David Farnor | On 16, May 2026

In this golden age of TV, there’s always something new to be counting down to. But there’s also always something to be catching up with, from the show all your mates are talking about to the one that’s easy to overlook in the never-ending sea of content.

If you’re trying to work out the current top 10 on-demand TV shows in the UK, each specific streaming service has a popularity chart to indicate what’s been watched. But the best way to find a specific top 10 for the UK is right here – our official Top 10 page as the most comprehensive streaming guide around.

Need a box set to binge-watch tonight or this weekend? Look no further than this list, as we round up what’s trending on-demand this week. (From TV to films, find out what to watch right now with our streaming recommendations hub.)

Here are the top 10 UK TV shows available on catch-up this week:

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1. Rivals: Season 2

A charismatic cast and playful source material make this 80s satire a delightfully naughty romp.

2. Widow’s Bay

Matthew Rhys is exceptional in this funny, atmospheric, surprising and properly scary horror comedy.

3. Half Man

Richard Gadd is two for two after Baby Reindeer, with this brooding, unflinching and brutal drama about two estranged almost-brothers whose lives are darkly intertwined.

4. The Cage

Tony “The Responder” Schumacher returns with this riveting, compassionate thriller about two casino employees driven to robbery by desperation. Michael Socha and Sheridan Smith deserve all the awards.

5. Margo’s Got Money Troubles

Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer are astonishing in this darkly funny, moving and honest drama about a young mum who turns to the internet to earn money.

6. Legends

Tom Burke, Hayley Squires and Steve Coogan are fantastic in this gripping, glossy real-life drama about Customs officers going undercover in the 1990s.

This dark, relentlessly creepy horror about a couple about to get married more than lives up to its ominous title.

7. Criminal Record: Season 2

Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo are riveting to watch in this dark, gripping crime thriller.

Paapa Essiedu and Siobhán Cullen are heartbreakingly good in Stefan Golaszewski’s moving drama about a couple suffering a pregnancy loss.

8. Amandaland: Season 2

Lucy Punch is laugh-out-loud funny as she reprises her role of Motherland’s perma-bougie Amanda, who moves to Harlesden to try and find a new life – and just maybe earn our sympathy along the way.

9. The Testaments

This continuation of The Handmaid’s Tale is a fresh way into the timely horrors of Gilead, with a more nuanced balance of character, compassion and cruelty.

10. For All Mankind: Season 5

Ron Moore’s alt-history drama is a compelling space race full of political and personal stakes.

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