ABC iview: best new shows & films streaming March 2026

Discover the best new shows & films to stream this March on ABC iview with this guide.
Blue Murder Motel. Image: ABC iview.

Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Season 8 – 1 March

Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Image: ABC iview.

Kids’ Series. Get ready for The Wiggles’ most musical series yet, with an all-new season of Ready, Steady, Wiggle! This spin of the musical wheel is packed with unforgettable songs and fan-favourite segments that will have everyone singing, dancing, and smiling together.

Murdoch Mysteries Seasons 1-8 – 1 March

Series. Set in 1895 Toronto, Murdoch Mysteries is a one‐hour drama series that explores the intriguing world of William Murdoch, a handsome young detective who uses radical forensic techniques like fingerprinting to trace evidence and solve some of the city’s most gruesome murders.

Tonight at the Museum – 4 March

Alex Lee hosts Tonight at the Museum. Image: ABC iview.

Series. The museum is closed, but Alex Lee is just getting started with her guests in a comedy quiz like no other.

Surrounded by priceless artefacts and unbelievable true stories, the guests bluff, guess and laugh their way through the galleries, all chasing the ultimate honour – having one of their own personal treasures placed on display at the museum.

ScreenHub: Tonight at the Museum review – letting comedians loose in the museum

Back Roads – 5 March

Series. Take a road less travelled to the small towns and communities that make Australia special. Join Lisa Millar and guest presenters as they discover remarkable stories and inspiring people you’ll never forget, in the new season of Back Roads.

Creative Types with Virginia Trioli – 5 March

Creative Types with Virginia Trioli. Image: ABC iview.

Series. The six-part series is back for a third season, exploring the essence of imagination and creativity with some of Australia’s best creative minds.

Drawing from all art forms – acting, directing, writing, visual and performing arts – each episode showcases creative Australians at the peak of their talents and tells the story of their journey to the top.

Blue Murder Motel – 7 March

Michala Banas and Brett Tucker in Blue Murder Motel. Image: ABC iview.

Series. In this brand-new murder mystery series, married ex-cops Vinny and Cole have swapped the homicide beat in Sydney for their retirement dream, running a retro seaside motel in a coastal New Zealand town. But only six weeks in to their new life, that dream takes an unexpected, annoying turn when they suddenly find themselves assisting the town’s laidback surfer cop in his investigations.

Blue Murder Motel stars Aussie actors Michala Banas and Brett Tucker, who previously appeared together in McLeod’s Daughters.

Top End Bub – 7 March

Gwilym Lee, Miranda Tapsell and Gladys-May Kelly in Top End Bub. Image: ABC iview.

Series. A follow-up to the smash-hit film Top End Wedding, comes this heart-warming new series starring Miranda Tapsell and Gwilym Lee.

Lauren and Ned are living their best life in the city, which is tragically interrupted when Lauren’s sister Ronelle dies in a car crash in the Top End. Rushing back to Darwin, the couple is thrown into the chaos of Top End life.

Compass – 8 March

Series. Returning for 2026, Compass explores the Australian soul – our beliefs, our ethical dilemmas, and the changing face of our spirituality – sharing stories of individuals and communities tackling life’s big questions. Hosted by Indira Naidoo.

Kids Baking Championship Season 12 – 13 March

Kids’ Series. Twelve kid bakers head ‘bake to school’ to take on challenges inspired by the absolute best parts of being in school. Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman host as the talented young bakers dream up and create tasty treats in hopes of becoming head of the baking class and winning the $25,000 prize.

The Piano Season 2 – 15 March

The Piano S2. Image: ABC iview.

Series. Eighty-eight keys. Infinite voices. One magical instrument that speaks straight to the heart. Hosted by Amanda Keller, the six-part series The Piano returns, celebrating the extraordinary power of the piano to unlock stories from everyday Australians with remarkable musical gifts.

Can You Keep a Secret? – 15 March

Can You Keep a Secret? Image: ABC iview.

Series. Dawn French plays domineering granny Debbie Fendon, a woman who will stop at nothing to protect her family – it’s just the person they most need protecting from is her. And when her hermit-like husband, William (Mark Heap), unexpectedly dies, she makes an outlandish decision that will put the family under more pressure than ever before.

Frauds – 15 March

Jodie Whittaker and Suranne Jones in Frauds. Image: ABC iview / Monumental Television.

Series. Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker star as confident tricksters whose toxic yet darkly funny friendship is rekindled in order to pull off the art heist of the century.

Set against the epic rolling hills of southern Spain and the dark criminal underbelly that casts a shadow over the glistening coast, Frauds is a complex and addictive story of friendship, deception and survival.

Flower & Flour – 16 March

Flower & Flour. Image: ABC iview.

Kids’ Series. Flower is a curious seven-year-old girl living above her parents’ bustling restaurant. By her side is Flour, a mischievous cat made from a bag of flour. This is a laugh-out-loud buddy comedy about friendship, family, and the magic of community.

Flower & Flour shows kids that wonder is waiting right outside their door, and that life is brighter and funnier when we share it with each other.

The Matter of Facts – 24 March

Series. In an era defined by trolls, chatbots, misinformation and disinformation – truth and lies can become indistinguishable. Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, The Matter of Facts takes audiences to the frontline of the global information wars, where information is manipulated to influence what we believe, how we behave and who we vote for.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026: The Gala – 25 March

Denise Scott hosts the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala. Image: ABC iview.

Special. Join host Denise Scott as she kicks off the celebrations in true Melbourne International Comedy Festival fashion with The Gala. Featuring comedians from here and overseas, it’s a night of belly laughs that’s not to be missed.

Patience Season 2 – 27 March

Series. The arrival of a new detective creates tension and challenges for Patience as she navigates her role in solving complex crimes while exploring new personal relationships.

Fake or Fortune Season 12 – 29 March

Series. Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce team up to investigate more thrilling cases of art world mystery and intrigue as they track down the provenance of works of art with the aim of proving their authenticity, helped by evidence from family collections, museums, archives and laboratories.

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Alannah Sue is a writer, editor, theatre critic and content creator with a passion for arts and culture and all that glitters. She relocated to Melbourne in 2025 after spending over a decade embedded in the Sydney arts landscape and finishing up her tenure as Arts & Culture Editor at Time Out. In addition to contributing to ArtsHub and ScreenHub, her freelance portfolio also expands to editorial and copywriting for lifestyle and arts publications such as Limelight and Urban List, cultural institutions like the Sydney Opera House, and marketing and publicity services for independent artists. She is always keen to take a chance on weird performance art, theatre of all kinds, out-of-the-box exhibitions, queer venues, and cheap Prosecco. Give her half a chance, and she will get on a soapbox when it comes to topics like the magic of musical theatre, the importance of rigorous arts criticism, and the global cultural implications of the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. Connect with Alannah on Instagram: @alannurgh.