Harefield Gazette

THE HOT LIST

BEST OF TV AND STREAMING

- Darryl Webber

VICTORIAN MYSTERY

THE ESSEX SERPENT AppleTV+, from Friday, May 13

■ SARAH Perry’s acclaimed, bestsellin­g novel is adapted into a six-part series by director Clio Barnard (Dark River, The Selfish Giant). Set in Victorian England, Claire Danes plays Cora Seaborne, a recently widowed amateur naturalist who finds new purpose in life by investigat­ing tales of a mythical serpent on the loose on the Essex coast. She settles in the village of Aldwinter where she strikes up a friendship with vicar Will Ransome (Tom Hiddleston) as they both try to get to the bottom of the intriguing mystery amid the mud flats and marshes

LEGAL FIGHT THE LINCOLN LAWYER Amazon Prime, from Friday, May 14

■ FOR his latest small-screen outing, David E Kelly (Big Little Lies, LA Law) adapts Michael Connelly’s popular novels about an unconventi­onal lawyer into a 10-part series. Manuel Garcia-Ruflo is slovenly LA attorney Mickey Haller who works out of the back of his car after his marriage ends and his legal partner dies. Despite all that, he lands a huge case when a murder leads him into a sinister underworld of intimidati­on and violence. Tense, gripping stuff that will keep you guessing.

SING FOR VICTORY

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2022 BBC

One, Saturday, May 14, 8pm

■ GET your drinks, snacks and sense of camp irony at the ready as the annual music extravagan­za reaches its climax once again with the final being held in Turin this year. As usual Graham Norton will be hosting proceeding­s for the BBC with his customary wit and sarcasm as Sam Ryder tries to ensure Britain gets more than ‘nil points’ with his song Space Man. But who would bet against Ukraine bagging a highly symbolic victory this year?

TAKE FOUR CONVERSATI­ONS WITH FRIENDS BBC

Three, Sunday, May 15, 9pm

■ FOLLOWING the success of Normal People, this latest adaptation of a Sally Rooney novel looks set to be another big hit for the Beeb with Lenny Abrahamson directing the 12-part drama. Set in Dublin, newcomer Alison Oliver stars as Frances, a university student who begins a secret affair with married actor Nick (Joe Alwyn) while Sasha Lane is Frances’s ex-girlfriend and best friend Bobbi and Jemima Kirke plays Nick’s wife Melissa. The series follows the unlikely friendship­s and connection­s that emerge between the four of them over time.

TIME AFTER TIME THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE Sky Atlantic/Now TV, Monday, May 16, 9pm

■ AUDREY Niffenegge­r’s enduringly popular novel has

already been made into a Hollywood film, and now Sherlock’s Steven Moffat has adapted it into a six-part series with David Nutter (Homeland, Game Of Thrones) directing. Rose Leslie plays Clare, the wife of Theo James’ timetravel­ling Hnery who never knows when she’ll see him again and how the experience­s he’s had might change him. Romantic drama with a sci-fi edge and a wistful atmosphere.

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 ?? SKY ATLANTIC/HBO ?? Theo James and Rose Leslie star in The Time Traveller’s Wife on Sky Atlantic
SKY ATLANTIC/HBO Theo James and Rose Leslie star in The Time Traveller’s Wife on Sky Atlantic
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Graham Norton hosts the Eurovision 2022 final

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