15 best series to binge on Showmax in December, from House of the Dragon to Power Book III: ...

6th Dec 2022 | Source: Showmax

<div><strong>HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S1</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 15 December 2022</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">HBO's smash hit prequel to </span><em>Game of Thrones</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> traces the war for succession within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen. The 10-episode first season is based on parts of the novel </span><em>Fire & Blood</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> by George R. R. Martin. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Already renewed for a second season, </span><em>House of the Dragon's </em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">premiere drew almost 10 million viewers, the largest-ever audience for any new original series on HBO, with the finale drawing 9.3 million viewers - the most of any HBO series since the conclusion of </span><em>Game of Thrones</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> in 2019. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The show also topped </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Most Popular TV chart, with an 8.5/10 score </span><em>nogal</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and has a 93% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with </span><em>Entertainment Weekly </em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">calling it "flat-out stunning."</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen is portrayed at different ages by breakout stars Emma D'Arcy and Milly Alcock, while Teen Choice nominee Olivia Cooke (</span><em>Ready Player One</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Sound of Metal</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Slow Horses</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Emily Carey (</span><em>Casualty, </em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">12-year-old Diana in </span><em>Wonder Woman</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) play Alicent Hightower. The ensemble cast also includes BAFTA winner Paddy Considine (</span><em>The Outsider</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Emmy nominee Matt Smith (</span><em>The Crown</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Doctor Who</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), BAFTA nominee Rhys Ifans (</span><em>Spider-Man: No Way Home</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Notting Hill</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), BAFTA Scotland winner Bill Paterson (</span><em>Fleabag</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and Graham McTavish (Dwalin in </span><em>The Hobbit</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> trilogy). </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As</span><em> IGN</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> says, "It's good to be back in backstabbing Westeros."</span></div>

<div><strong>THE WHITE LOTUS S2</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 12 December 2022</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 2 of </span><em>The White Lotus</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> swaps Hawaii for Sicily, following a new group of vacationers jetting off to a different White Lotus resort. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 1 was the most awarded show at the 2022 Emmys, winning 10 awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, Directing and Writing - and Supporting Actress for Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya - who returns in Season 2. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The new cast includes Peabody Award winner Aubrey Plaza (</span><em>Parks and Recreation</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), People's Choice winner Theo James (</span><em>Divergent</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham (</span><em>Amadeus</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Grand Budapest Hotel</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Emmy winner Michael Imperioli (</span><em>The Sopranos</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Teen Choice nominees Meghann Fahy (Sutton in </span><em>The Bold Type</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Haley Lu Richardson (</span><em>Five Feet Apart</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), BAFTA winner Tom Hollander (</span><em>The Night Manager</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), BAFTA nominee Will Sharpe (</span><em>Landscapers</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Giri/Haji</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), multi-award-winning Italian actress Sabrina Impacciatore and Adam DiMarco (Todd/Elliott in </span><em>The Magicians</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 2 has an 89% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. In their five-star reviews, </span><em>The Times</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> calls this season "a whodunnit like no other" and </span><em>London Evening Standard</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> says, "</span><span style="color:#1e1e1c; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As funny as ever, if slightly seedier, the second series is a brilliant rumination on desire and its destructive capability.</span><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">"</span></div>

<div><strong>HIS DARK MATERIALS S3</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Tuesdays from 6 December 2022 </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The third and final season of the </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">HBO and BBC One</span><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> fantasy epic </span><em>His Dark Materials </em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">is based on </span><em>The Amber Spyglass</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, the final novel in Philip Pullman's Carnegie-winning book trilogy, which was listed among </span><em>Time Magazine</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 3 follows Lyra (MTV Movie Award winner Dafne Keen from </span><em>Logan</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Will (Emmy nominee Amir Wilson from </span><em>The Letter for the King</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) as they journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned. As her father's great war against the Authority edges closer, they will learn that saving the world comes at a terrible price. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 2 of the multi-BAFTA- and Annie Award-winning series earned an 85% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. In their five-star review, </span><em>The Independent</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> called it, "a beautiful, brooding vision of Pullman's universe, which retains the mix of childish wonder and darkness that make his books so beguiling to young adults."</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Oscar nominee Lin-Manuel Miranda (</span><em>Hamilton</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>tick, tick... BOOM!</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) returns as </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Lee Scoresby</span><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with BAFTA winner Ruth Wilson (</span><em>Saving Mr. Banks</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Luther</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">as Mrs Coulter, </span><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">and BAFTA nominee James McAvoy (</span><em>X-Men</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Charles Xavier) as </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Lord Asriel.</span><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> British-Nigerian Black Reel nominee Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (</span><em>Thor: The Dark World</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Lost</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) joins the cast this season, along with the likes of Emmy nominee Sian Clifford (</span><em>Fleabag</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Ghanaian-British actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (</span><em>Mary Poppins Returns</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). </span></div>

<div><strong>POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN S1</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 12 December 2022</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The second spin-off to the hit crime drama </span><em>Power</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, the prequel series </span><em>Power Book III: Raising Kanan</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> chronicles a journey into the drug trade, as 15-year-old Kanan Stark makes a bid to join the growing family business. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Young actor Mekai Curtis steps into the lead role as the young Kanan, the character played in the original series by Emmy and Grammy winner Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who once again executive produces alongside Emmy nominee Courtney A. Kemp and series creator Sascha Penn (</span><em>Creed II</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 1 has a rare 100% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and Tony Award winner Patina Miller (</span><em>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Madam Secretary</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) was nominated for a 2022 Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Raquel Thomas, Kanan's mother and one of the most powerful drug lords in Queens.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The cast also includes Black Reel, Teen Choice and MTV Movie Award nominee Omar Epps (</span><em>Love & Basketball</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>This Is Us</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>House M.D.</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), rapper Joey Bada$$ (Leon in </span><em>Mr. Robot</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and the original Rebel in </span><em>Wu-Tang: An American Saga</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), London Brown (Reggie from </span><em>Ballers</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Black Reel winner Omar J. Dorsey (</span><em>Queen Sugar</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>When They See Us</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Selma</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (Chris Alston in </span><em>The Deuce</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, Bob Stookey in </span><em>The Walking Dead</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and D'Angelo Barksdale in </span><em>The Wire</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The hit series has already been renewed for a second </span><em>and</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> third season.</span></div>

<div><strong>RAMY S3</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 19 December 2022, first on Showmax</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Ramy Youssef's acclaimed comedy </span><em>Ramy</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> centres on Ramy Hassan's sometimes awkward, sometimes hilarious, and sometimes disastrous experiences as a first generation Egyptian-American and Muslim millennial in New Jersey. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Among its numerous accolades, the series won a 2020 Peabody Award, and was nominated for three 2020 Emmys - Best Actor and Best Director in a Comedy for Youssef, and Best Supporting Actor for Season 2 guest star Mahershala Ali. Youssef also picked up two nominations at the Critics Choice Awards, where the show was nominated for Best Comedy in 2021. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">All the core cast members are back for Season 3, including Hiam Abbass (</span><em>Succession</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Visitor</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Blade Runner 2049</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and May Calamawy (</span><em>Moon Knight</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), along with Ghanaian actress MaameYaa Boafo (</span><em>The Mysterious Benedict Society</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>An African City</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), who reprises her Season 2 character as Zainab. This season's guest cast includes model Bella Hadid, Canadian R&B duo Majid Jordan, Amy Landecker (</span><em>Minx</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Your Honor</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Critics Choice nominee Christopher Abbott (</span><em>Catch-22</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and Teen Choice nominee James Badge Dale (</span><em>13 Hours</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>24</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Iron Man 3</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 3 has an 89% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. "It takes incredible confidence to go to the kinds of tricky emotional places that </span><em>Ramy</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> likes to live in," says </span><em>Rolling Stone</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. "If the show can at times feel deeply uncomfortable, the payoffs are inevitably worth it."</span></div>

<div><strong>NEW AMSTERDAM S4 </strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 23 December 2022</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 4 of the ever-popular medical drama </span><em>New Amsterdam</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> returns us to America's oldest public hospital, where Dr Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold from </span><em>BlacKkKlansman</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>90210</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>The Blacklist</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) continues his fight to put saving lives above the bottom line while fielding his increasingly personal relationship with Dr Helen Sharpe (Freema Agyeman from </span><em>Doctor Who</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Law & Order: UK</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, who was nominated for a 2022 Hollywood Critics Association award for Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series for the role).</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Created by writer-producer David Schulner (</span><em>Desperate Housewives</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and based on Eric Manheimeris' book </span><em>Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, the hit series has an 8.1/10 score on </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The new season brings in Sandra Mae Frank, who was nominated for a 2022 Hollywood Critics Association award for Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series as the new chief of oncology, deaf surgeon Dr Elizabeth Wilder, and Emmy nominee Michelle Forbes (</span><em>24</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>True Blood</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). MTV Movie Award winner Gina Gershon (</span><em>Face/Off</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Riverdale</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) guest stars.</span></div>

<div><em>New Amsterdam</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has already been renewed for a 13-episode fifth and final season.</span></div>

<div><strong>HEELS S1</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 5 December 2022</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Set in the small-town pro-wrestling world in Georgia, </span><em>Heels</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> follows the rivalry between two brothers - one a villain (or "heel") in the ring, the other a hero (or "face"), as they war over their late father's wrestling promotion.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Led by Teen Choice winner Stephen Amell (the Arrowverse's Oliver Queen/Green Arrow) and Teen Choice and MTV Movie + TV Award winner Alexander Ludwig (Bjorn Ironside in </span><em>Vikings</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and Cato in </span><em>The Hunger Games</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), </span><em>Heels</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has an 8/10 rating on </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">On </span> <em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, it has a 96% critics' rating, with the critics' consensus saying, "Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig sell hard in </span><em>Heels</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, an impressive new drama that has compelling angles on both sides of the rope."</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It's already been nominated for three 2022 Critics Choice Super Awards - Best Action Series, Best Actor in an Action Series (Alexander Ludwig) and Best Actress in an Action Series (Mary McCormack from </span><em>The West Wing</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>The Kids Are Alright</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and Season 2 is already on the way. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Created by Emmy winner Michael Waldron (producer on </span><em>Rick and Morty</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and the writer of </span><em>Loki</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), the show's cast also includes Kelli Berglund (</span><em>Now Apocalypse</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and award winner Chris Bauer (</span><em>For All Mankind</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">,</span><em> The Deuce</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Wire</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>True Blood</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).</span></div>

<div><strong>GENTLEMAN JACK S2 </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge now</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The second season of </span><em>Gentleman Jack</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> returns us to 1800s West Yorkshire, England, where Anne Lister (BAFTA winner Suranne Jones from </span><em>Vigil</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) now shares her ancestral home and her passion for life with heiress Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle from </span><em>Peaky Blinders</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Bodyguard</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) following their controversial wedding at the end of Season 1.  </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">But Anne's entrepreneurial spirit frightens the locals as much as her unconventional love life. With Halifax on the brink of revolution, her refusal to keep a low profile is seen as provocative and dangerous.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Nominated for a 2020 BAFTA for Best Drama Series, as well as a GALECA Award, Season 2 of the hit HBO/BBC One co-production has a 95% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, where the consensus says, "Blessed with Suranne Jones' exquisite performance and some of the crispest dialogue on television, </span><em>Gentleman Jack </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">remains a total ace."</span></div>

<div><em>Gentleman Jack</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is created by four-time BAFTA winner Sally Wainwright (</span><em>Happy Valley</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Last Tango in Halifax</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and stars Screen Actors Guild nominee Gemma Whelan (</span><em>Game of Thrones</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">' Yara Greyjoy), BAFTA nominee Timothy West (</span><em>Last Tango in Halifax</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and BAFTA winner Gemma Jones (</span><em>Bridget Jones's Diary</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), among others. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#121212; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">"Behind the familiar frilly bonnets and linen drawers, </span><em>Gentleman Jack</em><span style="color:#121212; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is disrupting the conventions of one of our most fiercely loved dramatic forms, at a time when we most need them disrupted. It is a masterpiece," says </span><em>The Guardian</em><span style="color:#121212; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. </span></div>

<div><strong>BLINDSPOTTING S1</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 14 December 2022</span></div>

<div><em>Blindspotting</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, the spin-off sequel series to the award-winning, critically acclaimed 2018 film of the same name, follows Ashley, who has to navigate a chaotic and humorous existential crisis after Miles, her partner of 12 years and the father of their son, is suddenly incarcerated, forcing Ashley to move in with Miles' mother and half-sister. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Once again created by Emmy nominee Daveed Diggs (</span><em>Snowpiercer</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Hamilton</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Black-ish</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Black Reel Award nominee Rafael Casal (who reprises his role from the film as Miles), the eight-episode series stars Emmy and Grammy winner Jasmine Cephas Jones (</span><em>Hamilton</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Photograph</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Mrs. Fletcher</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), who was up for Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy at the 2022 Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards, for the reprisal of her role from the film as Ashley. The cast also includes Oscar winner Helen Hunt (</span><em>Mad About You</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>As Good As It Gets</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Nominated for a 2021 Gotham Award for Breakthrough Series, </span><em>Blindspotting</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has a 100% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with the critics' consensus saying, "The rare adaptation that exceeds its source material, </span><em>Blindspotting</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> deftly takes on complicated social constructs with comedic flair, crafting a show that's as funny as it is poignant while giving its incredible ensemble - led by the captivating Jasmine Cephas Jones - plenty of room to shine."</span></div>

<div><em>Blindspotting</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has already been renewed for a second season.</span></div>

<div><strong>DMZ</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 6 December 2022</span></div>

<div><em>DMZ</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> leaps off the pages of Brian Wood's acclaimed graphic novel into a near-future, civil-war-torn America, where one woman sets out on a harrowing quest to find her missing son - crossing into the demilitarised zone of Manhattan, where a ruthless battle for control rages between rival gang leaders.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Rosario Dawson was up for Best Actress at the 2022 Black Reel Awards, where Emmy-nominated series creator and showrunner Roberto Patino (</span><em>Westworld</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Sons of Anarchy</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) was also up for Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series. Emmy nominee Benjamin Bratt (</span><em>Doctor Strange</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>24</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Law & Order</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) co-stars, with the likes of Hoon Lee (</span><em>See</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Warrior</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Bosch</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) also among the cast.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The four-episode HBO Max limited series is executive produced by Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Ava DuVernay (</span><em>When They See Us</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>13th</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Selma</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), who directed the first episode, with Emmy-winning cinematographer and director Ernest R. Dickerson (</span><em>Bosch</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Raised by Wolves</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) at the helm for the remaining episodes. </span></div>

<div><em>DMZ</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, says </span><em>IndieWire</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, "inverts the dystopian drama formula" and "refuses to give into our worst impulses", adding "Like </span><em>Station Eleven</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> before it, </span><em>DMZ</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> carries real weight as a rebuke to contemporary conjecture about what people will do in a post-apocalyptic landscape."</span></div>

<div><strong>THE PORTER S1</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge now</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Inspired by the real events that led up to the formation of the world's first Black union, </span><em>The Porter</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is set in the roar of the 1920s, following war buddies and train porters Junior and Zeke, whose unbreakable bond is stretched to its limits when tragedy inspires them to take conflicting paths to a better life. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As the world rebuilds after the First World War, the Black community in St Antoine, Montreal - known as the "Harlem of the North" - find themselves thrown together across the colour line in an era that boasts anything is possible. If change isn't coming for them, they will come for it. By any means necessary.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Already confirmed for a second season (coming in 2023), the eight-episode first season has a 100% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and picked up a 2022 Emmy nomination for its choreography.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The CBC/BET+ Original stars Aml Ameen (</span><em>I May Destroy You</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Maze Runner</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Ronnie Rowe (</span><em>The Man from Toronto</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Star Trek: Discovery</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), with the likes of Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Alfre Woodard (</span><em>12 Years a Slave</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>State of Affairs</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Zambia's Mizinga Mwinga (Oscar nominee </span><em>War Witch</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) also among the cast. </span></div>

<div><strong>PLANET SEX WITH CARA DELEVINGNE S1 </strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Fridays from 2 December 2022, first on Showmax</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Got big questions about sex? So does Cara Delevingne. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">One of the world's most photographed people, Cara puts her mind and body on the line each episode to try to understand our deepest desires. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">On a journey spanning the globe,</span><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> she donates her orgasm to science in Germany; makes art from her vagina in Japan; hits up a women-only sex club; takes a masturbation masterclass; and visits an "ethical" porn set. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#0f0f0f; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">From LA, New York and London, to Beirut, Barcelona and, wait for it... Johannesburg, Cara shares her own personal experiences in each episode. Uniquely unfiltered and authentic, there's no limit on how far Cara's willing to go to explore what makes us all human. </span></div>

<div><strong>THE VOW, PART TWO</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 7 December 2022, first on Showmax</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Five years after Keith Raniere's arrest in Mexico, amid rumours of a secret sex sorority within his self-help company NXIVM, </span><em>The Vow, Part Two</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> follows the legal and emotional journeys of the group's founders, supporters, and defectors as new evidence and stunning revelations come to light, while federal prosecutors and defense attorneys engage in a trial in the national spotlight. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Directed by Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated Jehane Noujaim, </span><em>The Vow, Part Two </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">features chilling testimony from the trial, exclusive phone interviews with Keith Raniere from prison and extensive access to co-founder Nancy Salzman, who wrestles with her role in the rise of NXIVM, her relationship with Raniere and her involvement in growing an organisation accused of fostering predatory behaviour and criminal activity. South African Mark Vicente, an outspoken former member, again features prominently this season. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 1 was #3 on </span><em>Entertainment Weekly</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s round-up of the best TV of 2020 and was up for Best Docuseries at the 2021 Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards, and for Outstanding Cinematography at the Cinema Eye Honours Awards.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">And the critics are saying this season is even better. "As storytelling, this is crisper and cleaner than </span><em>The Vow</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s first iteration; as psychological portrait, little in the nonfiction space of late matches its acuity," says </span><em>Variety</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. </span></div>

<div><strong>THE BAY S3</strong><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 12 December 2022</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 3 of the British crime drama </span><em>The Bay</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> sees actress Marsha Thomason (</span><em>Better Things</em><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) take over the leading role, stepping in as Detective Sergeant Jenn Townsend. She is thrown into the deep end when a body is found in the bay on her first day on the job. She must get under the skin of a grieving and complicated family if she has any chance of solving the premature death of an aspiring young boxer.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Already greenlit for a further season, the show has picked up nominations at both the Scottish and Welsh BAFTAs, as well as the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards. </span></div>

<div><strong>VIGIL</strong><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge now</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In November 2022, </span><em>Vigil</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> was named Best Drama at the International Emmy Awards, beating out</span><em> Lupin</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Narcos: Mexico </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">and South Africa's very own </span><em>Reyka</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">From the creators of</span><em> Line of Duty </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">and</span><em> Showtrial</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Vigil </em> <span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">investigates the mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil, which bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">DCI Amy Silva (BAFTA winner Suranne Jones from </span><em>Gentleman Jack </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">and </span> <em>Doctor Foster</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and DS Kirsten Longacre (BAFTA winner Rose Leslie from </span><em>Game of Thrones and The Time Traveler's Wife</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain's national security.</span></div>

<div><em>Vigil'</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">s stellar ensemble cast also features Emmy nominee Stephen Dillane (Stannis in </span><em>Game of Thrones</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Anjli Mohindra (</span><em>Bodyguard</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Shaun Evans (Morse in </span><em>Endeavour</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), MTV Movie Awards nominee Connor Swindells (Adam in </span><em>Sex Education</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and BAFTA nominee Gary Lewis (</span><em>Billy Elliot</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). </span></div>

<div><em>Vigil</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has an 85% critics rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with </span><em>Wall Street Journal</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> hailing it as "one of the better thriller series of the year," and </span><em>Radio Times</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> saying, "From the shock death inside the opening 10 minutes of episode one to the thrillingly tense climax in the final instalment, this was a terrifically gripping and propulsive affair that proved a huge hit with the viewing public."</span></div>

<div><strong>EVERYTHING ON SHOWMAX IN DECEMBER</strong></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">To see everything on Showmax in December 2022, including Pumi Morare's 2021 Student Academy Award winner </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/315/czx1hwoaycg5dnjy869xmv4nk/15/c2ecbdd2b64953fc3982dc0ee100b1e254a512d9ad28510f3a1ab9b94a41718f" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #1155cc" target="_blank"><em>Lakutshon' Ilanga</em></a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">; rugby documentary </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/315/czx1hwoaycg5dnjy869xmv4nk/16/618b98f8d8f4c5e8a879335a2b171f6a30cc57a08ecd432aaf509ba3120a6865" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #1155cc" target="_blank"><em>Rassie</em></a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, from the creators of the award-winning </span><em>Chasing The Sun</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">; and the animated Julia Donaldson adaptation </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/315/czx1hwoaycg5dnjy869xmv4nk/17/c421d80609660371825d76d27259c5328be4b3a1c1394c846fba66bcd2e14b08" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #1155cc" target="_blank"><em>Superworm</em></a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, helmed by South Africans </span><span style="color:#222222; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Sarah Scrimgeour and Jac Hamman</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, click </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/315/czx1hwoaycg5dnjy869xmv4nk/18/50d19e2bea70c2fe30f8b855e4c4639d59f8b5f51c392366c877f9326df7f532" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #000000" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span></div>