Unforgotten | Season 5
Sundays, beginning September 3 at 9 p.m. on CPTV
About the Series
This award-winning cold case crime drama follows veteran London detectives who uncover the truth behind tangled, complicated murders from the past. The deeper the truth lies, the bigger the emotional toll for the suspects, the families left behind, and for the detective inspectors themselves.
In Season 5, DI Sunny Khan’s (Sanjeev Bhaskar) loyal and hard-working investigations team is back to work and trying to get along with a new and all too business-like DCI Jessica James (Sinéad Keenan). Jess’s first case is the discovery of human remains in a newly renovated period property in Hammersmith, London. But how long have they been there and is this a murder dating back to the 1930’s or has the body been disposed of in more recent times?
Van der Valk | Season 3
Sundays, beginning September 3 at 10 p.m. on CPTV
About the Series
Amsterdam—city of bikes, boats, and bodies. At least, that’s the way steely-eyed cop Piet Van der Valk sees his murder-infested beat. Marc Warren (Beecham House, The Good Wife) stars as the title character in Van der Valk, based on Nicolas Freeling’s legendary crime thrillers.
For Van der Valk, it’s a new day and a new dawn as he welcomes two new Sergeants to the team, the hotshot but impulsive Eddie Suleman and the technical whiz Citra Li.
World on Fire | Season 2
Sundays, beginning October 15 at 9 p.m. on CPTV
About the Series
World on Fire is an adrenalized, emotionally gripping and resonant World War II drama that follows the intertwining fates of ordinary people in multiple countries as they grapple with the effects of the war on their everyday lives. .
Season 2 picks up in 1941. RAF pilots are sent to destroy German bombers prowling the skies above Manchester, with rescue operations underway on the streets below. The true reality of war has arrived in Britain. Telling the story of World War II through the eyes of ordinary people, following intrepid young heroes fighting for freedom, World on Fire’s return will take viewers from the war-torn streets of Britain deep into Nazi Germany, the resistance within occupied France, and the brutal sands of the North African desert – where troops struggle to adapt to a very different kind of combat.
Annika | Season 2
Sundays, beginning October 15 at 10 p.m. on CPTV
About the Series
In Annika Season 2, Annika (Nicola Walker, Unforgotten) and the team return to solve more murders that wash up from Scotland’s waters. Annika shares her wry insights on the crimes while raising her teen daughter, Morgan.
Annika follows the sharp, witty, and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed (Nicola Walker), as she leads the specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), which is tasked with investigating the unexplained and seemingly unfathomable murders that wash up in Scottish waterways. Through the series, Annika makes the audience her confidante by breaking the fourth wall and sharing her wry observations on the case and her life as a single mom of a complex teenage daughter.
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