10 TV & streaming highlights for March: Top dramas and home-grown documentaries
L-R: Michelle Farley in Gangs of London; Pierce Brosnan in MobLand; Martin Compston in Fear
We haven’t seen much of Martin Compston since Line of Duty, so he makes a welcome return to our screens in this Glasgow-set drama series. He’s just moved to the Scottish city with his family, but it all takes a dark turn due to the actions of a neighbour.
The National Theatre in the UK was one of the pioneers of streamed cinema performances, and has signed up with Sky Arts for four of its productions. First up is Danny Boyle’s 2011 adaptation of Frankenstein, starring Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch.
You can cheer or despair at the seemingly endless amount of content coming from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This latest offering is a continuation of a series that was on Netflix 2015-18, and has Charlie Cox reprising his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil.
Hugh Wallace is in West Cork to follow teacher Grace Cotter and her husband, landscape gardener John, as they restore a dilapidated Georgian farmhouse. As ever with these projects, there are plenty of twists and turns along the way for a couple who have an awful lot to deal with.
Stephen Graham seems to be particularly busy recently, and this four-part crime drama has him playing the father of a 14-year-old boy who’s arrested for the murder of a girl at his school. Each episode unfolds in real time with what feels like one shot. The impressive cast also includes Ashley Walters (Top Boy) and Erin Doherty (The Crown).
A new series that meets some of the 160,000 people employed in the construction industry in Ireland. Labour shortages have helped ensure it’s probably better paid than ever before, but it can be tough work. The first episode drops in on projects of various sizes in Conamara, Donaghmede, and An Rinn.
After the blood-letting of the previous runs, we’re surprised there’s anyone left to make season three. Joe Cole is prominent this time around as Sean Wallace, leading his family gang amidst the chaos that’s unleashed when a spiked shipment of cocaine kills hundreds. Loadsa claret.
New comedy series from the Shondaland stable that has also given us Bridgerton and Gray’s Anatomy. The ‘screwball whodunnit’ kicks off when a body is found in the White House. You’d have to suspect the crazy antics of the current inhabitants of that building ensure that nothing would feel like exaggeration.
Seth Rogen has created and stars in this comedy series about a studio executive trying to save his floundering company. Kathryn Hahn features among the main cast, while a parade of prominent people will play themselves in guest roles, including Johnny Knoxville, Martin Scorsese and Bryan Cranston.
Crime drama set inside a family trying to up their influence in a global syndicate. A spin-off of sorts from the Ray Donovan series, it’s all from the pen of Irish writer Ronan Bennett (Top Boy). A rather impressive cast includes Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Paddy Considine, while Guy Ritchie will direct a few episodes.
