10 TV & streaming shows for May: Bridgerton, Young Offenders, new Benedict Cumberbatch

It's a bumper month for viewers with the return of two old favouites, and some decent new dramas 

Bridgerton, Bodkin, and Eric feature among the TV and streaming highlights for May.

Shardlake, Disney+, Wednesday, May 1: Four-part drama adapted from the CJ Sansom novels. Set in 16th century England, the titular lawyer is instructed by Thomas Cromwell to investigate a murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery. Familiar faces in the cast include Sean Bean in the role of Cromwell (nothing to do with the infamous Oliver), a real-life character also about to be revived by Mark Rylance in the Wolf Hall sequel. It's unfortunate that Sansom never got to see the adaptation, as the 71-year-old author died last week. 

The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Sky Atlantic/Now, Thursday, May 2: Six-part adaptation of Heather Morris’s best-selling novel from 2018. The book got criticism for some factual inaccuracies in its account of the Nazi death camp, but the core story is based on a real-life Jewish couple. Harvey Keitel is the biggest star in the cast, playing the elder tattooist, Lali.