What to watch next week? New seasons of TV series January 1-7

January 1, Monday — "The Tourist" 

Season 2 / Drama, detective, thriller / BBC One

Jamie Dornan plays a man from the UK who finds himself in Australia, where a huge truck crashes into his car. He only regains consciousness in hospital, injured and unable to remember who he is. His search for answers about his own identity and the accident forces him to embark on a journey through the vast and unforgiving outback.

In the new season, Elliot and Helen find themselves embroiled in a long-standing feud and facing the consequences of past actions. After Elliot is kidnapped, Helen enlists the help of Detective Ruairi Slater, and it sheds light on the mysteries of Elliot's past.

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January 1 — "The Penultimate Instance"

Season 3 / Comedy, drama, supernatural / Okko

Maxim and Valentina work in the department for the distribution of souls and deal with "borderline" cases — people whose dossiers have been lost. Maxim and Valentina watch them for the last 24 hours of their lives, and then determine whether the dead will go to heaven or hell. But Maxim and Valentina are not ordinary people themselves. According to the labor contract both of them are guaranteed a ticket to heaven, but everyone wants to use it differently: Valentina hopes to get her husband out of hell, and Maxim — to sell a place in heaven for more money.

The upcoming third season will be the final one. Its action will develop a year after the events of the second part. Valentina is in charge of the management, and Maxim, who had a son, is finally ready to marry with Luda. The celebration is interrupted by Lucifer and Gabriel, who declare that there are several people living on Earth who once received life extension. Now Maxim has to find them and distribute them in hell or paradise. But that's not all: one of these people is the Angel of Wrath, whose stay on Earth may end in disaster.

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January 3, Wednesday — "Classroom of the Elite"

Season 3 / Anime, comedy, romance / AT-X

In the distant future, the Japanese government has established the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing School to educate a generation of young people who will support the country in the future. The students are given a high degree of freedom to mimic real life exactly. The story centers on Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, a quiet and unassuming boy who attends Class D. This is where students who fall behind are sent. Kiyotaka has unrivaled intelligence, but he was inattentive on an exam. When he meets two female classmates, his life begins to change.

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January 4, Thursday — "The Mediator"

Season 3 / Drama, thriller / Start

The show is about Andrei Pavlov, a professional negotiator who helps businessmen solve conflicts and negotiate with other people. He feels people well and can change beyond recognition for each individual case. But such abilities have a disadvantage: Andrei has long believed no one. Not even himself.

In the third season, Andrei Pavlov, who has repeatedly disregarded the rules to achieve success in his work, will have to face public bullying. While he rethinks his own beliefs, he is approached by investigator Zhenya, who needs help in the investigation. It turns out that people are disappearing in the city, and the police keep finding the bodies of brutally murdered girls. Evidence leads to the head of the sect of "runners" — Steppe Wolf.

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January 5, Friday — "Father Brown"  

Season 11 / Crime, drama / BBC One

The action of the project unfolds in the 50s of the last century. In the center of the plot of the project Father Brown, investigating crimes in a small English village Kembleford. Helps in this priest his observation and understanding of human nature.

Season 11 will tell about the events of 1955. Father Brown and Sister Boniface (she will again play Lorna Watson) are involved in a murder at an arts and crafts fair. Meanwhile, Brenda is approached by an old friend, Dr. McClurgie, and now has to come face-to-face with her past.

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January 6, Saturday — "Mashle: Magic and Muscle" 

Season 2 / Anime / Crunchyroll

The show is set in a magical world where a person's position in society is determined by their strength and ability to wield magic. However, Mash has no magic in his blood. Despite this, Mash goes to a prestigious magic school, determined to show the world that muscles can defeat magic.

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January 7, Sunday — "Call the Midwife"

Season 13 / Drama, medical / BBC One

The action of the series is set in London in the 1950s. The plot centers on the nurses of Nonnatus House, located in the poorest part of the city. Between 80 and 100 babies are born there every month, so the nurses' main job is to ensure a safe delivery, which is not easy to do if you don't have money.

Season 13 starts in 1969, which brought new medical advances, changes in Britain's social and political structure, and many challenges for the midwives. In the new series, they will have to face complex medical cases and personal problems.

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January 7 — "Miss Scarlet and The Duke"

Season 4 / Crime, drama, detective / PBS

The show's plot centers on Eliza Scarlet, a young woman in Victorian London. Eliza has neither a husband to provide for her nor a job, so after the sudden death of her father, she urgently needs to come up with something. The girl decides to start working in her father's detective agency, but she still needs a male partner. Eliza turns to her old friend William Wellington, a gruff Scotland Yard inspector nicknamed The Duke.

In the new season, Eliza takes over the Nash & Sons detective company. Here she meets a lot of new people and always strives to be one step ahead, however things don't go quite so smoothly.

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January 7 — "Vera"

Season 13 / Crime, drama, detective / ITV

Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is characterized by an incisive mind and a unique charm. Vera is obsessed with her work and for each case is taken with unrivaled zeal, ready to go to any lengths to solve the next mystery and solve the next crime. Helps her in this patient Sergeant Joe Ashworth.

In the new season in the series will be a big change: Sergeant Aidan Healy will leave, and Sergeant Joe Ashworth will return.

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January 7 — "One Piece (JP)"

Season 21 / Action, adventure, comedy, fantasy / Fuji TV

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy accidentally ate a devil fruit, after which his body became rubber — it began to stretch to any size. Monkey has grown up, and now he has a goal: he wants to become the next pirate king. To do so, he needs to find an ancient treasure — the One Piece. Together with the Straw Hat Pirates crew, he explores the Grand Line, where the treasure was once hidden by pirate king Gol D. Roger.

The new season will screen the Egg Head Island arc. The anime will also have a new drawing in the upcoming season.

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