What to watch on HBO Max – quick links
HBO Max: new this week
Filthy Fortunes Season 2 – 16 March
Series. This Discovery Channel series follows Matt Paxton and his team as they tackle massive hoards to uncover hidden treasures, aiming for over $1 million in sales. Season 2 features high-stakes clean-outs of packed homes, finding valuables like classic cars, vintage toys and rare memorabilia.
Expedition X Season 10 – 17 March
Series. The latest season of Expedition X follows hosts Josh Gates, Heather Amaro and Phil Torres on high-stakes investigations into the world’s most terrifying, paranormal and unexplained locations. Season 10 begins with a two-part investigation into Ireland’s own haunted ‘Alcatraz’, Spike Island, followed by explorations of the real Conjuring house, Norwegian UFO hotspots and American legends.
Robot Chicken Seasons 1-11 – 18 March
Series. You can now Binge on every episode ever made of Robot Chicken – the rapid-fire sketch comedy that flips through pop culture at breakneck speed, delivering irreverent, laugh-out-loud parodies of everything from movies and TV to toys and celebrities.
Created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, the series uses old-school stop-motion animation to bring action figures and collectables to life in wildly twisted, three-dimensional worlds, with an all-star voice cast fuelling its anarchic humour.
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires – 19 March
Film (2025). This new animated feature from the DC empire is a bold reimagining of the Batman legend set in the Aztec empire. The story follows a young Aztec boy who escapes to Tenochtitlan after his father is murdered by Spanish conquistadors. There, he trains in the temple of the bat god Tzinacan, and develops weaponry to avenge his father’s death. Along the way, he encounters familiar figures like Jaguar Woman and the conquistador Hernán Cortés.
The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder – 21 March
Docuseries (2025). The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder examines the 2012 death of Byron Griffy, a beloved 76-year-old Colorado funeral director, who was found shot in his home. The case exposed a web of secrets, including stolen coins and a secret, tumultuous relationship between suspected fellow morticians, shaking a small Colorado town.
The Secrets We Bury – 22 March
Documentary (2025). The Secrets We Bury focuses on Michael Carroll’s decades-long quest to solve the 1961 disappearance of his father George, which led to the discovery of human remains under his childhood home in Long Island. Directed by Patricia E Gillespie, the film explores themes of intergenerational trauma and familial secrets.
HBO Max: recently added
Crackhead – 12 March
Series. Coming to HBO Max in March, Crackhead is a original dark comedy from New Zealand that mixes sharp humour with the serious realities of mental health and addiction. Created by and starring Holly Shervey (as seen in Apple TV’s The Tank and Amazon Prime’s American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story), the series follows Frankie Barker, a troubled addict who accidentally burns down her sister’s house and finds herself navigating life at a glamorous rehab clinic.
Rooster – 9 March
Series. Set on a college campus, Rooster is a sharp character-driven comedy starring Steve Carell as a celebrated author navigating the messy realities of academia, family and reinvention.
At the centre is his complicated and often hilarious relationship with his daughter, whose presence on campus forces both of them to confront long-standing tensions, shifting ambitions and the challenge of redefining who they are to each other. Episodes drop weekly, same day as the US.
About Face – 9 March
Docuseries (2025). About Face is a medical series focusing on elite Los Angeles-based plastic surgeons performing complex, life-altering reconstructive surgeries on patients with severe facial deformities, trauma and rare conditions.
Naked and Afraid Season 19 – 8 March
Series. In this reality series from the Discovery Channel, each episode chronicles the lives of two survivalists (one woman, one man) who meet for the first time and are given the task of surviving a stay in the wilderness – completely naked.
Described as the ‘most raw and adrenaline-charged’ season yet, Naked and Afraid Season 19 features a 14-day no-tool, no-items challenge. Legendary survivalist Matt Wright returns to guide participants through the Florida Everglades in the premiere.
