February brings four titles from Australia to the US, including the TV adaptations of two novels and the second season of two period dramas.
For updates about shows from Australia and New Zealand added to US linear TV and streaming channels throughout the month, see the Down Under TV Viewing Guide.
(For details about the premieres of shows from the UK, Canada, Ireland, and countries in Europe and elsewhere, visit The British TV Place, The Euro TV Place, and The Global TV Place.)
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NATIONAL PREMIERES
The Artful Dodger: Season 2 (AU)
In the new season of this period adventure-crime drama series, Jack “the Artful Dodger” Dawkins (Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Wolf Hall, The Queen’s Gambit) is in deep trouble. He’s being hunted by new lawman Inspector Boxer (Luke Bracey, Elvis), and if he sees the woman he loves, Lady Belle (Maia Mitchell, Good Trouble, The Fosters), he’ll be hanged. Meanwhile, Belle is determined to forge her future in medicine, driven by ambition and a love already hanging in the balance. With Boxer competing with Jack for Belle’s affection, the crafty Fagin (David Thewlis, Sherlock & Daughter, “Harry Potter” films) drags Jack into their most dangerous heist yet. Oh, and a killer is on the loose…
The Artful Dodger: Season 2, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Tuesday, February 10, exclusively on Hulu and Disney+.
Ten Pound Poms: Season 2 (UK-AU)
After a challenging first year in Australia, the second season of this historical drama follows nurse Kate Thorne (Michelle Keegan, Coronation Street, Brassic) and the Roberts family into 1957 during their adventure Down Under, each determined to achieve their slice of the Australian dream against all odds.
Costarring Warren Brown (The Responder), Faye Marsay (Adolescence), Rob Collins (Total Control), and Emma Hamilton (RFDS), amongst others, Ten Pound Poms: Season 2 premieres in the US with two episodes on Wednesday, February 18, exclusively on BritBox and its digital channels, including BritBox on Prime Channels. One new episode will drop each week through March 18.
Watching You (AU)
Based on J.P. Pomare’s best-selling novel The Last Guests, this erotic thriller centers on Lina (Aisha Dee, Apple Cider Vinegar, Safe Home, The Bold Type), a young woman who, after having a passionate one-night stand in a friend’s rental property, is horrified to discover that her affair has been captured by cameras hidden throughout the apartment. Amid mounting threats and paranoia, she sets out to unmask the insidious voyeur, only to realize that the threat is closer and more dangerous than she could have imagined. Fighting for her life and those around her, Lina vows to bring down her tormentor, no matter the cost.
Costarring Laura Gordon (Secret City), Chai Hansen (The Newsreader), Luke Cook (Good Cop/Bad Cop), Josh Helman (Troppo), Olivia Vasquez (Thor: Love and Thunder), and Sara Wiseman (A Place to Call Home), Watching You premieres in the US on Friday, February 20, on Hulu.
The Last Guests by J.P. Pomare
The Family Next Door (AU)
Based on the eponymous New York Times best-selling novel by Sally Hepworth, this new mystery drama series follows Isabelle (Teresa Palmer, A Discovery of Witches, The Last Anniversary), an enigmatic woman who moves to a seaside town where her obsessive drive to solve a mystery casts suspicion on four neighboring families in the Pleasant Court cul-de-sac.
The cast includes Bella Heathcote (Scrublands), Philippa Northeast (The Newsreader), Ming-Zhu Hii (Halifax: Retribution), Jane Harber (Offspring), Bob Morley (Love Me), Catherine McClements (Return to Paradise), Daniel Henshall (Mystery Road: Origin), and Maria Angelico (Apple Cider Vinegar).
The Family Next Door, an Acorn TV Original, premieres in the US on Monday, February 23, exclusively on Acorn TV and its digital channels, including Acorn TV on Prime Channels.
The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO STREAMING SERVICES
The Last Anniversary (US-AU)
Based on the #1 New York Times best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers), this drama series is set on Scribbly Gum Island, a place of many secrets. The one that made it famous — the disappearance of a young couple decades ago — might have made the island a destination for true-crime tourists, but when it comes to secrets, the three generations of women that call Scribbly Gum home hold far more.
When Sophie Honeywell (Teresa Palmer, A Discovery of Witches) inherits a house on the island, it’s the fresh start she’s been craving, despite the unwelcome reception that she receives on arrival. As she begins to look into the mysteries of the island, she uncovers far more than she ever expected…
The six-episode series costars Miranda Richardson (Fate: The Winx Saga), Danielle Macdonald (The Tourist), Helen Thomson (Colin from Accounts), Susan Prior (Aftertaste), Claude Scott-Mitchell (Hotel Portofino), Charlie Garber (Sisters), Uli Latukefu (The Heart Guy), and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart), amongst others.
The Last Anniversary begins streaming Monday, February 9, on Acorn TV and its digital channels, including Acorn TV on Prime Channels.
The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
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