This week our search for the best dramas on TV looks at three new series:
Rivals (Disney+) – The fascinating world of TV starring David Tennant and Aidan Turner in this bonkfest based on a Jilly Cooper novel. Plenty of posh people that can't keep their pant on!
Four Years Later (SBS) – The latest drama from the TV hit factory (Easy Tiger). The series charts the lives of an Indian couple who relocate to Australia.
Passenger (BritBox) – A British crime drama that investigates unnatural incidents in a close-knit community.

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This week our search for the best dramas on TV looks at three new series: <ul> <li>Rivals (Disney+) – The fascinating world of TV starring David Tennant and Aidan Turner in this bonkfest based on a Jilly Cooper novel. Plenty of posh people that can't keep their pant on!</li> <li>Four Years Later (SBS) – The latest drama from the TV hit factory (Easy Tiger). The series charts the lives of an Indian couple who relocate to Australia.</li> <li>Passenger (BritBox) – A British crime drama that investigates unnatural incidents in a close-knit community.</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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Rivals, Passenger, Four Years Later

This week on the TV Gold podcast AM and JM review: Imperfect Women, Gone and Frauds.

Imperfect Women (Apple TV, 8 episodes)
The series examines a crime that shatters the lives of three women in a decades-long friendship – characters played by Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, and Kate Mara. The  thriller explores guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises people make that alter our lives. As the investigation unravels, so does the truth about how even the closest friendships may not be what they seem.

Gone (Stan, 6 episodes)
David Morrissey plays headmaster Michael Polly who returns home one afternoon to find his wife Sarah missing. As the hours roll on, he finally reports her disappearance the next day to DS Annie Cassidy played b y the always brilliant Eve Myles. She is a no-nonsense detective who is immediately perplexed by the apparent stoicism of the headmaster. As the case escalates with the emergence of puzzling evidence, Annie is assigned the role of Family Liaison Officer for Michael and his daughter.

Frauds (ABC, 6 episodes)
A new heist thriller stars TV Gold Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker as criminal colleagues Bert and Sam, whose intertwined past resurfaces in the setting of Southern Spain after a decade of separation. Bert convinces Sam to do just one ore headiest, but can they pull it off.

This week on the TV Gold podcast AM and JM review: Imperfect Women, Gone and Frauds.
Imperfect Women (Apple TV, 8 episodes) The series examines a crime that shatters the lives of three women in a decades-long friendship &ndash; characters played by Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, and Kate Mara. The&nbsp; thriller explores guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises people make that alter our lives. As the investigation unravels, so does the truth about how even the closest friendships may not be what they seem.
Gone (Stan, 6 episodes) David Morrissey plays headmaster Michael Polly who returns home one afternoon to find his wife Sarah missing. As the hours roll on, he finally reports her disappearance the next day to DS Annie Cassidy played b y the always brilliant Eve Myles. She is a no-nonsense detective who is immediately perplexed by the apparent stoicism of the headmaster. As the case escalates with the emergence of puzzling evidence, Annie is assigned the role of Family Liaison Officer for Michael and his daughter.
Frauds (ABC, 6 episodes) A new heist thriller stars TV Gold Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker as criminal colleagues Bert and Sam, whose intertwined past resurfaces in the setting of Southern Spain after a decade of separation. Bert convinces Sam to do just one ore headiest, but can they pull it off.

Imperfect Women, Gone and Frauds

The Madison (Paramount+, 12 eps)
The Madison is new from Taylor Sheridan and stars Michelle Pfeiffer as Stacy Clyburn, a ritzy New York City philanthropist and the matriarch of the successful Clyburn family. She seems intent to quit city living for the wilds of Montana after an event sees her questioning her life in New York.

Scarpetta (Prime, 8 eps)
Nicole Kidman is forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta who returns to her position as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, where she investigates a  murder with eerie reminders from her first big case decades ago. Scarpetta works alongside former detective Pete Marino (Bobby Cannavale) and her now husband FBI Agent Benton Wesley (Simon Baker) as they investigate a brutal strangling. Playing Kidman’s sister and Cannavale’s wife is Jamie Lee Curtis as a successful children’s author Dorothy who starts the series sharing a house with Scarpetta.

Vladimir (Netflix, 8 eps)
Who would have thought – two comedies sent in literature classes in small US colleges in two weeks on the TV Gold podcast. (We reviewed Rooster last episode.)
Vladimir follows an unnamed, middle-aged protagonist (Rachel Weisz) who is a writer, professor, wife, and mom. As her life unravels, she becomes obsessed with a captivating new colleague, the eponymous Vladimir (Leo Woodall), at the small liberal arts college where she’s worked for decades. The cast are brilliant including John Slattery who plays the philandering college professor husband of Weisz’s character.

The Madison (Paramount+, 12 eps) The Madison is new from Taylor Sheridan and stars Michelle Pfeiffer as Stacy Clyburn, a ritzy New York City philanthropist and the matriarch of the successful Clyburn family. She seems intent to quit city living for the wilds of Montana after an event sees her questioning her life in New York.
Scarpetta (Prime, 8 eps) Nicole Kidman is forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta who returns to her position as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, where she investigates a&nbsp; murder with eerie reminders from her first big case decades ago. Scarpetta works alongside former detective Pete Marino (Bobby Cannavale) and her now husband FBI Agent Benton Wesley (Simon Baker) as they investigate a brutal strangling. Playing Kidman&rsquo;s sister and Cannavale&rsquo;s wife is Jamie Lee Curtis as a successful children&rsquo;s author Dorothy who starts the series sharing a house with Scarpetta.
Vladimir (Netflix, 8 eps) Who would have thought &ndash; two comedies sent in literature classes in small US colleges in two weeks on the TV Gold podcast. (We reviewed Rooster last episode.) Vladimir follows an unnamed, middle-aged protagonist (Rachel Weisz) who is a writer, professor, wife, and mom. As her life unravels, she becomes obsessed with a captivating new colleague, the eponymous Vladimir (Leo Woodall), at the small liberal arts college where she&rsquo;s worked for decades. The cast are brilliant including John Slattery who plays the philandering college professor husband of Weisz&rsquo;s character.

The Madison, Scarpetta, Vladimir 

DTF St Louis (HBO Max, 7 eps)
A limited series about a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead.
Jason Bateman plays Clark Forrest, a St Louis TV weatherman, who rides a recumbent bicycle everywhere he goes - even to a murder scene apparently which makes him a prime suspect.
David Harbour is sign language interpreter Floyd Smernitch who forms a bond with the weatherman after they narrowly avoid serious injury during an outside broadcast during a storm.
But the real star of the series just could be Linda Cardellini as Floyd’s wife Carol.

Rooster (HBO Max, 10 eps)
A comedy set on a college campus about best-selling author Rooster (Steve Carell) and his complicated relationship with his daughter Katie (Charly Clive). A great supporting cast includes Phil Dunster as Katie’s estranged husband and John C McGinley as the president of Ludlow College. A comedy that delivers plenty of laughs.

Marshals (Paramount+, 13 episodes)
Marshals is the first Yellowstone spinoff featuring characters from the series. Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone son Kayce Dutton (played by Luke Grimes) is facing life after the death of his wife Monica, a Broken Rock native. A former Navy SEAL colleague arrives at his farm and offers him a roll with the US Marshals. What will Kayce do?

Also this TV Gold episode, Andrew Mercado on the rebooted Scrubs (Disney+), and James Manning on the Paul McCartney doco Man on the Run (Prime).

Finally, both hosts look at the final episode of Under Salt Marsh (Binge/Foxtel) and report if the episode that promised so much made sticking with the series worthwhile.

DTF St Louis (HBO Max, 7 eps) A limited series about a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead. Jason Bateman plays Clark Forrest, a St Louis TV weatherman, who rides a recumbent bicycle everywhere he goes - even to a murder scene apparently which makes him a prime suspect. David Harbour is sign language interpreter Floyd Smernitch who forms a bond with the weatherman after they narrowly avoid serious injury during an outside broadcast during a storm. But the real star of the series just could be Linda Cardellini as Floyd&rsquo;s wife Carol.
Rooster (HBO Max, 10 eps) A comedy set on a college campus about best-selling author Rooster (Steve Carell) and his complicated relationship with his daughter Katie (Charly Clive). A great supporting cast includes Phil Dunster as Katie&rsquo;s estranged husband and John C McGinley as the president of Ludlow College. A comedy that delivers plenty of laughs.
Marshals (Paramount+, 13 episodes) Marshals is the first Yellowstone spinoff featuring characters from the series. Kevin Costner&rsquo;s Yellowstone son Kayce Dutton (played by Luke Grimes) is facing life after the death of his wife Monica, a Broken Rock native. A former Navy SEAL colleague arrives at his farm and offers him a roll with the US Marshals. What will Kayce do?
Also this TV Gold episode, Andrew Mercado on the rebooted Scrubs (Disney+), and James Manning on the Paul McCartney doco Man on the Run (Prime).
Finally, both hosts look at the final episode of Under Salt Marsh (Binge/Foxtel) and report if the episode that promised so much made sticking with the series worthwhile.

Rivals, Passenger, Four Years Later

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