The 22 most anticipated European series of 2022

• In 2022, Morgane Alvaro is back in HPI on TF1, just like the oddballs of UFO (s) on Canal +.

• We will also say our farewells to the German series Ozark on Netflix and we will console ourselves with a third round of episodes of the Wonderful Friend

• The 22 most anticipated European series in 2022

Back on the couch in the spring of 2022 with the eagerly awaited season 2 of

sur Arte. A year that will be marked by new investigations by the extravagant Morgane Alvaro from

on TF1 and oddballs from

on Canal +. After the parody of the 

, to that of 

to resume

the torch,

subtitled "The Adventurers of Chupacabra", will land in the first half of the year on the encrypted channel, which will also host the third part of

this year

.

On France.tv, we hope for the return of the comedy

in the first half of the year, while on TF1, we will discover the new partner of

, after the departure of Hélène Bach.

On Netflix, we'll say goodbye to the German series

.

Discover our selection of the 22 most anticipated European series in 2022.

“Winter spirit”, a closed session carried by Audrey Fleurot

Winter Spirit, an

adaptation in 3x52 minutes of the novel of the same name by Laura Kasischke, directed and co-written by Cyril Mennegun, is a winter camera carried by Audrey Fleurot.

The

heroine

here plays a novelist, seized with a strange foreboding on Christmas Eve, the impression that, fourteen years earlier, when Alice was adopted, something had followed them home.

Current 2022, on Arte

"Totems", a classy spy fresco

A classy and ambitious spy fresco against a backdrop of the Cold War in the France of General De Gaulle.

Presented in official competition at CanneSeries,

, created and written by Juliette Soubrier (

) and Olivier Dujols (

), follows the adventures of Francis Mareuil (Niels Schneider), space engineer at CNES, mandated by his godfather (Lambert Wison), who works in the secret services of the SDECE (the ancestor of the DGSE) to approach, during a congress in Berlin, a Russian scientist likely to move to the West.

Married by obligation to his love of youth Anne (Ana Girardot), galvanized by his beginnings in espionage, Francis Mareuil does not take long to succumb to the charm of the daughter of the Russian scientist, Lyudmila Goloubeva, pianist prodigy forced to collaborate with the KGB.

How not to betray the interests of their respective countries and resist the feelings they have for each other?

A game of pretenses skilfully combining geopolitics and intimate, sublimated by a polished and ultra-referenced staging.

Stream 2022 on Amazon Prime Video

"Funny" or behind the scenes of the stand-up

After the scenes of the agents, those of the stand-up.

Funny, a new comedy in 6 episodes by Fanny Herrero, the creator of

, follows the fate of four comedians in a Parisian comedy club, each at very different times in their careers.

In the script, Fanny Herrero surrounded herself with stand-up figures such as Shirley Souagnon, Jason Brokerss, Thomas Wiesel and Fanny Ruwet.

Stream 2022 on Netflix

Queen "Marie-Antoinette"

After Louis XIV in

, the new original creation of Canal + is interested in another figure of the French monarchy.

The

, signed by Deborah Davis, nominated at the Oscars for the film

, reveals an incredibly modern and avant-garde young queen played by Emilia Schüle, who was only 14 when she left Austria to marry the dauphin of France.

Current 2022 on Canal +

The First World War as seen by "Les Combattantes"

After

, Audrey Fleurot, Julie de Bona and Camille Lou are reunited again, with Sofia Essaïdi in addition, for a large historical fresco in eight parts on TF1.

follows the fate of four women caught up in the First World War in a village in the Vosges near the German zone, from September 1914.

Current 2022 on TF1

The thriller "The Young Girl and the Night"

The first serial adaptation of Guillaume Musso's bestseller.

international production with Germany and Italy, takes place over two temporalities.

In the 1990s, when a high school student goes missing, and nowadays, during a reunion of former students when three friends learn that the gymnasium in which they had walled the body is going to be destroyed.

From then on, nothing stands in the way of the truth coming out.

A miniseries in six episodes carried by the Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd (

, Grégory Fitoussi, Shemss Audat or Matthias Van Khache.

Current 2022 on France 2

"The World of Tomorrow", NTM before NTM

The history of NTM before NTM!

After the film

, released on screens at the end of November,

will tell the genesis of the legendary duo formed by Kool Shen (Anthony Bajon, seen in

) and JoeyStarr (Melvin Boomer, hip-hop dancer spotted on Instagram ).

Directed by Katell Quillévéré and Hélier Cisterne, this 6x52 minutes will “portray a generation” and capture “the energy of youth” of the 1980s, according to Arte's director of fiction, Olivier Wotling.

Current 2022, on Arte

The family comedy "Family Weekend"

2022 will be marked by the arrival of the first French series produced by Disney +.

In the comedy

, Eric Judor plays Fred, the father of a "super blended" tribe.

Father of 15-year-old Clara, 12-year-old Victoire and 9-year-old Romy, all from different unions, of which he has custody every weekend.

When Fred falls madly in love with Emmanuelle (Daphné Côté-Hallé), a Quebecker passing through Paris who is completing her doctorate in child psychology, a new stage in her life begins.

February 23 on Disney +

The squeaky comedy "Countrymen"

A Norwegian series completely crossed out! 

series co-produced by Arte and the Norwegian channel NRK, follows the tribulations of a band of Muslim broken arms at the ankle with a terrorist cell, who settle in the countryside on a farm to prepare their cruel designs.

In order not to arouse suspicion about their real activities with the inhabitants, they embark on the production of halal cheese.

Will the warm welcome of the inhabitants of the village and the success of their cheese company succeed in dissuading them from implementing their initial plan?

This transgressive, zany and jubilant comedy is served by a narration and a staging at 100 per hour.

A lesson in corrosive tolerance.

Current 2022, on Arte

A look back at the Malik "Oussekine" affair

Among the French series produced by Disney +, the miniseries Oussekine, created by Antoine Chevrollier, who cut his teeth as a director on

and

, will look back on the tragic events of December 5, 1986 which led to death. of Malik Oussekine and the dramatic consequences on his family: his mother Aïcha, his brothers Ben Amar and Mohamed - surrogate father of the siblings since the death of their father Miloud - and his sisters Fatna and Sarah.

A family that will sacrifice everything for justice to be done.

Kad Merad will play the lawyer for the Oussekine family.

Current 2022 on Disney +

"Blackport", a social chronicle coupled with a ferocious farce

A UFO not to be missed under any circumstances!

The Icelandic series

Grand Prix à Séries Mania,

the privatization of fishing in Iceland in the 1980s and the industry strike.

Under the guise of a forbidding local and technical issue, this generous social chronicle gradually turns into a ferocious farce on capitalism, at the confluence of the influences of the unclassifiable Aki Kaurismäki and the Cohen brothers.

An astonishing fresco on the neoliberal revolution in the West!

Current 2022, on Arte.

The fantastic series "Parallèles"

The fantastic series

, created by Quoc Dang Tran who has worked on many television hits such as

,

on Netflix or even

on Canal +, follows four friends - Bilal, Romane, Samuel and Victor - who see their lives turned upside down when a mysterious event separates them and propels them into parallel dimensions.

They will do everything to understand what happened and try to go back to their world "before".

In front of the camera of Benjamin Rocher and Jean-Baptiste Saurel: Thomas Chomel, one of the stars of Clem, but also Jules Houplain (Les Innocents), Omar Mebrouk (HPI), Jade Pedri (Plan B), Guillaume Labbé, Gil Alma , or even Naidra Ayadi.

Current 2022 on Disney +

The hell of prostitution in "Red Light"

Red Light

translates to "red neon", like all those that light up the infamous Amsterdam district. This Belgian-Dutch co-production stages the crossed fate of three women, from completely different backgrounds, confronted with the world of human trafficking and prostitution. The first, Sylvia (Carice van Houten, Mélisandre in

), prostitute and owner of a strip club, is manipulated and abused by her pimp. The second, Esther (Halina Reijn) is a soprano whose husband disappears after beating up a prostitute. The third, Evi (Maaike Neuville), is a cop who tries to combine professional and family life. A shock series on prostitution, violence, motherhood, desire and control.

February 17 on Arte.tv and Thursdays from March 24 to 10 at 8:55 p.m. on Arte

At the heart of the fire in "Notre-Dame, la Part du feu"

While the feature film by Jean-Jacques Annaud

will be released in theaters on March 16, Netflix is ​​offering a miniseries in 2022 that looks back on the fire that occurred on April 15, 2019 at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

, directed and written by Hervé Hadmar (

), with the collaboration of Olivier Bocquet in the scenario, will tell the event by following the point of view of several characters, including in particular the firefighters who worked to get rid of the fire.

A series that promises to be ambitious served by an impressive cast: Roschdy Zem, Caroline Proust (Engrenages), Alice Isaaz, Simon Abkarian, Sandor Funtek, Frédéric Chau, and Victor Belmondo.

Stream 2022 on Netflix

Marc Levy adapts "All those things we didn't say to each other"

Marc Levy adapts his own bestseller

for Canal +. In this dramatic 10x30 minute comedy, Julia (Alexandra Maria Lara) learns a few days before her wedding that her father, Michel (Jean Reno), will not attend the ceremony. If she had sensed it, for once, Julia must admit to him an irreproachable excuse: he has just died. His wedding turns into a funeral. Until the end, his father will have turned his life upside down! The day after her funeral, a case is delivered to her home. Inside, an android, replica of his father, which contains all his memory and even his damn character. The android convinces her to start a seven-day trip to make up for lost time and finally tell each other all the things they haven't said to each other. Paris, Bruges, Berlin and Madrid… Follows an extraordinary journey and a sweet and spicy comedy on father daughter relationships.

Current 2022 on Canal +

The thriller "La Maison d'en face"

Adapted from the Dutch format

, written by Lionel Bailliu (

) by Déborah Hadjedj (

,

, series in 6x52 minutes, tells the story of Eva (Julie de Bona) and Yanis ( Marc Ruchmann), who move into a suburban lodge, in search of a new start. But one evening, their one month old baby suddenly dies. Broken, Eva and Yanis try to rebuild themselves. They find comfort in their family. neighbors opposite, Lucie (Caterina Murino) and Stéphane (Thierry Neuvic). She is a nurse, he is a cop. A particular bond will be forged between the two couples, well beyond reason, to a point of no return, none of which will come out unscathed.

.

Current 2022 on M6

"Les Sentinelles", a series on the French army

Like some monuments of the genre (

or

), the series Les Sentinelles, produced by Emmanuel Daucé and Antoine Szymalka for Tétra Media Fiction / La Pépinière (

) follows the fate of young soldiers engaged in a contemporary theater of conflict.

This fiction, written by Thibault Valetoux (

) and Frédéric Krivine (

, tells how the 22nd infantry regiment of the French army fell into an ambush in the Sahel.

Reinforcements were slow to come and the situation got bogged down.

In this almost desert valley, thousands of kilometers from their homes and under enemy fire, what are those who had signed up a few months previously dreaming of?

And why had they done it?

For the love of the motherland and the defense of its interests or for travel, wages and automatic rifles?

The army, an arena almost never addressed in French fiction, with the exception of the series

in 2016 on France 4.

Current 2022 on OCS

Intersex people in "The Better Half"

After the LGBT struggles in

, France TV Slash is interested in a group of people almost never represented in fiction, intersex people, who represent nearly 1.7% of births in the world, according to the UN. The too often forgotten "i" in the acronym LGBTI, "a community that does exist and needs positive representations," recalls the AJL.

follows the arrival in a new high school of Sasha, an intersex person, that is, her physical or biological characteristics do not correspond to the classic definitions of masculinity and femininity.

“Until last summer she was a boy.

She has a year to find out who she is and to choose if she will have the operation at the end of the year, ”the synopsis reads.

Let us hope that the series does not fall into the usual pitfalls of the representation of intersex people who "remain most often voyeuristic, exotic and pathologizing", as the AJL underlines.

Current 2022 on France TV Slash

A journey through time with "Vortex"

A journey through time in six episodes.

, a miniseries co-written by Camille Couasse (

) and Sarah Farkas (

) and directed by Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun (

), based on a concept by best-selling author Franck Thilliez, follows Ludovic (Tomer Sisley), captain of the judicial police in Brest in 2025, who lost the love of his life twenty-seven years ago, Mélanie (Camille Claris, seen in

).

But suddenly, thanks to a time rift that opens inside a crime scene reconstructed in virtual reality, they can communicate between 1998 and 2025!

Ludovic warns Mélanie: she will die in 11 days!

But saving her from certain death means that Ludovic risks losing his life in the present, the one he took so long to rebuild: his new wife, Parvana (Zineb Triki, Nadia in

) and their son Sam… Will he be able to disrupt the space-time continuum without risk?

Current 2022 on France 2

The cloudy experiences of "Syndrome E"

Adapted from the eponymous novel by Franck Thilliez,

promises to be TF1's next major police success. Combining thriller and fantasy, this 6x52-minute miniseries follows the investigations of Parisian commissioner Franck Sharko (Vincent Elbaz), gruff and lonely cop, and Lille inspector Lucie Hennebelle (Jennifer Decker, resident at the Comédie-Française) around the mysterious disappearance of children while an old film from the 1960s provokes in those who watch it strange and dangerous behavior. Their investigation will mainly lead them from Morocco to Canada to shed light on troublesome scientific experiments. An investigation into a nightmarish universe, directed by Laure de Butler (

) and written by Mathieu Missoffe (

with Emmanuelle Béart, Kool Shen, Michèle Bernier, Richard Bohringer, Bérengère Krief, and Dominique Blanc.

Current 2022 on TF1

Aerobics and its "Toutouyoutou"

After

, OCS takes us back to the 1980s with

, created by Géraldine de Margerie and Maxime Donzel, the duo behind the brilliant

sur Arte

cinema

.

This comedy follows Karine, 40, a docile and discreet mother of a family in the Toulouse region, cradle of French aeronautics, sees her life turned upside down by the discovery of aerobics and the courses provided by the charismatic Jane, straight from the land from his native Texas.

But behind the “Toutouyoutou” and the neon leotards hides a much more complex story… which mixes aerobics, espionage, and aeronautics!

Current 2022 on OCS

The reign of "Louis XXVIII"

What would France look like if the monarchy had never been abolished?

The uchronie of 10 episodes of 22 minutes

I, written by Geraldine de Margerie and Maxime Donzel, imagines a present-day France still ruled by a monarch.

When a plane crash claims the lives of the entire royal family, Samia (Nadia Roz) learns that her son (Nils Othenin Girard), an immature and naive teenager, is the heir to the throne of France.

Current 2022 on France TV Slash

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