Stan – quick links
Stan: new in July
Secret Service – 2 July
Series. Adapted from the novel by journalist and author Tom Bradby, Secret Service follows Kate, a woman who appears to be working an everyday role as a civil servant, alongside her husband. Beneath this facade lies the real Kate: a dedicated MI6 agent and Head of the Russian Desk.
With a British election on the horizon, Kate uncovers information suggesting a politician set to become Prime Minister may be a Russian asset.
Starring Gemma Arterton and Rafe Spall.
Canada’s Drag Race All Stars – 10 July
Series. Nine iconic queens return to the runway to battle for the title of ‘Canada’s Ultimate All-Star.’ Brooke Lynn Hytes hosts and judges alongside Priyanka and Jimbo on a historic, all-drag panel.
The Westies – 12 July
Series. Set in early 1980s New York, The Westies is a raw and propulsive new crime drama following the infamously violent Irish gang of the same name. From the co-creator of Narcos and Godfather of Harlem, the series stars JK Simmons, Stanley Morgan, Jessica Frances Dukes, and Titus Welliver.
When the construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Centre encroaches on The Westies’ home turf in Hell’s Kitchen, the gang sets their sights on the profits. Despite being vastly outnumbered by the Italian Mafia, the Westies’ legendary brutality allows them to share in the spoils through a fragile détente.
Married At First Sight USA – 13 July
Series. The phenomenon returns in the latest season of Married at First Sight USA, where singles marry strangers in the social experiment of a lifetime.
The new season will be the first to be modelled on the successful Australian format, introducing a brand-new panel of experts, as the couples navigate the highs and lows of married life. ​
All American Season 8 – 14 July
Series. The eighth and final season of All American picks up six months after the football cliffhanger at the end of last season, spanning just one week in the lives of our favourite Beverly and Crenshaw crew. A week that will have them wondering if everything they’ve been through over the course of their lives has prepared them for this moment. A week that will ultimately reunite old with the new, friend with enemy, and alter the course of each of their futures forever.
Follow Jordan (Michael Evans Behling), Layla (Greta Onieogou), Coop (Bre-Z), Cassius (Osy Ikhile), KJ (Nathaniel Logan McIntyre), Khalil (Antonio J. Bell), Amina (Alexis Chikaeze), and Preach (Kareem Grimes) in the pursuit of their dreams in the aftermath of Season 7, which left relationships tentative at best.
The F-Ward – 17 July
Series. From the makers of Bump comes the new Stan Original The F Ward, starring Anna Friel, Ioane Sa’ula and Dan Wyllie.
This new six-part series follows a group of medical interns sent to the underfunded Pines Hospital in Sydney for one final chance to complete their medical training. Here, they must overcome their insecurities, their past, and their own expectations in a hot-house environment where the stakes are life and death.
The F Ward stars Lola Bond (Last Days of the Space Age), Alex Fitzalan (Stan Original Prosper), Emily Barclay (Babyteeth), Annie Boyle (Colin from Accounts), Arka Das (Stan Original Sunny Nights), Paula Arundell (The Last Anniversary), Jeremy Sims (The Artful Dodger), Susie Porter (The Artful Dodger), Toby Schmitz (Boy Swallows Universe), and Alex Dimitriades (Strife).
Drag Race Down Under vs The World – 24 July
Series. Fan-favourites from Drag Race Down Under go head-to-head with sickening queens from around the world – all vying for the ultimate crown. Get ready for new looks, louder drama, and legendary lip-syncs as the battle for global drag dominance begins.
Five iconic Drag Race Down Under queens will battle six formidable drag artists from around the world, each representing their own country and international series of Drag Race.
The icons competing to be crowned Queen include Art Simone (Down Under),Coco Jumbo (Down Under), Estrella Xtravaganza (España), Flor (Down Under), Lala Ri (USA), M1ss Jade So (Philippines), Michael Marouli (UK), Nikita Iman (Down Under), Nicole Paige Brooks (USA), Raven (USA), and Vybe (Down Under).
Dead City Season 3 – 27 July
Series. In Season 3, Maggie (Lauren Cohan)and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) finally put aside their differences to build the first thriving community in Manhattan since the apocalypse, but when chaos in the city begins to arise, they are forced to question: have they learned from their old wounds or will their dark past spell doom for the entire city? ​ ​
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The Killings at Parrish Station –24 June
Series. It’s 1987, and Detective Georgia Cooke (Mia Wasikowska) is called in to investigate the massacre of four scientists who have been brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect. But as Georgia digs deeper, unravelling a complex case entangled in mania, ritual and the occult, her obsessive quest for the truth spirals into a nightmare that will put her family career, and sanity on the line.
Some 37 years later, a chilling new spree of murders will pull Georgia (Heather Mitchell) back into this nightmare as she confronts the terrifying possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.
Alongside Mia Wasikowska and Heather Mitchell, the cast includes Xavier Samuel, Robert Taylor, Alan Dale, Emma Lung, Doris Younane, Kat Hoyos, Nic English, Alex Malone, Geoff Morrell, Rob Carlton, Alex Lee, Cameron James and newcomer Grace Owens.
Beast – 4 June
Film (2026). Russell Crowe is commanding as Sammy, the trainer whose relationship with champion fighter Patton James embodies tough love, hard-won forgiveness and the complex bonds between mentors and the fighters they shape.
Beast is a powerful story of redemption, sacrifice, and the unbreakable bonds of family that pulse through every frame.
