Don’t miss BBC’s returning dark Belfast-set crime drama, plus 5 other great shows to watch this week

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Every week, Digital Spy highlights the best upcoming TV shows. This week, starting September 29th, Netflix will debut a new, scary installment of its *Monster* series. If you’re looking for something more upbeat, Steve Coogan will return as Alan Partridge on the BBC soon after.

Don’t worry about being bored – we’ve got you covered with a fantastic selection of shows to watch this week!

Blue Lights, season 3

The third season of Siân Brooke’s *Blue Lights* is here, and the BBC says it will take viewers into a hidden, dangerous side of life in Belfast. The show explores how the breakdown of traditional power structures – both political and criminal – has allowed new, international criminal groups to rise.

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The third season features a new, formidable criminal, Dana Morgan, played by Cathy Tyson, who becomes a significant challenge for police officer Paul Collins (Michael Smiley) and his team in the Intelligence Department.

Blue Lights season three is available to watch from Monday 29 September on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)

I’m so excited about the new Alan Partridge series! Steve Coogan is back playing him in How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) on the BBC, and it looks hilarious!

Beloved TV personality Alan Partridge is back in the UK after working abroad in Saudi Arabia. He’s hoping to jumpstart his career with a documentary focusing on mental wellbeing.

The new comedy series ‘How Are You? It’s Alan Partridge’ starts on BBC One at 9:30 PM on Friday, October 3rd. You can also watch it on BBC iPlayer.

The New Force

Netflix’s series, *The New Force*, is set in Sweden in 1958. It tells the story of the country’s first female police officers as they begin their careers in Stockholm’s most dangerous neighborhood, the Klara district.

The New Force is available to watch from Friday 3 October on Netflix.

Sullivan’s Crossing

As a huge *Gilmore Girls* fan, I was so excited to hear Chad Michael Murray and Scott Patterson are working together again! They’re in this new show about a neurosurgeon named Maggie Sullivan (played by Morgan Kohan) who’s going through a tough time. She decides to move back to her small hometown in Nova Scotia after leaving Boston, and that’s where she reconnects with her dad – Scott Patterson plays him! It’s a really heartwarming story about starting over and family.

Chad Michael Murray, famous for playing Lucas Scott on *One Tree Hill*, will appear as Cal Jones, a local handyman who becomes a romantic interest for Maggie, in this gradually developing love story.

Sullivan’s Crossing is available to watch from Wednesday 1 October on Netflix.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Netflix’s *Monster: The Ed Gein Story* is the third installment in Ryan Murphy’s *Monster* anthology series. It’s a chilling story set in rural Wisconsin during the 1950s, exploring the terrifying true events that occurred there.

Ed Gein will be played by Charlie Hunnam in this Netflix drama.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story is available to watch from Friday 3 October on Netflix.

Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire

This series reimagines Anne Rice’s classic 1976 novel for a modern audience, unfolding primarily in 2022 with glimpses into the past.

This new version of the story centers around an interview with the 150-year-old vampire Louis (Jacob Anderson), conducted by journalist Daniel (Eric Bogosian). Through their conversation, the series flashes back to New Orleans around the 1900s, showing how Louis first fell in love with the vampire who turned him. Their relationship unfolds over many years, filled with intense passion, tragedy, and the realities of a vampire’s existence.

Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire is available to watch from Tuesday 30 September on Netflix.

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2025-09-28 14:19