Best new shows – quick links
House of the Dragon Season 3 – 22 June (HBO Max)
Series. Episodes drop weekly, same day as US. Season 3 is an eight-episode instalment based on George RR Martin’s Fire & Blood. Set 200 years before Game of Thrones, it continues the story of House Targaryen and its dynastic conflicts. The Season 3 cast includes Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans and Fabien Frankel. Watch the trailer.
Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness – 27 June (HBO Max)
Series. Episodes drop weekly, same day as US (7 episodes). A new sketch comedy limited series from creator Larry David and Jeff Schaffer, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground. It follows David as he becomes unexpectedly entangled in plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. President and Mrs Obama set out to mark the milestone by honouring America’s unique history… but then Larry David calls. The series also features select Curb Your Enthusiasm cast members and a range of guest stars. Watch the trailer.
The Killings at Parrish Station – 24 June (Stan)
Series. It’s 1987, and Detective Georgia Cooke (Mia Wasikowska) is called in to investigate the massacre of four scientists who have been brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect. But as Georgia digs deeper, unravelling a complex case entangled in mania, ritual and the occult, her obsessive quest for the truth spirals into a nightmare that will put her family, career and sanity on the line.
Some 37 years later, a chilling new spree of murders will pull Georgia (Heather Mitchell) back into this nightmare as she confronts the terrifying possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.
Alongside Mia Wasikowska and Heather Mitchell, the cast includes Xavier Samuel, Robert Taylor, Alan Dale, Emma Lung, Doris Younane, Kat Hoyos, Nic English, Alex Malone, Geoff Morrell, Rob Carlton, Alex Lee, Cameron James and newcomer Grace Owens. Watch the trailer.
Avatar The Last Airbender Season 2 – 25 June (Netflix)
Series. To end the war, Aang must master earthbending – but in the Earth Kingdom, politics, secrets and hidden alliances are a battlefield of their own.
Starring Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley and Dallas Liu. Watch the trailer.
Gomorrah: The Origins – 25 June (SBS On Demand)
Series. The prequel to the worldwide phenomenon Gomorrah reunites the creative team that brought you the acclaimed crime series based on Roberto Saviano’s best-selling novel.
Naples, 1977. Pietro (Luca Lubrano), 15 years old, grew up without his father or mother and was raised in extreme poverty. His desperation for a better life emerges as a fascination with Angelo the Siren (Francesco Pellegrino), the neighbourhood’s young ‘king’.
Howards End Season 1 – 26 June (BritBox)
Miniseries. Early 20th century English class divisions are explored through three families: the Wilcoxes, the Schlegels and the Basts. Watch the trailer.
