VOD News | On 21, Sep 2025

Netflix. Amazon Prime Video. BBC iPlayer. NOW. Apple TV+. Paramount+. All 4. There’s so much TV to watch these days in so many places that it can be hard to keep up. Every month, we boil down what’s on the box to the essentials you need in your streaming queue.

We’ve sorted through All The TV to bring you your August 2025 UK TV highlights – what’s worth watching and where you can stream it online in the UK.

Week 1

 

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 17

The hilariously dark comedy returns for another round of depraved mishaps.

The Guest

When cleaner Ria is hired by mysterious businesswoman Fran, her life changes forever as their initial, unlikely friendship threatens to become a manipulative, psychological game of cat and mouse, as Fran’s advice leads to tragedy.

Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping

Mitchell and Webb are back with a brand-new sketch show, joined by an ensemble of writers and performances that includes Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin and Krystal Evans. Will it help fix the world? No! Will it all result in funny and very sweary sketch comedy? That’s a matter of opinion!

The Paper

The Paper follows the documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in The Office (US) as they find a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it. Domhnall Gleeson stars.

Week 2

 

Task

Set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, Task follows an FBI agent who creates a Task Force in a bid to put an end to a string of robberies. With the culprits violent in their approach, the police need to put their best foot forward in order to bring them to justice. Meanwhile, an unsuspecting family man plans his next hit. The new drama comes from Brad Ingelsby, who co-created Mare of Easttown. Episodes arrive weekly.

Only Murders in the Building: Season 5

Season 5 finds Charles-Haden Savage (played by Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) confronting the shocking death of their beloved doorman Lester, while the mob creeps into the Arconia’s storied halls. Episodes arrive weekly.

The Girlfriend: Season 1

The Girlfriend is based on Michelle Frances’ novel of the same name. Laura (Robin Wright) wants for nothing. She has a glittering career, a loving husband, and, above all, she has Daniel, her precious only son. But Laura’s seemingly perfect life is blown apart when Daniel brings home Cherry (Olivia Cooke), the girlfriend who changes everything. After an uncomfortable first meeting, Laura grows convinced that Cherry isn’t who she says she is. Whilst no-one else can see what she sees, Laura refuses to stand by and watch Daniel be deceived. She’ll do anything to protect him. As things go from bad to deadly, the question is, Is Cherry a manipulative social climber? Or is Laura paranoid and possessive? The truth is a matter of perspective…

Taskmaster: Season 20

Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam, Phil Ellis, Reece Shearsmith and Sanjeev Bhaskar enter the lion’s den as battle commences for Greg Davies’ head once again.

The Newsreader: Season 3

Helen and Dale are reaching new peaks of success in 1989. Helen has been given her very own current affairs programme, and Dale has become the biggest name in news with a Gold Logie nomination. However, their situation is complicated at the TV Week Logie awards when it is revealed that Helen’s new show, Public Eye, will be in direct competition with the News at Six and all her former colleagues…

Week 3

 

Coldwater: Season 1

A quaint Scottish town hides sinister secrets in this irresistibly twisty new crime thriller starring The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln. Lincoln plays John, a repressed man who is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad. When his failure to intervene in a violent confrontation in a playground brings his identity crisis to a head, John ups and moves his family to the rural idyll of Coldwater, as far away from London as possible. Upon arrival, John is quickly befriended by next-door neighbour Tommy, played by Ewen Bremner, a charming, confident man and devoted husband to the local vicar Rebecca, played by Eve Myles. When John’s long-repressed rage comes to a head with disastrous results, he soon finds himself unexpectedly indebted to his new friend, unaware that Tommy himself is harbouring secrets.

Gen V: Season 2

Set in the diabolical world of The Boys, the spin-off series introduces us to Godolkin University, the prestigious superhero-only college where students train to be the next generation of heroes – preferably with lucrative endorsements. In Season 2, school is back in session. As the rest of America adjusts to Homelander’s iron fist, back at Godolkin University, the mysterious new Dean preaches a curriculum that promises to make students more powerful than ever. Cate and Sam are celebrated heroes, while Marie, Jordan, and Emma reluctantly return to college, burdened by months of trauma and loss. But parties and classes are hard to care about with war brewing between Humans and Supes, both on and off campus. The gang learns of a secret program that goes back to the founding of Godolkin University that may have larger implications than they realise.

High Potential: Season 2

High Potential follows a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective. Based on the popular French series Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (HPI), High Potential stars Kaitlin Olson as Morgan, Daniel Sunjata as Karadec, Javicia Leslie as Daphne, Deniz Akdeniz as Lev “Oz” Ozdil, Amirah J as Ava, Matthew Lamb as Elliot and Judy Reyes as Selena. Season 2 will also see Steve Howey join the cast as a series regular, playing Nick Wagner. Episodes arrive weekly.

The Morning Show: Season 4

Season 4 opens in spring 2024, almost two years after the events of season three. With the UBA-NBN merger complete, the newsroom must grapple with newfound responsibility, hidden motives and the elusive nature of truth in a polarized America. In a world rife with deepfakes, conspiracy theories and corporate cover-ups — who can you trust? And how can you know what’s actually real? Along with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, the star-studded season four ensemble cast includes Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman, Nicole Beharie, Nestor Carbonell, Mark Duplass, Greta Lee, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Boyd Holbrook and returning fan-favorite Jon Hamm. Episodes arrive weekly.

Juice: Season 2

Jamma’s (Mawaan Rizwan) clowning around has landed him at the heart of a perfect storm: jobless, sofa-surfing and single. When a mysterious stranger offers to unburden him from his clownish ways to win Guy (Russell Tovey) back, Jamma must decide if the risk is worth the reward.

Week 3

 

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Season 5

Shakespeare & Hathaway return for another chapter of more comical mysteries and dodgy dealings.

Slow Horses: Season 5

The Apple TV+ series is a darkly humorous espionage drama that follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known unaffectionately as Slough House. Season 5 picks up as everyone is suspicious when resident tech nerd Roddy Ho has a glamorous new girlfriend. When a series of increasingly bizarre events occur across the city, it falls to the Slow Horses to work out how everything is connected. After all, Lamb knows that in the world of espionage, the London Rules — cover your back — always apply.

The Hack

Set between 2002 and 2012, this seven-part drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the work of investigative journalist Nick Davies, played by David Tennant, who uncovered evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World, and running parallel, the story of the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan, led by former Met Police Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook, played by Robert Carlyle. Toby Jones plays former Editor-in Chief of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger

Brassic: Season 7

The Brassic gang are gearing up for one last wild ride, as the much-anticipated seventh and final series sees Vinnie and the crew face their biggest challenge yet — clashing with old enemies, confronting long-lost family, and diving headfirst into chaos. It’s a fitting farewell that wraps up their legendary seven-series run in unforgettable Brassic-style.

House of Guinness

Dublin, 1686. Trouble is brewing in this new drama from Steven Knight charting the tensions and fortunes of the Guinness family, after their patriarch dies.

Wayward

A small-town cop suspects that the local school for troubled teens — and its dangerously charismatic founder — may not be all it seems. Mae Martin and Toni Collette star in this sinister thriller.

The Savant

The tense and high-stakes thriller follows an undercover investigator known as The Savant as she infiltrates online hate groups in an effort to stop domestic extremists before they act. Starring Jessica Chastain.

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