TV New to Neon in August

New BBC thriller The Rapture will stream on Neon from August 10 — the same day it premieres on BBC First.

The five-part psychological thriller is billed as “a high-stakes thriller which crackles with danger”. Reads the blurb:

Set in a heatwave, with protestors on the streets, forensic psychologist Gabs Fox (Ruth Madeley) starts a new job at a high-security psychiatric hospital where she meets 17-year-old Bethany Krall (India Amarteifio – Queen Charlotte, The Midwich Cuckoos).

Bethany was convicted of murdering her mother but claims she is innocent. She is estranged from her father Leonard (Sam Hazeldine – The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, Slow Horses), who is the charismatic leader of an influential religious movement.

Bethany tells Gabs that she has psychic powers and can predict the future – but what will it take for Gabs to believe her? And if Bethany didn’t kill her mother, then who did?

Here’s the trailer.

August on Neon also is notable for Channel 4 docuseries Free Nelson Mandela (August 29), Kiwi body diversity docuseries Cutting the Curve (August 15), Louis Theroux’s follow-up to his 2010 documentary on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and a “box sets bonanza” that includes all nine seasons of Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour (A9gust 19).

Here’s the rest of Neon’s TV premieres in August:

• Fizzy and Suds S2
• Hey Arnold! S3
• Letterkenny S6-12
• South Park S9-11
• The Wonder Gang S2
• Arrested Development S4-5
• Doubleparked S1-2
• Homebound 3.0
• Good Girls S1-4
• The Bay S1-5
• Ugly Betty S1-4
• Bear Grylls is Running Wild S9
• Chapelwaite S1
• Murdoch Mysteries S1-15
• Murdoch Mysteries Christmas Special
• The Red Stag Timber Hunters Club S11
• A Spy Among Friends.