Best new shows on streaming this week – quick links
When the War is Over (18 November) – ABC iview

- Genre: Documentary
- Format: Series
Acclaimed actor and art enthusiast Rachel Griffiths returns to the ABC in a powerful new series that explores how art and pop culture help us understand and heal from war. Griffiths explores the game-changing songs, iconic paintings, blockbuster films, best-selling books, jaw-dropping artworks and spine-tingling performances that have helped transform Australians’ understanding of our five major wars: World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Afghanistan and the Australian Wars. Watch the trailer.
The Great British Bake Off Season 16 (18 November) – Binge

- Genre: Reality
- Format: Series
The Great British Bake Off is back, as the famous tent gets pitched in the grounds once again. Alison Hammond once again joins Noel Fielding to lead the latest batch of Baker’s through 30 brand new challenges set by Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. Twelve bakers. Three challenges. Who will be the first Star Baker and who will be the first to leave the tent? Watch the trailer.
He Had It Coming (20 November) – Stan

- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Format: Series
This feisty feminist comedy-drama series follows mismatched friends who get caught up in on-campus gender politics and murder. He Had it Coming is a comedic whodunnit as two women accidentally entangle themselves in a murder mystery when their spontaneous feminist art activism is co-opted by a killer. Watch the trailer.
The Mighty Nein (19 November) – Prime Video

- Genre: Fantasy
- Cast: Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Anjelica Huston, Lucy Liu, Nathan Fillion
- Format: Series
The Mighty Nein follows a group of fugitives and outcasts, bound by secrets and scars. But when a powerful arcane relic known as ‘The Beacon’ falls into dangerous hands, they must learn to work together to save the realm and stop reality itself from unraveling. Watch the trailer.
The Death of Bunny Munro (20 November) – Binge

- Genre: Drama
- Format: Series
Starring BAFTA-award winning actor Matt Smith and based on the novel by Australian musician and author Nick Cave, The Death of Bunny Munro follows door-to-door beauty product salesman and self-styled lothario Bunny who, following his wife’s untimely death, finds himself saddled with his young son. Watch the trailer.