20 must-see shows to watch this weekend - from Netflix, Amazon Prime and BBC iPlayer. Our critics sift through thousands of options so you don't have to By Weekend Magazine Published: 17:31, 28 June 2024 | Updated: 17:44, 28 June 2024 e-mail 1 View comments If you're looking for some brilliant TV shows to watch this weekend, look no further. From a highly unusual music documentary about a star whose career is threatened by a neurological disease to a quick-fire newsroom satire that becomes darker and twistier, there is something to suit every taste.
Our critics have picked out the must-watch movies, as well as laugh-out-loud comedy shows and series. Read on to find the perfect show to get your teeth into this weekend. My Lady Jane Vibrant and fantastical reimagining of the life of Lady Jane Grey Year: 2024 Certificate: 15 Watch now on Prime Video It can be really nice when TV surprises you, and My Lady Jane is nothing if not a surprise.
Billed as a 'swashbuckling romantasy series set in an alt-fantasy Tudor world', the eight-parter is based on a string of novels that reimagine the life of Lady Jane Grey, the teenager known as the 'Nine Days Queen' who was beheaded by Bloody Mary after a depressingly short stint on the throne. The purpose of the books is to give Jane a more fun and full existence than she had in our world, and the series certainly does that. It's full to the brim with colourful costumes, characters and events from the very start, as we meet Jane (Emily Bader) .
