News and reviews of German TV
Airdates
When’s that show you mentioned starting, TMINE? Including Das Boot, The Umbrella Academy and Mayans MC
Every Friday, TMINE lets you know when the latest TV shows from around the world will air in the UK
Acquisitions
Not many acquisitions at all this week, although acquired this very day by Sky is Der Pass (Pagan Peak), which despite the name is actually the latest remake of Bron/Broen (The Bridge), this time by Germany and Austria. Bridge, Pass, Tunnel – I guess they’re all the same in the end, though.
Otherwise, everything has premiere dates.
Premiere dates
First up, just a mention that we have a new premiere date for Das Boot (The Boat) – Wednesday, February 6, 9pm, on Sky Atlantic. The rest are new dates, though:
Mayans MC (US: FX; UK: BBC Two)
Premiere date: Saturday, February 2, 10.40pm
Spin-off from Sons of Anarchy about YA motorbike gang, this one not so white.
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)
Premiere date: Friday, February 15
The Umbrella Academy tells the story of 43 infants who, on the same day in 1989, are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by a billionaire who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares his ‘children’ to save the world.
Now, the six surviving members reunite upon the news of their father’s passing and must work together to solve a mystery surrounding his death. But the estranged family begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse.
Based on the Dark Horse Comics title, it stars Ellen Page, Mary J Blige, Cameron Britton, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe and Kate Walsh.
