New to SoHo and Neon in April

March 26, 2020 0 Comments

Nearly all of next month’s series premieres on SoHo and SoHo2 will be available to stream on Neon, often days before their linear debut.

Unfortunately, because of the production disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the scheduled season four premiere of Fargo has been replaced by a repeat of From the Earth to the Moon.

The good news is this will be the first time the HBO Emmy-winner has been presented on NZ TV in full HD; it previously aired in 1440x1080i on Sky Box Sets.

Here are the highlights:

COBRA

The high stakes six-part drama deals with an unfolding national emergency that threatens to engulf the country as the COBRA committee, a team comprised of Britain’s leading experts, crisis contingency planners and most senior politicians fights to ensure the protection of the people of Great Britain. Robert Carlyle (The War of the Worlds), Victoria Hamilton (The Crown), David Haig (Downton Abbey) and Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones) star.

SoHo, 8.30 Sundays from April 26.

PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS

1938 Los Angeles is a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega and his partner Lewis Michener become embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism. Before long, Tiago and his family are grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart. Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones), Nathan Lane (The Producers), Adriana Barraza (Babel), Thomas Krestschmann (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Daniel Zovatto (Lady Bird), Amy Madigan (Gone Baby Gone) and Michael Gladis (Mad Men) star.

Neon, Mondays from April 27; SoHo, 8.30 Wednesdays from April 29.

BAD EDUCATION

A student reporter starts to trace embezzlement at the Roslyn School District in Long Island after the assistant superintendent makes a crucial mistake that hints at corruption that spans over a decade. Dr. Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman) serves as the superintendent of the district that he led to be the fourth best in the country. He’s forced to deal with the fallout of this scandal and attempts to protect others — and himself. Allison Janney (I, Tonya) and Ray Romano (Get Shorty) co-star in this true-life dramatisation.

SoHo2, 9.30 April 27.

RUN

Run follows a woman whose humdrum life is thrown upside down when she receives a text from her college sweetheart inviting her to drop everything and meet him in New York to fulfill the pact they made 17 years previously. Merritt Wever (Unbelievable), Domhnall Gleeson (The Revenant), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag), Rich Sommer (Mad Men), Tamara Podemski (Coroner) and Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) star.

Neon, Mondays from April 13; SoHo2, 8.30 Thursdays from April 16.

MRS. AMERICA

The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett). Through the eyes of the women of that era — both Schlafly and second-wave feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelshaus — the series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the ’70s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted our political landscape. Rose Byrne (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), Margo Martindale (The Americans), Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black), John Slattery (Mad Men), John Slattery (Mad Men), James Marsden (Westworld), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love) and Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) co-star.