MHz Choice announced today its slate for August 2024, which is toplined by the French spy comedy series Toutouyoutou (pronounced too-too-you-too).
With Season 4 of the critically-acclaimed German crime thriller Babylon Berlin finishing up at the end of this month (with a fifth and final season officially commissioned), MHz Choice is assuring us that there will not be a big, gaping hole in their schedule for August with the premieres of new Euro TV series, seasons, and episodes, plus another season of a classic Nordic crime drama.
The Eagle: Season 2 (Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé) (Denmark)
August on MHz Choice kicks off with the second season of this fan-favorite Scandi crime drama series starring Jens Albinus (Borgen, Deutschland 83) as Hallgrim Hallgrimsson, a half-Icelandic, half-Danish detective known as “The Eagle,” owing to his keen insight and abilities to assess situations and take quick actions. (Video is from Season 1)
The Eagle: Season 2 begins streaming Tuesday, August 6.
Crime Is Her Game: Episode 8 (Le crime lui va si bien) (France)
This cop comedy series follows police partners Gaby Molina (Claudia Tagbo, Lanester) and Céline Richer (Hélène Seuzaret, Magellan). In the new episode, which will be tacked on to Season 1, Céline returns from leave and finds the police station in a panic: Gaby is incommunicado and nowhere to be found, and Commander Peyraque (Medi Sadoun, Addict) of the IGPN (the national Internal Affairs service) has arrived to conduct an investigation into the theft of seals linked to a robbery — that Gaby allegedly committed! Although suspected of being an accomplice, Céline defends her partner, but soon discovers something she wish she hadn’t. Worse yet: Clues suggest someone may be trying to kill Gaby…
Crime Is Her Game: Episode 8 premieres Tuesday, August 13.
Tatort: Bremen: Season 1 (Germany)
In this new series under the “Tatort” banner, Inga Lürsen (Sabine Postel, Die Kanzlei) and Nils Stedefreund (Oliver Mommsen, Professor T.) are mismatched detectives who fight crime in the historic city of Bremen, united by both their love of the job and their bond of friendship.
Costarring Camilla Renschke (Cologne P.D.) and Winfried Hammelmann (Jean – Paul – Marie), the ten-episode first season of Tatort: Bremen premieres Tuesday, August 13.
Toutouyoutou (France)
Set in the 1980s, this comedic spy thriller revolves around Jane (Alexia Barlier, The Art of Crime, The Forest), a fit and friendly American who moves from Texas to a sleepy suburb in Toulouse, home of the nascent French aeronautics industry, and turns the community upside down by introducing a handful of local women to aerobics.
First and foremost amongst them is Karine (Claire Dumas, Platonique, Missions), the frustrated wife of a local aeronautics engineer and Jane’s clever next-door neighbor. Jane’s aerobics class is soon the talk of the town, changing attitudes and knitting together a sense of mutual support and female bonding. However, there may be more to the beguiling American than meets the eye, and the lives of all these women, clad in their leotards and getting fit to ’80s synth pop, may never be the same again.
Costarring Sophie Cattani (Visions), Apollonia Luisetti (Girlsquad), and Souad Arsane (Represent), the ten-episode first season of Toutouyoutou premieres Tuesday, August 20.
Don Matteo: Season 13 (Italy)
After more than a dozen seasons, series star Terence Hill puts the cassock and bicycle away and bids farewell to this fan-favorite cozy mystery series. He appears in the first four episodes as the mystery- and crime-solving and soul-saving priest, Don Matteo, after which (the dishy) Raoul Bova (Under the Tuscan Sun, Made in Italy, Medici) steps into the show’s lead role as Don Massimo, Don Matteo’s replacement as parish priest in the town of Spoleto. (Video is from Season 11)
Don Matteo: Season 13 premieres Tuesday, August 27.
All of the above titles are set to premiere in the US and Canada on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels, starting on the dates shown above. (Scheduling changes can occur at any time and without prior notice.) Also, unless otherwise noted, all programs are shown in their original language(s) with English subtitles.
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