The best TV dramas airing in autumn 2018
From Vanity Fair to War of the Worlds, from Luther to Victoria, from The Little Drummer Girl to Bodyguard – here's what we'll be watching this autumn
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The War of the Worlds – BBC1
Eleanor Tomlinson and Rafe Spall star in this adaptation of the HG Wells sci-fi classic. Their characters are George and Amy, a couple attempting to start a life together amidst the chaos of an alien invasion. Read more
Trust – BBC2
BBC2 has imported this US drama. Danny Boyle’s latest show tells the real-life story of the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III – the heir to the Gettys’ oil billions – and features an all-star cast including Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Brendan Fraser, Harris Dickinson, Charlotte Riley and Anna Chancellor. Read more
Mother’s Day – BBC2
This one-off BBC drama stars Vicky McClure and Anna Maxwell Martin and looks at the aftermath of the Warrington bombings. Two young children were killed and dozens were injured when two small bombs exploded on 20th March 1993. Read more
The Good Place – Netflix
Season three of this Netflix and NBC comedy about the afterlife takes us back to the Good Place (or the Bad Place) and stars Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil and Manny Mendoza. Read more
Killing Eve – BBC1
Killing Eve, the new spy drama from Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller Bridge, is due to air on the BBC this autumn, after going down a storm over in the USA. It stars Grey’s Anatomy actress Sandra Oh as Eve, a bored MI5 security officer, and Jodie Comer as Villanelle, a “fearsome assassin.” Read more
