What to watch: the best TV this April

By Helena Kealey on 28/3/2017

The very best TV this April 2017 from new Netflix releases to big news on the new streaming service Hulu

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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

WHEN

26 Apr 2017 – 31 May 2017, 9:00 AM – 12:00 AM

WHERE

Hulu

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.

WHEN

31 Mar 2017 – 01 Jun 2017, Decline and Fall air date: 31 March 2017, 9pm

WHERE

BBC2

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?

WHEN

13 Apr 2017 – 30 Jun 2017, Times TBD

WHERE

Sky Atlantic

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

WHEN

21 April

WHERE

Netflix UK

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.

WHEN

21 April

WHERE

Netflix UK