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Hannah Fernando & Ian MacEwan
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Oct 9, 2026 • 26min

Below, Carrie, Pierre, and The Reluctant Vampire

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 9th October 2026, including: When a mysterious sea creature terrorises a remote town, a fisherman must fight to protect his family, his community, and his way of life. Josh Hartnett and Mackenzie Davis star in nautical Netflix thriller Below. After her father's sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence. Featuring Scream legend Matthew Lillard, this is Prime Video's adaptation of the Stephen King classic. A West London duty solicitor is a force of nature, battling to keep his clients away from a system that would chew them up and spit them out; his hard-earned expertise is free to those who need it the most. David Harewood leads Channel 4's new legal drama, Pierre. Every family has secrets – this one has fangs. Which is a bit of a problem when you're actually human. Lenny Rush stars in Eric Morecambe's spooky BBC comedy, The Reluctant Vampire. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via ⁠Twitter ⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out ⁠BITESIZE BINGEWATCH⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 25, 2026 • 32min

American Hostage, Brothers, The Blame, and Youth

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 25th September 2026, including: Based on the acclaimed first season of the scripted podcast of the same name, American Hostage is a psychological thriller set in the 1970s inspired by the harrowing true story of Fred Heckman, a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program. Jon Hamm stars. On MGM+ How do you catch a killer when the killer is one of your own? Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth star in twisty thriller The Blame on ITVX. Hollywood actors Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson have been best friends for years, but a shocking family secret suggests their connection might be closer, in Apple TV comedy Brothers. A 50-year-old divorcee juggles dating life while taking care of her parents and adult son. Sharon Horgan creates and stars in Apple TV comedy Youth. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via ⁠Twitter ⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out ⁠BITESIZE BINGEWATCH⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 18, 2026 • 31min

MobLand, Neagley, Slow Horses, and 70 Up

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 18th September 2026, including: Power is up for grabs as two warring crime families clash in a battle that threatens to topple empires and ruin lives. Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren return for season two of MobLand on Paramount Plus. A private investigator and former military protege of Jack Reacher, learns that a beloved friend from her past has been killed in a suspicious accident; using her knowledge, she puts herself on a dangerous path to uncover evil. Maria Sten stars as Neagley on Amazon Prime Video. Gary Oldman leads the sixth season of Slow Horses, following the Slough House team as they are targeted by deadly assassins hunting down current and former agents. On Apple TV. 70 Up is the final chapter of the seminal British documentary series, tracking the lives of 14 people since 1964. The series concludes its 63-year television journey on ITVX. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via ⁠Twitter ⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out ⁠BITESIZE BINGEWATCH⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 11, 2026 • 25min

Last Seen, Crew Girl, Mr. T, and Colin from Accounts

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 11th September 2026, including: A police dispatcher's daughter Maggie disappeared years ago. He receives a call, believing it's her, and embarks on a relentless quest to find her and reunite his family, disregarding consequences. Patrick Brammall stars in Apple TV drama Last Seen. Mr. T took the world by storm as an '80s icon. This new documentary from Netflix reveals the full story behind the mohawk, chains and catchphrase from the man himself in Untold Mr. T: I Pity The Fool. After a family scandal, teen rower Teagan moves to a small town and joins an elite prep school's all-boys crew, sparking rivalry and attraction in Netflix coming-of-age romance Crew Girl. Three years and a lot of baggage later, Gordon and Ashley have moved on: to new homes, new career paths and new partners. But a chance encounter in a suburban GP clinic reunites the former lovers in the final season of Colin from Accounts on BBC iPlayer. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via ⁠Twitter ⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out ⁠BITESIZE BINGEWATCH⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 4, 2026 • 29min

The Gentlemen, Mayday, The Grand Tour, and WHAM!

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 4th September 2026, including: A new season and a new trio in the form of James Engelsman, Thomas Holland, and Francis Bourgeois, take the wheel in season 7 of The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime Video. It's posh, it's scandalous, and it's criminally good. Theo James returns in the highly anticipated second season of The Gentlemen on Netflix. When a U.S. Navy pilot on a top-secret mission during the Cold War gets trapped behind enemy lines, his only chance at survival is to form an alliance with an eccentric ex-KGB agent. Ryan Reynolds stars in action comedy Mayday on Apple TV. Unseen and beautifully restored footage captures WHAM!'s historic 1985 China tour, where George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley brought western pop to a curious and expectant nation, in WHAM! 10 Days in China on BBC iPlayer. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via ⁠Twitter ⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out ⁠BITESIZE BINGEWATCH⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 28, 2026 • 30min

The Rainmaker, Dog Park, Dark Matter, and Meet the Owens

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning xxx, including: A rookie lawyer unearths a shocking conspiracy and finds himself in the fight of his life against a powerful law firm in gripping legal thriller The Rainmaker, on ITVX. Another week, another reality show, this time former England striker Michael Owen, his wife Louise and their four children as they juggle a horse racing business while contending with a chaotic home life in Prime Video's Meet the Owens. Mind-bending thriller Dark Matter is back for season two on Apple TV. In the grip of a midlife crisis, Roland is dragged into the world of eternal optimist Samantha and her life-loving group of dog-parkers, in new comedy series Dog Park, on U. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via ⁠Twitter ⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out ⁠BITESIZE BINGEWATCH⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 21, 2026 • 29min

You're Killing Me, Lanterns, A Beautiful Obsession, and Ludwig

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning xxx, including: In the quaint New England town of Founders' Cove, a bestselling novelist forms an unlikely alliance with an aspiring podcaster to find the killer of a close friend, but clashes with the local police detective. Watch You're Killing Me on U. Based on the DC comic Green Lantern, following two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre star in Lanterns on HBO Max. An intimate, raw portrait of Manchester City FC across two era-defining seasons. With unprecedented access, the film follows their worst run in decades and fightback to glory in Amazon Prime Video's A Beautiful Obsession. No longer impersonating his twin, puzzle setter John Taylor (David Mitchell) returns as a crime scene consultant in season two of Ludwig, on BBC iPlayer. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via ⁠Twitter ⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out ⁠BITESIZE BINGEWATCH⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 14, 2026 • 19min

Reacher, Warren's Vortex, Mourinho and Miss You, Love You

Ian is solo this week, reviewing the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 14th August 2026, including: Ex-Cop Jack "Call Me Reacher" Reacher is back for another adventurous season full of twists and turns and narrative plots that definitely don't get old in season four, on Amazon Prime Video. Warren jumps into his shed's glittering vortex after his daughter, leading them into weird parallel dimensions and wild trouble (including killer refrigerators) in the appropriately titled Warren's Vortex on NOW TV. A blunt, grieving widow is forced to plan her husband's funeral with a total stranger: her estranged son's assistant. Allison Janney and Oscar from The Office star in Miss You, Love You on HBO Max. Netflix's latest trophy-packed, insider-fuelled documentary charts the iconic rise of one of the world's top footballing managers, in the three-part Mourinho. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via ⁠Twitter ⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out ⁠BITESIZE BINGEWATCH⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 7, 2026 • 31min

Ted Lasso, Alley Cats, Possession, and Sterling Point

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 7th August 2026, including: Claudia, a bi-racial lawyer, journeys to Jamaica's haunted Connaught plantation to fight an inheritance claim. Uncovering dark historical secrets intertwined with modern injustices intensifies her nightmare in dark thriller Possession on NOW TV. Outrageous misadventures run wild as feral cats cause chaos on the streets in Alley Cats, the no-holds-barred animated comedy from Ricky Gervais, only on Netflix. 17-year-old Annie's life takes a turn when she inherits her mysterious grandfather's island in Canada, in Amazon Prime Video coming-of-age drama Sterling Point. Everyone's favourite soccer - sorry, football - coach returns to help Richmond FC build a women's team, in the highly anticipated fourth season of Ted Lasso, on Apple TV. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via ⁠Twitter ⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out ⁠BITESIZE BINGEWATCH⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 31, 2026 • 28min

Gomorrah: The Origins, Ghosts Australia, Force of Nature, and The Hunting Party

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 31st July 2026, including: A street-smart kid from Secondigliano's slums, Pietro commits petty crimes with friends while idolizing local boss Angelo 'A Sirena, in Italian crime film Gomorrah: The Origins on NOW TV. As climate chaos intensifies, floods, droughts and violent storms plague the earth. Now every animal, from polar bears to chimpanzees, faces a relentless battle to survive in ITVX documentary Force of Nature. Bex returns to hunt down killers and criminals, in season two of crime drama The Hunting Party on U. A popular British comedy series gets the down under treatment in Ghosts Australia, on BBC iPlayer. Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more. You can also stay in touch with the team via⁠⁠ ⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out Bitesize Bingewatch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want! For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email [email protected] now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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