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Our round-up of all the amazing TV shows

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Oscar-winning actor Olivia Colman takes over

the role of Queen Elizabeth II in this third

series, which stretches from the mid-1960s

into the 1970s. Tobias Menzies now plays

Prince Philip, with Helena Bonham

Carter cast as Princess

Margaret and The Durrells’

Josh O’Connor as Prince

Charles, who starts

a relationship with a

young Camilla (Emerald

Fennell). The Prime

Minister during most

of this turbulent period

is Harold Wilson, played

by Jason Watkins.

CATHERINE THE

GREAT Sky Atlantic

Dame Helen Mirren is

Empress Catherine, who

ruled Russia during the

18th Century, in this

lavish historical drama.

Set against the opulent

backdrop of the Russian

court, the four-parter

tells the story of the

latter years of Catherine

the Great’s reign as she

turns Russia into a world

power and embarks on

a scandalous affair with

military commander Grigory

Potemkin (Jason Clarke).

Power and intrigue...

Empress Catherine and (inset)

with Grigory Potemkin

New faces... Olivia

Colman and (inset)

Tobias Menzies as

Elizabeth and Philip

True romance..?

Benjamin and Julia

Dark times... Lyra

with her daemon,

Pantalaimon

THE CROWN Netflix

HIS DARK MATERIALS BBC

This adaptation of the cult fantasy trilogy

by Philip Pullman follows 12-year-old

heroine Lyra (Dafne Keen), who goes

on a dangerous journey of discovery. Set

in alternate worlds, James McAvoy plays

her mysterious uncle, Lord Asriel, and

Ruth Wilson is the magnetic villain,

Mrs Coulter. Clarke Peters, James

Cosmo, Anne-Marie Duff and

Lin-Manuel Miranda also star.

GOLD DIGGER BBC

Wealthy 60-year-old Julia Day, played

by Hollywood star Julia Ormond, falls

in love with Benjamin (Ben Barnes),

a handsome man 26 years her junior.

Their whirlwind affair rocks Julia’s

already damaged family in this six-

part drama. But is Benjamin just after

Julia’s money, as her family believes?

SANDITON ITV

Jane Austen’s incomplete final novel

is brought to life. Spirited Charlotte

Heywood (Rose Williams) visits the

coastal resort of Sanditon, but her

self-confidence is knocked when she

embarks on a relationship with the

charming Sidney Parker (Theo James).