Best TV shows on Apple TV

Gun-toting hijackers take control of Kingdom Airlines flight 29 in a high-stakes airborne thriller created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, which unfolds in real time.

Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad and co-creator of Better Call Saul, unveils a provocative genre-bending drama in which the most miserable person on Earth is charged with saving the world from happiness. A virulent contagion sweeps across the globe and transforms every man, woman and child into blissfully content and optimist citizens. The only person who appears to be immune to the pandemic is historical romance author Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn). Operating from her base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which she shares with her manager and romantic partner Helen (Miriam Shor), Carol staunchly resists the tidal wave of optimism that has washed over her friends and neighbours. She is humanity's last hope in the battle against endless joy and satisfaction

Following an explosion, Sarah Tucker (Ruth Wilson) hires private investigator Zoe Boehm (Emma Thompson) to help her track down a missing girl and in the process, the two women stumble upon a deadly conspiracy in an eight-part thriller adapted from the novel by Mick Herron

British intelligence agents atone for career-ending mistakes by serving out the rest of their days in a special department of MI5 led by Gary Oldman's misanthrope.

A plane crash in unforgiving wilderness leads to a daredevil mission on horseback and foot in a gripping survival thriller co-created by Jon Bokenkamp and Richard D'Ovidio. US Marshal Frank Remnick (Jason Clarke) enjoys a peaceful pace of life, overseeing law and order in the rugged landscape of Alaska. A prison transport plane crashes in his jurisdiction, unleashing dozens of violent inmates close to the town he has vowed to keep safe. As Frank draws on his experience to respond to the disaster, he begins to suspect that the crash wasn't an accident but the result of a masterfully executed plan that only he can thwart

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon star in a frothy drama exploring the cutthroat world of broadcast news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning.

Performed by a predominantly Polynesian cast led by Jason Momoa, “Chief of War” follows the epic and unprecedented telling of the unification and colonisation of Hawai’i at the turn of the 18th century.

Revolutionary Dr Hari Seldon predicts the imminent fall of the Empire and the need to rebuild mankind by establishing The Foundation in a sci-fi drama based on Isaac Asimov's books.

Arson investigator Dave Gudsen and police detective Michelle Calderone reluctantly join forces to outwit two serial arsonists. Psychological thriller created and written by Dennis Lehane, inspired by true events, starring Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett

Young American women cause a commotion among 1870s English aristocracy in a music-driven period drama created by Katherine Jakeways and directed by Susanna White, which is inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton's unfinished final novel. Led by an all-female creative team, the series focuses on the exploits of Conchita Closson (Alisha Boe), Lizzy Elmsworth (Aubri Ibrag), Mabel Elmsworth (Josie Totah), Jinny St George (Imogen Waterhouse) and her younger sister Annabel aka Nan (Kristine Froseth). The fun-loving quintet have been instructed to secure wealthy husbands and titles by turning heads during a tightly corseted London season. Jinny and Nan's mother (Christina Hendricks) watches intently as men with power and girls with fortunes disregard centuries of tradition in pursuit of wedded bliss

Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. Sci-fi psychological thriller starring Adam Scott.

The quickest way to a woman's heart is through her stomach in a lavish French period drama headlining Benjamin Voisin as the attention-grabbing chef, who became a cause celebre in Napoleon's Europe. Based on a real-life gastronomic master, who cast a spell over early 19th-century Paris, this eight-part series stirs up intrigue and passion for Antonin Careme as his talents in the kitchen propel him to the dizzy height of culinary stardom. Women adore him, men envy him and powerful politicians exploit Careme's desire for fame and wealth to engage him as a spy for France. Espionage comes at a high price - his morality and soul - and eventually Careme must decide if he is willing to serve his paymasters their just desserts.

Policeman's son Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum-security prison and works with the authorities to extract a confession from suspected serial killer Larry Hall.

After 20 years of marriage, filthy rich Molly Novak discovers her husband has betrayed her with a younger woman and demands a divorce. Comedy starring Maya Rudolph.

Two long-time friends pose as DEA agents to rob a house and unwittingly stumble into the middle of a bigger criminal enterprise

Two talented police officers vie for supremacy on the streets of contemporary London in an eight-part crime thriller created by BAFTA Award nominee Paul Rutman. Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty (Peter Capaldi) has a long and distinguished career in the capital and he is determined to protect his legacy at all costs. An anonymous telephone call relating to an old case draws the attention of Hegarty and Detective Sergeant June Lenker (Cush Jumbo), who is eager to impress her superiors in the early stages of her career. Against a backdrop of institutional racism, the two detectives impose their chosen narratives on a historic murder conviction

A loveable underdog vows to gatecrash 1969 Palm Beach high society in a life-affirming comedy drama written by Abe Sylvia, based loosely on Juliet McDaniel's novel Mr & Mrs American Pie. Insatiable social climber Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) arrives in Palm Beach and quickly realises that the dividing line between the haves and have nots is admission to the most exclusive club in town: Palm Royale. Evelyn Rollins (Allison Janney) is queen bee of this hive of dark secrets and she deeply resents Maxine's efforts to worm her way into rarefied circles where she clearly doesn't belong. Unperturbed, Maxine makes friends with staff including master mixologist Robert (Ricky Martin) to elbow her way into the club and undermine Evelyn's influence

Former professional golfer Pryce Cahill bets his entire future on troubled 17-year-old sporting phenomenon Santi. Comedy, starring Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Lilli Kay and Mariana Trevino

Dr Parker relocates from Munich to Berlin to manage a busy emergency room and faces resistance from the overworked staff to her necessary reforms

Men and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.

Jake Gyllenhaal headlines an eight-part adaptation of Scott Turow's best-selling novel, which was previously immortalised on screen as a 1990 film directed by Alan J Pakula starring Harrison Ford. Chief deputy prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Gyllenhaal) is one of the leading lights of Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's office led by district attorney Raymond Horgan (Bill Camp), who is about to stand for reelection. Rusty's colleague Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve) is found raped and murdered in her apartment and he is arrested on suspicion of the crime by detective Tommy Molto (Peter Sarsgaard), who is supporting the campaign of Horgan's rival Nico Della Guardia (O-T Fagbenle). Faced with accusations about his relationship with Carolyn, Rusty leverages what remains of his professional reputation to seek justice and repair his fractured marriage to wife Barbara (Ruth Negga)

Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline star in a glossy seven-part psychological thriller adapted for the screen by writer-director Alfonso Cuaron from Renee Knight's best-selling novel. Acclaimed journalist Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett) has built an enviable reputation on truth and morality by exposing the transgressions of others, especially people in power. Her privileged word with husband Robert (Sacha Baron Cohen) and son Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee) comes crashing down when an anonymous author sends her a book in the post. The manuscript turns out to be a forensic dissection of her own misdeeds and darkest secrets, which will destroy her family if it is ever published. Catherine races to uncover the sender's identity before everything she has built is decimated

French drama set in the cutthroat fashion industry where the fall from grace of designer Vincent Ledu prompts a bitter power struggle. Starring Lambert Wilson, Amira Casar, Carole Bouquet and Zita Hanrot

Sweeping drama of forbidden love and longing told in Korean, Japanese and English, based on Min Jin Lee's best-selling novel.