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Hannah Fernando & Ian MacEwan
Bingewatch is your essential TV guide with journalists Ian MacEwan and Hannah Fernando featuring the latest releases on UK streaming platforms including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Paramount+ and more.
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Jul 19, 2024 • 30min
Those About to Die | Mr Bigstuff | Quantum Leap | The Jetty
Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 19th July 2024, including:Rome, 79 A.D.: The population—bored, restless, and increasingly violent—is kept in line by two things: free food and spectacular entertainment. As the taste in entertainment becomes more jaded and bloodthirsty, a stadium designed for gladiatorial combat is needed - the Colosseum. Underground, thousands of people work and live—among them thousands who will die for the games. Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins stars in Prime Video series Those About to Die.Mr Bigstuff is a six-part comedy on Sky Max and Now TV starring Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson, exploring broken families, fragile masculinity and... carpet sales.Set 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, the reboot follows a new team (led by Raymond Lee) that must restart the project hoping to understand the mysteries behind the machine and its creator. Quantum Leap is on Paramount+ now.Beneath the tranquillity of her home town, a detective uncovers dark secrets that threaten everything she thought she knew about consent – and her own life. Starring Jenna Coleman, The Jetty is 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.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jul 12, 2024 • 25min
Sausage Party: Foodtopia | Spent | Sunny | SisterS
This is Bingewatch, where journalists Ian and Hannah review the biggest and best new stuff on UK streaming platforms. On this episode, for the week beginning Friday 12th July 2024:Everyone's favourite sausages - Frank (Seth Rogan), Brenda (Kristen Wiig), Barry (Michael Cera), and Sammy (Edward Norton) - attempt to build their very own food community in Amazon Prime Video's animated series from the hit film, Sausage Party: Foodtopia.High fashion, low funds. Model Mia may have a world class skincare regime but the catwalk queen’s career has crashed down to earth. Spent is the new uplifting comedy drama with Michelle de Swarte on BBC iPlayer.Living in Kyoto, Japan, a woman's life is turned upside down after her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As consolation, she receives Sunny, a domestic robots made by her husband's electronics company. Starring Rashida Jones, Sunny is on Apple TV+ now.Real-life best friends Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley make their writing debuts and star in new darkly comic drama SisterS on UKTV Play. They play two women born continents apart, one Canadian and the other Irish, who discover that they are sisters. Together the sisters embark upon an eventful, challenging road-trip in search of their missing alcoholic father. A character-driven drama that explores parental absence in adult life and the macabre humour that often follows trauma.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jul 5, 2024 • 27min
Love Me | Space Cadet | The Man with 1000 Kids | A Girl's Guide to Murder
Ian and Hannah review another batch of new releases available on UK streaming platforms for the week beginning Friday 5th July 2024, including:In Melbourne, three family members at different stages of life, experience love, loss and the complexity of family relationships in Love Me on UKTV Play.Tiffany “Rex” Simpson (Emma Roberts) has always dreamed of going to space, and her “doctored” application lands her in NASA’s ultra-competitive astronaut training program. In over her head, can this Florida girl rely on her quick wits, moxie and determination to get through training and into the cosmos before she blows her cover. Space Cadet is on Amazon Prime Video now.A group of families learn the charismatic man they had trusted is sperm donor to hundreds - or perhaps thousands - of other children across the world. This is documentary The Man with 1000 Kids on Netflix.Pip Fitz-Amobi, a brilliant woman, is unsure whether schoolgirl Andie Bell was killed by her lover Sal Singh five years ago. They must see how far they will go to protect Pip from learning the truth if Sal Singh turns out not to be the murderer. Emma Myers stars in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 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.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jun 28, 2024 • 25min
Douglas is Cancelled | I Am Celine Dion | My Glastonbury | Land of Women
Ian and Hannah unpick the latest batch of new film and television pleasures, available on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 28th June 2024, including:When TV presenter Douglas makes an ill-advised joke, the consequences threaten to derail his life. Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan star in Steven Moffat’s punchy comedy drama Douglas is Cancelled on ITVX.Serving as a love letter to her fans, Celine Dion highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit as she struggles with a life-altering illness, in the aptly titled I Am Celine Dion on Amazon Prime Video.Some of the biggest stars share their personal stories of the world's most famous music festival, as the BBC gear up for another year of coverage, in My Glastonbury on iPlayer.A New York socialite is forced to flee to a charming Spanish wine town with her mother and daughter. She finds herself navigating small-town quirks while also confronting her deepest family secrets, and a pair of bumbling hit men. Eva Longoria is among the stars of Apple TV comedy drama Land of Women.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jun 21, 2024 • 25min
Before We Was We: Madness by Madness | We Were the Lucky Ones | House of the Dragon | Peacock
Ian and Hannah bring you reviews of the biggest and best new content on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 21st June 2024, including:Tracing the humble beginnings of a band that would go on to set the record for the biggest audience ever for the BBC's Live New Year's Eve Broadcast and perform on top of Buckingham Palace, Before We Was We: Madness by Madness is available on ITVX.A Jewish family separated at the start of World War II is determined to survive and reunite, in Disney Plus series We Were the Lucky Ones, starring Joey King, Sam Woolf and Logan Lerman.The prequel series to Game of Thrones returns for another fantasy-filled season, in House of the Dragon, available on Sky Atlantic and Now TV.When self-styled gym god Andy feels he's losing his manly mojo, it hits him right in the ego. Is there more to life than pecs and posing? From the makers of People Just Do Nothing, Peacock returns for a second series 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.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jun 14, 2024 • 24min
The Boys | Presumed Innocent | Six Schizophrenic Brothers | The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot
Journlists Ian MacEwan and Hannah Fernando review the biggest and best new content on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 14th June 2024, including...Superheroes are often as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and sometimes even as revered as gods. But that's when they're using their powers for good. What happens when the heroes go rogue and start abusing their powers? Hit graphic superhero drama The Boys returns for a highly-anticipated fourth season on Amazon Prime Video.A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime, leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent is on Apple TV+Discovery Plus documentary series Six Schizophrenic Brothers is an account of the Galvin family of Colorado Springs, and how schizophrenia ripped through their family, affecting six of 12 siblings.When a skydiver somehow survives the failure of both her parachutes, two dogged detectives uncover a story of affairs, debt, sex clubs, escorts and murderous intent. This is The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot on Channel 4.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

Jun 7, 2024 • 24min
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld | Queenie | Hit Man | Alaska Daily
Ian and Hannah review the newest and biggest shows to hit UK streaming platforms for the week beginning Friday 7th June 2024, including...In 1972, Karl Lagerfeld, 38, was a ready-to-wear designer still unknown to the general public. Then he ventured into battle with his friend and rival Yves Saint Laurent, genius of haute couture, supported by businessman Pierre Bergé. Daniel Brühl is Becoming Karl Lagerfeld on Disney Plus.After a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Queenie (Dionne Brown) seeks comfort in all the wrong places and begins to realize she has to face the past head-on before she can rebuild, and it's on Channel 4.Professional killer Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) breaks protocol to help a desperate woman trying to flee an abusive husband and finds himself falling for her, in Netflix original film Hit Man.Recently disgraced reporter Eileen Fitzgerald (Oscar winner Hilary Swank) leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption, in US drama Alaska Daily, showing on Alibi.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

May 31, 2024 • 22min
Camden | Mad Dogs | Eric | We Are Lady Parts
Ian and Hannah review the newest and biggest releases on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 31st May 2024, including:Set in London's beating heart of music, Camden on Disney+ reveals the untold stories of how the lives and careers of some of the world’s most iconic artists were influenced by this corner of London. Through archival footage, observational filming, and interviews, we will explore Camden’s rich history and hear from world-renowned musicians as they relive their Camden experiences; from their very first gigs to sell-out concerts, the highs and lows of nights out and a youth spent discovering music.New series Mad Dogs, available on UKTV Play, is a faithful US take on the British crime drama. A group of guys travel to Belize to see an old friend, but things take an unexpectedly dark turn.Puppeteer Vincent (Benedict Cumberbatch) clings to his missing son's drawings of a blue monster puppet named Eric, convinced that if he can get Eric on TV then his son will come home in Netflix series Eric.The members of an all-female punk band navigate through various challenges and experiences as they strive to make a mark in the world of music, as We Are Lady Parts returns to Channel 4.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

May 24, 2024 • 22min
The Beach Boys | Insomnia | Bay of Fires | A League of Their Own: Mexican Road Trip
Ian MacEwan and Hannah Fernando review the biggest new shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 24th May 2024, including:The Beach Boys on Disney+ is a celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic, harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream, captivating fans for generations and generations to come.Romesh, Jamie, Micah, and Jill take on a series of challenges as they set out on a road trip across Mexico, experiencing all that the country has to offer, from Day of the Dead parades to lucha libre wrestling in A League of Their Own: Mexican Road Trip on Now TV.Successful career woman Emma Averill (Vicky McClure) fears that she is losing her mind as her hard-won lifelong dream begins to turn into a nightmare, forcing her to do everything she can to prevent it from collapsing around her in Paramount Plus drama Insomnia.Showcasing Tasmania’s rugged west coast, Bay Of Fires on ITVX tells the story of Stella (Marta Dusseldorp), who unexpectedly finds herself in a small, remote community. But it’s not the kind of place they put on postcards – it is instead rife with simmering feuds, crime and sometimes, murder.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!

May 17, 2024 • 24min
The Gathering | Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour | The Big Cigar | Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal
Ian and Hannah review the biggest and sauciest new shows coming to UK streaming platforms for the week beginning Friday 17th May 2024, including:Jules is unrelenting in his pursuit of Kelly's father, claiming that Paul assaulted him, while Kelly's previous comments trigger Jules' obsession with Charlie's masculinity. But his attempts to intervene in his son's relationships enrage Charlie in Channel 4's gripping new drama The Gathering.Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark set off on the original package holiday, discovering Italy's greatest art treasures. Will this epic adventure be the restart they need? Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour comes to BBC iPlayer.A Black Panther leader teams up with a Hollywood producer to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while being pursued by the FBI, in Apple TV's The Big Cigar, starring Mercedes Blanche and Andre Holland.When a dating site for people seeking an affair is hacked, millions of users had their secrets exposed, ultimately wrecking marriages and ruining lives, and Netflix tells the full story in Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.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!Discover your next favourite restaurant with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants. Get 2 MONTHS FREE on us! Simply use the code BINGE at checkout. Sign up here: https://bingewatch.captivate.fm/neotaste For ad and sponsorship enquiries, email liam@mercurypodcasts.com now!


