The Shows Must Go On: The best TV to watch this March

Gangs Of London Season 3 (Sky Atlantic)

There’s plenty of Irish interest as this ultraviolent crime caper attempts to beat its previous body count. In addition to Kin co-creator Peter McKenna being brought in as the head writer and showrunner, there’s a guest turn from Richard Dormer who was last seen as rogue quartermaster Norman Stoke in The Day Of The Jackal. This time round he’s playing Cornelius Quinn, a face from the past whose arrival, we’re told, “awakens old rivalries for Marian Wallace and Ed Dumani.” The Norn Iron actor tells Hot Press: “It’s the most balletic, creative violence I’ve ever seen. Cornelius is insane and enjoys killing people as slowly as possible with a shillelagh that he wields like the grim reaper. You’ll be having nightmares about him!” FYI: He’s right, we are!

Gangs of London

Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+)

Seven years after the original Netflix series finished, this Marvel Universe yarn gets a second run out with English actor Charlie Cox reprising his role as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with superhuman senses. Those senses are needed big time again as his old crime boss adversary, Wilson Fisk, tries to seize control of New York by becoming its mayor. The fine ensemble cast includes Michael Gandolfini who does his dad proud as Fisk’s loathsome lackey, Daniel Blade.

Daredevil/Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) in Marvel Television's DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Giovanni Rufino. © 2024 MARVEL.

Happy Face (Paramount+)

Inspired by Melissa Moore’s true crime podcast of the same name, this eight-parter tells the story of a TV makeup artist who discovers that her father is a notorious serial killer responsible for at least eight murders. Played respectively by Annaleigh Ashford and a sinister-as-fuck Dennis Quaid, the chemistry between the two is electric throughout. As well as keeping you on the edge of your settees, the eight-parter also asks serious questions about the American criminal justice system.

Happy Face

The Studio (Apple TV+, out March 26)

Seth Rogen strikes comedy gold again with this brilliantly observed show about a film executive, Matt Remick, who’s charged with saving the ailing Continental Studios. Narcisstic actors, craven corporate overlords and Culture War zealots all conspire to make his life a perpetual misery. It speaks volumes to Rogan's status within the actual entertainment industry that Bryan Cranston, Zac Efron, Ron Howard, Anthony Mackie, Zoe Kravitz, Charlize Theron and No. 1 Derry Girls fan Martin Scorsese all make cameo appearances.

Seth Rogen in The Studio