The Unmissable New TV Shows To Add To Your Watch List

As sure as the sun will rise, there will be a Jane Austen-adjacent adaptation on our screens at any given time – and this new four-parter is particularly timely, as this year is the 250th anniversary of the celebrated novelist’s birth. Based on Gill Hornby’s best-selling novel, the series stars Patsy Ferran – fresh from her critically acclaimed performance in London’s West End as Blanche DuBois opposite Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire – alongside small-screen veterans Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty) and Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones). It’s a sweeping family drama, untangling the real-life story of Cassandra Austen, who burned all her famous sister’s letters. On BBC iPlayer now

Here to fill the White Lotus-shaped hole on our screens, Nicole Kidman is back as sinister guru Masha Dmitrichenko, mentoring a new group of unsuspecting, well-heeled strangers at her wellness retreat from hell. The action moves to the snowy Austrian Alps for this series, with a cast just as star-packed as the first: Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek), Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians), Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) and Christine Baranski (Mamma Mia) are all on board to join Kidman for the ride. On Hulu from May 22

Corsets and comedy abound in this breakout show inspired by Edith Wharton’s 1938 novel. It follows a group of good-time girls who arrive from America into a repressed 1870s London – sparking a culture clash like no other. Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) joins the cast for season two, alongside regulars Kristine Froseth, Imogen Waterhouse and Alisha Boe. On Apple TV+ from June 18

Natasha Lyonne’s trippy, crime-solving show, co-created with Knives Out’s Rian Johnson, returns for another season. Hitting the road to solve crimes with her psychic, lie-detecting powers, Lyonne’s Charlie encounters a new cast of curious characters and crimes that she can’t help but solve. Plus, look out for hilarious cameos from Cynthia Erivo, Awkwafina and Gaby Hoffmann. On Peacock from May 8

Sex and the City icons Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda are back for another instalment of the SATC spin-off show. Expect more of their quintessential misadventures around New York, including martini sipping, dating and excellent outfits, courtesy of stylist Patricia Field. Will Carrie finally end up with Aidan? All will be revealed… On HBO Max from May 29

Blessed be the fruit of the sixth and final series of this dystopian drama – based on Margaret Atwood’s nightmarish novel – that has shooketh viewers since it first arrived on screens back in 2017. The trailer teases a huge handmaid rebellion, so, will Offred (Elisabeth Moss) and her fellow prisoners finally escape the clutches of Gilead and find their freedom? All will be revealed. On Hulu now

The iconic zombie-slaying duo Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal are back in one of the most anticipated TV releases of 2025. The second season of this critically acclaimed, post-apocalyptic thriller picks up five years later, with Joel (Pascal) and Ellie (Ramsey) settled in Jackson, Wyoming. But will their past – or those clickers – catch up with them? Expect even more gore and gut-wrenching moments. On HBO Max now

Julianne Moore and Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus) take top billing in this thrilling new Netflix series written by rising star Molly Smith Metzler (creator of 2021’s acclaimed show Maid, with Margaret Qualley.) When Devon DeWitt (Fahy) becomes concerned about her younger sister Simone’s involvement with an enigmatic philanthropist Michaela Kell, she follows her out to a luxurious beach estate where a series of strange events unfold over one tense weekend… Think Big Little Lies meets Nine Perfect Strangers… On Netflix now

Apple TV+ continues to up the ante with a slew of new talking-point shows – and this Seth Rogen-helmed project is one of the jewels in their crown. Rogen gives a career-defining performance as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of a film company which is freefalling into crisis. Remick must navigate the fragile egos, budget slashes and savage reviews akin to Hollywood, while the starry supporting cast of Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Bryan Cranston and Chase Sui Wonders watch from the wings. On Apple TV+ now

Calling all Yellowstone fans: there is a brand-new western drama in town. Ransom Canyon is a sweeping family saga, following the intertwined lives of three ranching dynasties in a sprawling Texas town. Starring Friday Night Lights’ Minka Kelly and Transformers’ Josh Duhamel, prepare for a white-knuckle ride of deceit, heartbreak, forbidden love and family, which is sure to set the internet on fire. On Netflix now

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