5 best new shows – quick links
Best new shows
Shaun Micallef’s Going For Broke – 19 May (ABC iview)
Series. Shaun Micallef investigates Australia’s tumultuous love affair with gambling, tracing how a national pastime became a 32-billion-dollar industry and asking how we became the world’s biggest losers.
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Beyond Paradise Season 4 – 19 May (BritBox)
Series. A slew of baffling mysteries blur the line between reality and folklore. Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman, played by Kris Marshall (Love Actually, Sanditon), returns for a stellar fourth season of Beyond Paradise. Now part of the local police force in the quiet Devonshire town of Shipton Abbott, Humphrey is faced with a fresh wave of baffling cases where fact and folklore collide. In this eagerly awaited return, Humphrey adjusts to married life with Martha while facing a life-changing decision that could alter the future of the entire station.
Starring Kris Marshall, Sally Bretton and Zahra Ahmadi.
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed – 20 May (Apple TV)
Series. We follow newly divorced mum Paula (Tatiana Maslany) as she falls down a dangerous rabbit hole of blackmail, murder and youth soccer. Convinced she witnessed a crime – while simultaneously struggling through a custody battle and an identity crisis – Paula begins her own investigation, one that could unravel a greater conspiracy while also holding the keys to rebuilding her family and sense of self. Jake Johnson, Brandon Flynn and Murray Bartlett also join the cast.
The Boroughs – 21 May (Netflix)
Series. In a seemingly perfect retirement community, a crew of unlikely heroes must stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don’t have: time.
Starring Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard and Denis O’Hare.
Maxima Season 2 – 21 May (SBS On Demand)
Series. For most princesses, the fairy tale ends with a wedding. For Máxima (Delfina Chaves), it was only the beginning. From her marriage to Willem-Alexander (Martijn Lakemeier) to the coronation 10 years later, she seeks to find balance between love, power and protocol. She soon realises that keeping the love of the Dutch people is far more difficult than winning it.
The new season follows Máxima’s journey from mother, wife and future queen to a woman who finds her own voice.
Recent best new shows
It’s Not Like That – 15 May (Prime Video)
Series. It’s Not Like That follows Malcolm (Scott Foley), a pastor who is a recently widowed dad of three. Lori (Erinn Hayes) is newly divorced with two teens. Their families once did everything together, but now Malcolm and Lori must navigate their newly minted singledom with parenthood.
Is this the beginning of a love story? It’s not like that. Or is it?
Starring Scott Foley, Erinn Hayes, David Soto, JR Ramirez, Caleb Baumann, Cary Christopher, Leven Miranda, Liv Lindell and Cassidy Paul.
Woman of Substance​ – 11 May (Binge)
Series. A compelling British coming-of-age period drama across eight one-hour episodes, starring Brenda Blethyn and Jessica Reynolds.
Leonard & Hungry Paul Season 1 – 12 May (ABC iview)
Series. Leonard & Hungry Paul follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties and the expansion of their universe.
Leonard, a ghost writer of children’s encyclopaedias, and Hungry Paul, a part-time postal worker who still lives at home, meander through leafy suburban life finding solace in their quiet routines.
