What to watch: the best TV this April
The very best TV this April 2017 from new Netflix releases to big news on the new streaming service Hulu
The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu
The alarming consequences of state dominance over women's bodies are brought to life in this all too prescient adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, on Hulu
Read more ...Decline and Fall, BBC2
Nearly a century after it was first published, ‘one the greatest comic novels of all time’ is coming to TV screens this April. And who better to take on Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall than the BBC? Jack Whitehall as hapless main protagonist Paul Pennyfeather.
Read more ...Guerrilla, Sky Atlantic
Written by 12 Years a Slave’s John Ridley and featuring an all-star international cast, Guerrilla promises to offer a close examination of racial identity in Britain. The trailer tells us that when you're black and British 'there's a constant struggle to understand who you really are. A citizen, or a visitor?
Read more ...Small Crimes, Netflix
A Netflix Original starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and following the story of an ex-convict who, try though he might, cannot quite get away from his past and escape the impossible cycle of murdering and mixing with the wrong kind of people
Read more ...Girlboss, Netflix
Inspired by the New York Times best-selling book #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso, founder of the fashion brand Nasty Gal, this is a drama of a powerful business lady and her story to success.
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