THE BBC has an exciting selection of shows for viewers to dive into from next month.
Here is a look at the new and returning programmes on the Beeb during March.
What We Do In The Shadows
What We Do in the Shadows’s Nadja and Laszlo[/caption]
Created as a spin-off of the 2014 film with the same name written by Clement and Taika Waititi, the series follows the everyday quandaries of a gang of vampire housemates in New York.
Bickering undead housemates, living the vampire life in suburban Staten Island – there’s blood, death and arguing over chores.
The show stars Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak and Natasia Demetriou and fans are eager for its return.
Ten Pound Poms
Michelle Keegan in Ten Pound Poms season 2[/caption]
Written and created by BAFTA award-winning Danny Brocklehurst, the first successful series followed a group of Brits who migrated to Australia after WW2 in 1957 in the promise of a better life in Australia.
Kate (Michelle Keegan), Terry (Warren Brown) and Annie (Faye Marsay) risked everything for a chance of a new life down under.
The new series follows their adventure on the other side of the world and shows how each of them are determined against all odds to achieve their slice of the Australian dream.
The National Lottery’s Big Night Of Musicals
Rueben Joseph and the cast of “Hamilton” perform on stage during The National Lottery’s Big Night Of Musicals[/caption]
Returning for its incredible fourth year, The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals will be hosted by Jason Manford and will bring together theatre’s West End shows for a night of celebrations.
This year there will be incredible performances from the likes of Disney’s Hercules, Mean Girls, Jim Steinman’s Bat Out of Hell The Musical, and Here & Now – The Official Steps Musical.
Calamity Jane, Dear Evan Hansen, Cabaret, Mary Poppins and Titanique will also feature, alongside other spectacular performances.
The show serves as a special thank you to National Lottery players who have helped fund more than 20,000 theatre related projects in the UK over the last 30 years.
This City Is Ours
This City Is Ours tells the story of organised crime and love[/caption]
Set and filmed in Liverpool, it tells the story of Michael, played by James Nelson-Joyce, a man who is working for his friend and gang leader Ronnie, played by Sean Bean.
For years, together with Ronnie, Michael has successfully been bringing cocaine into Liverpool and beyond, directly from Columbia.
But, when a shipment goes missing, he knows they may be under attack.
The series explores what happens when Ronnie’s son Jamie, played by Jack McMullen, decides he wants to inherit their kingdom.
Michael and Jamie battle for control, but his biggest challenge is saving the woman he loves and the child he has always wanted.
Towards Zero
Towards Zero is based on the Agatha Christie books[/caption]
Based on the classic mystery by the best-selling author of all time, Agatha Christie, the series promises coastal views, heated summer soirees, and a trip to Wimbledon Centre Court.
England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, Nevile Strange and his ex-wife Audrey make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point, their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile’s aunt, Lady Tressilian.
With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife Kay, tensions are running high.
Add to this an exiled cousin with a grudge, a venerable family lawyer, an inquisitive orphan and a French con man, and soon there will be murder.
A troubled detective must solve the crime before another victim meets their death?
Taking starring roles are Anjelica Huston, Matthew Rhys, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland and Mimi Keene.
