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Anthracite (Netflix, from April 10) This new series wouldn’t look out of place in BBC Four’s Saturday night imported crime slot – it’s a mystery thriller from France that’s sure to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. The tale begins in 1994 with the mass suicide of a cult based in a small Alpine village. Thirty years later, just as the remaining residents appear to have moved on with their lives, another death takes place, upsetting the equilibrium. This time it’s a murder linked to the suicides, and a perfect scapegoat presents itself in the form of Jaro, a young offender trying to get his life back on track. Luckily, he finds support in Ida, an eccentric local who agrees to help him clear his name while searching for her missing father.
Fallout (Prime, from April 11) Turning video games into films and TV series used to be a rare event, but not any more. An increasing number are being adapted, the latest being Fallout, a postapocalyptic role-playing series of games that first became available in 1997. The story takes place in an alternate history of Earth following a cataclysmic nuclear exchange after the end of the Second World War. Survivors were forced to live in fallout bunkers known as Vaults but, over 200 years later, one young woman decides it’s time to leave the safety of their confines to explore the surface. What she finds is a brutal, hostile and savage wasteland – one that she must fight to survive. Ella Purnell heads the cast, which also includes Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan and Mike Doyle.
Heartbreak High (Netflix, from April 11) The iconic 1990s series featuring bad hair, dubious fashion, surfing and skating, teen lingo (of the era) and actually surprisingly gritty, realistic and relevant storylines, received a rather impressive reboot last year. While fans of the original were somewhat dubious about the new version’s ability to speak to Gen-Z, it went down a treat with its target audience, so it shouldn’t be a shock to see the Australian drama back for a second season. The school at the heart of the drama remains the lowest-ranked in the district, but that doesn’t stop it attracting two new students – country boy Rowan Callaghan (Sam Rechner) and opinionated celibacy advocate Zoe Clarke (Kartanya Maynard) are set to make a big impact on their peers.