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
Bodyguard – BBC1
Keeley Hawes has reunited with Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio for this new BBC drama, in which she plays a Home Secretary who is assigned a bodyguard (Richard Madden) for her protection. But will he preserve her safety - or become her biggest threat? Read more
Press – BBC1
Doctor Foster screenwriter Mike Bartlett is back with a BBC drama promising to explore the “fast-paced and challenging environment of the British newspaper industry” in a time of “turmoil.” It stars Charlotte Riley, Ben Chaplin and David Suchet. Read more
Dark Heart – ITV
From Chris Lang (writer of Unforgotten) comes this six-part drama. The pilot originally aired on now-defunct channel ITV Encore, but it went down so well that it now has a full series. Tom Riley stars as DI Will Wagstaffe, a cop haunted by the murder of his parents when he was a teenager. The series will see him trying to solve brutal crimes while also attempting to hold his fractured life together. Read more
