April brings the premieres of 28 new Euro TV series, seasons, films, and documentaries from nine countries to the US and beyond — plus the return of Babylon Berlin!
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
Movie of the Week: Thick As Thieves (Vieilles Canailles) (France)
This comedy sees a trio of septuagenarians — Raoul (Claude Brasseur, A Simple Story), J.P. (François Berléand, The Law of Damien), and Martin (Patrick Chesnais, Deadly Seasons) — hatch an elaborate con to exact revenge against the man responsible for their friend’s death.
Thick As Thieves premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 2, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels. (Rescheduled from March)
Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (Germany)
This true-crime docuseries centers on a string of grisly murders that sent shock waves through the Berlin party scene in 2012. The killer remained at large — until one of his targets survived. Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Wednesday, April 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Crooks (Germany)
This crime drama stars Frederick Lau (Rising High, 4 Blocks) as Charly, a former safecracker who lives a quiet life in Berlin with his family — until his criminal past catches up with him and he is forced by old associates to break into a safe and steal a valuable coin, lest his family be harmed. The coin holds an unusual significance, and as such puts Charly in the crossfire between a Berlin clan, a Serbian burglar gang, a Vienna pimp, the Marseille mafia, and a mysterious master thief — all of whom have their reasons for wanting the coin for themselves.
But things quickly go sideways and a deadly shootout ensues. Now the fates of Charly and Joseph (Christoph Krutzler, Freud, Altes Geld), the driver for a Vienna gang, are inextricably entwined as they are forced to flee to get Charly’s family to safety while being chased by the gangs. Their only hope to hold their own against the gangs and save what’s important to them is to trust in their friendship.
The cast includes Svenja Jung (Deutschland 89), Karl Welunschek (Freud), Georg Friedrich (Freud), Jonathan Tittel (Helen Dorn), Kida Khodr Ramadan (4 Blocks), Erdal Yıldız (10 Days of a Good Man), Nima “Nimo” Yaghobi (Skylines), Lukas Watzl (The Winemaker), Maya Unger (Walking on Sunshine), Jan Georg Schütte (Babylon Berlin), Robert Finster (Freud), Veysel Gelin (4 Blocks), Branko Samarovski (Perfume), Brigitte Kren (Freud), and Virginie Peignien (Research Unit).
Crooks, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, April 4, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Tearsmith (Fabbricante di lacrime) (Italy)
Based on the international best-selling novel The Tearsmith by Erin Doom, this drama centers on 17-year-old Nica (Caterina Ferioli) and the mysterious Rigel (Simone Baldasseroni, aka Biondo). Both experienced a tough childhood at the Grave, the gruesome orphanage where the legend of the Tearsmith — a mysterious craftsman, guilty of forging all of the fears and anxieties that inhabit people’s hearts — has been told for years. The two haven’t gotten along, and now that they’re adopted by the same family, they soon realize that their unexpected but irresistible feelings pull them together.
The Tearsmith, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Thursday, April 4, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
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The Nordic Murders: Season 4 (Der Usedom-Krimi) (Germany)
In Season 4 of this crime drama series, Usedom-based investigator Karin Lossow (Katrin Sass, Dogs of Berlin, The Weissensee Saga) delves into the murder of a TV personality, which has a connection to Chief Inspector Ellen Norgaard (Rikke Lylloff, Borgen), plus the death of a high-achieving teenage student and the disappearance of a Polish woman. Meanwhile, Katharina (Milena Dreißig, Blackout) is unsure of her future. The Nordic Murders: Season 4 premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, April 5, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and Walter Presents digital channels.
Haven of Grace (De Grâce) (France-Belgium)
Dark, taut, and elegiac, this sprawling crime thriller saga is set within the sordid underworld of the northern French port city of Le Havre. Dock worker and former union organizer Pierre Leprieur (Olivier Gourmet, Captain Marleau, Oussekine) has spent his life trying to keep the docks clean. On the evening of his sixtieth birthday, both of his sons — Simon (Panayotis Pascot, Represent) and Jean (Pierre Lotin, Lupin) — are arrested and accused of drug trafficking. Convinced that he’s been targeted, Pierre risks everything to save them, but his efforts may come at too high a cost.
Costarring Margot Bancilhon (Criminal: France), who won the Best Actress Award at the 2023 Series Mania Festival for her portrayal of Pierre’s daughter, Emma, Haven of Grace premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 9, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Monterossi: Season 2 (Italy)
Based on Torto marcio, Book 4 in Alessandro Robecchi‘s “Le avventure di Carlo Monterossi” crime novel series, the new season of this mystery thriller series finds TV writer and accidental detective Carlo Monterossi (Fabrizio Bentivoglio, The Name of the Rose, Rose Island) delving into the case of a series of mysterious murders after they feature in the plots of some episodes of the popular TV series he helped create. (Video is from Season 1)
Monterossi: Season 2 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 9, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
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“Le avventure di Carlo Monterossi” novels by Alessandro Robecchi
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Movie of the Week: Tragedy on the High Seas (Drame en haute mer) (France)
Barbara Schulz (Gloria, Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games) stars in this mystery drama as Nolwenn Lenormand, the wife and mother of two trawlermen. When she learns that their trawler sank suddenly and inexplicably with all of its crew, she is convinced that a submarine on maneuvers was responsible. Determined to know the truth, Nolwenn sets out to investigate the cause of the accident herself. Meanwhile, the case becomes more complex for Gilles Pezenec (Arié Elmaleh, Deadly Tropics), the gendarme in charge, when a fourth body, unknown to everyone, is found on the wreck.
Tragedy on the High Seas premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 9, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Anthracite (France)
In this mystery-thriller series, the 1994 mass suicide of a cult that used to operate near an anthracite mine in a small village in the Alps made headlines. Thirty years later, the murder of a woman who was killed according to the cult’s rituals wreaks havoc on the delicate balance that had been restored by the locals.
A recent arrival to these mountain parts is Jaro Gatsi (Clément Hatik, DogMan, Validé), a former motocross champion and repentant young offender who has come here to get his life back on track. He proves to be the perfect scapegoat, as he soon finds himself accused of the murder. Meanwhile, Ida (Noémie Schmidt, Inside, The Break), an eccentric, socially-awkward, and hyper-connected young geek, heads to the same Alpine village to search for her father, a journalist who was abducted while investigating the cult.
Determined to prove his innocence, Jaro gets some unexpected help from Ida, who in turn recruits him to help her find her father. The two soon realize that their involvement in these cult-related events is not by chance, and that the answers they are looking for are rooted in the secrets of their own past…
Costars include Camille Lou (The Bonfire of Destiny), Nicolas Godart (Les Rascals), Raphaël Ferret (The Paris Murders), Jean-Marc Barr (Blood on the Docks), Solal Heilman, Stefano Cassetti (Into the Night), Kad Merad (Baron noir), and Vincent Rottiers (Women at War).
Anthracite, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, April 10, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
As the Crow Flies: Season 3 (Kus Uçusu) (Türkiye)
In this drama’s new season, a familiar face steps in front of the camera, old alliances are broken, new relationships are formed, and the cards of broadcast news are reshuffled.
As the Crow Flies, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, April 11, exclusively on Netflix.
Midsummer Night (Midtsommernatt) (Norway)
Set against the backdrop of a midsummer party, this drama series explores themes that everyone can identify with or relate to — from relationships, marriage, love and betrayal, to hopes, dreams, jealousy, forgiveness, and secret parallel lives. It is during the party that Carina (Pernilla August, Young Royals) and Johannes (Dennis Storhøi, Troll), after 30 years of marriage, choose to tell their family and friends a big secret that has unforeseen consequences.
The cast includes Amalia Holm (Delete Me), Sofia Tjelta (Delete Me), Linn Skåber (Good Night Darling), Kim Falck (The Architect), Christopher Wollter (Modus), Fanny Klefelt (Before We Die), Peiman Azizpour (Furia), Maria Agwumaro (A Human Position), Eirik Hallert (Hvite gutter), Liv Osa (Mammon), and Kadir Talabani (A Star Is Born).
Midsummer Night, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, April 11, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Black Tulip: Season 1 (Zwarte tulp) (Netherlands)
This drama series revolves around the Vonk and Kester families, both of which have been successful in the tulip bulb business for years. While the Vonks focus on growing original bulbs, the Kesters buy and resell bulbs. Due to an accident fifteen years earlier, the brother and sister-in-law of Henk Kester (Marcel Musters, Penoza) died, allegedly at the hands of Luuk Vonk (Huub Stapel, Ferry), according to Henk. Ever since then, the two families been enemies as well as rivals — a feud that gets intensified when the Vonk family claims to have produced the first black tulip. Meanwhile, little by little, the mystery surrounding that fatal accident is unraveled, revealing that nothing is what it seems.
Black Tulip: Season 1 premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, April 12, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and Walter Presents digital channels.
Love, Divided (Pared con pared) (Spain)
A remake of the 2015 French film Blind Date, this romantic comedy film centers on Valentina (Aitana, Our Only Chance) and David (Fernando Guallar, Velvet Colección). She’s a young pianist preparing for an audition; he’s a games inventor who can only concentrate in complete silence. A paper-thin wall separates their adjoining apartments. Will they learn to live in harmony with one another?
Featuring Natalia Rodríguez (High Seas), Adam Jezierski (Vote for Juan), Paco Tous (Money Heist), and Miguel Ángel Muñoz (Presumed Guilty), Love, Divided, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, April 12, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Stolen (Stöld) (Sweden)
Based on Ann-Helén Laestadius’s critically-acclaimed, international best-selling novel Stolen, this drama feature portrays a young woman’s struggle to defend her indigenous heritage in a world where xenophobia is on the rise, climate change is threatening reindeer herding, and young people choose suicide in the face of collective desperation. The story also lays bare the tensions that arise when modern ideas come up against a traditional culture with deeply-rooted patriarchal structures.
The cast includes Elin Kristina Oskal (in her acting debut), Martin Wallström (Beck), Lars-Ánte Wasara, Ida Persson Labba, Pávva Pittja (Midnight Sun), Ingahilda Tapio, Magnus Kuhmunen, Simon Issát Marainen, Niilá Omma, and Anne Lajla Westerfjell Kalstad.
Stolen, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, April 12, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now at www.netflix.com/stolen.)
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Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius
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Movie of the Week: Winter Roses (Des roses en hiver) (France)
Jean-Pierre Marielle (Tous les matins du monde) stars in this drama as Jean, the 80-year-old patriarch of a family who, suffering from an incurable disease, decides to stop his treatment and go the route of euthanasia to end his life. He and his wife, Madeleine (Mylène Demongeot, Fantômas), announce the news to their three children, each of whom reacts in a very different way.
Costarring Léa Drucker (The Bureau), François Vincentelli (Alter Ego), and Aurélien Wiik (Munch), Winter Roses premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 16, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Don’t Hate the Player (France)
In this reality-competition series, thirteen players start out in a makeshift camp, then compete for a spot in a luxury villa and a shot at 150,000 euros in a tense game of strategy and survival. Don’t Hate the Player, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, April 17, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
See You in Another Life (Nos vemos en otra vida) (Spain)
Adapted from the nonfiction book Nos vemos en esta vida o en la otra (We’ll Meet in This Life or the Next) by Manuel Jabois, itself based on the interview Jabois conducted with Gabriel Montoya Vidal (aka Baby) in 2014, this biopic-historical crime drama tells of Vidal’s involvement in the worst Jihadi terrorist attack on European soil in March 2004. At that time, Baby (Quim Àvila, Burning Body) was a sixteen-year-old who helped transport the explosives that would be used in the series of coordinated, near-simultaneous bombings of commuter trains in Madrid on the morning of March 11, 2004. Baby was the first person to be sentenced for the attack, and his evidence was vital in the mega-trial held in 2007.
Costarring Pol López (Heirs to the Land), See You in Another Life, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Wednesday, April 17, exclusively on Hulu.
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Nos vemos en esta vida o en la otra by Manuel Jabois
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The Mountain Detective: Season 2 (Alex Hugo) (France)
In the long-awaited return of Samuel Le Bihan (They Were Ten, Braquo) as Marseille cop-turned-rural police inspector Alex Hugo, this season of the mystery-crime drama finds Alex investigating the rape of a young woman, trying to find out what happened to a mute teenage girl that has left her terrified, and the murder of a doctor, amongst other cases. The Mountain Detective: Season 2 premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, April 19, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and Walter Presents digital channels.
Brigands: The Quest for Gold (Briganti) (Italy)
Set in the 19th century, when the southern lands of Italy are bandit territory, this action-adventure drama series follows Filomena (Michela De Rossi, The Many Saints of Newark), a woman who escapes a sad life in her village and joins a group of brigands on a risky treasure hunt. As she becomes a ruthless and strategic leader, Filomena comes into contact with other women like her. In order for them to recover the gold of the South and restore hope to the peasants, the various bands of brigands will have to unite against the common enemy: the State. But it’s also brigands against brigands in a struggle where one must be willing to sacrifice even one’s humanity to overcome the oppressors.
Brigands: The Quest for Gold, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, April 23, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Fight for Paradise: Who Can You Trust? (Germany)
Another new reality-competition series is this one, in which the contestants must keep their friends close and their enemies closer as they attempt to win entry to paradise and 100,000 euros. Fight for Paradise: Who Can You Trust?, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, April 23, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Pacific Criminal: Season 2 (OPJ Pacifique Sud) (France)
In this cop drama’s Season 2 opener, squad commander Clarissa Hoarau (Yaëlle Trules, Cut) and her team are transferred from their station in Nouméa, New Caledonia, to the south of Reunion Island, where Clarissa hails from. But her homecoming includes an unexpected reunion with Florian (Toussaint Martinetti, Mafiosa), her supposedly dead husband. Meanwhile, Gaspard (Antoine Stip, Tandem) and Jackson (Nathan Dellemme, Spiral) investigate the murder of a young woman and the disappearance of her six-month-old child, as the conspicuously-absent Kelly (Marielle Karabeu) awaits her judgment. (Video is from Season 1)
Pacific Criminal: Season 2 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 23, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Deliver Me (I dina händer) (Sweden)
In this gritty crime series, teenage friends Billy (Yasir Hassan) and Dogge (Olle Strand) are recruited by a local gang, plunging them into a violent world they are too young to protect themselves from. When one of them tries to escape the gang, it tears their friendship apart. Meanwhile, desperate to protect his community from gang violence, a detective (Ardalan Esmaili, Snabba Cash) goes after a drug dealer he holds responsible for the murder of a witness.
Costars include Yusra Warsama (Castle Rock), Ane Dahl Torp (Occupied), Henrik Norlén (Modus), Mahmut Suvakci (Top Dog), Solomon Njie (Top Dog), and Abdirahman Mohamed.
Deliver Me, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, April 24, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Asunta Case (El caso Asunta) (Spain)
This true-crime drama series centers on one of the most shocking cases in Spain in 2013: the murder of 12-year-old Asunta Basterra. On September 21, 2013, Rosario Porto (Candela Peña, Hierro, All About My Mother) and Alfonso Basterra (Tristán Ulloa, Berlin, The Snow Girl) report the disappearance of their adopted Chinese daughter, Asunta, whose body is found hours later next to a road outside of the pilgrimage city Santiago de Compostela. But the police investigation soon uncovers evidence that points to Rosario and Alfonso as the perpetrators of the girl’s murder — news that shakes the city and the region of Galicia, even the entire country.
The cast includes Javier Gutiérrez (Below Zero), Carlos Blanco (The Minions of Midas), María León (The House of Flowers), Francesc Orella (Merlí), Alicia Borrachero (Morocco: Love in Times of War), and Iris Whu.
The Asunta Case, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, April 26, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Crimson Rivers: Season 4 (Les rivières pourpres) (France)
In the fourth and final season of this mystery-crime thriller series, Commissioner Pierre Niemans (Olivier Marchal, The Promise) and Lieutenant Camille Delaunay (Erika Sainte, Baron noir) are once again called to the four corners of France to investigate complex crimes. They include murders committed by a possible vigilante, at a fine arts school, and in the forest around a center for serial killers, as well as one connected to Camille’s former partner.
The Crimson Rivers: Season 4 premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, April 26, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and Walter Presents digital channels.
Infested (Vermines) (France-US)
Did someone say arachnophobia? This horror film follows Kaleb (Théo Christine, The Orphanage), who’s about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over a matter of inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a venomous spider in a bazaar and brings it back to his flat. It only takes a moment for it to escape and reproduce, turning the whole place into a web trap.
Costarring Finnegan Oldfield (Gone for Good), Jérôme Niel (Smoking Causes Coughing), Sofia Lesaffre (Ganglands), and Lisa Nyarko (Le Vide), Infested, a Shudder Original Film, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, April 26, exclusively on Shudder, the AMC+ streaming bundle, and their digital channels, including Shudder on Prime Channels and AMC+ on Prime Channels.
Fiasco (France)
Pierre Niney (LOL, qui rit, sort !, OSS 117: From Africa with Love) stars in this comedy series as Raphael, a young, ambitious director. Raphael is making his first feature film, so he’s under plenty of pressure already. But then disaster strikes the set. Chaos erupts — all of which is captured by a behind-the-scenes film crew — followed by mishaps, blackmail, and sabotage.
Costars include series creator Igor Gotesman (Family Business), Géraldine Nakache (Interns), Pascal Demolon (Mismatch), Leslie Medina (Balthazar), Louise Coldefy (Family Business), Djimo (The Takedown), Juliette Gasquet (Consent), and François Civil (Call My Agent!).
Fiasco, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, April 30, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Murder in…: Season 12 (France)
This popular mystery anthology series returns with thirteen new episodes that take viewers to more beautiful locations across France, including Le Mans, Charente, Brouage, Finistre,Font-Romeu, Pont-Aven, The Bearn, Guadeloupe, Lerins Islands, Cote Sauvage, Vendee, Les Saintes, and Dinard.
Starring in one episode is Canadian actor Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills, 90210, Private Eyes, Call Me Fitz), who plays a French-speaking LAPD detective who must investigate a murder on the race tracks of Le Mans while hiding his own secrets. Costars in the episode include Eléonore Bernheim (The Art of Crime) and Olivier Marchal (Murder in Martinique).
Murder in…: Season 12 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 30, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
The Roots of Evil (Die Quellen des Bösen) (Germany)
Set after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this crime thriller series follows two cops — West German detective Ulrike Bandow (Henriette Confurius, Transatlantic) and East German investigator Koray Larssen (Fahri Yardim, Tatort) — who must join forces to unravel a trail of secrets and crack a gruesome case. A twisted serial killer seems to have returned, causing chaos throughout the countryside. To stop him, the investigators have to learn to trust each other. But that’s not easy, because Larssen has an agenda of his own and Ulrike’s personal guilt leads to a deep abyss she never wanted to fall into…
Featuring Cloé Albertine Heinrich (The Defeated), Angelina Häntsch (We Children from Bahnhof Zoo), and Filip Schnack (The Peppercorns), The Roots of Evil premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 30, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
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LOCAL/REGIONAL PREMIERES
New Scandinavian Cooking: Season 10 (Norway)
Taking over for Andreas Viestad in the new season of this food and travel series is Norwegian celebrity chef Christer Roedseth, who embarks on a culinary adventure and discovers exciting food with new flavors at different locations in Norway and beyond. Chef Christer presents delicious dishes from the fjord valley of Hardanger, enjoys drinks from Bergen, and samples fresh seafood from just outside Trondheim. He also travels to northern Norway, where the king crab and lean venison meat are important commodities.
New Scandinavian Cooking: Season 10 is confirmed for airing on or after Monday, April 1, on the following public TV stations and state/regional networks: Alabama Public Television, Arkansas PBS, Connecticut Public Television (CPTV), Idaho Public Television, KAET, KAKM, KAMU, KAWE, KBDI, KCET, KCOS, KCPT, KCTS, KEDT, KEET, KENW, KERA, KETC, KLCS, KLRN, KLRU, KLVX, KNME, KNPB, KOCE, KOOD, KOZK, KPBS, KPTS, KQED, KQEH, KRCB, KRMA, KRSU, KRWG, KSMQ, KSPS, KSYS, KTCA, KTWU, KUAC, KUAT, KUHT, KVCR, KVPT, KWCM, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Maine Public Television, Maryland Public Television, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Montana PBS, Nebraska Public Media, New Hampshire PBS, NJ PBS (New Jersey), OETA (Oklahoma), Oregon Public Broadcasting, PBS Wisconsin, Prairie Public (North Dakota), South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Vermont Public, WBRA, WCFE, WCMU, WCTE, WCVE, WDSC, WDSE, WEDU, WEIU, WETA, WETP, WFSU, WFWA, WFYI, WGBH, WGBY, WGCU, WGVU, WHRO, WHUT, WHYY, WILL, WIPB, WITF, WJCT, WKAR, WKYU, WLIW, WLRN, WLVT, WMHT, WMVS, WNED, WNEO, WNET, WNIN, WNIT, WNMU, WNPT, WNYE, WOSU, WOUB, WPBA, WPBS, WPBT, WPSU, WPTD, WPTO, WQED, WQPT, WSBE, WSIU, WSKG, WSRE, WTCI, WTIU, WTTW, WTVI, WTVP, WTVS, WUCF, WUFT, WVIZ, WVPT, WXEL, WYES, WYIN, and WyomingPBS. Check your local listings or contact the station that serves your area for air dates and times.
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO LINEAR TV
Child in Peril (Un enfant en danger) (France)
Adapted from the novel Tu l’aimais quand tu m’as fait ? by Hélène Couturier, this crime thriller follows Rebecca (Aure Atika, Spin, The Night Manager), a cop with the Toulouse Police’s Juvenile Division, who sets off on a personal quest for justice after a man, Mathieu (Arié Elmaleh, The Wagner Method), goes to the police station to report that his ex-wife, Christelle (Claire Borotra, Mismatch), has abducted their son, Joachim. Supported by fellow cop Fabien (Lannick Gautry, Fear by the Lake), Rebecca unravels the threads of deception. As the layers of the story peel away, the darkness beneath is exposed, revealing a family history tainted with abuse and cruelty. Child in Peril has its US linear debut on Friday, April 26, at 9pm ET, on Eurochannel.
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Tu l’aimais quand tu m’as fait ? by Hélène Couturier
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All She Wrote (Bulgaria-US)
Set in New York City, this English-language action film revolves around Aaron (Gary Dourdan, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), a former fighter who finds solace in music after enduring years of physical and mental trauma. When his path crosses with that of Jana (Sanya Borisova, The Expendables 2), an enigmatic Bulgarian immigrant whose unconventional spirit and refusal to conform to societal norms instantly captivate Aaron, it sparks a fiery romance that defies all odds. But her brother, Bobby (Orlin Pavlov, Living Legends), an aspiring fighter and sign language interpreter, sets out to manipulate Jana and Aaron’s relationship to his advantage.
All She Wrote has its US linear debut on Saturday, April 27, at 9pm ET, on Eurochannel.
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO STREAMING SERVICES
Euro TV Titles from Topic
Following the merger of the MHz Choice and Topic streaming services, many/most of the international TV titles that had been on the now-former Topic will be available on MHz Choice starting April 1. Notable Euro TV titles amongst them include Danish crime drama The Killing (Frobrydelsen), German-Austrian crime drama Pagan Peak (De Pass), and Turkish crime drama Persona (Sahsiyet), amongst many others.
Spiral: Season 6 (Engrenages) (France) (English dub)
In Season 6 of this gritty, International Emmy® Award-winning crime drama, Laure (Caroline Proust, Notre-Dame) returns to work earlier than expected and, along with Gilou (Thierry Godard, Germinal) and Tintin (Fred Bianconi, Chronicles of the Sun), begins a complex new investigation after a human torso is discovered in a pile of garbage in Paris’s 20th arrondissement. It isn’t the only corpse they’ll come across.
Meanwhile, Joséphine (Audrey Fleurot, A French Village) is still mourning, but nonetheless tempted by a high-profile criminal trial, which means collaborating with police attorney Eric Edelman (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Kabul Kitchen). And Judge Roban (Philippe Duclos, The Art of Crime) faces a health crisis. (Trailer is in French with English subtitles)
The English-dubbed version of Spiral: Season 6 begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 2, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Unit One: Season 1 (Rejseholdet) (Denmark)
One of the best Euro TV cop dramas is this International Emmy® Award-winning series, which follows the mobile Unit One team as they assist local police forces across Denmark in investigating cases that require more manpower or expertise. Getting them from one crime scene to the next is a tricked-out tractor trailer that serves as their office on wheels.
The cast includes Charlotte Fich (Prisoner) as unit commander Ingrid Dahl, Hollywood star Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) as interrogation lead Allan Fischer, Lars Brygmann (Dicte) as crime scene specialist Thomas La Cour, Waage Sandø (Follow the Money) as “everything else” cop Jens Peter “IP” Sørensen, Trine Pallesen (The Killing) as reports officer Gabriella “Gaby” Levin, Erik Wedersøe (The Kingdom) as senior police official Ulf Thomsen, and Lars Bom (The Sommerdahl Murders) as pro footballer-turned-Unit One driver Johnny Olsen.
Unit One: Season 1 begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 2, on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
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Mayhem! (Farang) (France)
A remake of the Swedish film Farang starring Ola Rapace, this revenge thriller tells the story of Sam (Nassim Lyes, They Were Ten), a professional boxer and prison inmate who, after being paroled, is forced to flee France when his past catches up with him. Five years later, he has built a simple life for himself on an exotic island in Thailand, where he lives with his wife, Mia (Loryn Nounay, Skam France), and her daughter, Dara (Chananticha Tang-Kwa, The Murderer), and works multiple jobs to support his family and buy a piece of land to build a restaurant. As his life begins to improve, a job gone wrong puts Sam in the crosshairs of local crime lord Narong (Olivier Gourmet, Haven of Grace), who retaliates with brutal violence. Crushed but still alive, Sam is left with only one purpose: to seek merciless and bone-breaking vengeance.
Mayhem! has its SVOD premiere in the US and Canada on Friday, April 12, exclusively on AMC+ and its digital channels, including AMC+ on Prime Channels.
Babylon Berlin: Season 1 (Germany)
Based on the best-selling “Gereon Rath Mysteries” novels by Volker Kutscher, this outstanding, multi-award-winning crime thriller series is set during the Roaring Twenties, a time of organized crime and political extremism in Berlin. It stars Volker Bruch (Generation War) as Gereon Rath, a young police inspector in Cologne who is transferred to the vice squad at Red Fort, the police headquarters in Berlin, for a case involving the Berlin Mafia. Rath’s boss is Bruno Wolter (Peter Kurth, Tatort), a loyal and caring colleague whose hidden agenda becomes a serious threat. Between them is police steno-typist Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries, Counterpart), a bright young woman who assists Rath in an unofficial capacity while struggling to improve her family’s miserable living conditions by leading a double life.
In Season 1, the arrival of a freight train from the nascent Soviet Union draws attention from many corners. To some, its treasure is the key to political power; to others, it secures a life of freedom and wealth. But first and foremost, it is a deadly trap to everyone trying to approach it.
Babylon Berlin: Season 1 returns to streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 16, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
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“Gereon Rath Mysteries” novels by Volker Kutscher
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Bordertown: Season 2 (Sorjonen) (Finland)
Season 2 of this award-winning mystery-crime drama series consists of five stories starring Ville Virtanen (Jordskott) as Kari Sorjonen, the police chief in the border town of Lappeenranta. Plots include a double murder, the discovery of a preserved fetus at a daycare center manager’s home, a shooting at the largest sand castle in the country, the discovery of a dead body that is linked to a missing persons case, and the reopening of an old case after two women disappear. (Trailer is from Season 1)
Costarring Matleena Kuusniemi (Maria Kallio), Anu Sinisalo (Beck), Ilkka Villi (Love & Anarchy), and Matti Laine (A Good Family), Bordertown: Season 2 begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 16, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Murder In… (France) (English dub)
This collection of English-dubbed versions of viewers’ favorite films from the Murder In… anthology series begin streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, April 30, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
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Header photo credits: Top row (L-R): Murder in…: Season 12 (photo credit: Olivier Martino) courtesy of MHz Choice; Midsummer Night (photo credit: Max Emanuelson © 2023 Netflix) courtesy of Netflix | Bottom row (L-R): The Roots of Evil (photo credit: Wüste Filmproduktion GmbH / RTL © Anke Neugebauer) courtesy of MHz Choice; The Asunta Case (photo credit: Manuel Fernandez-Valdes © 2023 Netflix) courtesy of Netflix
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Did you miss any of the new shows and program additions from previous days, weeks, or months? Check the Euro TV Viewing Guide and Archives to find out.
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For details about the April premieres of shows from the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries, visit The British TV Place, The Down Under TV Place, and The Global TV Place.
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