99 a month – an Entertainment Membership auto-renews at £8.99 a month until 1st September 2020, £9.99 thereafter unless cancelled))
Available weekly live and on-demand
Final Space: Season 2
From Internet filmmaker Olan Rogers, this original sci-fi comedy is jam packed with silliness, charm, threat, romance and heart.
Final Space S2 air date:
When? 24th November (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Kemper on Kemper: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer
Edmund Kemper is possibly one of the sickest serial killers ever to have lived. Also known as the Co-Ed Killer, Kemper was guilty of murdering, dismembering and violating 10 people, including his own grandparents and mother. In this in-depth profile, Former FBI agent John Douglas takes us through his extensive interviews with Kemper where he describes himself and his heinous acts in his own words, and in doing so shaped the backbone of modern criminal psychology.
Kemper on Kemper UK air date:
When? 24th November (9pm)
What channel? Sky Crime
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£8.99 a month – an Entertainment Membership auto-renews at £8.99 a month until 1st September 2020, £9.99 thereafter unless cancelled))
Available all at once on-demand
8 Days
Eight days left. A 40-kilometre-wide meteor is racing towards Earth at a speed of 30,000 kilometres an hour. The anticipated strike zone is right in the middle of Europe. Estimated European survival rate: zero. The United States try to knock the meteor off course with nuclear weapons, but fail. All of Europe is on the run. In this new foreign-language Sky original from Sky Deutschland, Eight Days tells the story of a world we’ve never seen before. Suddenly, people can break the speed limit at will, have wild unprotected sex, do all the drugs they want, shop with no money, live without working and love with no consequences. But in the end, what’s really important to you in your final days and hours?
8 Days UK air date:
When? 26th November (10.10pm)
What channel? Sky Atlantic
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£8.99 a month – an Entertainment Membership auto-renews at £8.99 a month until 1st September 2020, £9.99 thereafter unless cancelled))
Available all at once on-demand
Servant
A new psychological thriller from M. Night Shyamalan that follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
Servant UK air date:
When? 28th November (12am)
What channel? Apple TV+
Watch online in the UK:
Apple TV+ (£4.99 a month)
3 episodes released at once, then weekly on-demand
Upright
Written by and starring critically acclaimed musician, comedian, actor, writer and director Tim Minchin, Upright, follows two misfits thrown together by chance in the middle of the Australian desert, who forge the unlikeliest of bonds in their quest to get a precious piano from one side of the country to the other.
Upright UK air date:
When? 28th November (10pm)
What channel? Sky Atlantic
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£8.99 a month – an Entertainment Membership auto-renews at £8.99 a month until 1st September 2020, £9.99 thereafter unless cancelled))
Available all at once on-demand