Closing out 2023, we have the premieres of 34 new Euro TV series, seasons, and films in the US and beyond, plus more for stateside viewers, in December.
To see the complete list of Euro TV shows available in the US and UK, see the Euro TV Shows by Language section. Viewers in the US can check the ongoing updates of titles released throughout each month on the Euro TV Viewing Guide page.
All programs listed here are shown in their original language with English subtitles, except where noted. The trailers below, which may or may not have English subtitles, might not be suitable for all audiences; viewer discretion is advised.
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NATIONAL PREMIERES
Lakeside Murders: Season 1 (Koskinen) (Finland)
Based on the “Koskinen” series of crime novels by Seppo Jokisen, this mystery-crime drama series follows Inspector Sakari Koskinen (Eero Aho, Flowers of Evil) and his team in the Violent Crime Unit of the Central Finland Police Department in Tampere, including mother-of-three Ulla Lundelin (Maria Ylipää, Arctic Circle), Tinder user Risto Pekki (Turkka Mastomäki, Helsinki Syndrome), and Markku Kaatio (Jon-Jon Geitel, Freezing Embrace), a passionate fan of pro ice hockey team Ilves. In the first season, Koskinen and his crew investigate murders, digital sabotage, a bank robbery, and suspicious deaths at a hospital, amongst other crimes.
Lakeside Murders: Season 1 premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, December 1, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and the Walter Presents digital channels. (Rescheduled from October 2023)
The Paris Murders: Season 7 (Profilage) (France)
In Season 7 of this long-running crime drama, Rocher (Philippe Bas, Leo Mattei – Special Unit) struggles to stay away from policing; despite being suspended, he is determined to investigate a murder case he gets caught up in. But a mysterious woman is just as invested. Who is she? What does she have to gain? As for the rest of the DPJ, the team tackle a series of complex cases with the help of new member Elisa Bergman (Tamara Marthe, Cannes Confidential), who has an extraordinary ability to analyze people and their behaviors.
The Paris Murders: Season 7 premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, December 1, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and the Walter Presents digital channels.
Isabel Preysler, My Christmas (Isabel Preysler: Mi Navidad) (Spain)
In this two-part special, Spanish celebrity Isabel Preysler welcomes us into the privacy of her home to show us how she celebrates Christmas. With her staff’s help, Isabel oversees even the most minute details and shares the joy of the present and the nostalgia of the past with her children.
Isabel Preysler, My Christmas, a Disney+ Original, premieres globally on Tuesday, December 5, exclusively on Disney+.
Partnair: The Forgotten Tragedy (Norway)
This docuseries sheds new light on the biggest Norwegian scandal of its time: Norway’s largest plane crash, which claimed fifty-five lives on September 8, 1989. Although bogus parts were blamed for the disaster, the documentary reveals Norway’s worst government cover-up, how relatives have been kept in the dark, and how a fighter jet from the Armed Forces could be responsible for the deaths. Across three episodes, the program presents the families of the victims, who tell for the first time about their experience of the tragedy; the rescue workers, who describe the sight that met them; speculation about the cause of the crash; the rejection by new experts of the accepted cause for the Partnair crash; and more. Partnair: The Forgotten Tragedy premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 5, exclusively on Viaplay.
Tandem: Season 6 (France)
This popular mystery series sees detective colleagues and ex-spouses Léa Soler (Astrid Veillon, Perfect Murders) and Paul Marchal (Stéphane Blancafort, Innocent) investigate crimes in Montpellier while co-parenting their children. (Video is from Season 5)
Tandem: Season 6 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 5, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
Blood Coast (Pax Massilia) (France)
Co-written and co-directed by Olivier Marchal (The Crimson Rivers, Braquo), this action thriller series centers on a rogue police captain and his daredevil team, who are out to stop a vicious drug dealer trying to take over Marseille while concurrently welcoming a new recruit, who has an agenda of her own.
The cast includes Florence Thomassin (Inside), Nicolas Duvauchelle (Black Butterflies), Olivier Barthelemy (Alphonse), Tewfik Jallab (Spiral), Samir Boitard (Spiral), Idir Azougli (Stillwater), Jeanne Goursaud (Barbaraians), and Lani Sogoyou (Plus belle la vie).
Blood Coast, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, December 6, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Christmas as Usual (Så Var Det Jul Igjen) (Norway)
This romantic comedy sees Thea (Ida Ursin-Holm, Amundsen) take Jashan (Kanan Gill, Sketchy Behaviour) home to celebrate their engagement, but his Indian roots and her family’s Norwegian traditions clash in a chaotic Christmas.
Christmas as Usual, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Wednesday, December 6, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Boom Boom Bruno (Germany)
This crime drama stars Ben Becker (The Same Sky, Tatort) as Bruno, a cowboy of a cop who has everything under control: his criminals, his hookers, and his boss. Then one day he’s assigned a new partner, Mark (Vincent zur Linden, Das Boot, Berlin Legal), a young cop who is Bruno’s polar opposite. Bruno is looking forward to teaching this insecure guy to be a real man, but when a drag queen is found dead in the neighborhood, both of them have to fight against their own prejudices and resistance from all sides to solve the case.
Boom Boom Bruno, a Max Original, premieres in the US on Thursday, December 7, exclusively on Max and its digital channels, including Max on Amazon.
I Hate Christmas: Season 2 (Odio Il Natale) (Italy)
Based on the Norwegian series Home for Christmas, Season 2 of I Hate Christmas opens a year after the Season 1 finale. For the first time, Gianna (Pilar Fogliati, All Heart) is no longer single as Christmas approaches, but as usual, things get messed up and she makes an unforgivable mistake that kills her relationship. Gianna knows she needs the Christmas magic to win back her ex, so she wants to do it by Christmas Eve dinner — which brings with it more than one unexpected twist. I Hate Christmas: Season 2, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, December 7, exclusively on Netflix.
High Tides (Knokke Off) (Belgium)
In this new young adult drama series, a group of wealthy friends faces adulthood’s harsh realities as they grapple with love and societal expectations during a tense summer on the Belgian coast.
High Tides, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, December 7, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Berlin Wall (Preis der Freiheit)
Set in a rapidly disintegrating East Germany in 1987, this drama follows sisters Margot Spindler (Barbara Auer, The Book Thief) and Lotte Bohla (Nadja Uhl, Line of Separation), who find themselves on opposing political sides. As Margot works to keep the GDR afloat, a presumed-dead third sister surfaces in the West. The three sisters’ fates become inexorably intertwined, and as the Berlin Wall crumbles, the consequences of their choices reverberate through a nation in the throes of transformation.
Costarring Nicolette Krebitz (Silver and the Book of Dreams), Godehard Giese (Babylon Berlin), and Oliver Masucci (Dark), Berlin Wall premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, December 8, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and the Walter Presents digital channels.
Dealing with Christmas (Un stupéfiant Noël) (France)
This comedy opens on Christmas Eve, when Greg (Matthias Quiviger, aka Ragnar le Breton, Medellin, Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom), a cop, leaves his young daughter once again because of work. To teach him a lesson, Santa Claus grants her wish: that her father look like Richard Silestone (Eric Judor, Represent, Weekend Family), who’s in the Christmas movie she adores. And presto, Greg is sent into the make-believe world while Richard lands in the real world. Upon waking, both men realize that they must complete each other’s missions to reclaim their respective lives; Richard must dismantle a dangerous drug network for Richard, and Richard must win the local figure skating competition to save Greg’s home.
The cast includes Arthur Sanigou (the film’s director and co-writer), Alex Lutz (Killer Coaster), Laura Felpin (Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom), Paul Deby (Love and Trouble in Paris), Catherine Hosmalin (Deadly Tropics), Bruno Sanches (Munch), Hafid Benamar (How I Became a Super Hero), and Monsieur Poulpe (Budapest).
Dealing with Christmas premieres globally on Friday, December 8, exclusively on Prime Video.
Hotel Europa (Das Weiße Haus am Rhein) (Germany)
Based on true events, and set against the backdrop of post-WWI Germany, this historical drama limited series tells the story of the Dreesen family, owners of the renowned Rheinhotel Dreesen in Bad Godesberg — a luxury hotel on the banks of the Rhine that played host to guests such as Konrad Adenauer, Charlie Chaplin, and Marlene Dietrich… and became Hitler’s headquarters in the Rhineland when the National Socialists came to power.
Starring Jonathan Berlin (Criminal: Germany), Benjamin Sadler (Furia), Katharina Schüttler (Dogs of Berlin), Pauline Rénevier (Sisi: Austrian Empress), and Nicole Heesters (Donna Leon’s Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries), Hotel Europa premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, December 8, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and the Walter Presents digital channels.
Candice Renoir: Season 8 (France)
Following on from the events in Season 7, this fan-favorite cop dramedy returns with ten more episodes, the first of which finds Antoine (Raphaël Lenglet, The Red Shadows) going back to work after the operation, but still suffering partial amnesia. The team also welcomes a new member from Marseille, Ismaël Ndongo (Christophe Ntakabanyura, Interns), who takes issue with Candice’s (Cécile Bois, Gloria) investigative methods. That’s not the worst of it for Candice, as the past comes back and does more than haunt her. Candice Renoir: Season 8 premieres in the US and Canada on Monday, December 11, exclusively on Acorn TV and its digital channels, including Acorn TV on Amazon.
Los Farad (The Farads) (Spain)
Set in 1980s Marbella, this crime thriller stars Miguel Herrán (Money Heist, Elite, Sky High) as Oskar, a fitness instructor who dreams of opening his own gym. He gets his chance when he falls for Sara (Susana Abaitua, Patria, I Know Who You Are), a rich young woman who introduces him to the jet-setting world of the Costa del Sol and to her family, the Farads, who deal in arms trafficking.
Los Farad, an Amazon Spanish Original Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, December 12, exclusively on Prime Video.
Love and Trouble in Paris (L’amour presque parfait) (France)
In this romantic comedy set in the City of Light, 36-year-old Julie (Maud Baecker, Tomorrow is Ours) has recently been dumped by her long-time boyfriend. But life takes an unexpected turn when she finds a lost phone — complete with the most gorgeous marriage proposal voicemail you could ever dream of! Blown away by this declaration of love meant for someone else, Julie embarks on a highly unorthodox adventure of a lifetime: to find, seduce, and marry this seemingly perfect specimen of a man!
Costarring Nadia Roz (Louis XXVIII), Isabelle Vitari (Mismatch), Tom Leeb (Women at War), François Vincentelli (Murder In…), and Antoine Duléry (Agatha Christie’s Family Murder Party), Love and Trouble in Paris premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 12, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
Movie of the Week: The Missing Granddaughter (Le lien) (France)
Marthe Keller (Marie Antoinette) stars in this period drama as a school teacher rebuilding her life, after having witnessed the roundup of her family during WWII. Now fifteen years later, her life is turned upside down when she thinks she recognizes among her students her granddaughter, Sarah, whom she thought had been taken to Auschwitz. Costarring Juliette Lamboley (The Red Band Society), Jacques Frantz (Blood of the Vine), and Jacques Spiesser (Magellan), The Missing Granddaughter premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 12, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon
Professor T: Season 3 (Germany)
In the Season 3 opener of this mystery-crime drama series, a remake of the eponymous hit Belgian show, Jasper “Professor T” Thalheim (Matthias Matschke, The Book Thief, Flemming), a highly-gifted psychologist, criminology professor and police consultant, not to mention high-functioning neurotic and germophobe, asks his students to commit, in theory, the perfect murder. However, what the police get is a real murder, whose perpetrator contacts Professor T and challenges him. (Video is from Season 2)
Professor T: Season 3 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 12, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
WW2 – Saving Norway’s Gold (Norway)
This three-part docuseries is about how the Norwegian government, through a covert operation, managed to smuggle 49 tons of gold out of the country during Nazi Germany’s invasion of Norway in April 1940. WW2 – Saving Norway’s Gold premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 12, exclusively on Viaplay.
1670 (Poland)
In this satirical comedy, nobleman Jan (Bartlomiej Topa, Hold Tight), navigates through family feuds and clashes with peasants in his quest to become Poland’s most famous figure and immortalized in history books.
1670, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, December 13, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
As the Crow Flies: Season 2 (Kus Uçusu) (Türkiye)
Following on from the events in Season 1, the new season of this drama sees the competition between Asli (Miray Daner, The Protector), an ambitious young upstart, and Lale (Birce Akalay, The Choice), a seasoned news program presenter, continuing within the cut-throat media industry. As Aslı strives to become a part of the power players, Lale retreats into her shell with the pain of her loss.
Costarring Ibrahim Çelikkol (Intersection), Burak Yamantürk (Either Freedom or Death), Demircan Kaçel (Three Sisters), İrem Sak (The Pit), Defne Kayalar (The Protector), and Şifanur Gül (The Tailor), As the Crow Flies: Season 2, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, December 14, exclusively on Netflix.
Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist (No me llame Ternera) (Spain)
This documentary presents an exclusive interview with Josu Urrutikoetxea, aka Josu Ternera, a key figure in ETA, the former armed Basque nationalist organization. The program also looks at the terrorist group and some of its more significant moments upon its dissolution in 2018. Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Friday, December 15, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Deadly Tropics: Season 4 (Tropiques criminels) (France)
Set on the island of Martinique, this female-driven cop dramedy series follows police officers Gaëlle Crivelli (Béatrice de la Boulaye, The Returned) and Melissa Sainte-Rose (Sonia Rolland, Murder in the Somme). In the Season 4 opener, Melissa and Gaëlle investigate a wealthy businessman and horse breeder suspected of murder, with Melissa going undercover to infiltrate his world and get evidence. (Video is from Season 3)
Deadly Tropics: Season 4 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 19, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
My Life as Lasse Hallström (Sweden)
This star-studded docuseries is about three-time Oscar® nominee Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules, My Life as a Dog, Chocolat, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape), one of Sweden’s greatest film directors of all time. The two-part program offers a look at Lasse’s early life and rise as a filmmaker through archive material, Lasse’s own words, and interviews with family, friends and colleagues, including Richard Gere, Tobey Maguire, Lena Olin, and Richard Dreyfuss, amongst others. My Life as Lasse Hallström premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 19, exclusively on Viaplay.
The Wild Horses of Wildenstein (Reiterhof Wildenstein) (Germany)
Klara Deutschmann (Tatort: Weimar, Dark) stars in this family drama as Rike Wildenstein, a young heiress and veritable horse whisperer who, following the death of her father, returns home after 13 years to help save the family’s gorgeous but heavily-indebted Wildenstein equestrian estate. But Rike’s ideas put her at odds with her mother (Ulli Maier, Anatomy of Evil) and siblings while bankruptcy looms…
Costarring Shenja Lacher (Woman of the Dead), Klara Deutschmann (Charité), Helmfried von Lüttichau (Tatort: Munich), Stefan Pohl (Murder by the Lake), and Florian Sumerauer (Tatort: Streets of Berlin), The Wild Horses of Wildenstein premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 19, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
The Taming of the Shrewd 2 (Poskromienie zlosnicy) (Poland)
In this sequel to the romantic comedy The Taming of the Shrewd, Kaśka (Magdalena Lamparska, 365 Days) and Patryk’s (Mikołaj Roznerski, Squared Love All Over Again) romance is put to the test when they suspect each other of infidelity and neighbors interfere in their affairs.
Costarring Agata Turkot (Feedback), The Taming of the Shrewd 2, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Wednesday, December 20, exclusively on Netflix.
Gigolò per caso (Accidental Gigolo) (Italy)
In this new comedy series, Alfonso (Pietro Sermonti, Nero Wolfe) learns that his father, Giacomo (Christian De Sica, Mozart in the Jungle) has been keeping a secret: his real profession was being a gigolo. On the outs with his wife, Margherita (Ambra Angiolini, The Ignorant Angels), and in dire financial straits, Alfonso decides to transform his life and follow in his father’s footsteps, discovering a completely unexpected version of himself. Gigolò per caso, an Amazon Italian Original series, premieres globally on Thursday, December 21, exclusively on Prime Video.
The Wagner Method: Season 2 (César Wagner) (France)
In this crime drama’s Season 2 opener, Wagner (Gil Alma, Inside) and his team investigate the death of a journalist and animal rights activist, whose lifeless body is found in the forest next to the corpse of a lynx, killed with a hunting knife. The Wagner Method: Season 2 premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, December 22, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and the Walter Presents digital channels.
Thank You, I’m Sorry (Tack och förlåt) (Sweden)
This comedy-drama centers on Sara (Sanna Sundqvist, Tore, Bonus Family), who lives in a perfect nuclear family with Daniél (Mattias Ramos, Steam Room Stories), their little son Eliot (Amaël Blomgren Alcaide), and a second child on its way. Then their life is turned upside down, and the heavily-pregnant Sara is suddenly left alone. But help soon appears from a completely unexpected source when Sara’s estranged older sister, Linda (Charlotta Björck, Charlotta × 8), a helpless, immature adult with a big, erratic dog, shows up from out of nowhere and offers to move in and help out. Featuring Ia Langhammer (The Truth Will Out), Peshang Rad (Bäckström), Juan Rodríguez (Before We Die), and Ville Virtanen (Bordertown), Thank You, I’m Sorry, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Tuesday, December 26, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Walking on Sunshine: Season 3 (Austria)
Set in the weather department of ORF, Austria’s largest broadcaster, this comedy-drama looks at life’s ups and downs from human and meteorological points of view. It focuses on the past of anchorman Otto Cerny-Hohenburg (Robert Palfrader, Woman of the Dead), who is transferred to the weather department after an alcohol addiction and a four-year break. (Video is from Season 2)
Walking on Sunshine: Season 3 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 26, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
Raffa (Italy) (English dub)
This docuseries is about LGBTQ+ icon and “queen of TV” Raffaella Carrà, a legend who transcended all barriers and an artist loved unconditionally by international audiences for more than 50 years. Yet Raffaella remains a mystery. This program traces her public and private life — from her childhood in Romagna, marked by her father’s abandonment, to her alleged flirt with Frank Sinatra, her great loves, her regret for having missed out on motherhood, her crises, and her rebirths — all told through her most iconic footage, exclusive images from her private archives, and never-before-seen testimony of those who really knew her.
The English-dubbed version of Raffa, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Wednesday, December 27, exclusively on Hulu. Internationally, it debuts on Disney+ on the same date.
Berlin (Spain)
In this highly-anticipated prequel spinoff of the global hit Spanish series Money Heist, the clever and hedonistic thief Berlin (Pedro Alonso, The Embassy, The Ministry of Time) prepares one of his most extraordinary heists: making jewels worth 44 million euros disappear like some sort of magic trick. To do it, he’ll enlist the help of one of the three gangs he’s ever stolen with.
Costarring in the eight-episode series are Michelle Jenner (The Cook of Castamar), Tristán Ulloa (Cocaine Coast), Begoña Vargas (High Seas), Julio Peña Fernández (Through My Window), and Joel Sánchez, along with Samantha Siqueiros (You Cannot Hide), Julien Paschal (One Year, One Night), Masi Rodríguez, and Rachel Lascar (Elite). Also in the cast are Itziar Ituño and Najwa Nimri, who reprise their Money Heist roles as policewomen Raquel Murillo and Alicia Sierra, respectively.
Berlin, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, December 29, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
One Step from Heaven: Season 2 (Un passo dal cielo) (Italy)
There are more crimes for forestry corps commander Francesco Neri (Daniele Liotti, Squadra mobile) and police commissioner Vincenzo Nappi (Enrico Ianniello, Inspector Ricciardi) to investigate, and more personal dramas to deal with, in Season 2 of this light mystery series. One Step From Heaven: Season 2 premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, December 29, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and the Walter Presents digital channels.
Unbroken (Germany)
In this suspenseful mystery-crime thriller, heavily pregnant Chief Inspector Alex Enders (Aylin Tezel, Tatort, The Master Butcher) goes on maternity leave and suddenly disappears. She wakes up a week later, bloodied, her baby is gone, and with no memory of the birth or anything else that’s happened. When her colleagues make no headway in investigating the kidnapping, Alex takes over, getting herself entangled in a web of suspicions and lies and risking everything to get back her child, her job, her relationship, and her life. Unbroken: Season 1 premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, December 29, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and the Walter Presents digital channels.
LOCAL/REGIONAL PREMIERES
L’Opéra: Season 1 (France)
Set within the world of the internationally-renowned Paris Opera, this drama follows three people with something to prove. One is Zoé (Ariane Labed, Ad Vitam), a 35-year-old principal dancer whose excesses — too many parties, lovers, anxieties, and injuries — have put the aging prima ballerina off her game and put her in danger of being let go from the company. Zoé will have to come to terms with the institution, her peers, and her own demons if she wants to earn herself a second chance. Another is Flora (Suzy Bemba, Kandisha), an ambitious 19-year-old Black dancer who, having just joined the company, has only a few months to carve out a place for herself and prove her mettle. The third is Sébastien (Raphaël Personnaz, Marius), the flamboyant, 38-year-old Director of Dance, who is under pressure to revive the Paris Opera Ballet and maintain their reputation in the international dance world.
The eight-episode first season of L’Opera has its US linear TV debut starting on or after Friday, December 1, on the following public TV stations and state/regional networks: Idaho Public Television, KCET, KLRU, KWSU, Maryland Public Television, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WETA, and WGBH. (Contact the station that serves your area to request the program.)
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO LINEAR TV
The Orphanage (La révolte des innocents) (France)
Based on true events, this historical drama has at its center Les Vermiraux, an institution where the Public Assistance department sent disadvantaged children to be looked after. It is to Les Vermiraux that, in 1911, struggling mother Louise Perreau (Emilie de Preissac, The Chalet) entrusts her 10-year-old son, Gaston (Marius Blivet, Leo Mattei – Special Unit), until she finds a job and gets situated in Paris. But behind its impeccable façade is a hellhole, where the children are mercilessly abused, exploited, and subjected to unimaginable horrors. A tragedy sparks a revolt against Armand Sandrin (Bruno Debrandt, Caïn) and Joséphine Poliveau (Julie Ferrier, Perfect Murders), who run Les Vermiraux — setting the stage for investigating judge Emile Guidon (Théo Frilet, Le Code) to delve into the institution’s practices, and later the establishment of the first juvenile court in France.
The Orphanage has its US linear debut on Friday, December 29, at 9 PM ET, on Eurochannel.
The Perfect Murderer (A tökéletes gyilkos) (Hungary)
This mystery-crime drama follows Kamenár (Zsolt László, Shakespeare 37), a seasoned homicide detective on a path of self-destruction following the agonizing loss of his daughter and the steady disintegration of his marriage. But he finds a new purpose in life after he is called to the scene of a gruesome murder and learns the prime suspect is Petra (Nóra Hörich, The Last Kingdom), his late daughter’s best friend, who is suspected of being responsible for her death as well. With revenge as his focus, Kamenár embarks on a relentless quest to bring justice to his daughter’s memory while pursuing the truth for the homicide case. As the investigation progresses, he must determine if Petra is actually innocent or so skilled that she was able to commit the perfect murder.
The Perfect Murderer has its US linear debut on Saturday, December 30, at 9 PM ET, on Eurochannel.
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO STREAMING CHANNELS
Movie of the Week: The Accidental Lover (La vie en miettes) (France)
Based on the eponymous Boileau-Narcejac novel, this mystery thriller stars Bruno Debrandt (Spiral) as Jonathan Hopkins, an unhappily married man who is considering divorcing his wife of only a few months. Soon after learning that the father he never knew bequeathed a fortune to him, Jonathan also finds out that his wife has been in a car accident — except the person in the hospital bed isn’t his wife but another woman (Audrey Fleurot, A French Village) who has his wife’s identity papers…
The Accidental Lover begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 5, on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
Varg Veum: Season 2 (Norway)
Based on the best-selling “Varg Veum” crime novels by Gunnar Staalesen, this Nordic noir mystery-crime drama series stars Trond Espen Seim (The Legacy, Acquitted) as the titular former child welfare worker-turned-private investigator. In Season 2’s feature-length stories, Varg is the target of a revenge plot, investigates a disappearance, an ex-army officer and the death of an asylum seeker, negotiates a hostage situation, and searches for missing siblings.
Varg Veum: Season 2 begins streaming in the US and Canada on Thursday, December 7, on Topic and its digital channels, including Topic on Amazon. Two episodes will drop each week through December 21.
1993: Berlusconi Rising (Italy)
This binge-worthy drama picks up where 1992 leaves off, tracking the collapse of a political system and the chaos that results. Out of the ashes will rise new right-wing parties, like the Forza Italia party founded by media magnate Silvio Berlusconi. (Video is from 1992: Berlusconi Rising)
1993: Berlusconi Rising begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 12, on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
Felix (Spain)
Leonardo Sbaraglia (Elite, Bird Box: Barcelona) stars in this mystery thriller as Felix, an ordinary man leading a quiet and uneventful life in Andorra. But his life is transformed after he meets and falls in love with Julia (Mi Hoa Lee, Awareness), an Asian woman. After a few encounters, she disappears, and Felix realizes Julia isn’t who she pretends to be. He also becomes obsessed with finding her — remaking himself into an amateur detective while trying to convince the police and Julia’s relatives that something has happened to her.
Felix begins streaming in the US and Canada on Thursday, December 14, on Topic and its digital channels, including Topic on Amazon. Two episodes will drop each week through December 28.
Miss Friman’s War: Season 2 (Fröken Frimans krig) (Sweden)
Following on from the events in Season 1, Season 2 of this historical drama finds the Svenska Hem food co-op doing brisk business and the ladies turning their attention to campaigning for women’s suffrage in 1906 Stockholm. Meanwhile, there are secret romances and family dramas amongst them, and more sabotage against the store.
Miss Friman’s War: Season 2 begins streaming in the US and Canada on Friday, December 15, on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and the Walter Presents digital channels.
Movie of the Week: Marie Octobre (France)
Set ten years after the liberation of Paris, this period drama stars Nathalie Baye (Nox) as Marie-Hélène Dumoulin, aka Marie-Octobre, who has gathered a group of former resistance fighters to dinner. Her aim isn’t to have a joyful reunion with them but to unmask the one amongst them who betrayed their leader, her friend, to the Germans, causing his death.
Costarring Samuel Labarthe (Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games) and Jacques Spiesser (Magellan), Marie Octobre begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 19, on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
The Hunters: Season 1 (Jägarna) (Sweden)
Rolf Lassgård (A Man Called Ove, Death of a Pilgrim, Wallander) reprises his role as Erik Bäckström (from The Hunters and False Trail), a retired Stockholm Police detective back home in the far north of Sweden. Here his nephew, Peter Bäckström (Johan Marenius Nordahl, The Restaurant), is following in his footsteps and training as a cop. Retirement is short-lived for Erik when mining contractor Markus Lindmark (Pelle Heikkilä, Invisible Heroes) asks him for help after Markus is attacked. But as Erik and Peter investigate, more attacks happen… and Erik gets himself into increasing trouble.
The Hunters: Season 1 begins streaming in the US and Canada on Thursday, December 21, on Topic and its digital channels, including Topic on Amazon. Two episodes will drop each week through January 4, 2024.
Operation Napoleon (Iceland-Germany)
This thriller follows Icelandic lawyer Kristin (Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Fractures), who gets drawn into the vortex of an international conspiracy after her brother stumbles upon the wreckage of a World War II plane, recently revealed by the melting of one of Iceland’s largest glaciers, and sends her footage of it. The discovery not only brings ruthless criminals onto the scene, but also CIA director William Carr (Iain Glen, Game of Thrones), who has been secretly trying to remove the wreck for a long time.
Costarring Jack Fox (Sanditon) and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Trapped), Operation Napoleon begins streaming Thursday, December 21, on Hulu.
The Bridge: Season 3 (Bron/Broen) (Swedish-Danish & English Dub) (Sweden-Denmark)
Opening a year after the Season 2 finale, the penultimate season of this hit Nordic noir series sees Swedish detective Saga Norén (Sofia Helin, Atlantic Crossing, Mystery Road) teaming up with Danish detective Henrik Sabroe (Thure Lindhardt, Seaside Hotel, The Last Kingdom) to investigate the murder of a Danish national on Swedish soil. As they delve into this and other murders, both have their own personal demons to deal with, including the reappearance of Saga’s estranged mother in her life, and the mysterious disappearance of Henrik’s wife and two young daughters from his life six years ago. Both the original Swedish-Danish and English-dubbed versions of The Bridge: Season 3 begin streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 26, on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
Movie of the Week: Mr. Monde Vanishes (La fuite de Monsieur Monde) (France)
Based on the novel Monsieur Monde Vanishes by Georges Simenon, this drama stars Bernard Le Coq (Gloria) as Lionel Monde, a successful Parisian businessman and family man who, on his 48th birthday, abandons everything and runs off to the French Riviera, where he changes his appearance and creates a new identity to escape the confines of his life.
Costarring Nozha Khouadra (Marseille), Mr. Monde Vanishes begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, December 26, on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
Amsterdam Vice (Baantjer het begin) (Netherlands)
An original eight-part prequel to Baantjer Mysteries, the 1995 series based on the novels by A.C. Baantjer, this crime drama chronicles rookie cop Jurre de Cock’s (Waldemar Torenstra, Divorce) beginnings in Amsterdam’s roughest police department. Set in 1980, the show follows him as he and his fellow officers fight crime amid social unrest in the lead-up to Princess Beatrix’s coronation.
Amsterdam Vice begins streaming in the US and Canada on Thursday, December 28, on Topic and its digital channels, including Topic on Amazon. Two episodes will drop each week through January 18, 2024.
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For details about the December premieres of shows from the UK, Canada, and Ireland, visit The British TV Place. For info about the debuts of programs from Australia and New Zealand, visit The Down Under TV Place. For that of a select list of titles from other countries, visit The Global TV Place.
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