Streaming this week – quick links
Netflix: streaming this week
Aaron Chen: Funny Garden – 31 March
Comedy special. As Aussie comedian Aaron Chen – star of the Netflix hit series FISK and loyal assistant to Guy Montgomery on the ABC smash Guy Montgommery’s Spelling Bee – continues to sell out theatres across the globe, you can now watch this live recording of his latest show, Funny Garden.
The show features Chen’s signature deadpan, observational style and includes material about his life in New York, his marriage and interactions with the audience.
Untold: The Death and Life of Lamar Odom – 31 March
Docuseries (2026). Netflix’s acclaimed Untold sports doco series returns in a major way with four new films blazing with drama. Premiering weekly, these gripping stories extend well beyond the playing field and feature raw, first-person perspectives from those at the heart of the action, revealing surprising truths fans have yet to hear.
The first instalment traces the life of Lamar Odom, from his rise to NBA fame and marriage to Khloé Kardashian to his near-fatal overdose in a Nevada brothel.
Love On The Spectrum Season 4 – 1 April
Series. New and familiar faces star in this heartfelt documentary series that follows singles on the autism spectrum as they search for true love.
The Bad Guys: The Series Season 2 – 2 April
Series. The Bad Guys are aiming for an all-time crime streak. But to get to icon status, they’ll have to dodge copycats, crime stoppers – and each other.
Starring Michael Godere, Ezekiel Ajeigbe and Raul Ceballos.
XO, Kitty Season 3 – 2 April
Series. With her love life heating up, Kitty’s all set to kick off an iconic senior year. But will secrets, scandals and her own insecurities get in her way?
Starring Anna Cathcart, Choi Min-yeong, Gia Kim and Sang Heon Lee.
Binge: streaming this week
Marie Antoinette Seasons 1-2 – 30 March
Series. This lavish historical drama follows Marie Antoinette, who arrives at Versailles as a teenage Dauphine and must navigate court politics, royal duties and growing public hostility as she evolves into the Queen of France. Across two seasons, the series charts her rise and influence, and the escalating pressures that ultimately threaten her reign.
Scrubs Seasons 1-9 – 1 April
Series. Every heartfelt, hilarious moment of the original nine-series iteration of this medical comedy favourite in a full boxset drop.
Grimm Seasons 1-6 – 1 April
Series. The entire boxset returns to Binge on 1 April.
Stan: streaming this week
Whale Shark Jack – 2 April
Film (2026). A heartwarming adventure about family, friendship, the natural world and moving forward when all hope seems lost.
Set on and around the breathtaking Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, Whale Shark Jack stars Abbie Cornish (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri) and Michael Dorman (Territory) as husband and wife marine biologists, and Alyla Browne (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) as their daughter.
Whale Shark Jack follows the family’s idyllic life on their research catamaran, where together they follow the migratory path of the biggest fish in the ocean – the majestic whale sharks.
Sarah, who has been raised on the sea, is fearless and embarks on adventures with her only friend, Jack, an endangered whale shark she rescued as a pup, forming an unbreakable bond.
BritBox: streaming this week
Shetland: Scotland’s Wondrous Isles – 1 April
Three-part documentary series. We meet native Shetlanders and pesky/lovely ‘incomers’ on these stunning islands with beautiful landscapes. Starring Mark Bonnar.
Silent Witness Season 29 – 2 April
Series. In this highly anticipated return, the crime drama follows four forensic pathologists and scientists as they settle into their new lab in Birmingham.
Their caseload remains complex and burdensome as ever, beginning with a case in which AI technology is being harnessed to fuel racial tensions.
As the season progresses, the team investigates the shocking death of an elderly gentleman found impaled by a screwdriver and the killing of a Chinese-British activist, igniting tension internationally. Adding to the drama, one of the forensic team members faces a life-threatening predicament, bringing the danger closer to home than ever before.
Starring Emilia Fox, David Caves, Maggie Steed, Francesca Mills, Sophie Hopkins, Nathan Wright and Adam Rayner.
HBO Max: streaming this week
Kangaroo – 1 April
Film (2025). An Australian family comedy film that follows disgraced TV host Chris and a spirited young Indigenous girl, Charlie, as they team up to rescue and rehabilitate a group of orphaned joeys in a remote Outback community.
Through laughter, chaos and unexpected adventures, the pair discover the true meaning of friendship, courage and second chances.
Starring Rachel House, Brooke Satchwell and Ryan Corr.
ScreenHub: From Looking for Alibrandi to Kangaroo – director Kate Woods returns to Australia
Prime Video: streaming this week
NBA – throughout April
The 25/26 NBA regular season is coming to an end with a double header on Friday 10 April with:
- Celtics vs Nicks (9.30am AEST | 11am NZT)
- Lakers vs Warriors (12pm AEST | 2pm NZT)
Plus on 11 April:
- Hawks vs Cavaliers (9am AEST | 11am NZT)
- Thunder vs Nuggets (12pm AEST | 2pm NZT)
The 2026 Play-In Tournament will be broadcast exclusively on Prime Video featuring six games on 15, 16 and 18 April. The tournament features the Nos. 7-10 teams in each conference vying for the 7th and 8th NBA Playoff seeds.
Prime members in Australia will also be able to watch select Playoffs limmonds, Avantika, Maddie Ziegler, Michael Culkin, Lydia Leonard and Uma Thurman.
Apple TV: streaming this week
Your Friends and Neighbors Season 3 – 3 April
Series. We’re back with Andrew Cooper (Jon Hamm), who doubles down on his life as an unlikely suburban thief, until the arrival of a new neighbour threatens to expose his secrets and place his family at risk.
James Marsden joins the cast, alongside returning stars Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon Lee, Mark Tallman, Lena Hall, Aimee Carrero, Eunice Bae, Isabel Gravitt and Donovan Colan.
SBS On Demand: streaming this week
Riot Women – 2 April
Series. SBS has the exclusive Australian premiere of smash-hit UK drama series Riot Women, created by Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley). Riot Women is about a group of women who form a punk rock band – just for fun, just to enter a local talent contest, just to raise money for charity – but who discover in the course of rehearsing an ABBA song (badly) that they have a voice of their own.
John Wick Trilogy – 4 April
Films. John Wick is a former hitman grieving the loss of his true love. When his home is broken into, robbed, and his dog killed, he is forced to return to action to exact revenge
ABC iview: streaming this week
Australian Story: The Leyland Brother – Mal Leyland – 30 March
TV legend Mal Leyland is preparing for his final outback trip. Aged 81 and suffering from moderate dementia, the co-star of the long-running Ask the Leyland Brothers series will host a convoy of four-wheel drive enthusiasts on a journey from the west to east coasts of Australia.
The month-long trek will commemorate the 60th anniversary of Mal and Mike Leyland’s groundbreaking continental crossing of Australia in 1966 and raise money for a planned Mal Leyland museum in Cairns.
‘Having dementia is interesting because it depends a little bit on what it affects,’ Mal tells Australian Story.
‘If you’ve got a good memory of the good things in life, the good things are far more important.’
At the peak of their popularity in the 1960s and 70s, the Leyland Brothers’ travel documentaries were among the top-rating programs on Australian television. They’re often credited with sparking the boom in camping and four-wheel driving, with the phrase “doing a Leyland Brothers” becoming shorthand for an extended outback holiday.
But the brothers fell out when a shared business venture went bust, and their relationship never fully recovered.
Mal was diagnosed with dementia two years ago and is being cared for by his only daughter, Carmen.
‘The hardest thing has been watching this man that I idolised my whole life, slowly disappear in front of my eyes,’ she tells Australian Story.
Monday, 30 March, 8pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
Four Corners: Campus Chaos – 30 March
Australian universities are in turmoil. Deep cuts to jobs and courses are triggering fury on campuses across the country.
This week on Four Corners, reporter Steve Cannane investigates how years of shrinking public funding, rising debt and increasingly corporate decision making have pushed some of the nation’s most important public institutions to breaking point.
Campus Chaos reveals the scale of spending on outside consultants and asks what that means for transparency, accountability and the future of higher education.
Monday, 30 March, 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
Disney+: streaming this week
If It’s Tuesday… It’s Murder – 31 March
Series. This brand new Spanish original series from Disney+ and Hulu tells the story of an eclectic group of Spanish tourists at a once-grand hotel now crumbling into ruins during a week-long holiday in Lisbon.
When one of the travellers is found dead the day after their arrival, four of the others set out to investigate who the killer might be – and whether it could even be someone within their own group. This team of devoted true-crime and mystery novel fans will have to face the police, a roster of suspects, the threat of being expelled from the trip and their own hidden truths as the days slip away before they have to leave Lisbon.
Secrets of the Bees – 1 April
National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory explores the extraordinary lives of bees, which are among the planet’s most important animals. Over three years, special cameras opened a rare window into a single hive, revealing its hidden world. With more than 20,000 bee species pollinating one-third of the world’s food, this series uncovers their astonishing architecture and intelligence, unlocking their secrets.
Donna Hay Coastal Celebrations – 1 April
Best-selling Australian cookbook author, Donna Hay hosts a series of sunny celebrations by the sea, styling and cooking delicious food in stunning locations.
With Sydney’s sparkling harbour as the backdrop, Donna shows how to prepare a long lunch at her home, a seaside garden party, hosting at the local sailing club and a tropical themed girls lunch to remember.
Finding inspiration in her own cupboards and garden, as well as the surrounding coastline, Donna styles beautiful tablescapes.
