Category: ONES TO WATCH
Series to Watch: March 2025
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this March, from an Italian historical drama and Spanish crime series to a White House murder mystery and a one-shot limited series from the team behind Boiling Point.
Series to Watch: February 2025
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to catch this February, from a Jane Austen-inspired period drama and a trip to 1880s Victorian London to an AI thriller and a new stay at The White Lotus.
Northern highlights
As the winner of the Nordic Series Script Award 2025 is announced, read DQ’s interviews with all five nominees, whose work includes Families Like Ours, Money Shot, Quisling, Pressure Point and The School of Housewives.
Series to Watch: January 2025
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this January, from the latest Harlan Coben Netflix drama and a dark crime series starring Eve Myles to a Sherlock Holmes spin-off that puts Watson centre-stage and Law & Order creator Dick Wolf’s first procedural to land on a streamer.
Series to Watch: 2025
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 20 new series to watch in 2025, from a Victorian-era boxing epic and an ambitious one-shot Netflix drama to the first high-end Gaelic drama and feature franchises IT and Alien on the small screen.
Series to Have Watched: 2024
DQ looks back over the past year of television to pick out the shows that were worth tuning in for, from a Post Office scandal and a Welsh crime drama to a stellar spy thriller and a stalker series that proved to be the surprise hit of the year.
Series to Watch: December 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new shows to watch this December, from a Keira Knightley spy thriller and an epic Colombian drama to a Welsh crime series and the returns of Dexter, Strike, The Split and Squid Game.
Series to Watch: November 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this November, including two TV spin-offs from blockbuster movies, a fast-paced Brazilian biopic, a US crime drama and a new take on The Day of the Jackal.
Series to Watch: Mipcom 2024
At the end of the television industry’s annual Mipcom market, DQ picks out some of the new international series to look out for, from a British period drama and the first English-language Turkish drama to a “live-action anime” and a Danish crime mystery.
Series to Watch: October 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this October, from a dark German comedy and a Australian romantic drama to a thrilling Welsh crime noir and the first series from Danish director Thomas Vinterberg.
Series to Watch: September 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this September, from an Icelandic crime adaptation and a Netflix murder mystery to a Leonard Cohen biopic and the final season of an acclaimed Italian drama.
Series to Watch: August 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this August, from a Spanish hospital drama and an Australian psychological crime series to a fresh take on Greek mythology and a small-screen sequel to award-winning Brazilian film City of God.
Series to Watch: July 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this July, from a Spanish sports period drama and a swords ‘n’ sandals gladiatorial epic to a Jenna Coleman-led crime drama and the return of Betty la Fea, the series that inspired Ugly Betty.
Series to Watch: June 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this June, from a Star Wars mystery and an Australian psychological thriller to a Tudor-era ‘romantasy’ and Candice Carty-Williams’ adaptation of her own novel, Queenie.
Backstage at the Baftas
“Extraordinary” writing, creative perseverance and stories about real people were celebrated as Top Boy, The Sixth Commandment and Happy Valley led the way at the Bafta Television Awards 2024. DQ was backstage to hear from some of the winners.
Craft masters
Black Mirror episode Demon 79 and Apple TV+ dramas Silo and Slow Horses each collected two prizes at the Bafta Television Craft Awards 2024. DQ runs through the scripted winners and speaks to some of the recipients about their work.
Series to Watch: May 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this May, from a Tudor murder mystery and a Spanish thriller to an award-winning German series and the poignant adaptation of novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Series to Watch: April 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this April, from a French home-invasion thriller and a Dutch royal drama to Colin Farrell playing investigator and a new take on Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley.
Series to Watch: March 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this March, from a Swedish psychological thriller and an innovative Kafka biopic to a historical psychodrama and Kate Winslet’s return to HBO.
Scandi best
As the winner of the Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award is announced, read DQ’s interviews with all five nominees, whose work includes the series Descendants, Estonia, Painkiller, Power Play and Prisoner.