Episode 12: Fauda, Glitch, Belascoaran PI
FAUDA ( Israel-Netflix) The acclaimed political thriller returns for a 4th season. When the former chief of an Israeli spy unit is kidnapped, his team must find him as well as thwart the plans of a rebel Palestinian group intent on setting off a slew of lethal missiles.
In GLITCH, ( Australia- Netflix) a paranormal thriller, a group of people, having died in different years and even different centuries, rise from their graves and return to the town where they died. How they have come back and, more importantly, why they have returned are two mysteries that need to be solved.
Set in 1970s Mexico, BELASCOARAN, PI ( Netflix) follows the adventures of a handsome, although somewhat bumbling would-be private investigator who employs unorthodox methods to solve his cases.
Episode 11: The Tunnel, Slow Horses, Inside Man
THE TUNNEL, ( France/England) pairs a quirky French detective and well-worn English detective who must solve a mystery which involves a politician’s body left in the Eurotunnel. Split in half, part remains in France and part remains in England.
SLOW HORSES ( England ) features a group of misfit MI5 would-be spies who must save a kidnapped student from being beheaded while also battling the politicians and their own superiors, in whose best interests it is to thwart them.
INSIDE MAN ( England) juxtaposes the live of two men, one a criminologist on a Texas death row for gruesomely murdering his wife and the other, a popular young English vicar facing an ethical dilemma, either kill someone or see his family ruined.
Episode 10: Pachinko, The English, Home for Christmas
Hear about HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, a darkly funny look at love and family as a 30 something nurse seeks to fulfill her family’s wish that she find a boyfriend to share in their Christmas dinner.
PACHINKO (South Korea) chronicles four generations of a Korean family who endure and overcome the difficulties faced by Koreans who were forced to live under Japanese occupation.
THE ENGLISH-( USA, England ) In the American West in the late 1890s an English noblewoman seeks to exact revenge on the man who's killed her son. She soon meets a world-weary member of the Pawnee nation and ex-Cavalry scout who is on a mission of his own.
Episode 9: Gloria, The Empress, A Place to Call Home
Hear about GLORIA, THE EMPRESS and A PLACE TO CALL HOME
Episode 8:Bad Sisters, Tehran, Prisoners of War
Hear about political thriller, TEHRAN, Irish black comedy BAD SISTERS and PRISONERS OF WAR, on which HOMELAND was based
Episode 7: The Miracle, Who Killed Sara, Dark Winds
Reviews here of DARK WINDS, THE MIRACLE and WHO KILLED SARA
Episode 2: Stay Close, Losing Alice, Sex Education
Stay Close; Losing Alice; Sex Education
Episode 1: Sky Rojo, Sisyphus, Bordertown
Hear about SKY ROJO, the hot Spanish series, then a futuristic thriller from South Korea, SISYPHUS and finally BORDERTOWN, a Finnish police drama.