11 recent miniseries for the Easter (short) holidays

BarcelonaThe Easter holidays are so short that they practically shouldn't count as holidays. But if you are one of those who can extend your break beyond the strictly festive days, you will surely have time to rest and also relax with a mini-series that doesn't involve being glued to the screen for many hours. To make the job easier, we recommend eleven recent mini-series that you can watch these days.

Fiction can be entertainment but also reflection, or both at the same time. This is the case of A Better Man, a Norwegian miniseries that delves into the world of incels and proposes a possible path of redemption and reconciliation. The protagonist is a man who dedicates himself to trolling on the internet, threatening women and spreading hate. When his identity is revealed, he discovers what it's like to be the target of criticism and harassment. The only way he will find to regain anonymity will be to dress as a woman and leave his home. A series that opens the debate and allows us to detect our degree of cynicism regarding the current world.

There are loves that mark a before and after in a person's life. This is what happens to the protagonists of Mix Tape, who were teenage sweethearts and ended up breaking up traumatically. In their youth, in the late 80s, Alison and Daniel connected through music and the compilation cassettes they exchanged. Twenty years later, each with their sentimental and family lives already established, they reconnect again through music: they find each other on social networks and he sends her a song which she will respond to with another. In this way, they open a door to the past and begin to consider whether a happy ending is possible between them.

A love with dramatic touches is also at the center of the following proposal, Days of Ash, a miniseries set in Northern Ireland in the 70s, one of the most critical moments of the conflict between Protestants and Catholics. Cushla, a Catholic teacher, falls in love with a married and controversial Protestant lawyer because he defends young Catholics accused of violent acts and terrorism. The miniseries shows the constant terror that surrounds the couple, who live in a world where everything is either black or white and has no room for nuance. The cast features Lola Petticrew, whom we met thanks to Don't Say a Word, and Gillian Anderson, who plays Cushla's mother, a woman trying to overcome her husband's death with drink.

Jane Austen is one of the most popular authors in English literature. However, there are many aspects of her life that remain a mystery. This is partly due to the fact that her sister Cassandra, her great confidante, burned part of her correspondence. This is precisely what Miss Austen explores, a miniseries that asks why the sister of the author of Pride and Prejudice made this decision. The fiction, which moves on two temporal planes, the present and Cassandra's past, is a delicate exploration of sisterly love and Jane Austen's creative nerve. The always effective Keeley Hawes (The C Word) brings Cassandra to life in her adult stage.

Jacob Elordi, one of the actors of the moment, became known in part thanks to a series, Euphoria. Despite having a busy schedule of film projects, he still finds time to make series in his native Australia. In The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries, he plays Dorrigo Evans, an Australian army doctor who during World War II is captured by the Japanese and forced to work on the construction of the railway between Thailand and Burma. The miniseries, based on the novel that Robert Flanagan wrote inspired by his father's experiences, plays with different time frames. On the one hand, we see the suffering of Evans and the rest of his companions at the hands of the Japanese. The other major connecting thread is the protagonist's memories of his love affair with his uncle's young wife, Amy (Odessa Young), whom he meets just before going to war. Finally, the protagonist's life years after the war is also shown, when he is already an old man and a doctor of recognized prestige.

This black comedy is one of Filmin's latest releases, where it has been very well received. Its peculiar protagonist is a Danish ex-spy who moves to Iceland to enjoy retirement. Ditte, however, cannot help but remain an elite soldier even though she is technically retired and her particular character becomes evident when she starts meddling in the lives of her block neighbors. From her point of view, she is simply helping to make the world a fairer place, but her highly questionable methods cast doubt on that. A series that may appeal to those who enjoyed El encargado, the Argentine comedy from Disney+.

The skyscrapers of the City of London are the first image of this thriller with a devilish pace and a good dose of plot twists. What seems like a normal day at Lochmill Capital, a firm dedicated to managing pensioners' investments, turns into a nightmare when a gang of violent thieves break into the offices with a very specific demand: to transfer a millionaire sum of money to unknown investment funds, meaning to steal thousands of pensioners' savings. Under pressure from the thieves, Zara, one of the firm's employees, is tasked with carrying out the heist. In this way, she becomes one of the main witnesses of the case, investigated by Detective Rhys, who, in turn, has gambling problems. Besides being a powerful thriller, The Heist is an opportunity to reconfirm that Sophie Turner, Sansa from Game of Thrones, can be a very good actress.

One of the most sensational media scandals of recent years in the United Kingdom is the mass espionage practiced by the newspaper News of the World against celebrities such as Hugh Grant, Sienna Miller or Jude Law, by tapping their phones. The hack, starring David Tennant and Toby Jones, recalls the case by explaining two of the real stories linked to it: on the one hand, the work of Nick Davies, the journalist who gathered evidence of the illegal activity of News of the World, and on the other, the police investigation into the murder of Daniel Morgan, which had remained unsolved in 1987. The creator of the miniseries is Jack Thorne, co-creator of Adolescència.

The new miniseries by veteran Italian director Marco Bellocchio focuses on Enzo Tortora, a member of the Radical Party but much better known as the presenter of a hugely successful television magazine in seventies Italy, the Portobello of the title. In 1983 he was accused of being part of a Camorra organization involved in drug trafficking and, despite no evidence existing, he was imprisoned and tried. It wasn't until four years later that his innocence was proven, but by then he was so ill that he had little time left to live. In her review of the series, Eulàlia Iglesias said: "With the rhythm of the best contemporary series, Portobello also recalls those early television shows, almost always set in interior locations, in which top screenwriters and actors of theatrical origin dedicated themselves to creating the best possible television fiction".

Theoretically, a wedding should be one of the happiest events in a couple's relationship. In the case of Rachel and Nicky, it seems it will be one of the most terrifying events of their lives. The Duffer brothers, creators of Stranger Things, produce this horror miniseries that follows a couple during the week leading up to their wedding, as they settle into their parents' forest house where the wedding is to be held. Rachel has no mother, because she died, and her father has agoraphobia. On the other hand, Nick comes from a rather well-off family with a certain fondness for taxidermy. In the days leading up to the wedding, Rachel experiences all sorts of strange sensations and even receives messages warning her not to marry her partner. The two lead actors are Camila Morrone (The night manager, Daisy Jones & The Six) and Adam DiMarco (The White Lotus).

It has been one of the most talked-about productions of 2026 so far, and it's logical. Love story is addictive gossip, a fictionalized account of the tragic marriage between JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, who died in a plane crash along with her sister. They were one of the most representative couples of the 90s, true style icons who, thanks to the series, are back in fashion today. Beyond the controversies generated by the opinions of some of the real characters who played a role in the story, Love story has allowed us to discover Sarah Pidgeon, who, with her interpretation of Bessette, has become a strong contender for the Emmy for best actress in a miniseries. The creators of the production have already announced that the anthology miniseries could continue with an installment dedicated to the marriage of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.