Overnight was the series premiere of
Cleaning Up on Sundance Now. Sam Cook (Sheridan Smith,
Doctor Who, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps) is a cleaner at Kramer Lowe, a financial company in Canary Wharf. Struggling to get by on her zero-hour contract with Xenco Clean, she is drowning in debt, addicted to gambling, and faces her ex-husband trying to get full-time custody of their two daughters. After overhearing a stockbroker who is being blackmailed into insider trading, she plunges herself into a shady world of finance. Also starring Jade Anouka (
Turn Up Charlie), Robert Emms (
Chernobyl, His Dark Materials), and Matthew McNulty (
Deadwater Fell).
Overnight was the series premiere of
The Watch on AMC+. The show follows an unlikely group of misfits, The City Watch, who are forced to find the guts to save the world, surprising even themselves in the process. The comedic yet thrilling series pits trolls, werewolves, wizards, and other improbable heroes against an evil plot to resurrect a great dragon, which would lead to the destruction of life as they know it. From lead writer and executive producer Simon Allen (
The Musketeers), the modern and inclusive series is inspired by the characters created by Sir Terry Pratchett’s famous “Discworld” novels, including the captain of The City Watch Sam Vimes (Richard Dormer,
Game of Thrones), the last scion of nobility Lady Sybil Ramkin (Lara Rossi,
I May Destroy You), the naïve but heroic Carrot (Adam Hugill,
1917), the mysterious Angua (Marama Corlett,
Blood Drive), and the ingenious forensics expert Cheery (Jo Eaton-Kent,
Don’t Forget the Driver) together with The Watch’s own idiosyncratic depiction of Death (Wendell Pierce,
The Wire).
