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. Anna From: Italy Original broadcaster: Sky Italia Starring: Giulia Dragotto and Alessandro Pecorella Created and directed by Niccolò Ammaniti, based on his novel of the same name, Anna is a dystopian story of a ravaged world destroyed by a virus that kills adults but spares children. Dragotto plays the titular teenager who sets off in search of her kidnapped brother, Astor (Pecorella), and explores parched fields, mysterious forests and abandoned cities with one guide: the exercise book her mother left her with instructions on how to survive. But with each passing day, she discovers the old rules no longer apply. Around the World in 80 Days From: UK, France Original broadcasters: France Télévisions, ZDF (Germany), RAI (Italy), Masterpiece on PBS (US) Additional broadcasters: BBC (UK), RTBF (Belgium), Seven (Australia), RTS (Switzerland) Starring: David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma, Leonie Benesch, Jason Watkins, Peter Sullivan, Lindsay Duncan, Dolly Wells, Richard Wilson, Faisal Elkihel, Anthony Flanagan, Gary Beadle and Giovanni Scifoni A reimagining of Jules Verne’s classic novel in which, following a bet, Phileas Fogg (Tennant) and his valet Passepartout (Koma) take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days. They are swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail ‘Fix’ Fortescue (Benesch), who seizes the chance to report on this … Continue reading Series to Watch: 2021
