Rueben's Ramblings

On March 20, the new Britbox drama Ludwig will debut online.

Puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor sees his life of solitude turned upside down when his identical twin brother, James, disappears without a trace. In a quest to track James down and bring him home, Ludwig assumes his brother’s identity – but by taking over every aspect of James’s life, Ludwig is forced to confront his own issues.

The series stars Anna Maxwell Martin, David Mitchell, Dipo Ola and Dorothy Atkinson.

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On March 19, the new limited series drama Good American Family will debut online on Hulu.

Told from multiple points of view, as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias and trauma, the series is inspired by the disturbing stories surrounding a Midwestern couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism. But as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, mystery emerges around her age and background, and they slowly start to suspect she may not be who she says she is.

The ensemble cast includes Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, Dule Hill, Jenny O’Hara, Christina Hendricks, Sarayu Blue and Imogen Reid.

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The new Apple TV+ drama series Dope Thief will debut online on March 14.

The series, based on the book by Dennis Tafoya, follows long-time Philly friends and delinquents who pose as DEA agents to rob an unknown house in the countryside, only to have their small-time grift become a life-and-death enterprise, as they unwittingly reveal and unravel the biggest hidden narcotics corridor on the Eastern Seaboard.

The cast includes Kate Mulgrew, Amir Arison, Brian Tyree Henry, Marin Ireland, Ving Rhames, Wagner Moura and Nesta Cooper.

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The new Peacock limited series Long Bright River will debut online on March 13.

Amanda Seyfried stars as Mickey, a police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hit hard by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.

The cast includes Ashleigh Cummings, Britne Oldford and Dash Mihok.

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On March 13, the new limited series drama Adolescence will debut online on Netflix.

The series tells the story in real-time of how a family’s world is turned upside down when a 13-year-old boy is arrested and charged with the murder of a teenage girl.

The cast includes Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, Ashley Walters and Owen Cooper.

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On March 6, the new comedy-drama Douglas Is Cancelled will debut online on Britbox.

Downton Abbey alum Hugh Bonneville stars as journalist Douglas Bellowes, whose life implodes after a tweet about him allegedly making a sexist joke goes viral. Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy alum Karen Gillan stars as Madeline, Douglas’s co-host on a popular current affairs show.

The cast includes Ben Miles and Alex Kingston.

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The new drama Lost Boys & Fairies will debut online on Britbox on March 4.

The series is set in Cardiff (in Wales), exploring the universal theme of parents and children through the perspective of gay adoption.

The cast includes Maria Doyle Kennedy (Outlander and Orphan Black) and Fra Fee (Prime Target).

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On March 2, the new MGM+ drama Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue will debut at 9 PM

A light aircraft with nine passengers crashes in the Mexican jungle – and everyone survives. But then, one after another, they begin to die in strange and violent ways and very soon they begin to realize that, for some inexplicable reason, somebody wants them dead. As the story unfolds in flashback, we meet the survivors as they fight against the heat, a shortage of supplies, the many dangers of the jungle – and each other. The setting becomes increasingly tense and claustrophobic until finally the identity of the killer and the truth are revealed.

The cast includes Eric McCormack (Will & Grace and Travelers), David Ajala (Star Trek: Discovery) and Peter Gadiot (Queen of the South and Yellowjackets).

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The limited series Toxic Town will debut online on Netflix on February 27.

Based on a true story, a group of mothers fight for justice when dozens of babies in Corby are born with disabilities. This became one of the worst toxic waste scandals in UK history.

The ensemble cast includes Jodie Whittaker, Robert Carlyle, Brendan Coyle, Rory Kinnear, Claudia Jessie, Lauren Lyle, Joe Dempsie and Michael Socha.

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