Best new shows – quick links
Best new shows this week
Twenty Twenty Six – 10 June (ABC iview)
Series. 48 countries, three host nations – former BBC head of values Ian Fletcher takes on the world’s biggest football tournament. So that’s all good then. Starring Hugh Bonneville.
Coldwater – 10 June (SBS On Demand)
Series. Coldwater is a blackly comic thriller from the inimitable playwright David Ireland. John (Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead) is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad.
When his failure to intervene in a violent confrontation in a playground brings his identity crisis to a head, John up and moves his family to the small Scottish rural idyll of Coldwater, to live as far away from London as possible.
Every Year After – 10 June (Prime Video)
Series. Told over the course of six years and one week in Barry’s Bay – the quintessential lake town – Every Year After is a romantic, nostalgic story of first loves and the people and choices that mark us forever.
Starring Sadie Soverall and Matt Cornett.
Sweet Magnolias Season 5 – 11 June (Netflix)
Series. With wedding bells on the horizon, the Magnolias chase a shared dream, explore the world beyond Serenity, and lift each other up amid a summer of change.
Starring JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, Heather Headley and Justin Bruening.
Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 5 – 12 June (Stan)
Series. Kanan solidifies his place in the Queens drug business alongside Southside legend Breeze (Shameik Moore), and their alliance sets the stage for a reckoning that will ripple through every player in this dangerous game.
Whether it’s the Thomas family facing the collapse of their reign, Unique (Joey Bada$$) fighting to preserve his legacy or the Mafia maneuvering behind the scenes, many sacrifices will be made. However, nothing will stand in the way of Kanan’s pursuit of power.
Recent best new shows
Two Years Later – 4 June
Series. Starring acclaimed Australian actors Phoebe Tonkin and Brenton Thwaites, this modern love story explores the deeply relatable and tender complexities of love, identity, ambition, and the winding path to commitment. Created by screenwriter Pete Bridges, Two Years Later is set in a post-pandemic world and follows thirtysomethings Emily and Ryan, whose brief, daily flirtations on their work commute are abruptly cut off by Covid-19.
Cape Fear – 5 June (Apple TV)
Series. cape fear is inspired by the 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Steven Spielberg. A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Amy Adams) and Tom Bowden (Patrick Wilson) when Max Cady (Javier Bardem), the notorious killer they are responsible for putting behind bars, is let out of prison – and he wants vengeance.
Patrick Wilson, Joe Anders, Lily Collias and Malia Pyles round out the ensemble cast.
Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown – 7 June (HBO Max)
Series. Episodes drop weekly (10 episodes). Survivalists from all over the world – including Brazil, Australia, Mexico and the US – represent their homelands in a gruelling 40-day primitive bushcraft competition. Paired with a partner, their skills, toughness and teamwork will be tested as they compete for national pride and the largest cash prize in franchise history.
Australia is well represented, with the Aussie team of Ky Furneaux and Alexa Towersey stepping into the ultimate survival challenge. Naked And Afraid alum Matt Wright also returns to test his skills.
