Binge – quick links
Binge: new in August
Colin From Accounts Season 3 – from 27 July
Series. One of Binge’s most successful original scripted series, and a global phenomenon in the UK on the BBC and the US on Paramount+ with a certified fresh score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, the final season of Colin from Accounts picks up in the aftermath of Gordon’s ill-fated proposal. Double episode premiere followed by weekly episodes.
Song Sung Blue – 8 August
Film (2025). Follows the true story of a husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.
The Great Australian Bake Off Season 9 – 11 August
Series. Turn your ovens on and grab your aprons – it’s time for Season 9 of internationally beloved baking format, with The Great Australian Bake Off.
Two Weeks in August Season 1 – 12 August
Series. The show some critics are describing as the White Lotus of the UK. Follows Zoe, a woman hoping a holiday with her family and old friends will help her reconnect. Boxset drop.
Conan O’Brien Must Go Season 3 – 21 August
Series. Conan engages in in-depth discussions with viewers from all around the globe in this unique comedy travel show.
Hamnet – 22 August
Film (2025). Jessie Buckley won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of grieving mother Agnes Hathaway in Hamnet. Also stars Paul Mescal.
From ScreenHub‘s review:
‘What’s in a name? the doomed Juliet asks Romeo in a little play by William Shakespeare you may have heard of?
‘Though a different fragment of that text appears in Chloé Zhao’s England-set Hamnet, which just closed the British Film Festival before opening nationally on 15 January, the idea of nominative determinism howls through this heartsore film like wind in the woods.
‘Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s historical fiction of the same name, with the author as co-writer, Hamnet underlines that names matter. They tie us to our families, for better or worse, sometimes saddling us with fates beyond our control. All have layers of deeper meaning.
‘So there’s a chill in the air, as an opening intertitle announces that, during the 16th century, given names were often interchangeable.’ Read more …
The Ark Season 3 – 25 August
Series. Sci-fi drama The Ark follows the remaining crew of a spacecraft known as Ark One, attempting to survive after a catastrophic event.
Possession Season 1 – 27 August
Series. This British supernatural thriller, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jonny Lee Miller, follows a lawyer who travels between Bristol and Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim, only to find dark family secrets. Full series drop.
Binge: recent highlights
The History of Sound – 11 July
Film (2025). Directed by Oliver Hermanus and starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor. From ScreenHub’s review:
‘Mescal plays Lionel, a shy and sweet young man who grew up on a dirt-poor farm. It’s here, as a kid (played by Leo Cocovinis) that Lionel discovers his ability to keenly perceive the sound of music – not just as shimmering colour (interestingly never visualised by Hermanus) but also a taste on his tongue – is a gift most unusual.
‘Lionel’s breadth of knowledge about these ditties and his ability to hold each tune carefully leads him to Boston’s New England Conservatory on a scholarship.’ Read more …
Jimpa – 1 July
Film (2025). Drama starring Aud Mason-Hyde, Olivia Colman and John Lithgow. (MA15+). From ScreenHub’s review:
‘Is conflict integral to cinema? Not according to Hannah, an Adelaide filmmaker, who is not quite Jimpa director Sophie Hyde, but is certainly a misty mirror-universe reflection. Depicted by the magnificent Olivia Colman – an actor so agile she can carry us forward through thought alone – she embraces love and understanding over miscommunication.
‘Hannah is auditioning actors to play a version of her father Jim (John Lithgow), a firebrand gay activist based in Amsterdam, along with her salt-of-the-earth, sassy mother, Katherine (Deborah Kennedy). The two separated when Hannah and her sister Emily (Kate Box) were kids but in Hannah’s recollection, it was an amicable arrangement that honoured Jim’s queerness and need for freedom.’ Read more …
