Series to Watch: September 2024

Series to Watch: September 2024


By DQ
August 29, 2024

Ones to Watch

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.

Dead & Buried
From: Northern Ireland
Original broadcasters: BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC iPlayer, Virgin Media Television
Producers: Three River Fiction, Vico Films
Distributor: All3Media International
Starring: Annabel Scholey, Colin Morgan, Kerri Quinn, Waj Ali, Owen Roe, Niamh Walsh, Micheal Hanna and Joanne Crawford
Launch date: September 2
When out shopping with her son, young mum Cathy McDaid (Scholey) bumps into Michael McAllister (Morgan), the man responsible for killing her brother Terry 20 years ago. Unable to comprehend that he’s now a free man, Cathy creates an online alias in order to befriend Michael, instigating a clandestine relationship with the man she despises and embarking on a campaign of harassment and deceit. As Cathy’s obsession grows, dark fantasies of revenge and reality blur as she sets out on a campaign of psychological warfare to destroy Michael’s life.
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The Perfect Couple
From: US
Original broadcaster: Netflix
Producers: 21 Laps Entertainment, The Jackal Group and Blossom Films
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, Billy Howle, Dakota Fanning, Meghann Fahy, Ishaan Khattar, Jack Reynor, Sam Nivola, Mia Isaac, Donna Lynne Champlin and Isabelle Adjani
Launch date: September 5
Amelia Sacks (Hewson) is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. Her disapproving future mother-in-law, famous novelist Greer Garrison Winbury (Kidman), has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premier wedding of the season — until a body turns up on the beach. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a real-life investigation that feels plucked from the pages of one of Greer’s novels. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect.
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Dates In Real Life
From: Norway
Original broadcaster: NRK
Producer: Maipo Film
Distributor: Dynamic Television
Starring: Gina Bernhoft Gørvell
Launch date: September 5
Ida (Gørvell) spends most of her life online, and has never actually met her boyfriend Marvin, the pair instead spending their days together in a virtual world. When Marvin suddenly reveals he has a girlfriend IRL (in real life), Ida sets out on a mission to find her own physical partner while also hoping to win back Marvin.
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My Brilliant Friend S4
From: Italy
Original broadcasters: HBO (US), Rai (Italy)
Producers: The Apartment, Fremantle Italy, Wildside, Fandango and Mowe Production
Distributors: Fremantle, Rai Com
Starring: Alban Rohrwacher, Irene Maiorino, Fabrizio Gifuni, Stefano Dionisi, Anna Rita Vitolo, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Daria Deflorian, Lino Musella, Eduardo Scarpetta, Edoardo Pesce and Sonia Bergamasco
Launch date: September 9 (US)
The fourth and final season of this acclaimed adaptation of the novels by Elena Ferrante continues the story of Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella ‘Lila’ Cerullo. After meeting as children in 1950s Naples, the duo’s friendship covers more than 60 years, exploring the mystery of Lila – Elena’s brilliant best friend and, in a way, her worst enemy. The fourth instalment, titled Story of the Lost Child, delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila. They find themselves entangled in the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s, nearing the end of decades of political violence and social unrest. Amid motherhood and career demands, betrayals, threats, disappearances and natural disasters, Elena and Lila once again reside in the same neighbourhood.
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The Darkness
From: Iceland
Original broadcaster: Siminn
Producers: CBS Studios, Stampede Ventures, Truenorth
Distributor: Paramount Global Content Distribution
Starring: Lena Olin, Jack Bannon, Douglas Henshall, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Thorsteinn Bachmann, Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson, Tora Hallström, Ahd Tamimi and Árni Þór Lárusson
Launch date: September 12
Based on the bestselling thriller series by Ragnar Jónasson, Iceland-set English-language series The Darkness follows Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir as she investigates a shocking murder case while coming to terms with her personal traumas. Faced with an impending early retirement and forced to take on a new partner, Hulda is determined to find the killer, even if it means putting her own life in danger.
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Agatha All Along
From: US
Original broadcaster: Disney+
Producer: Marvel Studios
Starring: Kathryn Hahn, Joe Locke, Aubrey Plaza, Patti LuPone, Debra Jo Rupp, Ali Ahn, Emma Caulfield and Sasheer Zamata
Launch date: September 19
A spin-off from Mavel’s WandaVision, this series sees the infamous Agatha Harkness (Hahn) down and out of power after suspicious goth Teen (Locke) helps break her free from a distorted spell. Her interest is piqued when he begs her to take him on the legendary Witches’ Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they’re missing. Together, Agatha and the mysterious Teen pull together a desperate coven, and set off down, down, down The Road…
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The Penguin
From: US
Original broadcaster: HBO
Producers: Warner Bros Television, DC Studios
Starring: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Michael Zegen, Carmen Ejogo and Theo Rossi
Launch date: September 19
Continuing the epic crime saga that began in director Matt Reeves’ film The Batman, the series centres on the character played by Farrell in the film, Oz Cobb, aka The Penguin.
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Midnight Family
From: Mexico
Original broadcaster: Apple TV+
Producers: Fremantle, Fabula
Starring: Joaquín Cosío, Renata Vaca, Diego Calva, Sergio Bautista, Óscar Jaenada, José María de Tavira, Itzan Escamilla, Mariana Gómez, Dolores Heredia and Yalitza Aparicio
Launch date: September 25
Inspired by the documentary of the same name, Midnight Family follows Marigaby Tamayo (Vaca), an ambitious and gifted medical student by day who spends her nights saving lives throughout a sprawling and fascinating Mexico City aboard her family’s privately owned ambulance.
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So Long, Marianne
From: Canada, Norway
Original broadcasters: Crave (Canada), NRK (Norway)
Producers: Redpoint Productions, Buccaneer, Tanweer Productions, C3
Distributor: Cineflix Rights
Starring: Alex Wolff, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Anna Torv and Noah Taylor
Launch date: September 27 (Canada)
This series explores the love story between Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, the Norwegian woman who would become his muse, set in the 1960s against a backdrop that includes Oslo, New York, London, Montreal and the Greek island of Hydra.
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Nightsleeper
From: UK
Original broadcaster: BBC One
Producer: Euston Films
Distributor: Fremantle
Starring: Alexandra Roach, Joe Cole, Alex Ferns, Sharon Small, James Cosmo, David Threlfall, Daniel Cahill, Lois Chimimba, Gabriel Howell, Katie Leung, Leah McRae, Ruth Madeley, Adam Mitchell, Pamela Nomvete, Scott Reid, Sharon Rooney and Parth Thakerar
Launch date: September TBC
Set in real time, this thriller follows what happens when a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London is hacked, and a government agency’s frantic efforts to intervene in the rapidly escalating events on board. Roach plays Abby Aysgarth, the acting technical director at the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, who’s finally about to take a well-earned holiday when she receives a phone call with news that will change everything – the UK railway network is under attack. Cole plays Joe Roag, an off-duty cop and hoping for a quiet night on the train. Yet Joe and Abby battle both their own distrust and the unpredictable behaviour of the person or persons now in control, desperate to try to stop the Heart of Britain from reaching the end of the line.

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