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10 September 2026

Violence, cruelty, offensive language, and sex scenes

An aspiring writer is hired as a ghostwriter for a bestselling author. As disturbing family secrets are uncovered, fiction and reality become harder to separate.

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25 September 2026

Offensive language and violence

A thriller about the making of a real-life killer: Ted Kaczynski. He transformed from a Harvard prodigy into the infamous Unabomber, who carried out a nationwide bombing campaign in the US from 1978 to 1995, killing three people and injuring 23.

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24 September 2026

American Horror Story: 13, Episodes 1–3

AHS13 | Season 13, Episodes 1 to 3

Violence, horror, offensive language, and content that may disturb

The thirteenth season of the horror series American Horror Story follows Ben DeSoto, a hospice caretaker suffering from a phobia of the number 13, who takes a strange job at The Apollyon, an eerie residential building inhabited by characters from seasons past.

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23 September 2026

Sex scenes

To convince her best friend she's moved on from her crush, Stanford PhD student Olive impulsively kisses the campus's most intimidating professor, sparking a fake relationship that soon feels anything but pretend.

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18 September 2026

Sex scenes and violence

The fiery crosses are lit across the Scottish Highlands as the Jacobite Rising begins. Families and lovers are pulled apart as characters are forced to choose sides and prepare for war.

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17 September 2026

Graphic violence, horror, and offensive language

Fourth season of the true-crime Monster anthology. This instalment follows Lizzie Borden, a woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother.

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16 September 2026

Neagley

Season 1, Episode 1

Suicide, drug use, content that may disturb, cruelty, self-harm, violence, sex scenes, and offensive language

Frances Neagley – former military colleague of Jack Reacher – is a private investigator in Chicago. When she learns that a beloved friend from her past has been killed in a suspicious accident, she becomes hell-bent on justice.

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07 September 2026

Slow Horses, Season 6

Season 6, Episode 1

Violence, offensive language, and content that may disturb

Jackson Lamb and his team of misfit agents are thrust into a deadly game of survival when someone starts hunting and murdering former and current Slough House operatives.

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10 September 2026

Crew Girl

Season 1

Offensive language, violence, and sexual themes

A talented female rower, relocated to the East Coast of the United States, agrees to act as coxswain for the chaotic boys' varsity crew after discovering her new school has no girls' rowing team.

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10 September 2026

Offensive language, sexual violence themes, nudity, and sexual references

The women of #MomTok navigate changing relationships, personal challenges and growing tensions within their friendship group. Taylor’s return from The Bachelorette brings renewed scrutiny to her relationships, while the women deal with shifting loyalties, secrets, fame, and the pressures of life in the public eye.

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02 September 2026

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger

Don't Look Back in Anger

Offensive Language

Follow the Gallagher brothers as they reconcile after 15 years for their reunion tour, Oasis Live ’25. Documented through behind the scenes’ footage, archival material, tour highlights, and interviews with the band.

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07 September 2026

Last Seen

Season 1, Episodes 1–2

Content that may disturb, drug use, offensive language, dangerous behaviour, and violence

Ian Ridley's life fell apart when his young daughter Maggie disappeared without a trace a decade ago. Now working as a police dispatcher, he answers a call from a girl he is certain is Maggie – and he will stop at nothing to find her.

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