Tbefore TV series with many female protagonists. There are the Good mothers Of Disney+ who fight against ‘Ndrangheta for their freedom and that of their children, the Unnamed justice played by Kate Bosworth And The diplomat Keri Russell, unable to manage political and private life. And then there is Jennifer garner in The last thing he said to me, dealing with a missing husband.
Always one woman it is, but everyone knows it: it is There wonderful Mrs. Maisel who will say goodbye to the successful Prime Video TV series. Then the last confidences await you between Tully and Kate in The summer we learned to fly and finally a man in action: Rocco Schiavone, in its fifth season. Also watch out for the award-winning finale Succession and to the prequel of Grease.
The 10 TV series to watch in April
Succession 4. From 3 April Sky and Now
Final season for the acclaimed series HBO extension by Jesse Armstrong who recounts the vicissitudes of a billionaire family (Roy) and his own patriarch Kendall (Jeremy Strong). Will the children ever live up to their father? In these new episodes, the Roys have to face the sale of the media company Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard). How will they fare? And above all, how will their life change?
They see a future in which their cultural and political weight will be greatly reduced. An even more heated struggle for power will ensue? The dilemma is: how to survive an empire and keep a family more fragmented than ever?
The Good Mothers. From April 5th. Disney+
The series won Berlinale Series Award at the 73rd edition of Berlin International Film Festival. The Good Mothers is based on a true story and follows the events of Denise (Gaia Girace, the Lila de The brilliant friend), daughter of Lea Garofalo (Micaela Ramazzotti), Maria Concetta Cacciola (Simona Distefano) and Giuseppina Pesce (Valentina Belle), three women who decide to rebel against the ‘ndrangheta collaborating with the judiciary.
Prosecutor Anna Colace takes care of helping them (Barbara Chicciarelli), neophyte in Calabrian land. To try to corrode the power of the clans, he relies on women. Despite his patriarchal structureit is women who run the whole machine, but they have no right to a life of their own and freedom. These three protagonists instead dream of freedom, for themselves and their children. Going over to the side of justice involves great risks.
Micaela Ramazotti and Gaia Girace. (Photo Claudio Iannone)
Rocco Schiavone 5. From April 5th. Rai 2
The beloved returns and melancholic assistant commissioner of Aosta Rocco Schiavone (Marco Giallini) in four new episodes. Armed with Loden and Clark he will come to terms with himself, with his ghosts and with the past (the dead wife in this fifth season is played by Miriam Dalmazio and no longer since Isabella Ragonese).
Rocco Schiavone 5 inspired by the book Old acquaintancesto the stories …And ball in the center And Borders by Antonio Manzini. The deputy commissioner will have to solve new cases, but we will also discover two new secrets, which are revealed in the novel Old acquaintances. For those who already know, because he has read the book, water in his mouth.
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. From April 7th. Paramount+
Are you a lover of musicals and especially of Grease? This series will take you back in time, four years before the whole pomade, dance and song con affair Olivia Newton John And John Travolta. In 1954, before rock ‘n’ roll was king, before the T-Birds were the coolest in school, four tired outcasts dare to have fun in their own way, forever revolutionizing Rydell High.
It is unthinkable that the new characters of Jane, Olivia, CynthiaNancy, Hazel, Susan, Richie, Buddy, Wally and Jackie are up to Danny Zucco, Sandy, Betty Rizzo, Kenickie, Doody and Sonny. But it will be curious to compare them and above all relive the atmosphere of the fifties. The choreographies are by Jamal Simswho also took care of the direction, and the music of Justin TranterGrammy Award nominee.
“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”. (Paramount+)
The unnamed justicer. From 14 April. Sky and Now
Kate Bosworthin this atypical western for women, plays a self-assured assassin pursuing personal vengeance, and inexplicable justice. Sort of a cross between the Bride’s Quentin Tarantinowithout a sword though, and lo Unnamed stranger Of Clint Eastwood. The woman rings a series of murders. Why? Behind that violence we will discover the story of this killer drained in the soul
“The avenger with no name”. (Sky)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Season 5. From April 14th. Prime Videos
The show and the story of Mrs. Maisel is about to close after 5 seasons. For six years Midge has enraptured our eyes and filled our evenings with her verve and gaze turned towards a dream. In the previous season the protagonist was excluded from the tour and she held out for all the episodes trying to rebuild her reputation and career. We had left it in front of the snowy billboard of the The Gordon Ford Shows.
Midge is still ready to face any storm and news. She is again ready to fight to touch the famewithout renouncing its essence. In this new season Midge taste success he’s always dreamed of, but he’ll soon realize it’s just a taste. Nothing more.
The last thing he said to me. The TV series from April 14th. Apple TV+
The TV series, based on the novel of the same name by Laura Dave (also screenwriter, with husband Josh Singer, Academy Award winner for The Spotlight case), a New York Times best-seller, follows Hannah (Jennifer garner), a woman who must establish a relationship with the sixteen year old stepdaughter Bailey (Angourie Rice) to find out the truth about mysterious disappearance of her husband (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).
The husband disappears into thin air leaving her a note: “Protect her”. Hannah begins to investigate and discovers that perhaps the man she loves is not the person she met. He soon realizes that she and the girl are in danger. The only way out is escape. The last thing he said to me it is produced, among others, by Garner herself and her colleague Reese Witherspoon. The book has sold more than two million copies in the US and has been published in thirty-eight other countries around the world.
Jennifer garner. (Apple TV+)
The diplomat. The TV series from April 24th. Netflix
Kate Wyler (Keri Russelllisten)) is the new US ambassador to the UK. She is not very comfortable with her in this context, she would have preferred to move into Afghanistan. Kate will have to solve international crises, forge strategic alliances in London and get used to her new prominent position, all while trying to survive the marriage with politician Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell).
Created by Debora Cahn, showrunner of Homelandthe series mixes politics, international affairs, tension, diplomatic earthquakes and personal affairs. A cross between West Wing – All men of the president and Scandal.
The summer we learned to fly 2 – Part 2. From April 27th. Netflix
The thirty-year bond between Tully and Kate in this last part of the series it breaks down. What happened? Kate first he must deal with the painful consequences of Johnny’s ill-fated mission in Iraq, while Tully start from scratch after quitting her talk show and facing a lawsuit. Not only that, her situation puts her in search of her father that she never knew.
Their story, as we know, does not focus on the present, we will also discover the facts of the past. We will meet in the 80s when Kate and Johnny are at the beginning of their romance And Tully she finds herself dating the sports commentator Danny Diaz. And we will also end up in the 70s, when the two friends are teenagers. They struggle to keep their friendship intact because they live far away, but are aware that nothing will push them away.
Katherine Heigl r Sarah Chalke. (Netflix)
George & Tammy. The TV series from April 27th. Paramount+
The John Hillcoat series tells of George Jones (Michael Shannon) and Tammy Wynette (Jessica Chastain), two stars of American country who between the Sixties and Seventies began a tumultuous relationship and an interesting artistic partnership. George Jones he is a singer and appreciated, married, but close to divorce; Tammy (stage name of Virginia Wynette Pugh) is a young artist with good potential and is married to singer Don (Pat Healy).
Jessica Chastain. (Showtime)
George has always been a point of reference for Tammy. When the two meet, the artistic and sentimental spark is triggered: they fall in love and begin to collaborate by pigeonholing one success after another. Tammy becomes the “First Lady of Country Music” and the song Stand by Your Man it remains one of the most iconic and best-selling country singles by a female artist. He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones is still considered the greatest country song of all time.
And there are theirs too amazing duets as We’re gonna hold on, Golden ring And Near You. Shadows also appear behind the success and the music: alcoholism, domestic violence and drugs. Their story was perfect to tell.
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