James R | On 02, Jun 2022

Netflix. Amazon Prime Video. BBC iPlayer. NOW. Walter Presents. Apple TV+. 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 June watchlist – what’s worth watching and where you can stream it online in the UK:

Week 1

Abbott Elementary: Season 1

A workplace comedy following a group of dedicated, passionate teachers – and a slightly tone-deaf principal – as they navigate the Philadelphia public school system. Despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life, and though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do – even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children. Written by and starring Quinta Brunson.

Borgen: Power & Glory

“Is she a different person and politician to the prime minister we knew 12 years ago?” That’s the question at the heart of the new trailer for Netflix’s revival of the Danish political drama. It again stars Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg, now working as Minister for Foreign Affairs. She will deal with some of the biggest political issues of our time, including the relevance of the Danish Realm in the modern world, the superpowers’ battle for control of the Arctic and the climate crisis. The main story focuses on the struggle for power and what power does to people – both professionally and on a personal level.

The Orville: Season 3

Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi comedy returns to continue the tale of a spaceship 400 years in the future.

The Midwich Cuckoos: Season 1

Midwich, a small English commuter town, is liberal and aspirational, populated by families and affluent streets. A place where nothing much happens – that is until the twilight hours of a summer’s day when a sleepy corner of Midwich is plunged into panic. People pass out on their feet without warning, without reason. Anyone who tries to enter meets the same fate. And nobody can understand why. When the mysterious blackout is lifted, life for those affected returns to apparent normality – except every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant… All episodes arrive at once.

Physical: Season 2

Created by Annie Weisman (The Path, Desperate Housewives), this dark comedy follows Sheila Rubin (Rose Byrne), a quietly tormented housewife in 1980s San Diego. Behind closed doors, she battles extreme personal demons and a vicious inner voice. But things change when she discovers aerobics, sparking a journey toward empowerment and success. The 10-episode Season 2 finds Sheila having successfully launched her first fitness video and now torn between loyalty to her husband (Rory Scovel), and the values he represents, and a dangerous attraction to someone else. Joining the is new addition Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) as Vincent “Vinnie” Green, a charismatic fitness instructor, weight-loss guru and pioneer of the late-night infomercial.

The Boys: Season 3

Season 3 of Amazon’s darkly comic superhero satire sees Laurie Holden join the cast as Crimson Countess, Sean Patrick Flanery as Gunpowder, Miles Gaston Villanueva as Supersonic and Nick Wechsler as Blue Hawk, along with Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles), a WWII soldier who became the first superhero celebrity. And, of course, The Boys will be back, led by Karl Urban’s Billy – who’s currently going through a few dramatic changes. Episodes 1 to 3 arrive together, followed by episodes arriving weekly.

Week 2

The Outlaws: Season 2

Stephen Merchant’s comedy-drama returns to continue following the tale of seven strangers who all cross paths while completing a community payback sentence in Bristol.

Girls5eva: Season 2

Created by Meredith Scardino and exec-produced by the seemingly bulletproof double act of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, this music satire sounds exactly like you’d expect a music industry-set cousin of 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt to, and in no way is that a bad thing. The comedy follows a manufactured girl group who were famous – sort of – back in the 1990s. When their one-hit wonder is sampled by a rapper, Li’L Stinker, the chance to cash a very small royalty cheque is enough to tempt all four members of the band to try and mount a comeback.

We Own This City: Season 1

Executive produced by George Pelecanos (The Deuce) and David Simon (The Wire) – and based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton – We Own This City is a six-hour, limited series chronicling the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. It examines the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work. Starring Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead, Show Me a Hero), Josh Charles (The Good Wife, In Treatment), Wunmi Mosaku (Lovecraft Country), and Jamie Hector (BOSCH, The Wire). Episodes arrive all at once.

Everything I Know About Love

The central love story of Everything I Know About Love is between childhood best friends Maggie (Emma Appleton: Pistol, The Witcher, Traitors) and Birdy (Bel Powley: The Morning Show, Informer, Diary Of A Teenage Girl). But it is also a raucous girl gang show, set in a 2012 London house-share inhabited by four girls – Maggie, Birdy and their mates from university, Amara (Aliyah Odoffin in her debut TV appearance) and Nell (Marli Siu: Alex Rider) The series is an unflinching deep dive into bad dates, heartaches and humiliations and begs the question: can platonic love survive romantic love as we grow up? Directed by China Moo-Young (Intergalactic, Harlots) and Julia Ford, the seven-part series lands all at once on BBC iPlayer.

Ms Marvel: Season 1

Ms Marvel is a new series that introduces Kamala Khan – a 16-year-old Pakistani-American growing up in Jersey City. A great student, avid gamer and voracious fan-fiction scribe, she has a special affinity for superheroes, particularly Captain Marvel. But Kamala struggles to fit in at home and at school – that is, until she gets super powers like the heroes she’s always looked up to. Life is easier with superpowers, right?

For All Mankind: Season 3

The drama from Ronald D Moore, which is produced by Sony Pictures Television, explores what would have happened if the global space race had never ended. The series presents an aspirational world where NASA astronauts, engineers and their families find themselves in the center of extraordinary events seen through the prism of an alternate history timeline – a world in which the USSR beats the US to the moon. Season 3 jumps forward 10 years taking us into the 90s, where a new planetary frontier has sparked another space race: Mars.

First Kill

Based on a short story by VE Schwab, this romance with bite stars Sarah Catherine Hook and Imani Lewis and follows teen vampire Juliette. When it’s time for her to make her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family, she sets her sights on a new girl in town named Calliope. But much to Juliette’s surprise, Calliope is a vampire hunter, from a family of celebrated slayers. Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for…

Hacks: Season 2

Say hello to your new favourite double-act in this funny, smart and warm odd couple comedy.

Week 3

Sherwood: Season 1

Two shocking and unexpected murders shatter an already fractured community in this crime drama from James Graham (Quiz), starring David Morrissey.

Love, Victor: Season 3

This final season finds Victor going on a journey of self-discovery – not only deciding who he wants to be with, but more broadly, who he wants to be. With their post-high-school-plans looming, Victor and his friends are faced with a new set of problems that they must work through to make the best choices for their futures.

God’s Favorite Idiot: Season 1

Sweet Clark seems like the last person God would tap to fight evil. He’ll need his office crush and good pals to help spread the word and save the world in this comedy from Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone.

The Lazarus Project: Season 1

Joe Barton’s (Giri/Haji) new thriller follows George, who wakes up one day and finds himself reliving a day from months ago and thinks he’s lost his mind. All of his recent milestones have been undone, including his success at work and his marriage to the love of his life, Sarah. Worst of all, he seems to be the only one who has noticed what’s happened. That is, until he’s recruited for the Lazarus Project – a secret organisation that has harnessed the ability to turn back time every time the world is at threat of extinction. Directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner (Beat), it stars Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You, Gangs of London), Anjli Mohindra (Vigil, Bodyguard), Tom Burke (Strike, Mank) and Caroline Quentin (Dickensian, Bridgerton). All episodes arrive at once.

Bump: Season 2

This Australian comedy follows overachieving Year 11 student Olympia Chalmers-Davis (Nathalie Morris), who knows exactly where she is going and has an ambitious 10-year plan, finds her life irrevocably changed when she collapses in agony and is stunned to discover she is in labour and the father is not her boyfriend. Set in and around an inner-city high school and following the main characters home, Bump explores unplanned motherhood and the sudden onset of adulthood, unwelcome new relatives, and unintended consequences coupled with differing expectations of family obligations and dynamics.

Week 4

Suspect: Season 1

Psychological drama starring James Nesbitt, Joely Richardson, Ben Miller and Richard E. Grant. A veteran detective sets out on an agonising mission to uncover the truth about his daughter’s death.

McDonald & Dodds: Season 3

ITV’s entertaining crime drama starring Jason Watkins and Tala Gouveia as an odd-couple pair of detectives returns for a third chapter of four standalone mysteries. It kicks with the case of a young woman who dies in a busy park in broad daylight. McDonald and Dodds are called in to untangle the mysterious circumstances of her death. The only bigger mystery? What happened to Episode 3 of Season 2, The War of the Rose, which remains unaired.

Ellie & Natasia: Season 1

Ellie & Natasia is a sketch show written by and starring triple threats Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou. The series features a range of characters, from busybody mums to coffee spotters. Not to mention some excellent guest stars and a song about snakes. In episode one there are special guest appearances from David Morrissey and Jamie Demetriou.

Paramount+

This week sees Paramount launch its streaming service in the UK and Ireland, with new original series including Halo, The First Lady, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Offer, The Man Who Fell to Earth and Yellowstone prequel 1883. For the full line-up in our guide to what’s streaming and how Paramount+ works, click here.

The Umbrella Academy: Season 3

Based on the comic book series created and written by Gerard Way, illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics, Netflix’s series follows the seven children who were adopted by the billionaire Reginald, who created The Umbrella Academy and prepared them to save the world. After Season 2’s timey-wimey hijinks, Season 3 finds the siblings face to face with another Reginald academy from a different timeline: The Sparrow Academy.

Man vs Bee: Season 1

Like a winged answer to 1997’s Mouse Hunt, this comedy series stars Rowan Atkinson as Trevor, who gets a job as a house-sitter at a mansion, but soon finds his stay disrupted by a buzzy intruder. The more he tries to catch the bee, the more he bumbles his way through chaos and unwitting destruction. From hitting his knee with a hammer to damaging priceless figurines, expect carnage served up with Atkinson’s signature deadpan across bite-sized episodes.

Young Rock: Season 2

Every legend has a beginning. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in a larger-than-life family comedy based on outrageous stories of his youth. This coming-of-age journey highlights the unforgettable moments and incredible relationships that took Dwayne from ordinary kid to extraordinary superstar.

Week 5

Westworld: Season 4

The sci-fi drama, about the dawn of artificial intelligence and the birth of a new form on life on Earth, returns for a fourth season, with episodes arriving weekly hot on the heels of their US HBO broadcast.

Only Murders in the Building: Season 2

Following the shocking death of Arconia Board President Bunny Folger, Charles, Oliver and Mabel race to unmask her killer. However, three (unfortunate) complications ensue: the trio is publicly implicated in Bunny’s homicide, they are now the subjects of a competing podcast, and they have to deal with a bunch of New York neighbours who all think they committed murder. Episodes 1 and 2 arrive together, followed by new episodes weekly.

Atlanta: Season 3

Taking place almost entirely in Europe, Season 3 of Atlanta finds Earn, Alfred / “Paper Boi”, Darius and Van in the midst of a successful European tour, as the group navigates their new surroundings as outsiders, and struggle to adjust to the newfound success they had aspired to.

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