New to Stan in February – quick links
Stan: new this month
68th Annual GRAMMY Awards – 2 February
Special. Music’s biggest night will return to Stan with the 2026 GRAMMY Awards broadcasting live from Los Angeles, hosted by Trevor Noah. Artists competing for the highly sought after Album Of The Year award include Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Leon Thomas, Clipse and Tyler, The Creator.
The Beckham Feud: Truth & Lies – 4 February
Documentary (2025). One of England’s favourite families is at war. On one side, David and Victoria Beckham, and on the other, their eldest son, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham. A brand new documentary, The Beckham Feud: Truth & Lies asks whether Brooklyn’s recent allegations stack up, combing over his claims to find out what has really happened.
With insights from showbiz journalists who have tracked the Beckhams for decades, branding experts who understand how the Beckham machine was built, and psychologists who unpack the emotional toll of growing up famous, this film ask what happens when a global brand collides with real human relationships, and what the impact will be on Brand Beckham. The documentary includes interviews from David Beckham’s former PA Rebecca Loos, showbiz reporter Perez Hilton, celebrity PR expert Mayah Riaz, and more.
Lord of the Flies – 8 February
Series. Screenwriter Jack Thorne (Adolescence) and BAFTA-winning director Marc Munden (The Mark of Cain, National Treasure) are on the tools for this highly anticipated new series produced by Stan and the BBC – the first ever television adaptation of one of the most popular (and traumatising) books of the past 70 years.
Thorne’s adaptation remains faithful to the original novel. Set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island, the story follows a group of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island with no adults following a deadly plane crash. However, this four-part series delves further into the book’s emotive themes around human nature, the loss of innocence and boyhood masculinity.
Filmed on location in Malaysia, the cast features an ensemble of more than 30 boys playing the desert island camp’s ‘biguns’ and ‘littluns’, many of them making their professional acting debuts. Watch the trailer.
MAFS: After The Dinner Party – 18 February
Series. For over a decade, Married at First Sight has dominated public conversation, becoming an addictive Australian television phenomenon and the show on everyone’s lips. Now, the MAFS universe is expanding like never before with the launch of the Stan Original MAFS: After The Dinner Party.
The companion series will be the first and only place to dive into exclusive, unfiltered interviews and unseen footage with the participants right after Married at First Sight‘s iconic dinner parties. With Jules Lund, Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne steering the conversation as hosts, the debrief starts the second the dinner party ends.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – 19 February
Film (2025). Set two months after the events of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, the latest instalment of the iconic action spy series, finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the Impossible Mission Force continuing their search for the Entity, a terroristic AI that has infiltrated intelligence networks across the globe. Pressure mounts as Hunt and his team are pursued by governments, and ghosts from his past emerge.
Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman and Hannah Waddingham. (Further reading: How hard are the stunts Tom Cruise does in the Mission: Impossible films?)
Checkpoint Zoo – 22 February
Documentary (2024). The latest critically-acclaimed doco from Joshua Zeman (Cropsey, The Killing Season, Murder Mountain) follows a group of Ukrainian zookeepers and volunteers who risked their lives to rescue thousands of animals trapped in Feldman Ecopark, which was shelled with Russian artillery during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Stan: recently added
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World – 27 January
Series. Ten powerhouse drag queens return to the werkroom as RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World storms back for its third season. RuPaul welcomes standout queens from across the global Drag Race Universe to battle it out alongside some of the UK’s most celebrated drag talent.
This high-stakes spin-off takes the iconic Drag Race UK recipe and elevates the game play to the highest level. With international pride on the line, a cash prize of £50,000, and the title of Queen of the Mothertucking World up for grabs, only one queen will reign supreme. New episodes every Wednesday.
Memory of a Killer – 26 January
Series. Inspired by the book and the award-winning Belgian film, De Zaak Alzheimer, comes a new dramatic thriller starring Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy, Dexter: Original Sin, Ferrari) as hitman Angelo Doyle, who leads a dangerous double life while hiding an even deadlier personal secret.
Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos, The White Lotus) stars opposite Dempsey in the role of Dutch, Angelo’s oldest friend and an accomplished chef whose restaurant is a front for criminal enterprise.
Memory of a Killer premieres over two nights on January 26 and 27, followed by new episodes weekly on Tuesdays.
The Walsh Sisters – 22 January
Series. Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon (Hullraisers, Moone Boy) and inspired by Marian Keyes’ best-selling novels, The Walsh Sisters follows the lives of Anna, Rachel, Maggie, Claire and Helen in their Dublin home town as they navigate the peaks and troughs of their late 20s and 30s.
This is a sisterhood full of in-jokes, hand-me-down resentments and more than a few old wounds. But their DNA, history and shared love of power ballads keep the Walsh sisters together in the face of heartbreak, grief, addiction and parenthood.
Gods of Tennis Season 1 – 10 January
Series. Looking back at the golden age of tennis during the 70s and 80s, with a particular focus on Wimbledon.
Accused Season 2 – 15 January
Series. This crime anthology series puts us on the journey of the defendant. Each episode opens in a courtroom on the accused, with viewers knowing nothing about their crime or any other events leading up to the trial.
Changing Ends Season 2 – 3 January
Series. Based on British comedian Alan Carr’s life in the ’80s, a period during which his father was manager of the football team, Northampton Town FC.
Red Eye Season 2 – 2 January
Series. After a thrilling first season, Red Eye is returning as Jing Lusi reprises her role as DS Hana Li alongside new guest star, Martin Compston, who together, must set aside past differences to solve a new high-stakes conspiracy.
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 – 2 January
Everybody say love! RuPaul searches for America’s next drag superstar as a dazzling new cast of queens join the brand new season of the OG show in this over-the-top television empire. New episodes weekly.
Dear Life – 1 January
Series. Love lives on in unexpected ways. Filmed across Victoria, Dear Life is an unfiltered exploration into losing the love of your life.
Struggling to come to terms with the death of her fiancé, Lillian (Brooke Satchwell) finds comfort in seeking out the recipients of his organs, triggering a tangled chain of connection. After Ash, a doctor, is attacked by an ice addict, his fiancée Lillian turns off his life support.
Led by Brooke Satchwell (Black Snow), the six-part series also stars Eleanor Matsuura (The Walking Dead), Ryan Johnson (Doctor Doctor), Ben Lawson (Firefly Lane), Annie Maynard (Upper Middle Bogan), Daniel Henshall (A Sunburnt Christmas), Kerry Armstrong (Nugget is Dead: A Christmas Story), Deborah Mailman (Total Control), Megan Smart (Black Snow), Marg Downey (The Newsreader) and Khisraw Jones-Shukoor (The Newsreader).
