Streaming this week – quick links
Netflix: streaming this week
Glory – 1 May
Series. In a small-town boxing hub, two brothers investigate a shocking murder while navigating a troubled reunion with their father, a renowned coach. Starring Divyenndu, Pulkit Samrat and Suvinder Vicky.
My Dearest Señorita – 1 May
Film (2026). A young woman from a traditional family learns she’s intersex, sparking a journey of self-discovery, gender identity and love found in unexpected places. Starring Elisabeth Martínez, Anna Castillo and Paco León.
Stan: streaming this week
Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out – streaming now
Series. Dermatologist Sandra Lee, aka Dr. Pimple Popper, helps patients with unique skin conditions reclaim a life free of disguise and embarrassment. New Episodes Every Tuesday.
Love Island: Beyond the Villa – streaming now
Series. The first-of-its-kind spinoff from the pop culture phenomenon, Love Island: Beyond the Villa is an all-access look into what happens post-paradise. Follow fan favourite season 7 Islanders around Los Angeles once they leave the villa and navigate their newfound world of sudden fame, new careers, evolving friendships, and complex relationships.
HBO Max: streaming this week
Wuthering Heights – 1 May
Film (2026). A bold and original interpretation of one of the greatest love stories of all time, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights stars Australians Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff whose forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to intoxicating in an epic tale of lust, love and madness.
ScreenHub: Wuthering Heights is a provocative sadomasochistic joy
Make That Movie – May (date TBC)
Series. This new six-part comedy starring Australian comedians Sam Campbell and Aaron Chen follows a hotshot director who scours the country for everyday film ideas, then races to turn each one into a movie in just three days. The crew features Lara Ricote, Helen Bauer and David Hargreaves alongside Chen.
Heathers: The Musical – 3 May
Film (2022). This dark-comedy rock musical based on the 1988 cult-classic movie follows high school senior Veronica’s struggle to survive the teenage rollercoaster of her senior year while navigating the beautiful but cruel Heathers, a dangerous romance with the new school rebel Jason ‘J.D.’ Dean and the constant pressure to fit in with everyone else.
ABC iview: streaming this week
Urzila – 29 April
Series. Get ready to dive headfirst into the brilliantly chaotic mind of comedy powerhouse Urzila Carlson with her new sketch comedy series.
Urzila is gleefully outrageous, capturing Carlson’s fearless, no-filter approach to comedy in full flight. Each episode mashes up razor‑sharp stand‑up with cheeky, fast‑firing sketches, many of them plucked straight from the wildly funny stories she riffs on during her live shows.
It’s a TV series powered by two decades of stand-up comedy chaos: bold, boisterous, and unmistakably Urzila.
Joining her on this energetic ride is her handpicked ensemble of rising comedy talent: Bron Lewis, Carlo Ritchie, Andy Saunders and Anisa Nandaula.
Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee Season 3 – 29 April
Series. Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee returns for a triumphant third season, with Sam Campbell as the new Assistant.
Gruen Season 18 – 29 April
Australia’s favourite multi-award winning, multi-award losing, longest running (probably now that Neighbours has bitten the dust again), and most importantly, the only show about advertising is coming back for an 18th season.
But wait, there’s more. The show is new and improved. Zero calories. Full of protein. Contains collagen. Active ingredients. No artificial colours, flavour, or intelligence. And is guaranteed to be on free-to-air or your money back.
Host Wil Anderson says: ‘We were really hoping that the end of the world would stop advertisers, but it turns out that we live in hell, and they’re selling us snowballs.’
Lewis Season 1 – 1 May
Series. A spin-off from Inspector Morse, Lewis centres on Detectives Robbie Lewis and James Hathaway as they investigate grisly murders against the backdrop of the beautiful university spires of Oxford.
Death in Paradise Season 14 – 2 May
Series. A brand new DI lands on Saint Marie with more confounding murders to solve. But Londoner Mervin Wilson ruffles some feathers as he clashes with the island’s way of life.
Silent Witness Season 28 – 2 May
Series. A new season of crimes for the forensic team to solve and Jack is apprehensive about the arrival of new boss Professor Harriet Maven. He has heard she is difficult and, on arrival, she quickly rubs Jack up the wrong way.
Live at the Apollo Season 20 – 2 May
Series. The BAFTA nominated Live At The Apollo returns for a twentieth series with seven brand new episodes.
BritBox: streaming this week
Ludwig Season 1 – 29 April
Series. David Mitchell portrays the puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor, whose life is upended when his identical twin suddenly disappears in this award-winning comedy series.
John reluctantly assumes his twin’s identity to find clues to his whereabouts. Given John’s identical twin is DCI James Taylor, John must infiltrate the major investigations team, solve a string of seemingly unconnected murders, and convincingly remain in character as his detective brother.
Starring David Mitchell, Anna Maxwell Martin, Dipo Ola and Sophie Willan.
Travels With Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet Season 1 – 1 May
Docuseries. Labelled ‘a travelogue with purpose’ by The Telegraph, this fascinating documentary sees acclaimed actor and British national treasure Sir David Suchet (Agatha Christie’s Poirot, A Perfect Murder, Harry and the Hendersons) retrace the global journey of legendary author Agatha Christie.
Suchet travels across Canada, Hawaii and Australia, exploring the landscapes and cultures that inspired Christie’s iconic works. Blending archival footage, personal photographs and present-day travel, this travelogue offers an intimate and insightful look at the experiences that shaped one of the world’s most celebrated mystery novelists.
Starring Sir David Suchet (Agatha Christie’s Poirot, A Perfect Murder, Harry And The Hendersons).
Prime Video: streaming this week
Greenland 2: Migration – 27 April
Film (2026). The surviving Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker and embark on a perilous journey across the decimated frozen wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
Starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin and Roman Griffin Davis.
The House Of The Spirits – 29 April
Series. A magnificent family saga that tells the epic tale of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and bloody revolution.
The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence.
Starring Alfonso Herrera, Dolores Fonzi, Nicole Wallace, Juan Pablo Raba and Fernanda Castillo.
NBA Playoffs – throughout May
Prime Video continues its exclusive NBA Playoffs coverage throughout May. Prime members in Australia will be able to watch select Playoffs live and exclusive throughout the month. Full schedule to be announced closer to the time.
Apple TV: streaming this week
Widow’s Bay – 29 April
Series. We’re in a quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England. But something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community.
There’s no wi-fi, spotty cellular reception and he must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed. He wants these people to respect him. They don’t. They think he is soft and cowardly. And he is.
But Loftis is determined to build a better future for his teenage son and turn the island into a tourist destination. Miraculously, he succeeds: tourists are finally coming. Unfortunately, the locals were right. After decades of calm, the old stories that seemed too ludicrous to be true start happening again. Watch the trailer.
Binge: recent highlights
Taskmaster Season 21 – 24 April
Series. Five celebrities attempt to complete a series of challenges, referred to as tasks.
The Way Home Season 4 – 21 April
Series. Season 4 marks the return of this time travel show following the lives of three generations of Landry women, whose mission is to somehow find their way back to each other while learning important – and not always easy – lessons about their family’s past.
Starring Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams and Andie MacDowell.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 1-8 – 20 April
Series. Every season of the American hit police procedural sitcom returns for the ultimate binge.
Starring Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews and Melissa Fumero.
SBS On Demand: streaming this week
Rick Stein’s Australia – 30 April
Series. In his debut Australian series, celebrated chef Rick Stein embarks on a deeply personal food journey across his second home, Australia. Across six episodes, Rick takes viewers on an immersive trip that retraces his life-changing adventures as a young nineteen-year-old.
From stunning Sydney harbour to remote outback towns, Rick revisits some of the places in New South Wales that first shaped him – and explores how Australia and its food is changing, and what makes it so unique.
Empathy – 30 April
Series. An original series by actor and screenwriter Florence Longpré, Empathy is a unique, sensitive, and quirky view of the patients and medical staff of a secure psychiatric institute.
Psychiatrist Suzanne (Florence Longpré) starts work at Mont-Royal Institute, where she meets Mortimer (Thomas Ngijol), an intriguing interventionist, alongside fascinating patients. Her patients have committed all kinds of crimes but Suzanne comes to them with a deep empathy that stems from her own traumatic past.
The Americans Seasons 1-6 – 1 May
Series. The Americans is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington DC during the Reagan administration. The arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but as the pressures and demands of the job grow heavier, the personal toll becomes almost too exhausting to bear.
Alongside real-life couple Rhys and Russell, the cast includes Margo Martindale, Noah Emmerich and Richard Thomas. Recurring cast members include Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Julia Garner (Ozark) and Miriam Shor (Pluribus, Younger).
Paramount+: streaming this week
Bau Artist At War – 3 May
Film (2024). Based on an extraordinary true story, Bau Artist at War follows Holocaust survivor and master forger Joseph Bau, who uses his artistic talents, humour and ingenuity to help fellow prisoners escape certain death. Amid the horrors of the Plaszow concentration camp, he finds an unexpected and powerful love, defying the darkness around him.
Starring Emile Hirsch (Into The Wild, One Upon A Time… In Hollywood), Inbar Lavi (Imposters, Lucifer) and Josh Zuckerman (School Spirits).
