Fisayo Akinade

Foundation

Pelor

Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

Great Performances

Mercutio

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Heartstopper

Mr Ajayi

Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.

Atlanta

Khalil

Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

Fresh Meat

Vod Supporter

Six students — Vod Nordstrom, Oregon Shawcross, Josie Jones, Kingsley Owen, JP Pembersley, and Howard McGregor — are freshmen (save for second year Howard) at Manchester Medlock University. Having applied late to accommodation, they live in a shared, off-campus house in Whalley Range rather than the halls of residence.

A Ghost Story for Christmas

William

A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.

Showtrial

Felix Owusu

An anthology series of hotly contested criminal trials that divides the nation and take place in the full glare of the media spotlight.

Cucumber

Dean Monroe

Original drama series from Russell T Davies exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life, beginning with the most disastrous date night in history.

A Very English Scandal

Clive Otunde

It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide.

The Girl with All the Gifts

Kieran Gallagher

In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

Heartstopper Forever

Mr. Ajayi

It's a new school year for the Truham-Higgs gang. As Nick and Charlie's relationship deepens, their thoughts turn to life after the last bell rings.

Goodbye June

Nurse Angel

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

Banana

Dean Monroe

Through eight stand-alone stories, this series follows different aspects of LGBT life. Each episode focuses on the unique storyline of a diverse character dealing with life, loves and losses. Scotty is a young lesbian dealing with unrequited love, while Dean harbors family secrets and has an affair with a mystery man from Newcastle. Sian is torn between her lover and her overprotective mother. Helen has an ex who won't leave her alone.

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Markham

A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, colour and humanity.

Tofu

Dean

YouTuber Benjamin Cook explores modern sex in all its variety, interviewing members of the public and the cast of dramas Cucumber and Banana.

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Mercutio

An adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern-day Italy where two young lovers strive to transcend a violent world where Catholic and secular values clash.

The Vote

Jonathan Clarke

On 7 May, churches, school halls, and back rooms of community centres will be turned into polling stations, staffed by council workers and volunteers. A church polling station is the backdrop for a real-time play for theatre and TV, called The Vote, staged at the exact moment in which the action is set - the last 90 minutes before polls close.

The Isle

Cailean Ferris

1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.

Grow

Kevin

In the self-proclaimed ‘Pumpkin Capital of the World’, no-nonsense curmudgeonly farmer Dinah Little takes in her estranged niece Charlie, who decides to enter the local pumpkin growing competition where she and the other growers face fierce competition, sabotage, and a genetically engineered rival.

National Theatre Live: The Crucible

A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial. Lindsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, design by Tony award winner Es Devlin. Captured live from the Olivier stage of the national theater.