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By: Hannah Fernando & Ian MacEwan

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Beef, Margot's Got Money Troubles, McCartney's Bass, and Missed Call
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Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 17th April 2026, including:

Newly engaged Ashley Miller and Austin Davis are set against their boss, Joshua MartĂ­n (Oscar Isaac), and his spouse, Lindsay Crane-MartĂ­n (Carey Mulligan). A single encounter triggers chess moves and manipulations that ripple far beyond the country club where they work in season two of Netflix comedy drama Beef.

The daughter of a former Hooter's waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo is a recent college dropout and aspiring writer. Faced wi...


Malcolm in the Middle, Saipan, The Miniature Wife, and Twenty Twenty Six
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04/10/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 10th April 2026, including:

On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team's base in Saipan, following a heated disagreement with the Irish manager Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan), and it's on Amazon Prime.

After shielding himself and his daughter from his family for more than a decade, Malcolm gets dragged back into their orbit when Hal and Lois demand his presence at their 40th...


Rory McIlroy, The Burbs, Hidden Assets and My Friends & Neighbors
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04/03/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 3rd April 2026, including:

Through years of heartbreak and resilience, Rory McIlroy's pursuit of the Green Jacket at the Masters becomes a reckoning with legacy and the final step toward completing golf's rarest achievement, the career Grand Slam. Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait is on Amazon Prime Video.

Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall star in a remake of the 1989 cult classic, as a couple who move back to a suburban home only to uncover dark secrets...


Like Water for Chocolate, Bait, Miss Scarlet, and Billy Idol
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03/27/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 27th March 2026, including:

Billy Idol Should Be Dead charts the punk rocker's journey from underground star to pop icon: his fame, drug struggles, and powerful return to music. On NOW TV.

London-based actor Shah Latif suffers from an existential crisis and his life spirals out of control after auditioning for the role of a lifetime. Oscar nominee Riz Ahmed stars in Prime Video original comedy Bait.

Kate Philips returns as the title character...


Last One Laughing, Imperfect Women, The Madison and The Marlow Murder Club
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03/20/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 20th March 2026, including:

After a murder shatters the lives of three friends, their decades-long bond is tested when an investigation reveals shocking truths. Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara star in Apple TV drama Imperfect Women.

The Madison is a heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in Central Montana, starring Michelle Pfeiffer on Paramount Plus.

Romesh Ranganathan, Alan Carr and Diane Morgan are among the...


Louis Theroux, Gone, Scarpetta, and A Woman of Substance
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03/13/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 13th March 2026, including:

Louis Theroux goes Inside the Manosphere, immersing himself in the world of extreme online influencers and content creators who are redefining modern masculinity, and it's on Netflix.

When his wife disappears, an inscrutably composed headmaster finds himself under mounting suspicion. David Morrissey and Eve Myles star in ITV drama Gone.

With skilled hands and an unnerving eye, a doctor tries to unmask a serial killer and prove that her career-making...


Marshals, Vladimir, Hostage and Sherlock
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03/06/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 6th March 2026, including:

With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana. Luke Grimes stars in spin-off series Marshals on Paramount+

A 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes finds himself entangled in a murder at Oxford that jeopardises his freedom in Amazon Prime Video's Young Sherlock.

Hostage is the chilling documentary about the rise of...


The Beatles, Big Cats, Dirty Business and A Lady
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02/27/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 27th February, including:

Man on the Run is an intimate portrait of Paul McCartney’s journey after The Beatles, as he and wife Linda form Wings. Directed by Oscar-winner Morgan Neville and available on Amazon Prime Video.

A gripping true crime drama about Sarah Ferguson's royal aide, Jane Andrews, whose rise and fall culminated in a brutal murder. Mia Mckenna-Bruce stars as The Lady on ITVX.

Following the success of series one, an el...


Gordon Ramsey & America's Next Top Model
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02/20/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 20th February 2026, including:

To millions, he's celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey. At home, he's a loving dad. This insider documentary shadows the family man during a momentous new launch in Netflix reality series Being Gordon Ramsey.

After a chance supermarket encounter, Oliver and Ciara embark on an intense relationship, and when a savagely murdered corpse surfaces 56 days later, the investigation delves into their turbulent love story, revealing grim secrets in Amazon Prime Video's 56 Days.

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Lord of the Flies and Victoria Wood
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02/13/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 13th February, including:

The magical and the mundane unfolds in a suburban shed as a lonely man stumbles into the supernatural. From Mackenzie Crook, Small Prophets is available on BBC iPlayer.

Three lifelong friends reunite after the death of an old classmate turns a wake into a dark mystery. They embark on a thrilling adventure across Ireland, piecing together enigmatic truths amid complicated lives in Netflix's new comedy series How to Get to Heaven from...


Michael Jackson and the Muppets
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02/06/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 6th February 2026, including:

Featuring exclusive interviews, this is the full story of the court case that gripped the world in Michael Jackson: The Trial on Channel 4.

Kermit and friends return in a modern take on their classic variety show format, mixing nostalgic charm with new comedy bits while staying true to their timeless spirit in the Disney Plus revival of The Muppet Show.

Micky Haller returns as the optimistic lawyer for a fourth...


John Wayne Gacy, Take That, Shrinking, and Francis Bourgeois
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01/29/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 30th January 2026, including:

Unthinkable crimes, decades of injustice. Critically acclaimed true crime drama uncovering the devastating police failures that empowered the notorious serial killer in Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy on ITVX

Featuring never-before-seen archive footage, Netfix's new rockumentary charts the rise, fall and record-breaking reunion of one of the UK's most iconic boybands... Take That.

Trainspotter Francis Bourgeois chases his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut, plunging into a gruelling training...


Steal, The Beauty, Finding Her Edge, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
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01/23/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 23rd January 2026, including:

A century before Game of Thrones, and adapted from George R. R. Martin's novella The Hedge Knight, two unlikely heroes wander Westeros and face a series of dangerous exploits in this fantasy prequel series on NOW TV.

Two partners investigate a new STD causing aesthetic effects but proving lethal, evading corrupt officials and a mercenary targeting them amidst a suspected government conspiracy in Disney Plus original series The Beauty.

A...


Hijack, Seven Dials, Starfleet Academy and Grosse Point Garden Society
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01/16/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 16th January 2026, including:

When a lavish country house party ends in murder, a witty young aristocrat sets out to solve the mystery in Netflix's adaptation of Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, starring Martin Freeman.

Idris Elba moves from a plane to a train in the action-packed second season of Apple TV thriller Hijack.

Young cadets train to become Starfleet officers as they deal with friendships, rivalries, and romance, all while facing a mysterious threat...


Waiting for the Out, Girl Taken, His & Hers, and Can You Keep A Secret?
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01/09/2026

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 9th January 2026, including:

Freedom isn’t always on the outside. Teaching in prison, Dan obsesses over his own choices and confronts his turbulent past. Waiting for the Out is the provocative new drama on BBC iPlayer.

Meet the Fendons – an oddball little family who happen to have committed massive fraud. Dawn French stars in mischievous new comedy Can You Keep a Secret? on BBC iPlayer.

Two estranged spouses, one a detective and the othe...


Uber, Alan Carr and Amadeus: Your Bumper Christmas 2025 Streaming Guide!
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12/19/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services over Christmas 2025, including:

A determined bookstore owner in Tulsa moonlights as an investigative journalist, digging into local corruption, but when his reporting uncovers sinister connections, he must protect both his family and the truth. Ethan Hawke stars in Disney Plus series The Lowdown.

Simon's perfect life is shattered when daughter Paige runs away, and is found strung out in a park. His search to a dangerous underworld where act of violence rocks his life, in Netflix's adaptation of Harlan Coben's...


Spartacus, Man vs Baby, Revenge, and F1
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12/12/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 12th December 2025, including:

Six divorce support group members shift from seeking healing to plotting revenge. Their shared pain creates an unexpected alliance, turning therapeutic meetings into something more sinister, in Paramount+ original series The Revenge Club.

A Formula One driver comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver. Brad Pitt stars in Apple TV's F1: The Movie.

In a world where he survived the events of Spartacus (2010), Ashur...


A Special Announcement from Douze Points - Douze Points
12/07/2025

Last week, on Thursday 4 December, EBU members met for the organisation’s scheduled General Assembly.

At this meeting, Spanish broadcaster RTVE, along with seven other countries, called for a secret ballot on Israel’s participation, passing the threshold of five members required for the vote to take place.

However, the EBU chose to tie this vote to its proposed new rules for the contest, creating a false dichotomy: accept the new rules with no vote on participation, or reject the rules and carry out a vote on participation.

This put broadcasters in an unfa...


Miniature Workshops, Sycamore Trees, and The Abandons
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12/05/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 5th December 2025, including:

In 1850s Washington, two families led by powerful matriarchs — one wealthy, one poor but deeply loyal — battle for supremacy on the lawless frontier in Netflix Western The Abandons.

A recently retired English professor (Jane Seymour) discovers a knack for investigation and interferes with the cases assigned to her police detective son, in season 3 of Harry Wild, on U.

Channel 4 go inside the police hunt to solve the mystery of the dest...


The Terrible Twos: The Eurovision Death Slot Explained - Douze Points
11/30/2025

In nearly seventy years of the Eurovision Song Contest, no country has ever won by performing second. Coincidence?

This week, Steven crunches the numbers to find out, and the results might surprise even the nerdiest of Eurovision fans!

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Mentioned in this episode:

Serteb Erener - ‘Everyway That I Can’ (Turkey, 2003): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0_QrKnqd5E 

Marie N - ‘I Wanna’ (Latvia, 2002): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-w89U8TEU 

Kathy Kirby - ‘I Belong’ (United Kingdom, 1965): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeDI52bdntQ


Jingle Bells, Prison Cells, Alan Carr Returns
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11/28/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 28th November 2025, including:

Two down-on-their-luck, hourly workers team up to rob a posh London department store on Christmas Eve. Will they steal each other's hearts along the way? Get your early festive fix with Jingle Bell Heist is on Netflix.

Alan Carr has been bitten by the love bug - while trying to keep his head above water, he has a chance encounter and must choose to sink or swim, in season three of autobiographical...


Train Dreams, Daddy Issues, Bunny Munro and A Man on the Inside
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11/21/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 21st November 2025, including:

Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton) lives all of his years in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, working on the land, helping to create a new world at the turn of the 20th century in Netflix movie Train Dreams.

Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey return, but this time they're mum and Grandad, in series two of the hapless BBC iPlayer comedy Daddy Issues.

Matt Smith stars as the sex-addict traveling...


The American Song Contest - Douze Points
11/16/2025

This week, Steven is joined by the wonderful Dude Points - https://dudepoints.fun/ - to break down one of the biggest letdowns in Eurovision history... The American Song Contest of 2022.

What was it?

Why did it happen?

And why didn't it work?

Join us and find out.

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The Beast in Me, Malice, Trespasses, and Caroline Flack
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11/14/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 14th November 2025, including:

An author (Claire Danes) has receded from public life since the death of her young son, unable to write, a ghost of her former self; but she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys) in Netflix drama The Beast in Me.

A charming tutor infiltrates a wealthy family's life, revealing a sinister agenda. As his vengeful plot unfolds, the...


Robin Hood, James Garfield, and Girlbands
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11/07/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 7th November 2025, including:

Presenting the story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him. Michael Shannon and Nick Offerman lead an all star cast in Netflix's Death by Lightning.

Saxon outlaw Rob and noblewoman Marian unite to fight injustice after the Norman conquest; he leads a rebel band while she infiltrates the corrupt court, both striving for justice and peace in MGM+ original...


Eurovision 1957: The Second Coming - Douze Points
11/02/2025

If 1956 was the Eurovision first started, then 1957 is the year it really started to figure out what it was, says Steven, as he deep dives into the the 2nd Annual Eurovision Song Contest.

It was a year when precedents were set, when rules were tested, and when the scoreboard was just Dave the Intern changing numbers on the big board, nervously sweating because he said he passed it at school but he actually preferred drama, and now he's doing quick maths live to the whole of Europe.

Spoiler alert: Dave smashed it.

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Trigger Point, Down Cemetery Road, Art Detectives and NightWatch
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10/31/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 31st October 2025, including:

Vicky McClure returns as the Afghan war vet turned bomb disposal extraordinaire, in season three of the popular ITVX thriller Trigger Point.

When a child goes missing in the aftermath of a house explosion, a concerned neighbour teams up with a private investigator to find them; as secrets unravel and a military conspiracy emerges, chaos ensues on South Oxford's sleepy suburbs. Emma Thompson stars in Apple TV original series Down Cemetery Road.<...


Stiller, Lazarus, Leonard and Hungry Paul
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10/24/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 24th October 2025, including:

Ben Stiller tells the story of his comedic parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, in this personal new documentary feature on Apple TV - Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost.

A forensic psychologist investigates cold-case murders after returning to his family home following the death of his father. Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy star in Prime Video's Lazarus.

After a secret prison hidden underneath the Wyoming countryside suffers an unexpected explosion...


The History of Austria at Eurovision, Part 2 (1992 - Present) - Douze Points
10/19/2025

Austria has a unique record at Eurovision - being the only country to receive null points but never finish last. Want to know how? Listen to part two of our history of Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest, taking you from 1992 to the present day.

And if you haven't already, listen to part one here: https://pod.fo/e/337a64

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Mentioned in this episode:

Sanna Nielsen - ‘Undo’ (Sweden, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PQJI-3LW-8

Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola - ‘Chain of Lights’ (San Marino, 2015): https://www.yout...


Scorsese, The Twits, To Cook A Bear, and Murdaugh
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10/17/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 17th October 2025, including:

Examining how Scorsese's colorful life experiences informed his artistic vision, in new Apple TV documentary series, Mr. Scorsese.

When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down in Netflix's adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits.

In the mid-nineteenth century in the village of Kengis, northern Sweden, the body of a shepherd's...


Frauds, Film Club, The Last Frontier, and The Woman in Cabin 10
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10/10/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 10th October 2025, including:

When a lone U.S. marshal's jurisdiction is turned upside down after a prison transport plane crashes in the remote wilderness, setting free dozens of violent inmates, he begins to suspect the crash was not an accident in Apple TV original series The Last Frontier.

On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the...


The History of Austria at Eurovision, Part 1 (1957 - 1991) - Douze Points
10/05/2025

In what has become a Douze Points tradition, Steven kicks off our 2026 season proper, with a look back at the history of the previous winner. In this case, it's Austria's turn under the spotlight, and in part one we look at its first Eurovision in the 50s, through to 1991.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Nicole - ‘Ein bißchen Frieden’ (Germany, 1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp_b-095yPc

Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson - ‘Spirit of the Night’ (San Marino, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC7QzXPnt6k

Bob Mar...


The Lost Bus, Borderline, Alan Partridge, and Will & Ralf
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10/03/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 3rd October 2025, including:

A wayward school bus driver and a dedicated teacher battle to save 22 children from an inferno, in white knuckle thriller The Lost Bus on Apple TV, starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera.

Leaving behind a lucrative career voicing radio commercials, Alan Partridge makes a bravely personal and personally brave return to television - to make Britain’s first ever documentary about mental health, in How Are You? Its Alan (Partridge) on BBC iP...


Wayward, The Savant, Guinness, and Romesh Ranganathan
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09/26/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 26th September 2025, including:

A small-town cop suspects that the local school for troubled teens and its dangerously charismatic founder may not be all it seems., in Netflix drama Wayward.

In 1868, the Guinness family patriarch is dead in Dublin; his four children, each with dark secrets to hide, hold the brewery's fate in their hands, in Netflix's House of Guinness.

An undercover investigator known as The Savant balances life at home with tracking online...


Will Israel be the Downfall of Eurovision? - Douze Points
09/21/2025

This week, breaking from our scheduled programming, we are addressing the big news circling the Eurovision world at the moment. With four countries currently confirming their withdrawal if Israel participate next year, questions remain over how the EBU will respond, whether Israel themselves will act, and the future of Eurovision itself.

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If you love Eurovision as much as we do, don't forget to connect with us on social. DM us on Twitter at @Bingewatch_Pod and join our Facebook Page.

You can also now support the show with a generous Douze Points of...


The Morning Show, Fawlty Towers, and Coldwater
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09/19/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 19th September 2025, including:

Recorded during the show’s West End run, Fawlty Towers: The Play will air on U in September to mark the 50th anniversary of the classic sitcom’s first ever episode.

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon return for the most explosive season yet of Apple TV's The Morning Show.

After failing to intervene in a violent incident at a London playpark, John moves his family to a rural Scottish Idyll, wher...


Freddie Flintoff, Thailand, The Girlfriend, and Playing Gracie Darling
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09/12/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 12th September 2025, including:

Cricket hero Freddie Flintoff and his teen team of unlikely lads face their biggest sporting challenge yet. But has Freddie bitten off more than he can chew? Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams: Ultimate Test is on BBC iPlayer.

Laura's picture-perfect life starts to unravel when her son brings home a new girlfriend, but is it instinct or paranoia? Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke star in Prime Video's The Girlfriend.

When...


Baku 2012: The Last of the Old Style Eurovisions [PART OF PODCRAWL 2025] - Douze Points
09/07/2025

In this episode, part of the 2025 Eurovision Podcrawl, Steven is joined by friends of the show Adrian Bradley and AJ Clay, to discuss the year Azerbaijan put itself in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Loreen secured one of the easiest wins in Eurovision history, and, well... Engelbert Humperdink.

If you love Eurovision as much as we do, don't forget to connect with us on social. DM us on Twitter at @Bingewatch_Pod and join our Facebook Page.

You can also now support the show with a generous Douze Points of your own!

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Mitchell & Webb, I Fought the Law, A Remarkable Place to Die, and NCIS
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09/05/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 5th September, including:

In 80s Billingham, a mother fights tirelessly for justice following her daughter’s murder and police failings. Sheridan Smith stars in haunting new ITVX drama I Fought the Law, based on a true story.

Detective Anais Mallory returns to her home town of Queenstown and faces a number of startling homicides amid the backdrop of past ghosts. As she unravels the mysteries, she sets in motion a desperate cover-up, in new crime dr...


The Thursday Murder Club and Kpopped
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08/29/2025

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 29th August 2025, including:

A clash that defined a country, and a continent, for a thousand years. The epic story of 1066 and the brutal battle for a kingdom. King & Conqueror is on BBC iPlayer.

Global music icons team up with K-pop idols in spectacular new reality song battle series Kpopped on Apple TV, starring Megan Thee Stallion and Psy.

A Navy SEAL becomes involved in a risky CIA operation. As he finds himself increasingly...