What’s leaving Amazon Prime Video UK in April / May 2021?

As the UK gradually navigates its way through an easing of lockdown restrictions, Amazon Prime Video’s sizeable library of movies and TV shows is a useful resource for keeping entertained indoors. But before you start bingeing through the line-up, don’t … Read More

Breaking Boundaries: David Attenborough and Johan Rockström team up for Netflix documentary

David Attenborough is returning to Netflix for a new documentary in collaboration with Johan Rockström.

Founder of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of … Read More

What’s coming soon to Shudder UK in May 2021?

Who says springs can’t be scary? Certainly not Shudder, which has a bumper crop of bumps in the night in store for May, including the trippy Fried Barry, the haunting and moving Relic, the latest from Neil Marshall and horror-comedy … Read More

Google Play shifts to YouTube for smart TV and Roku

Google Play is shifting to YouTube for a small number of smart TVs and Roku devices.

Google Play has long been the home for movie and TV show rentals and purchases as well as games and apps. A dedicated Google … Read More

22 vs Earth: Soul spin-off short film lands on Disney+ this April

Ever wonder what new soul 22 has against Earth in Disney and Pixar’s Soul? A new short from Pixar Animation Studios aims to find out. Called 22 vs Earth, the spin-off animation revisits the skeptical soul long before she ever … Read More

Edgar Ramírez to star in Netflix’s Florida Man

Edgar Ramírez is reteaming with Netflix for crime drama Florida Man.

Ramírez, who is best known for playing Carlos the Jackal in Carlos and as Gianni Versace in American Crime Story, just starred in the streamer’s family comedy Yes Day. … Read More

Shantay, G’day! RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under comes to BBC Three

BBC Three, the home of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, will air the first Australian-New Zealand version of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Drag Race Down Under will see 10 of the most koala-fied Aussie and Kiwi queens competing for the title of … Read More

Earth Day: Best nature documentaries to watch online

In 1970, 20 million Americans mobilised to call for greater protections for our planet. Ever since, on 22nd April, Earth Day has marked that determination to protect the Earth. 50 years on, campaigners are still calling for a movement to … Read More

Watch: First trailer for BritBox’s The Beast Must Die

“What are you playing at?” “I just like taking risks.” That’s the sound of BritBox gearing up to release its first original drama The Beast Must Die this May.

The five-part revenge thriller tells the story of a grieving mother … Read More

The best films on BBC iPlayer (22nd April 2021)

Who needs to pay for a subscription when you can stream new and old cinematic gems alike for free on BBC iPlayer?

We round up the best movies currently available on BBC iPlayer, with their expiry dates listed so you … Read More