Looking for a tile to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
APPLE TV+
Franklin
Premieres on April 12
A limited series based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book, “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, And The Birth Of America”. The series explores the story of the greatest gamble of Benjamin Franklin’s career. In December 1776, Franklin is world famous for his electrical experiments, but his passion and power are put to the test when — as the fate of American independence hangs in the balance — he embarks on a secret mission to France. At age 70, without any diplomatic training, Franklin convinced an absolute monarchy to underwrite America’s experiment in democracy. By virtue of his fame, charisma and ingenuity, Franklin outmanoeuvred British spies, French informers and hostile colleagues to engineer the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the peace treaty with England in 1783. The eight-year French mission stands as Franklin’s most vital service to his country, without which America could not have won the Revolution. Diplomats and historians still regard it as the greatest single tour of duty by an ambassador in US history.
NETFLIX
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment
Premieres on April 10
At an Arkansas detention facility, a sheriff implements a radical social experiment to grant men who are incarcerated more agency in this reality series.
Anthracite
Premieres on April 10
An old case is wrenched open when a reporter goes missing, leading his web sleuth daughter to a small mountain town haunted by a sect, secrecy and death.
What Jennifer Did
Premieres on April 10
When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.
The Hijacking Of Flight 601
Premieres on April 10
After a plane is hijacked, two flight attendants must outwit their assailants amid intense negotiations in the air and on the ground.
Death Whisperer
Premieres on April 10
When a bloodthirsty spirit possesses a young girl in a remote village, her older brother leads the charge to banish it before she's consumed by evil.
Baby Reindeer
Premieres on April 11
When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession, which threatens to wreck both their lives.
Midsummer Night
Premieres on April 11
Carina brings her family together for a traditional Swedish midsummer, but the happy occasion goes awry when long-held secrets start to come to light.
Stolen
Premieres on April 12
A young woman from Sweden's indigenous Sámi community tracks down a killer to settle a personal score in this emotional drama inspired by real events.
Love, Divided
Premieres on April 12
Valentina is a young pianist starting over. Her neighbour David is an inventor who hates noise. And a paper-thin wall is about to become their matchmaker.
Shin Godzilla
Premieres on April 15
When government forces fail to stop a colossal monster that has risen from the bay, an ad hoc team must find its weakness before it destroys mankind.
HBO/HBO GO
Little Dixie
Premieres on April 13
Doc facilitates a fragile truce between the governor and cartel, trading prosecutorial leniency for finance. With no more truce, Doc is left to fend for himself and protect the one untainted thing in his life: his daughter, Little Dixie.
The Sympathizer
Premieres on April 15
Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, the movie is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States.
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks
Premieres on April 12
Picking up where the shocking finale of “The Curious Case Of Natalia Grace: left off, “Natalia Speaks” dives headfirst into the questions, controversies, and secrets unearthed in the first instalment, but this time, Natalia shares her side of the story. The six-part docu-series will also showcase an extensive, emotional sit down between Natalia and adoptive father Michael Barnett as they sit face-to-face for the first time and come to terms with the accusations that have been thrown around in both directions.
TLC
In the Kitchen with Abner and Amanda
Premieres on April 16
Abner and Amanda Ramirez have fun in the kitchen while whipping up their favourite recipes. As parents to three kids and professional musicians, they embrace the madness of cooking while juggling family life and creative endeavours.
PRIME VIDEO
Fallout
Premieres on April 11
Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. Two-hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind—and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.
