The Guardian's 50 must-see shows for 2025

[jo]

The Guardian has put out its list of must-see shows coming in 2025. Keeping in mind that this is a UK paper and includes a fair number of UK-produced shows (BBC, ITV, etc) that may or may not become available outside the UK, do any of the shows listed sound potentially interesting to to you? Are there other shows you know are coming in 2025 not included here that you're excited about?

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[prisca]

I am waiting for the second seasons of 'The Last of Us' and 'The Nightmanager'. And I am curious about 'Department Q'. The movies were okay, but not more. I hope, the series can bring back more of the books.

[jo]

The Department Q series caught my eye as well. I've read most, if not all the books, but I've not seen any of the films, or maybe managed to find a torrent for one of them only. This adaptation sounds quite different based on the short write-up. I wonder if it will be more like the recent Rebus adaptation -- more "inspired by" than "based on".

[jo]

Almost half of that list of shows looks potentially interesting to me. Some I've already known about and have been looking forward to -- e.g. season 2 of Severance, and the return of Black Mirror. Anyway, the ones I'll be keeping an eye out for are:

Missing You
Playing Nice
Severance season 2
Prime target
Zero Day
The Residence
The Studio
Adolescence
Black Mirror
Department Q
Get Millie Black
Haven
Ministry of Time (maybe I'll read the book first)
Playdate
Riot Women
Dope Thief
The Night Manager
Trespasses
Toxic Town (this one was on a similar list for last year, we'll see if it actually airs this year)

There are a few other shows coming in 2025 that I am looking forward to, and not on that list:

Star Trek Strange New Worlds season 3
The Night Agent (season 2)
The Star Trek Section 31 film (OK, not a show, but still)
Paradise
Mythic Quest season 4
Dark Winds season 3
Alien: Earth
Bosch Legacy season 3
Outlander: Blood of my Blood and possible Outlander season 8 (not sure if it's supposed to start in the fall of 2025 or if they'll hold it until 2026).

[feurioo]

Department Q for the Kelly Macdonald/Matthew Goode duo. Riot Women for Tamsin Greig and Sally Wainwright's script.

[scintilla10]

Those are some good pairings! Both those shows look interesting to me too.

[olivermoss]

Government Cheese looks interesting.

I want to see Poke Face, but haven't yet.

Stranger Things, yes. I am flying to NYC to see the prequel stage production on broadway

[jo]

I tried Poker Face but didn't stick with it -- I realized I don't like Natasha Lyonne that much (also why I struggled with season 1 of Russian Doll and quickly gave up on season 2). I also haven't yet gotten around to watching the fourth season of Stranger Things. Always meant to, but just never happened because there always seems to be something I want to see more available.

[scintilla10]

I liked Poker Face season 1! Looking forward to S2. As well as the next season of Stranger Things.

I am flying to NYC to see the prequel stage production on broadway Oh wow, that's exciting; hope you enjoy!

[olivermoss]

I've been wanting to see Poker Face, but at least when it came out there wasn't an easy way to stream it. Maybe that's loosened up.

I'm very excited. I'm from the area but haven't been back in ages

[starfleetbrat]

Just from that list:

Severance
Zero Day - looks like it has an awesome cast
Black Mirror
Euphoria
Ministry of Time
Poker Face
Riot Women
The Death of Bunny Munro

Other Shows:

Yellow Jackets S3
1923 S2
Handmaids Tale S6
Hacks S4
Reacher S3
The Bear S4
One Piece S2
Interview with the Vampire S3
Alien: Earth
Ghosts Australia (australian version of UK/US Ghosts)
The Terror: Devil in Silver
American Primeval
Lord of the Flies (mini series - uk/australia co production)
NCIS: Tony & Ziva
It: Welcome to Derry
Dexter: Resurrection
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight (animated series)
Crystal Lake (Friday 13th prequel)

probably a ton more I cant think of right now

[jo]

Ooh! Thanks for reminding me about the new The Terror series. I'd read about it, but it had slipped my mind. I'm so-so re: Dexter Resurrection, but I am really enjoying Dexter: Original Sin, the prequel.

[china_shop]

Ooooh, I hadn't heard about Ghosts (Australia)! Awesome! We've been wanting to try Ghosts (UK), but I haven't figured out how to get my hands on it.

[china_shop]

The most appealing to me out of that list was The Studio. That looks fun!

I'm ambivalent about The Last of Us -- I felt deeply betrayed by the ending of season 1. :-p

[jo]

I didn't make it to the end of season 1 -- it was excellent, but I realized I am not that interested in zombie-type stuff (also gave up on The Walking Dead about part-way through its run).

[china_shop]

I'm not much into zombies, and I haven't seen any of The Walking Dead. But I really enjoyed the character work in The Last of Us. There were some lovely, very human stories.

[rogueslayer452]

With stories like The Last Of Us and The Walking Dead, the zombies and post-apocalyptic future are a mere backdrop, as it's the human stories that we mainly focus on and when done right they are handled with such great care. I haven't watched any of TWD, however TLOU does something beautiful with the story, both in the show and in the games. And I'm excited to see the second game adapted in the second season.

[yourlibrarian]

I think for me it would be Miss Austen (which I'd already heard of), The Studio, Ocean, Small Town Big Story, and as I loved Derry Girls would like to try How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.

They say Get Millie Black was already available here but I hadn't heard of it.

[jo]

Yeah, I'd not heard of it either, but I did find a torrent for it, so have it downloaded.

[shadowkat]

That's a lot of television shows. And it's not even all the television shows on must-see lists I've seen to date. I've reached the point in which I forget the television shows unless someone on DW alerts me to it close to when it airs and writes a review. Or I accidentally stumble upon it.

[jo]

I have a sticky post on my DW Journal where I keep track of shows that sound interesting and when they're expected to become available. Doesn't mean I watch all of them in the end, and I learn about others after the fact, but it does help.

[8hyenas]

There's a really nice iOS app called Next Episode that I use to keep track of my tv shows. It's easy to use if you want to check it out

[rogueslayer452]

The only show on here that I'm most excited about is The Last Of Us, simply because I adore the games and that the second season is covering at least half of the second game (from my understanding, I don't know where the cut-off is going to be, I have my suspicions but it'll be interesting nonetheless). Just from the teaser trailer alone I'm so hyped for it.

[delphi]

I'm definitely looking forward to season 2 of Severance, and apparently I'm in the mood for comedies/dramedies, because Government Cheese and How to Get to Heaven from Belfast were the two that jumped out to me the most from that list.

Also, we don't have a release date for Deadloch season 2, but filming's wrapped, so I'm crossing my fingers we could see it this year!