MY WORLD OF TRUTH

Somewhere between Stranger Things and The Returned is this time-hopping story with a supernatural twist, about the mysterious disappearance of children in the industrial town of Winden, in present-day Germany. Jonas and his classmates try to discover the whereabouts of the missing kids – but what are the strange noises in the woods, and why do the town’s lights sometimes flicker? Somehow these events all tie back to the same town in 1986.

Netflix’s first German-language production premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival, and arrives in 10 hour-long episodes – so you can kiss goodbye to plans over that weekend. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 1 December on Netflix (Credit: Netflix)

The unlikely partnership of detective Karl Roebuck and his French counterpart, Elise Wassermann, reunite for one final cross-channel case in this third series of The Tunnel. This conclusion will reflect the themes of post-Brexit Britain and the value society places on children’s lives.

When a French Eurotunnel worker is attacked by rats in Calais and three children vanish from their home in England, Roebuck and Wassermann are tested to their absolute limits by a terrifying duo who goad the police into collaborating on their end game. Personal sacrifices will have to be made by the pair, but how far will they go? Watch the teaser trailer here. Premieres 14 December on Sky Atlantic (Credit: Sky Atlantic)

Back on our screens again as a three-part series from Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas, this latest adaptation of the classic novel features an all-star cast, including Angela Lansbury and Michael Gambon.

Louisa May Alcott's tale about four sisters who are left to fend for themselves when their father goes off to war is a universal coming-of-age story, following sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother Marmee, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman from gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss and marriage. Premieres December on BBC One (Credit: BBC One)

The award-winning royal drama returns to cover a period of great change in Britain, reflecting how the monarchy changes with it. The incredible Clare Foy reprising her role in her final season as Queen Elizabeth, Matt Smith as Prince Phillip and Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret.

The gripping series is set to cover big events like the Suez Crisis in 1956 through to the retirement of the Queen's third prime minister, Harold Macmillan in 1963, following the Profumo affair political scandal. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 8 December on Netflix (Credit: Netflix)

It wouldn’t be Christmas without dropping in on the Time Lord, and this one promises to be extra special adventure as it features current Doctor (Peter Capaldi in his farewell show) teaming up with his former self, the First Doctor (David Bradley).

We know that Capaldi and Bradley must regenerate into Jodie Whittaker’s new Doctor, but which villain are the Doctors battling against in the meantime? And what’s Mark Gatiss’s World War One army officer got to do with it all? Watch the trailer here. Premieres 25 December on BBC One (Credit: BBC One)

Jeffrey Donovan stars in this darkly comic drama as Charlie Haverford, a former magician turned crooked psychic who oversees a handful of fortune-telling storefronts in Los Angeles. Charlie’s worldview gets flipped though, when a minor blow to the head and an unusual hypnosis session gives him the ability to experience seemingly real and jarring visions: “I'm a fraud. So, what do they give me? A real vision thing.”

Former Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi’s joins season two as Paz Kapoor, who teams up with Charlie as the mysterious mystic who “hears things”. Charlie is still trying to escape the clutches of the criminal element running the seedy behind the neon storefronts, all the while trying to make sense of the visions and save his sanity. Watch the trailer here. Premieres December on Hulu (Credit: Hulu)

One man’s 60-year quest to uncover the circumstances of his father’s mysterious death is the subject of Oscar-winning film-maker Errol Morris’s six-part series. Defying simple categorization, the show combines documentary and narrative drama to investigate the unsolved case of Frank Olson, a bioweapons expert who fell from a New York City hotel window in 1953 after unwittingly being dosed with LSD by CIA agents.

Did he jump or was he pushed? Examining the case from every angle through a blend of dramatic re-enactments and interview testimonies, Wormwood aims to explore the limits of past knowledge and the lengths we’ll go in our search for the truth – even if we must face some of the governments’ darkest secrets. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 15 December on Netflix (Credit: Netflix)

If you were a fan of the old Top Gear with the trio of Clarkson, Hammond and May, it’s likely you were pretty pleased at how the first series of The Grand Tour turned out. Sure, it’s the same guys bickering with each other on epic road trip adventures, but with a huge budget to play with in the production, it made for some explosive viewing.

The lads pitch up their tent and kick off series two by comparing the past, present and future of motoring with a V12-powered Lambo, a hybrid Honda and an electric supercar, set against the dramatic and sometimes car-unfriendly backdrop of Switzerland. Watch the trailer here. Premieres December on Amazon Prime Video (Credit: Amazon Prime Video)

We return once again to the Weimar decadence of pre-World War Two Berlin for the second chapter of the big-budget crime-noir. Inspector Rath has concluded the case that brought him from Cologne, but he has become seduced by the city’s dark side, and despite making some powerful enemies, has decided he will not be going home yet.

Friendless and alone after his partnership with Lotte ended, Rath takes on a case to find the perpetrators behind the massacre of the Russian Trotskyist group, The Red Fortress, bringing him face-to-face with the most lethal factions that the city has to offer. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 3 December on Sky Atlantic (Credit: Sky Atlantic)

The ‘Muscles from Brussels’ Jean-Claude Van Damme is back on our screens, but not as you know him. The story follows a former movie star and martial arts expert who comes out of retirement to assume the role of his alter ego, a private undercover agent named Jean-Claude Van Johnson, in the hope that it’ll win back his ex-girlfriend Vanessa.

Turns out the acting gigs were just his cover – but now an aging Van Damme is bringing blood-thirsty drug-runners to justice in the name of love. The pilot episode was like Van Damme’s signature move of the splits – difficult to look away from. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 15 December on Amazon Prime Video (Credit: Amazon Prime Video)