New to SoHo2 in November

Sky has announced the premiere dates of series it has scheduled for next month’s launch of its second premium drama channel, SoHo 2.

They range from newcomers like A Discovery of Witches and Pose to a new season of Room 104.

Screening in order of their premieres will be:

➢ A Discovery of Witches (8.30 Wednesdays from November 7): Sky 1’s adaptation of Deborah Harkness’ best-selling trilogy of novels stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode and Alex Kingston) in a romantic thriller about a secret underworld of extraordinary beings hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans.

➢ Pose (8.30 Saturdays from November 10): Ryan Murphy’s groundbreaking series set in ’80s New York explores the juxtaposition of the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe, and the downtown social and literary scene.

➢ Vida (7.30 Thursdays from November 15): Two estranged sisters from the east side of Los Angeles who couldn’t be more different or distanced from each other return to their old neighbourhood after their mother dies to confront a childhood secret.

➢ Sweetbitter (8.00 Thursdays from November 15): A wide-eyed and impressionable young woman quickly becomes intoxicated by the chaotic, adrenalised behind-the-scenes world of one of New York City’s top restaurants.

➢ Sally4Ever (9.30 Thursdays from November 18): Catherine Shepard (Peep Show), Julia Davis (Camping), Alex Macqueen (The Inbetweeners), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Joanna Scanlan (No Offence), Felicity Montagu (I’m Alan Partridge) and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) star in a dark comedy about the complex facets of relationships in a confused, obsessive and gender-fluid world.

➢ Camping (8.30 Thursdays from November 22): A “back to nature” camp becomes a weekend of tested friendships and marriages in this Lena Dunham-produced comedy starring Jennifer Garner, David Tennant and Juliette Lewis.

➢ The Bisexual (9.00 Thursdays from November 22): Desiree Akhavan (The Miseducation of Cameron Post) co-writes, directs and stars in a comedy/drama that rawly explores the difference between dating men and women from the perspective of someone who finds herself – for the first time – doing both.

➢ Just Another Immigrant (8.00 Mondays from November 26): In this comedic docuseries, Taskmaster’s Romesh Ranganathan, one of the most popular stand-ups in the UK, uproots his supportive wife, three kids, his mother and his eccentric uncle and immigrates to Los Angeles to rebuild his life from scratch.