10 TV highlights for February: Lord Of The Flies series, new show from Derry Girls creator...
The four-part docuseries follows a set of wet-behind-the-ears ambulance service trainees, capturing the intense, high-stakes, and emotional experiences of their initial training, from 999 calls to on-the-job challenges.
After leaving its audience on a cliffhanger in season 3, the Los Angeles-set legal drama is back to answer the questions fans have been wondering about. Mickey Haller jumps behind the wheel of his vintage Lincoln Continental once more.
William Golding’s novel has already had two film adaptations, and now the tale of a group of British boys stranded on a Pacific island gets a four-part TV adaptation. Jack Thorne is helming the series, so we’d expect quality, given his previous work on such shows as Adolescence and His Dark Materials.
Síle Seoige presents this urgent and timely three-part series examining the pressures shaping life in modern Ireland — from bullying and parenting to the anxiety epidemic. In the opening episode, Seoige turns her focus to the realities of parenting today, unpacking the emotional, social and psychological challenges facing families across the country.
The new series from Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee is bound to have you chortling once more as three friends investigate the mysterious death of a former school friend. Grief, gallows humour and bad decisions guaranteed.
Whether or not you believe in the ‘Kennedy Curse’, Love Story, produced by Ryan Murphy, looks set to be an intriguing dramatisation of one of America’s most mythologised - and tragic - modern romances.
The hit spy action series returns for a third season with FBI Agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) embroiled in another White House conspiracy. This season broadens its scope, taking Sutherland outside of the US capital to Istanbul, Mexico City and Dominican Republic, and all with the help of a new partner.
The compulsively watchable Paradise was on everyone’s lips last year so it’s no surprise the whodunnit has been renewed for a second season. Sterling K Brown acted his socks off in a barnstorming first go-round, trying to solve the murder of former US President Cal Bradford (James Marsden). Season 2 has plenty to live up to.
The revival of the classic med-com is bound to draw eyes and returning cast members Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke and John C McGinley give the new season every chance of succeeding, even with expectations looming dangerously high. The return to Sacred Heart Hospital is only a little under a month away.
The shadow of Godzilla looms as the epic Apple thriller stomps back for a second season - after a surprisingly assured first outing. The series continues to trace the shadowy titular corporation as it grapples with the fallout of titanic destruction. Come for the monsters, stay for the human drama that remains the show’s real strength.
