WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND: The best streaming picks you shouldn’t miss

Whether you are after something to binge this weekend or looking for your next must-watch series, this week’s streaming picks cover all the bases – a groundbreaking Australian show you won’t find anywhere else, a revenge comedy that gets surprisingly dark, a small-town horror with a 96% rating, British true crime at its gripping best, and Jeremy Clarkson buying a pub. There is something here for everyone.

ABC iview
The Assembly

TV SERIES 6 EPISODES FREE TO STREAM

Here is a show that is genuinely unlike anything else on Australian television. The Assembly gives a group of autistic journalism students the chance to interview some of the country’s biggest names and the results are extraordinary. Mentored by celebrated journalist Leigh Sales, the students spend weeks researching their subjects and preparing sharp, fearless questions that cut through the carefully managed images celebrities usually present to the world. Season 3 features guests including Andy Lee, Claudia Karvan, Jimmy Barnes, Dave Hughes, Jessica Mauboy and Ian Thorpe, each one visibly surprised by the depth and honesty of what they’re asked. There’s no spin here, no soft ball questions, no awkward deflections. Just real conversations that reveal sides of these well-known Australians we rarely get to see. Uplifting, moving and genuinely unmissable. Best of all, it’s completely free on ABC iview.

BritBox
The Revenge Club

TV SERIES DRAMA/COMEDY THRILLER

Six strangers, each one freshly wounded by betrayal and heartbreak, end up in the same divorce therapy group. The sensible thing would be to do the work, process the pain and move on. Instead, they decide that healing is overrated and revenge sounds a lot more satisfying. What starts as a series of playful, petty pranks against those who wronged them quickly spirals into something far more dangerous, and far more complicated, than any of them planned. The Revenge Club is equal parts hilarious and genuinely tense, a wildly entertaining thriller that asks how far ordinary people will really go when heartbreak tips over into something darker. The six part series strikes a clever balance between comedy and suspense, with a group of characters you’ll find yourself rooting for even as their plans get increasingly out of hand.

Apple TV+
Widow’s Bay

TV SERIES 10 EPISODES NEW EPISODES WEEKLY

Currently sitting at a remarkable 96 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes, Widow’s Bay is one of the most talked about new series of 2026 and for very good reason. Emmy Award winner Matthew Rhys stars as Mayor Tom Loftis, a well meaning but rather cowardly man who has taken on the job of reviving a dying island community perched 40 miles off the New England coast. The locals are superstitious, suspicious of outsiders and thoroughly unconvinced that Tom is the right man for the job. They insist the island is cursed, with ancient stories of monsters, mysterious storms and people who can never leave. Tom dismisses all of this as nonsense and pushes ahead with his plan to turn Widow’s Bay into a tourist destination. Miraculously, he succeeds. Then the curse starts to look very real indeed. Part small town comedy, part Stephen King style horror, this ten part series is brilliantly funny and genuinely unsettling in equal measure. The first three episodes are available now, with new instalments arriving every Wednesday through to June 17. A perfect weekend binge starter.

Netflix
Legends

TV SERIES 6 EPISODES ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE NOW

From Neil Forsyth, the writer behind the acclaimed BBC/Paramount+ series The Gold, comes another gripping slice of British true crime drama. Legends arrived on Netflix on May 7 and is already causing a stir and it’s easy to see why. Set in the early 1990s, the six-part series is based on the remarkable true story of a secret operation in which ordinary British Customs employees, not trained spies, just regular men and women, were recruited to go deep undercover and infiltrate the country’s most dangerous heroin smuggling gangs. Each operative was given a new identity, known as a “legend”, and sent into the criminal underworld with minimal training and everything to lose. Steve Coogan plays Don, the world weary head of operations who assembles this unlikely team with precision. Tom Burke leads the undercover recruits, joined by Hayley Squires, Aml Ameen and others. The series rewards patience. It builds slowly and deliberately, but as the operatives embed themselves deeper, identities begin to fracture and the tension becomes genuinely nerve jangling. If you enjoyed The Gold, this is essential viewing.

Stan
Amandaland Season 2

TV SERIES COMEDY NEW SEASON

If you haven’t yet discovered Amandaland, now is the perfect time to catch up. A spin off from the beloved British comedy Motherland, the series follows Amanda Hughes, brilliantly played by Lucy Punch, a recently divorced mother who has been forced to downsize dramatically, trading her comfortable family home for a scruffy flat in South Harlesden, London, and trying to hold it all together while raising teenagers and navigating a whole new social landscape.
The first season launched on BBC One in early 2025 and was watched by over 6.4 million viewers, making it one of the biggest British comedy launches in years. Season 2 is now available on Stan, with the same brilliant cast. Joanna Lumley is an absolute delight as Amanda’s sharp tongued, gloriously passive aggressive mother Felicity, and Philippa Dunne returns as long suffering best friend Anne. Warm, chaotic, sharply written and genuinely laugh out loud funny. Perfect comfort viewing.

9Now Tuesdays 8:30pm / Stream online
Clarkson’s Farm Season 4

TV SERIES 8 EPISODES DOCUMENTARY

By now, Jeremy Clarkson’s farming adventures at his Diddly Squat farm in the Cotswolds have become one of the most beloved documentary series in years and Season 4 does not disappoint. This time around, Clarkson has set his sights on his most ambitious project yet, buying and opening a pub. With fan favourite Kaleb Cooper off on a nationwide tour and Jeremy’s partner Lisa busy with her own ventures, Clarkson finds himself largely running the farm solo, a prospect that is, as ever, a recipe for magnificent chaos. There’s a new farmhand to break in, an ageing Lamborghini tractor that has seen better days, a brand new bull, a very small pig and a herd of surprisingly high tech goats to manage, all while Mother Nature delivers one of the toughest farming years on record. The pub storyline adds a wonderful new dimension. Watching Clarkson navigate planning permissions, licensing laws and the reality of becoming a landlord is every bit as entertaining as his farming disasters. Whether you’re a long time fan or discovering the series for the first time, this is warm, funny, surprisingly informative television at its best.

All shows are available to stream now unless otherwise stated. Happy viewing!