What's on TV this week — The Other Bennet Sister and Lord Of The Flies
Plus, Amadeus and The Terror: Devil In Silver
David McKenna and Lox Pratt in Lord Of The Flies (Photo: J Redza/Eleven/Sony Pictures Television)
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening on TV from Sunday, May 3 to Saturday, May 9. All times are Eastern.
New this week
Lord Of The Flies (Netflix, Monday, 3 a.m., limited series premiere)
William Golding’s 1954 literary classic gets the television treatment with this four-part Netflix adaptation, an import from the BBC written by Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne and directed by Marc Munden (Utopia, National Treasure). As on page, the dystopian drama centers on a group of English schoolboys—played by newcomers like Winston Sawyers, Lox Pratt, David McKenna and Ike Talbut, among others—who become desert-island castaways when their plane crashes into the Pacific in the early 1950s. Soon, a basic need for survival descends into brutal savagery and social hierarchy. Read The A.V. Club’s review on Monday.
The Other Bennet Sister (BritBot, Wednesday, 12 a.m., miniseries premiere)
Everybody knows Elizabeth Bennet—now get to know her younger and often-overlooked sister, Mary. Played by Ella Bruccoleri, the middle Bennet daughter gets her moment in the spotlight via this adaptation of the 2020 Janice Hadlow novel, itself a continuation of Jane Austen’s iconic Pride And Prejudice. With the other Bennet girls getting snatched up by eligible bachelors, Mary travels around England on a journey of self-discovery and romance. Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Poppy Gilbert, and Indira Varma also star. The A.V. Club’s review will drop Wednesday.
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