David Farnor | On 03, Aug 2026

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 2026 UK TV highlights – what’s worth watching and where you can stream it online in the UK.

Week 1

 

Van Der Valk: Season 4

Marc Warren’s detective is back grappling with more murder, conspiracy and betrayal on the streets of Amsterdam.

Futurama: Season 14

Brace yourselves… The future is about to get a whole lot stranger! It’s a non-stop onslaught of swaggering space pirates, lab-grown meats, sexy scams… plus the shocking return of Dr. Zoidberg’s lost love! You didn’t see that coming, prior to being told about it just now!

Ted Lasso: Season 4

Ted returns to Richmond, taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second division women’s football team. Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would. The 10 episodes arrive weekly, until the finale on 7th October.

Star Wars: Visions Presents: The Ninth Jedi

The Jedi and the Sith have disappeared, but the Force remains an ally to those who wish to stand up for what is right. This summer, trust in the Force and listen to your heart when Kara resumes her quest to find her missing father and evade Jedi Hunters in Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, a new limited series that continues the story that began with the fan-favourite The Ninth Jedi short from Star Wars: Visions Volume 1, and continued with The Ninth Jedi – Child of Hope in Star Wars: Visions Volume 3.

Possession: Season 1

Claudia (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), an ambitious young bi‐racial lawyer, travels to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim made by a local man, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat. But the case takes an unsettling turn when Claudia discovers that the disputed estate is the very place that has haunted her nightmares: Hope Hill, the Connaught family’s former plantation. As Claudia and Oliver dig deeper, they uncover a disturbing link between the plantation’s brutal past and the injustices still shaping the present. Possession is a gripping supernatural thriller that blends eerie mystery with the vibrant energy of Jamaica, following one woman’s journey into long-buried secrets, identity and the past’s enduring hold on the present. All episodes arrive at once on-demand.

The Shards: Season 1

FX’s The Shards is a seductive drama series from executive producer Ryan Murphy, based on the acclaimed bestselling novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles, the series follows a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they navigate identity, sex, jealousy, obsession and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence.

Alley Cats: Season 1

Alley Cats is an adult comedy animation series from the mind of Ricky Gervais. It follows a gang of foul-mouthed feral cats who cause havoc while musing on the meaning of life and fighting for survival in a brutal human world.

He Had It Coming: Season 1

This comedy follows two women accidentally entangled in a murder mystery when their spontaneous feminist art activism is co-opted by a killer.

Week 2

 

Warren’s Vortex: Season 1

From the team behind Wellington Paranormal comes a new sci-fi comedy to warp your mind (and garden shed). Warren’s typical life is turned upside down when his teenage daughter, Lucy, is sucked into an interdimensional portal in his shed, and he leaps in after her, traversing twisted alternate versions of the sleepy suburban setting of Lower Hutt, New Zealand. All episodes arrive at once on-demand.

Reacher: Season 4

Based on the 13th book in Lee Child’s global best-selling series, Gone Tomorrow, in the fourth season of the action-packed series, when a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a subway goes horribly wrong, Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) is drawn into a complex and deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power. New to the cast this season are Chris Marquette, Sydelle Noel, AGNEZ MO, Anggun, Kevin Weisman, Marc Blucas, Kevin Corrigan, and Kathleen Robertson. Episodes arrive weekly.

Week 3

 

Sunny Nights: Season 1

Darkly comic drama starring Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden. Hoping to launch their spray tan business in Sydney, two siblings soon fall foul of the city’s criminal underworld.

Lanterns: Season 1

No evil shall escape their sight. This crime drama based on DC Comics’ Green Lantern follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. The eight episodes arrive weekly.

Week 4

 

Fightland: Season 1

Executive-produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, the series is a gripping story of redemption, betrayal and brutal ambition – in and out of the ring. With edge-of-your- seat action and a gritty setting populated by dangerous characters, this is a world of money and power never seen before. On the night that British-born boxer Duke Kilroy (Howard Charles) becomes world heavyweight champion, a vicious assault leaves his brother, Calvin, dead. Duke is devastated and his reaction in the aftermath costs him eight years in a U.S. prison. Upon his release, and after having made a sinister discovery, Duke returns home seeking vengeance against the man he believes set him up – the criminal kingpin and former promoter, Kingsley Marshall (Nicholas Pinnock). But Kingsley has vanished, leaving his children and wife, Joy (Deborah Ayorinde), who happens to be the love of Duke’s life, to pick up the pieces. All episodes arrive at once on-demand.

Dark Matter: Season 2

Dark Matter is a story about the road not taken. In Season 1, the series followed Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. Season 2 picks up with the Dessens as they settle into a quiet life in a world that finally seems safe until the unimaginable forces them to run once again. As Jason’s obsession with the Box deepens, Daniela’s (Jennifer Connelly) growing paranoia pushes her to the brink, threatening to tear their fragile stability apart. Elsewhere, Amanda (Alice Braga) and Ryan (Jimmi Simpson) join forces in a desperate attempt to find their way home. With Blair (Amanda Brugel) determined to stop him, Leighton (Dayo Okeniyi) relentlessly chases his grand vision of creating a perfect world. Episodes arrive weekly until the finale on 30th October.

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