Netflix in April: Every new TV show and film coming this month from Lost in Space to Jay Z on David Letterman

April looks to be a slow burn for Netflix with a string of below-the-radar releases that look set to gather steam as the months roll on.

The big new TV show is Lost in Space, a reboot of the classic '60s series following the adventures of a family of pioneering space colonists whose spaceship veers off-course. Starring Toby Stephens, Molly Parker and Parker Posey, the series promises to be a humorous slice of escapism with several episodes directed by Neil Marshall, the man behind beloved Game of Thrones episode 'Blackwater.'

Then there's The Alienist, the brand new period crime series from Cary Joji Fukunaga that could well be a 19th-century version of True Detective. Starring Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning, episodes follow a criminal psychologist who joins forces with a journalist and a police detective to investigate the serial murders of young boys in the 1890s. The ten-episode season - based on Caleb Carr's novels - has been winning positive reviews since its debut in the US in January.

Jay-Z follows the likes of Barack Obama and George Clooney to appear on David Letterman's talk show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.

Film-wise, Netflix has 11 new releases including new drama Come Sunday, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, and latest Adam Sandler release, The Week Of as well as previously-released titles including American Psycho, Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove, Joe Wright gem Hanna and fratboy drama Goat.

You can find a full list of everything being released on Netflix UK below.

ORIGINAL SERIES

6 April

Fastest Car: Season 1

In each episode, three souped-up “sleeper” cars go head-to-head with one of the world's most sought-after supercars.

Money Heist: Part 2

As the police close in on the Professor's identity, his lack of communication with the Mint team leads to mutiny and the arrest of one of the robbers.

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: JAY-Z

Dave gets a lesson in flow, hip-hop culture and the criminal justice system from Jay-Z and drops in on producer Rick Rubin in his Malibu studio.

13 April

Lost in Space: Season 1

With Earth in crisis, the Robinson family heads to space to write a new chapter in human history in this revival of the iconic '60s sci-fi series.

17 April

The Chalet: Season 1

Friends gathered at a remote chalet in the French Alps for a summer getaway are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.

19 April

The Alienist: Season 1

In 1896 New York, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler joins reporter John Moore, police clerk Sara Howard and forensics experts the Isaacsons to catch a serial killer.

20 April

Dope: Season 2

The drug war never ends. Camera crews follow smugglers, users and law enforcement agencies across Indiana, the Caribbean, Detroit and Atlanta.

21 April

The Letdown: Season 1

Audrey, mother of a 2-month-old, joins a new-parents support group, where she makes some quirky friends facing various challenges and life changes.

26 April

Happy!: Season 1

A boozy ex-cop turned hitman thinks he's losing his marbles when a cartoon unicorn only he can see urges him to rescue a girl kidnapped by Santa.

27 April

3%: Season 2

As the next Process nears, the Cause plots to wipe out the system once and for all, and Michele finds herself in a precarious position.

29 April

Superstition: Season 1

A family of morticians with supernatural connections provides “afterlife care” for clients who've suffered unworldly deaths.

WEEKLY EPISODES

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (New episodes Sundays)

Trending news, pop culture, social media, original videos and more come together in host Joel McHale's new weekly comedy commentary show.

Black Lightning: Season 1 (New episodes Tuesdays)

A retired vigilante leaves behind his quiet life as a school principal and returns to fighting crime in his New Orleans community.

Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments: Season 3 (New episodes Wednesdays)

While the Shadowhunters deal with changes in their personal lives, the demon Lilith embarks on a quest to resurrect her “precious boy” Jonathan.

Designated Survivor: Season 2 (New episodes Thursdays)

With the conspiracy more alarming than ever, a fiery lawyer joins President Kirkman's staff and Agent Wells forms an alliance with a British spy.

Riverdale: Season 2 (New episodes Thursdays)

If Jason Blossom’s murder revealed the slimy underbelly beneath Riverdale’s surface, as we enter season two, the shooting of Fred Andrews threatens to plunge the entire town into utter darkness.

Dynasty: Season 1 (New episodes Saturdays)

With a new face poised to join the family, the Carringtons and the Colbys feud for control over their fortune — and their children's lives.

NETFLIX FILM

6 April

The 4th Company

In a violent prison in 1970s Mexico, a young inmate lands a spot on a football team that doubles as an enforcer squad for a corrupt administration.

6 Balloons

Over the course of one night, a woman drives her heroin addict brother across LA in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.

Amateur

A 14-year-old basketball phenom struggles to fit in with his new team after a video of him goes viral. Directed by Ryan Koo.

Orbiter 9

A woman who's been alone on a spaceship her whole life becomes enamored with an engineer who suddenly enters her life and upends her universe.

12 April

Pickpockets

A trio of young, aspiring thieves learns what it takes to be successful pickpockets from a master in the arts of trickery and deception.

13 April

Come Sunday

Based on true events, globally-renowned pastor Carlton Pearson risks everything when he questions church doctrine and is branded a modern-day heretic.

I Am Not An Easy Man

A shameless chauvinist gets a taste of his own medicine when he wakes up in a world dominated by women and locks horns with a powerful female author.

20 April

Dude

Four best girlfriends negotiate loss and major life changes during the last two weeks of high school in this coming-of-age comedy.

25 April

Psychokinesis

Suddenly possessed with supernatural powers, a father sets out to help his estranged daughter, who's at risk of losing everything she's lived for.

27 April

Candy Jar

An introverted high school girl from a working-class background falls in love with her wealthy debate team nemesis and realizes they share more in common than they thought.

The Week Of

Starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, this comedy centers on the week leading up to the wedding of their characters' kids. Robert Smigel directs.

ORIGINAL COMEDY

3 April

Fary Is the New Black

Armed with wit and his trademark style, French comedy phenom Fary veers from pickup lines to racism and beyond in a dynamic, anything-goes special.

10 April

Greg Davies: You Magnificent Beast

British comedian Greg Davies revisits terrifying dates, manscaping disasters, his father's pranks and more in a savagely funny stand-up special.

17 April

The Honeymoon Stand Up Special: Collection

Impending parenthood does funny things to Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher, who dissect family, relationships and more in a trio of stand-up specials.

24 April

Kevin James: Never Don't Give Up

Comedy star Kevin James dishes on fatherhood, fan interactions, ice cream and much more as he returns to the stand-up stage after a long absence.

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY

6 April

Ram Dass, Going Home

Spiritual teacher and '60s icon Ram Dass meditates on life and death at his home on Maui 20 years after suffering a life-altering stroke.

13 April

Chef's Table: Pastry

Dessert comes first this season as four renowned pastry chefs serve up decadent treats, daring new flavors, and stories of struggle and triumph.

20 April

Mercury 13

This documentary profiles women who were tested in 1961 for spaceflight, but had their dreams dashed when only men were chosen to become astronauts.

27 April

Bobby Kennedy for President

This docuseries examines the “Bobby Phenomenon” of the 1960s and the continuing influence of the man many see as the greatest loss of a turbulent era.

ORIGINAL SERIES FOR KIDS

6 April

The Boss Baby: Back in Business: Season 1

With a little help from his brother and accomplice, Tim, Boss Baby tries to balance family life with his job at Baby Corp headquarters.

13 April

The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Season 2

The Magic School Bus pulls out all the stops, taking Ms. Frizzle and the class to the top of a noodle mountain — and the center of the sun itself.

20 April

Spy Kids: Mission Critical: Season 1

What if grown-up spies can't do the job? It's up to junior spies Juni and Carmen Cortez to defeat S.W.A.M.P. in an animated series based on the films.

27 April

The New Legends of Monkey: Season 1

A valiant girl liberates the Monkey King — a god long trapped in stone — in a quest to find seven sacred scrolls and save the world from evil.

ORIGINAL ANIME

1 April

Wakfu: Season 3

When a secretive guild comes after Percedal's children, Yugo and friends embark on a daunting rescue mission.

20 April

Aggretsuko: Season 1

Retsuko is a 25-year-old red panda who is an office associate in the accounting department of a trading company in Tokyo. All she wants is to do her job and get through the day, but when frustrations reach a boiling point, she vents through death metal.

EVERYTHING ELSE

Life

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Return to Me

Humanoids from the Deep

Joey

Extremities

Doom

The Blues Brothers

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein

Save Me

Flawless

The Return of the Living Dead

Mad Men: Season 7

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir: Season 1

Highway Thru Hell: Series 5

Angry Birds: Season 3

Paul

Into the Night

Smokin' Aces

Public Enemies

Brewster's Millions

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

Knocked Up

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

Charlie St. Cloud

The Little Rascals

Land of the Lost

Jaws

Hanna

Great Interior Design Challenge: Season 3

Great British Menu: Season 7

Worst Cooks in America: Season 9

Worst Cooks in America: Season 10

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Thaskara Veeran

Billa

Da Thadiya

Puthiya Theerangal

Bharya Athra Pora

Kadhaveedu

Paisa Paisa

Zachariayude Garbhinikal

Salaam Kashmir

To Noora with Love

Salt Mango Tree

Urumbukal Urangarilla

Maari

Puthiya Niyamam

Unakkenna Venum Sollu

Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam

Philips and the Monkey Pen

Bare Knuckle Fight Club: Season 1

Double Trouble

Babes in Toyland

Save Our Shelter: Season 1

Ethirmarai

Influx

Fit for Fashion: Season 1

The Apartment: Season 3

Fishpeople

Once Upon a Time in Venice

Historias del Canal

Sex Doll

Bure Kaam Bura Natija, Kyun Bhai Chacha Haan Bhatija: Season 1

Mandobasar Galpo

Rukh

Dagh Ujala

A Billion Colour Story

The Search for Life in Space

Operation Odessa

Love and Death

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

One-Punch Man: Season 1

Loaded: Season 1

Lo más sencillo es complicarlo todo

The Paper: Season 1

Fallet: Season 1

Main Hoon Na

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani

Paheli

Om Shanti Om

Billu Barber

Chalte Chalte

A Sort of Family

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Season 1

2 April

Vacation

3 April

Ittefaq

4 April

American Psycho

5 April

Suits: Season 7

Z Nation: Season 3

Hyori's Bed & Breakfast: Season 2

Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall

Day of the Dead

6 April

RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 10

Sun Dogs

7 April

Jane The Virgin: Season 4

10 April

Delivery Man

11 April

Anger Management

13 April

Bates Motel: Season 5

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 10

The Huntsman: Winter's War

Yakari: Season 1

14 April

Nell

Jane The Virgin: Season 4

The Prince of Nothingwood

15 April

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python's Almost the Truth

Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action!

Barbie of Swan Lake

Monster High 13 Wishes

Barbie in Princess Power

The Minimighty Kids: Season 1

The Minimighty Kids : Season 2

Titeuf: Season 1

Hungerford

The Darkest Dawn

Monty Python's Personal Best: Season 1

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus: Season 1

The Meaning of Monty Python

Monty Python Best Bits (mostly): Season 1

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five to Go

Monty Python Conquers America

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

Eric ldle's What About Dick?

Beyond Skyline

17 April

Lockup: Chain Linked: Collection 1

19 April

Suits: Season 7

Hyori's Bed & Breakfast: Season 2

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Money Monster

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Chasing the Dragon

All The Reasons To Forget

20 April

Fear Dot Com

RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 10

Lake Placid

21 April

Jane The Virgin: Season 4

22 April

The Motive

24 April

Men on a Mission: 2018

The Marine 5: Battleground

The Magic Pill

25 April

Bill Nye: Science Guy

26 April

The Next Three Days

Suits: Season 7

Hyori's Bed & Breakfast: Season 2

Goat

27 April

S.W.A.T.

RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 10

Happy Birthday to Me

Holy Goalie

30 April

Nativity!

Hinterland: Season 3

Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends: Season 2

Gun Shy

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger

Pompeii

Running Shaadi

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