Best new shows & films – quick links
Netflix: best new shows
Avatar The Last Airbender Season 2 – 25 June
Series. To end the war, Aang must master earthbending – but in the Earth Kingdom, politics, secrets and hidden alliances are a battlefield of their own.
Starring Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley and Dallas Liu. Watch the trailer.
Little Brother – 26 June
Film (2026). A successful realtor’s life completely flips when his chaotic ‘little brother’ suddenly reappears in this raunchy comedy starring John Cena and Eric André.
Starring John Cena, Eric André, Michelle Monaghan and Christopher Meloni. Watch the trailer.
Stan: best new shows
The Killings at Parrish Station – 24 June
Series. It’s 1987, and Detective Georgia Cooke (Mia Wasikowska) is called in to investigate the massacre of four scientists who have been brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect. But as Georgia digs deeper, unravelling a complex case entangled in mania, ritual and the occult, her obsessive quest for the truth spirals into a nightmare that will put her family, career and sanity on the line.
Some 37 years later, a chilling new spree of murders will pull Georgia (Heather Mitchell) back into this nightmare as she confronts the terrifying possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.
Alongside Mia Wasikowska and Heather Mitchell, the cast includes Xavier Samuel, Robert Taylor, Alan Dale, Emma Lung, Doris Younane, Kat Hoyos, Nic English, Alex Malone, Geoff Morrell, Rob Carlton, Alex Lee, Cameron James and newcomer Grace Owens. Watch the trailer.
BritBox: best new shows
Saving Britain’s Country Houses With Penelope Keith – 24 June
Series. This lifestyle series is an exclusive look into driven homeowners racing to restore these grand estates before they fall into complete ruin, and the high stakes of preserving Britain’s architectural heritage.
With ceilings collapsing and bills mounting, these owners throw themselves into renovation and reinvention.
Presented by Penelope Keith.
Catching a Killer Season 2 – 25 June
Docuseries. Each episode follows Thames Valley Police detectives as they investigate a murder.
Howards End Season 1 – 26 June
Miniseries. Early 20th century English class divisions are explored through three families: the Wilcoxes, the Schlegels and the Basts. Watch the trailer.
Apple TV: best new shows
Camp Snoopy Season 2 – 26 June
Series. Season 2 follows Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts, who are looking forward to carefree time in the majestic landscape of Camp Spring Lake. Along with Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang, join Snoopy and the birds as they hike, swim, and leap their way through another round of fun and adventure in the Great Outdoors. Watch the trailer.
Binge: best new shows
Wicked: For Good – 25 June
Film (2025). The global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good.
Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices.
As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation, which only drives Elphaba and Glinda further apart. Then a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives. Watch the trailer.
HBO Max: best new shows
House of the Dragon Season 3 – 22 June
Series. Episodes drop weekly, same day as US. Season 3 is an eight-episode instalment based on George RR Martin’s Fire & Blood. Set 200 years before Game of Thrones, it continues the story of House Targaryen and its dynastic conflicts. The Season 3 cast includes Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans and Fabien Frankel. Watch the trailer.
The Welcome Table – 24 June
Documentary. Directed by Josh Fox (Gasland), the documentary tells the story of climate refugees across six continents, celebrating the voices and experiences of people living at the forefront of the climate crisis and displaced from their homes by climate disasters.
Featuring John Boutté, John Cameron Mitchell and celebrated New Orleans musicians, the film weaves together stories of migration and resilience through music, performance and the installation of a 1000-foot table along the New Orleans levee where communities gather in conversation, solidarity and celebration.
Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness – 27 June
Series. Episodes drop weekly, same day as US (7 episodes). A new sketch comedy limited series from creator Larry David and Jeff Schaffer, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground. It follows David as he becomes unexpectedly entangled in plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. President and Mrs Obama set out to mark the milestone by honouring America’s unique history… but then Larry David calls. The series also features select Curb Your Enthusiasm cast members and a range of guest stars. Watch the trailer.
Prime Video: best new shows
See You At Work Tomorrow! – 22 June
Series. Cha Ji-yoon, a seventh-year product planner, has sworn off dating after a painful breakup. Burned out from corporate life, she lives for efficiency, deadlines and one small joy: fried chicken and beer after the perfect on-the-dot clock out. Calm, polite and unflappable on the surface, her heart has long been closed – until Kang Si-woo, the company’s most avoided team leader, enters her life.
Starring Seo In-guk, Park Ji-hyun and Kang Mi-na.
MUBI: best new shows
Theatre of The World – 26 June
Spotlight collection. Queer, feminist, and defiantly avant-garde, Ulrike Ottinger’s ‘Berlin’ trilogy transforms Cold War-era West Berlin into a dazzling landscape of theatricality, excess, and radical imagination. Blurring fantasy, satire, and political provocation, Ottinger’s cinema revels in collisions between the grotesque and the beautiful.
Includes Ticket of No Return, Freak Orlando, Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press.
ABC iview: best new shows
Andy’s Dino Island – 22 June
Children’s series. Andy and Jen are on a non-stop adventure on a long-lost island filled with Dinosaurs. Join them as they journey through unexplored jungles, mountains and deserts, encountering an incredible cast of prehistoric pals, solving mysteries and making discoveries in an action-packed, fun filled dino-drama for pre-school and family audiences.
High Hoops Season 2 – 26 June
Series. Neurotic, desperately awkward, clever but distractable, over-thinker, false confidence, always coming up with ‘big brain’ ideas, creative and good with words, tall and unusually strong – that’s Aife and she back in a new series of High Hoops.
Submarine Jim Season 1 – 26 June
Children’s series. Naïve young dolphin Jim takes charge of an ‘inverted’ submarine full of fish and seawater. Their goal? Las Vegas – rumoured to hold the clear waters of their dreams. But the adventure ahead will be anything but smooth sailing.
ABC Classic 100 Concert 2026 – 27 June
Hosted by Megan Burslem and Jeremy Fernandez, the ABC Classic 100 Concert 2026 will see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra perform with Principal Guest Conductor Benjamin Northey in a spectacular celebration of Australia’s favourite classical music, as voted by audiences in the ABC Classic 100: Greatest Of All Time.
SBS On Demand: best new shows
Gomorrah: The Origins – 25 June
Series. The prequel to the worldwide phenomenon Gomorrah reunites the creative team that brought you the acclaimed crime series based on Roberto Saviano’s best-selling novel.
Naples, 1977. Pietro (Luca Lubrano), 15 years old, grew up without his father or mother and was raised in extreme poverty. His desperation for a better life emerges as a fascination with Angelo the Siren (Francesco Pellegrino), the neighbourhood’s young ‘king’.
FIFA World Cup 2026 – continuing on SBS
Sport. Featuring 104 matches across 16 cities in three countries, the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament will be the largest in the competition’s history.
ScreenHub: FIFA World Cup 2026: full schedule for every match & where to watch
Paramount+: best new shows
Survivor US Season 50 – 25 June
Reality series. The milestone 50th season of Survivor brings together 24 returning legends for the ultimate fan-voted showdown in Fiji. Hosted by Jeff Probst.
Wicked – 26 June
Film (2024). The untold story of the witches of Oz comes to life. Misunderstood because of her green skin, Elphaba forms an unlikely yet profound friendship with the ambitious and popular Glinda while studying at Shiz University.
Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum.
