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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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