The Best New TV Shows To Watch: August 2024
There’s so much exciting new telly this month! Kick your feet up and enjoy the best new TV shows coming in August, 2024.
Miriam Margolyes: A New Australian Adventure
Miriam Margolyes returns to Australia for the trip of a lifetime not long after undergoing a major medical procedure.
In this docuseries, the actress is looking to reinvent herself and is now committed to saying yes to life.
Watch as she embarks on a whole host of new adventures, where she meets lots of interesting people along the way.
Only Murders In The Building, Season 4
At the end of last season, as happens every season, the next murder that the trio will be investigating was revealed.
Spoilers if you haven’t watched the previous seasons! This season, Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) are searching for who killed Charles’ stunt double, Sazz.
The entire premise of the show has a bit of a The Thursday Murder Club vibe to it as three strangers bond over their shared love of true crime, only to get to close to the action and find themselves wrapped up in one after the other.
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This one looks a little off-the-wall!
In this dark comic drama, Jeff Goldblum plays the Greek god Zeus, but with a modern twist. The series’ creator, Charlie Covell (best known for Channel 4’s End of the F***ing World), says the premise of the show arose from the simple question, “What if the king of the gods had a midlife crisis?”
Zeus fears he is losing grip on humanity, so he decides to take on any living mortals who threaten his power. When he incarnates on Earth, he is a rich and flashy tycoon living in a mansion and acting like a mob boss, complete with a dysfunctional family.
Will he regain his power, or will he destroy everyone and everything until there is nothing left to reign over?
Strictly Come Dancing, first ever episode
Ahead of the 2024 series which is due to start later this year, the BBC is airing a repeat of the first ever episode.
What a throwback! Can you believe Strictly Come Dancing first hit our screen in May 2004?
The ever-popular show celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, so expect more ballroom nostalgia to come.
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Hannah McLaren
I've worked at DC Thomson for six years! I began as an intern at My Weekly and The Scots Magazine, which was extended by a few months to help out at The People's Friend. I then covered maternity as Celebrity Editor for My Weekly, before I became Multimedia Journalist at The Scots Magazine. Currently I'm writing digital content across each title.
