It’s the golden age of television so it’s easy to say you’ll be spoilt for choice this year. Catch everything from moving dramas and nail-biting reality to the return of the ice dragon. These are the top 10 TV series you can’t miss in 2019…
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Game of Thrones, season 8
The highly anticipated final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones will be airing in April this year. Split into six 80-minute episodes, season 8 will conclude author George R.R Martin’s incredible imagining of the much-loved hit series. Winter is here…
Release date: April 2019 on M-Net, DStv channel 101
Victoria, season 3
Set to air early this year, the third season of Victoria tracks the political turbulence of monarchs in the late 1840s, and the unrest of Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman) and Prince Albert’s (Tom Hughes) marriage.
Release date: June 2019 on ITV Choice, DStv channel 123
Brexit
The HBO series starring Benedict Cumberbatch is a dramatic retelling of the Brexit campaign. Benedict stars Dominic Cummings, the man responsible for spearheading the split between Brits and the European union. Enthralling.
Release date: 27 March on BBC First, DStv channel 119
My Brilliant Friend
Based on a novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend is a Neapolitan-American mini-series about a lifelong friendship between Elena and Lila, and the mystery surrounding Lila’s sudden disappearance.
Release date: 9 March 2019 on M-Net, DStv channel 101
Big Little Lies, season 2
Reunited in the second season, the powerful cast of Big Little Lies –starring Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz – portray a compelling tale centered on friendship, lies, marriage and parenting with yet another dark, subversive plot. Meryl Streep is also joining the cast in the second season.
Release date: June 2019 on M-Net, DStv channel 101
I Am The Night
I Am the Night tracks the story of Fauna Hodel (India Eisley) who was given away at birth. Setting out to unravel the secrets of her past, she’s led to Dr. George Hodel (Jefferson Mays), a Hollywood gynecologist involved in a shady Hollywood scheme. Chris Pine plays Jay Singletary, a Marine-turned-hack-reporter/paparazzo.
Release date: May 2019 on M-Net, DStv channel 101
Killing Eve
In this compelling cat-and-mouse drama, Sandra Oh, best known for her role as Cristina Yang on Grey’s Anatomy, plays Eve Polastri, a secret security officer who sets out to track the steps of psychopathic assassin, Villanelle (Jodie Comer). Oh won the 2019 Golden Glode for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama for her role…
Release date: March 2019 on M-Net, DStv channel 101
Survivor SA, season 7
The seventh season of Survivor SA, starring Nico Panagio, is set to air this autumn. Get ready for another nail-biting, nerve-wracking season of thrills as a group of strangers battle it out to win the grand prize.
Release date: May 2019 on M-Net, DStv channel 101
Catch 22
One of the most influential novels of the 20th century, Catch 22, written by Joseph Heller, has been adapted into a miniseries with an incredible cast starring Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, George Clooney and Hugh Laurie – swoon!
Release date: June 2019 on M-Net, DStv channel 101
