Category: ONES TO WATCH
Series to Watch: January 2022
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new series to watch this January, from a show-stopping German period drama and a Spanish crime thriller to British programmes set in the worlds of urgent-response police officers and bomb-disposal operatives.
Series to have Watched: 2021
DQ looks back over the past year of television to pick out 10 series that were worth tuning in for, from a gripping prison-set drama and a genre-bending true crime story to a punk rock comedy and a certain Korean series that took the world by storm.
Series to Watch: 2022
DQ looks ahead to 2022 and picks out 20 new dramas expected to air over the coming year, from Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon and Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings to a thriller set on an oil rig and the follow-up to Sally Rooney adaptation Normal People.
Series to Watch: December 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new series to watch this December, from crime dramas set in Iceland and India to a globe-trotting adventure and the follow-up to A Very English Scandal.
Series to Watch: November 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new series to watch this November, from the return of Dexter and a grisly crime thriller to adaptations of Cowboy Bebop and The Wheel of Time.
Series to Watch: October 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new series to watch this October, from a political thriller and an Australian historical murder mystery to the return of CSI and the small-screen debut of murderous doll Chucky.
Ones to Watch: Writers
DQ casts its eye over a range of upcoming series from around the world and picks out 20 writers to tune in for, from Leonardo Fasoli (Django) and Peter Straughan (Europa) to Bash Doran (Life After Life) and Candice Carty-Williams (Queenie).
Series to Watch: September 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new series to watch this September, from an update of Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 Scenes from a Marriage and a darkly comic crime drama to an examination of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and a futuristic bid to save humanity.
Series to Watch: August 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new series to watch this August, from a Scotland-set marine crime series and a wrestling drama to an original Swedish take on an Agatha Christie adaptation.
Series to Watch: July 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new series to watch this July, from a show about young Swedish royals and a South African crime drama to the returns of Gossip Girl and Leverage.
Ones to Watch: Directors
DQ casts its eye over a range of upcoming series from around the world and picks out 20 directors to tune in for, from Lars Von Trier (The Kingdom) and Alice Troughton (The Midwich Cuckoos) to Clio Barnard (The Essex Serpent) and Sarmad Masud (You Don’t Know Me).
Series to Watch: June 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new dramas to watch this June, from a British remake of a Belgian crime drama and Stephen King’s adaptation of his own novel to an Icelandic mystery thriller and a psychological thriller about Anne Boleyn.
Series to Watch: May 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new dramas to watch this May, from Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and a British revenge thriller to a starry anthology series fronted by Anne Hathaway and Morgan Freeman.
Series to Watch: April 2021
DQ scours the schedules to select 10 new dramas to watch this April, from a supernatural series set in Victorian London and the small-screen reboot of a Swedish film franchise to a compelling psychological thriller and a detective drama starring Kate Winslet.
Ones to Watch: Actors
DQ casts its eye over a range of upcoming series from around the world and picks out 20 actors to tune in for, from Natalie Portman’s first TV role to the Uzo Aduba-led return of In Treatment and the Peaky Blinder turning spy.
Series to Watch: March 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new dramas to watch this March, from a Spanish Western to a futuristic relationship drama to two coming-of-age series in which characters are confronted by modern life.
Reading the writers
As the winner of the Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award is announced, read DQ’s interviews with all five nominees, whose work includes series Cry Wolf, Sisterhood, Cargo, Thin Blue Line and Welcome to Utmark.
Series to Watch: February 2021
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new dramas to watch this February, from a French period crime drama and the return of Clarice Starling to a pair of UK thrillers.
Series to Watch: 2021
DQ looks ahead to 2021 and picks out 20 new dramas expected to air over the next year, from a submarine thriller and a dystopian Italian drama to shows featuring a globetrotting balloon expedition and the return of a serial killer.
Series to Watch: December 2020
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick out 10 new dramas to watch this December, from a Stephen King adaptation and a Bryan Cranston-led thriller to two epic Spanish historical dramas.