Streaming this week – quick links
Streaming this week
BritBox: streaming this week
The Revenge Club Season 1 – 7 May
Series. A thriller that’s equal parts hilarious, dramatic and wildly fun, The Revenge Club follows six newly single strangers who meet in a divorce therapy group, each grappling with betrayal and heartbreak. Forming an unlikely bond, they abandon healing in favour of revenge, devising plans to get even with those who wronged them. However, their petty pranks turn dangerous, forcing the group to deal with a reality they never intended. Equally playful and suspenseful, the series explores how far people will go when heartbreak turns into retribution.
Starring Martin Compston (Line Of Duty, Vigil, Doomsday), Douglas Henshall (Shetland, Primeval, Murder Is Easy), Aimee Fifon Edwards (Peaky Blinders, Skins, Detectorists), Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars At No.42), Sharon Rooney.
Netflix: streaming this week
Remarkably Bright Creatures – 8 May
Film (2026). While working nights at a small-town aquarium, a widow bonds with a clever octopus and an adrift young man in this moving drama based on the bestseller.
Starring Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney and Alfred Molina.
Under a Bamboo Sky – 8 May
Documentary. This documentary explores the survival of Australian Allied soldiers held prisoner and forced into gruelling labor in Southeast Asia during the second world war.
ABC iview: streaming this week
Play School Rainforest Rangers – 4 May
From noisy creatures to incredible plants, the rainforest is full of surprises! So, come join us in the Play School Rainforest to explore, observe, and learn about this amazing part of the natural world.
Talking Tom Heroes: Suddenly Super – 4 May
A group of friends are transformed into superheroes. Now they’ve got to figure out their powers – and save the day.
Operation Ouch Season 14 – 4 May
Series. From biceps and burps to pins and needles and puke, nothing escapes the doctors’ crazy tasks and experiments as they explore the weirdness and wonders of the human body.
HBO Max: streaming this week
The End – 8 May
Film (2024). Some 25 years after environmental collapse leaves Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son live in a luxurious bunker, clinging to strict daily rituals to maintain a sense of normalcy – until the arrival of a stranger, Girl, disrupts their fragile existence.
As tensions rise, their carefully controlled world begins to unravel. Starring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram and Michael Shannon.
Song of the Samurai – 9 May
Series. Set in Kyoto at the end of the Edo period, Song of the Samurai explores the intense and passionate lives of the Shinsengumi – the iconic samurai force that defended Kyoto in the final years of Japan’s shogunate – through spectacular action and a bold interpretation based on historical facts.
Street brawler Toshizo Hijikata finds a new kind of family in Isami Kondo and Soji Okita. Hijikata and his comrades in the Shinsengumi forge a bond of loyalty – tested by betrayal, illness and war – as they fight not only their enemies but their own ideals.
Stan: streaming this week
Amandaland Season 2 – 6 May
Series. Post-divorce, Amanda (Lucy Punch) finds herself downsizing from Chiswick to So-Ha (South Harlesden), while juggling rebellious teenage children and a difficult relationship with her mother Felicity (Joanna Lumley). But with a little rebrand and help from her loyal friend Anne (Philippa Dunne), Amanda strives to make things work as a single, independent mum.
Devil in Silver – 8 May
Series. The horror series follows Pepper, a working-class man who finds himself wrongfully committed to the New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital, where nothing is as it seems. There, he must contend with patients who work against him, doctors with grim secrets, and perhaps even the Devil himself.
Starring Dan Stevens, Judith Light and Aasif Mandvi, this six-part series is adapted from Victor LaValle’s acclaimed novel Devil in Silver.
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars – 8 May
Series. Fan favourite queens from past seasons return to the stage for the ultimate prize: to be crowned in the Drag Race Hall of Fame. The challenges are super-sized, as the queens do whatever it takes to secure their legacy.
Binge: streaming this week
Prisoner Season 1 – 5 May
Series. A British action thriller created and written by Matt Charman (Hostage, Bridge of Spies). Double-episode premiere then weekly episodes.
Black Phone 2 – 7 May
Film (2025). The hugely popular sequel to horror film The Black Phone, starring Ethan Hawke.
The Bad Guys 2 – 7 May
Film (2025). An animated action comedy film based on books by Australian author Aaron Blabey.
My Mother’s Wedding – 8 May
Film (2023). Drama starring Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham.
Apple TV: streaming this week
Unconditional – 8 May
Series. Unconditional follows a mother-daughter vacation-turned-nightmare when 23-year-old Gali (Talia Lynne Ronn) is arrested for drug smuggling in Moscow. Her mother Orna (Liraz Chamami) refuses to accept the charges – but her fight for Gali’s freedom pulls her into a deadly web of crime and corruption. Co-created by Adam Bizanski (Magpie) and Dana Idisis (On the Spectrum), with Keshet International.
SBS On Demand: streaming this week
Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes Season 4 – 4 May
Series. Actor and presenter Robson Green is on the road again in search of the perfect weekend escape. This time Robson extends his search into Scotland, visiting the roads less travelled in both the lowlands and highlands of the country. Along the way he spends time with friends, family and famous faces including the Reverend Richard Coles on a memorable trip to Holy Island; Alan Shearer, who takes to the North Sea to catch mackerel, and KT Tunstall to explore the singer’s childhood home in Scotland.
The Trial of Michael Jackson – 6 May
Four-part series. With exclusive new footage, unheard audio tapes of Michael Jackson and insiders from Jackson’s entourage and the police, this series delivers new revelations about the 2005 trial of Michael Jackson.
Series One, Episode One: With unseen footage, unheard audio tapes of Michael Jackson and exclusive interviews, The Trial of Michael Jackson tells the inside story of how the King of Pop was put on trial in 2005 for the alleged sexual molestation of a young boy.
Featuring new revelations about Michael Jackson’s relationship with the boy at the centre of the allegations, Gavin Arvizo, the series hears from Jackson’s inner circle who tried to protect him, the police officers who investigated the allegations of child abuse, and the lawyers who prosecuted and defended him.
The Corsican Line – 7 May
Series. After 10 years in prison for a heist gone wrong, Reda (Raphael Acloque) is finally free. In Corsica, loyalty is supposed to be everything, but his silence earns him nothing and he is cast aside by his former accomplice and the criminal underworld he once served. Meanwhile, his estranged sister, Ines (Lina El Arabi), arrives on the island for the first time.
As part of the newly formed Anti-Mafia Division, she is determined to take down Carlotti, the ruthless godfather who rules from the shadows. In a place where no one dares speak of the Mafia and trust is a deadly risk, the siblings form a dangerous alliance to dismantle Carlotti’s empire from within. As bodies pile up, their fight for justice may come at an unbearable cost.
Prime Video: streaming this week
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.
Citadel Season 2 – 6 May
Series. Citadel is a heart-racing spy thriller following Mason Kane (Richard Madden), Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) and Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci) – elite operatives of a legendary agency destroyed by Manticore, a ruthless network backed by the world’s most powerful families.
When a terrifying new threat emerges, the three are pulled back into action. Now they must recruit an unlikely team of skilled new operatives and launch a globe-spanning mission to stop a conspiracy that could reshape humanity.
Starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci, Richard Madden and Lesley Manville.
