Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series Mr Bates vs the Post Office written by Gwyneth Hughes, directed by James Strong and starring Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Alex Jennings, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ian Hart, Will Mellor, Lia Williams, Shaun Dooley, Clare Calbraith, Lesley Nicol, Amit Shah, Adam James and Katherine Kelly. The show’s original music is composed by Vince Pope (True Detective: Night Country, No Offence, Black Mirror: Be Right Back, Resistance, You & Me, Misfits, Wolfe). The 4-parter, which tells the story of the real-life British Post Office scandal that has set off a firestorm of public outrage forcing the Prime Minister to act, premiered in the UK earlier this year on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Premiering on Thursday, April 11 is the Prime Video original series Fallout developed by Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner based on the video game series and starring Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Aaron Moten, Moisés Arias, Michael Emerson, Kyle MacLachlan, Frances Turner, Leslie Uggams, Johnny Pemberton and Sarita Choudhury. Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Westworld, Uncharted, House of the Dragon, Eternals) has composed the show’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score tomorrow, April 8. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Premiering on Friday, April 12, is the Apple TV+ limited series Franklin based on the book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, by Stacy Schiff, directed by Tim Van Patten and staring Michael Douglas, Noah Jupe, Ludivine Sagnier, Thibault de Montalembert, Daniel Mays, Jeanne Balibar, Eddie Marsan, Assaad Bouab and Theodore Pellerin. The show’s original music is composed by Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Indignation, Swan Song Fire Island, I Carry You with Me, We Grown Now, Tell Me Lies, Tales from the City). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released by Platoon. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 8-part historical drama, which will be available to stream on Apple TV+.
Also premiering on Friday is the Netflix original film Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp directed by Jonathan A. Rosenbaum and starring Chloe De Los Santos, Josh Lawson, Eric Bauza, Kevin Michael Richardson and Tom Kenny. Michael Lira (Interceptor, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, The Hunter, Growing Up Smith, Black Water: Abyss, Nekrotronic, Rake, Turtle Odyssey) has composed the movie’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. Click here to learn more about the family comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
