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Dinosaurs: The Final Day
Making the bold claim that it will provide new evidence of how the dinosaurs were wiped out, this
film combines CGI recreations with palaeontology, watched over by David Attenborough. BBC
One, date TBC
Sherwood
Playwright James Graham takes the Nottinghamshire mining village where he grew up as the
setting for a murder case that inflames divisions sparked by the miners’ strike. BBC One, date TBC
Conversations with Friends
Viewers fell in love with Sally Rooney’s Normal People, and the BBC hopes this adaptation of her
first novel will have the same effect. It’s a more complex tale of two Dublin students and their
dalliance with a married couple. BBC Three, date TBC
DI Ray
Bodyguard’s Jed Mercurio executive-produces this crime thriller, starring Parminder Nagra as a
detective out to catch a killer. ITV, date TBC
The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry’s wonderful 2016 novel was a monster hit. Claire Danes plays recently widowed Cora,
who moves to a tiny Essex village where superstition has it that a mythical creature roams the
marshes. Apple TV+
Chivalry
Promising a fresh approach to gender politics, this black comedy casts Steve Coogan as a film
producer known for dating a string of young women, and Sarah Solemani as a woke film-maker.
Sparks fly when they’re paired up on a project. Channel 4, date TBC
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Ewan McGregor reprises his role as Star Wars’ Jedi master, with Hayden Christensen returning as
Darth Vader, in a series set 10 years after Revenge of the Sith. Disney+
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson’s much-loved 2013 Costa Prize-winning novel transfers to the small screen and tells
the many stories of Ursula Todd, a character who lives and dies multiple times. Thomasin
McKenzie stars, with Fleabag’s Sian Clifford as her mother. BBC One, date TBC
Everything I Know About Love
An adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s memoir of work, life and terrible dates in her 20s. Consider it
the new Bridget Jones’s Diary. BBC One, date TBC
