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Nine TV shows to watch in March - BBC News

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From Line of Duty to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Eddie Mullan picks the programmes worth seeing this month.
Line of Duty (Credit: BBC One)

Line of Duty (Credit: BBC One)

Line of Duty

The gaffer and his AC-12 team are back chasing down crooked cops in the long-awaited sixth series of the BBC police thriller from Bodyguard writer Jed Mercurio. As the hunt for the mysterious double-dealing officer with codename H continues, this new seven-episode run sees the anti-corruption team return with a new recruit Chloe Bishop (Shalom Brune-Franklin), working alongside superintendent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar), Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure), and Steve Arnott (Martin Compston).

Meanwhile the new case for the unit this series will centre on Kelly Macdonald (Giri/Haji) as detective chief inspector Joanne Davidson. A senior investigating officer on an unsolved murder case, Davidson finds that her suspicious conduct is enough to bring her to the attention of AC-12. Premieres 21 March on BBC One.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Credit: Disney+)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Credit: Disney+)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Captain America's best friends Sam Wilson, known as the Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and the Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), will reunite for the first time since the events of Avengers: Endgame, in this big-budget Marvel series on Disney+. The pair are set to carry on the legacy of Captain America, after Steve Rogers passed his vibranium shield to Sam in the conclusion of Endgame.

Daniel Brühl will reprise his role from the Captain America films as supervillain Helmut Zemo, alongside Emily VanCamp as rogue ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sharon Carter. Wyatt Russell also joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a new antagonist, US Secret Agent John Walker. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 19 March on Disney+.

Sky Rojo (Credit: Netflix)

Sky Rojo (Credit: Netflix)

Sky Rojo

Fans of writers Alex Pina and Martínez Lobato's global hit Spanish series Money Heist might have their interest piqued by this new series from the duo, which they’ve described as "Latin pulp". The story follows three women on an adrenaline-filled race to flee their pimp, after a fatal turn of events at a brothel.

Haunted by their pasts, the trio of Coral (Verónica Sánchez), Wendy (Lali Espósito) and Gina (Yany Prado) are in search of freedom. But first they have to live every second like it's their last as they are chased by Romeo (Asier Etxeandia), the pimp and owner of Club Las Novias, and his henchmen Moisés (Miguel Ángel Silvestre) and Christian (Enric Auquer). Watch the trailer here. Premieres 19 March on Netflix.

Hausen (Credit: Sky Atlantic/Now TV)

Hausen (Credit: Sky Atlantic/Now TV)

Hausen

This eight-part German language Sky series combines twisted dark fairy tales with a haunted house mystery. After the death of his mother, 16-year-old Juri (Tristan Göbel) and his father Jaschek (Charly Hübner) move into a rundown housing complex on the outskirts of the city. While Jaschek tries to establish a new existence for himself and his son as caretaker of the building, Juri gradually discovers that the house has a vicious life of its own, feeding on the suffering of its inhabitants.

In order to fight the entity hidden behind the walls, Juri has to persuade the people in the block to work together and rebel against his father, who has already fallen deep under the building's corrosive spell. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 26 March on Sky Atlantic/Now TV. 

Breeders (Credit: FX)

Breeders (Credit: FX)

Breeders

As this parenting comedy begins a second series, bringing up children isn't getting any easier. Luke (Alex Eastwood) is now 13 years old, and Ava (Eve Prenelle) is 10, serving up brand new challenges for  dad Paul (Martin Freeman) and mum Ally (Daisy Haggard). Luke's increasing anxiety and Ava's growing independence add some uncharted complications to stretched resources, lack of time and the fine art of winging it.

Paul's parents, Jackie (Joanna Bacon) and Jim (Alun Armstrong) are older too, as is Ally's mother Leah (Stella Gonet), leading Paul and Ally to find that they now have to parent the generation above them as well as the generation below. As they just-about survived the old pressures, can Paul and Ally survive the new ones? Watch the trailer here. Premieres 22 March on FX and 23 March on FX on Hulu.

Debris (Credit: NBC)

Debris (Credit: NBC)

Debris

A sci-fi series in the vein of X-Files and Fringe, NBC's Debris follows MI6 agent Finola Jones (Riann Steele) and CIA agent Bryan Beneventi (Jonathan Tucker) as they search for pieces of wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft, which are scattered across the Western Hemisphere. It soon becomes apparent the pieces don't follow the laws of physics on Earth, changing lives in ways we can't comprehend.

Despite their different styles, the unlikely duo are tasked to work together to recover the highly advanced alien technology, whose mysteries humankind is perhaps not quite ready for. The series also stars Norbert Leo Butz, Anjali Jay, and Scroobius Pip. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 1 March on NBC.

Pacific Rim: The Black (Credit: Netflix)

Pacific Rim: The Black (Credit: Netflix)

Pacific Rim: The Black

Usually it's the case that hit animes inspire live-action reboots but in the case of this new, seven-part Netflix series, it's the other way round: an animated show from Japan's Polygon Pictures, it is based on director Guillermo Del Toro's live-action Pacific Rim franchise, which told the story of a race of giant sea monsters called the Kaiju, who humans fought off using robots.

In this new story, the Kaiju have overrun Australia, forcing its evacuation – but left behind are teenage siblings Taylor and Hayley, embarking on a desperate search for their missing parents. To help in their quest, they teach themselves to pilot a a battered giant robot known as a Jaeger, that they hope will give them the chance of survival. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 4 March on Netflix. 

Dealer (Credit: Netflix)

Dealer (Credit: Netflix)

Dealer

Following the huge success of crime series Lupin, Netflix's next big French show lands this month, based on the 2017 film Caïd by Ange Basterga and Nicolas Lopez. Told using the 'found-footage' format most common to horror movies, this gritty miniseries follows the story of Franck (Sébastien Houbani), a music video director who infiltrates a rough neighbourhood to film the everyday life of Tony (Abdramane Diakité), a drug gang boss who just wants to be a rapper.

Using his camera to reveal the hidden face of drug-dealing in the South of France, Franck finds himself embroiled in a bloody gang war, dodging bullets and involved in car chases to get a music video made. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 10 March on Netflix.

Amsterdam Vice (Credit: Channel 4/Walter Presents)

Amsterdam Vice (Credit: Channel 4/Walter Presents)

Amsterdam Vice

Set in 1980s Amsterdam, this eight-part series is a prequel story to a series of detective novels by AC Baantjer, a Dutch writer who had a long career with the police. It centres on Detective Judd Cox (Waldemar Torenstra), who has just been promoted to the roughest department within the capital city's police force.

Along with his new partner Montijn (Tygo Gernandt), he investigates a murder case in the unique historic city centre, and in the process discovers plans of an attack which would occur on the coronation day of Princess Beatrix. The duo must do everything in their power to stop such an incident. Watch the trailer here. Premieres in the UK on 7 March on Channel 4, and on 5 March on All4/Walter Presents.

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