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The Guide
Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV, Sky and NOW, Crave, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, Stan, CBC Gem · Global · 29 Oct to 1 Nov
Zombies in the Canary Islands, Korean horror, Carrie-Anne Moss's YAGA and a live darts night: only what actually arrives from 29 October to 1 November.
Streaming · Canada
CBC Gem · CA · Season 2 from 1 Nov, 9 a.m. ET
CBC's interview series returns 1 November with more than 30 neurodivergent and autistic interviewers, and guests from Hudson Williams to Zach Galifianakis.
Television
Hulu · US · AHS: 13 finale 30 Oct; Disney+ · CA UK NZ · 13 seasons; Disney+ · AU · 12 seasons
With the AHS: 13 finale on FX on 29 October, here is every season of the anthology, in order, and where each market can stream it.
Television · Canada
CBC.ca/eurovision · CA · Voting until 5 Nov, 11:59 p.m. PT
CBC and Radio-Canada have named five finalists for Canada's first Eurovision entry, and the public has until 5 November to pick who goes to Bulgaria.
Streaming · UK
Netflix · UK, CA, US, AU, NZ · Live Fri 30 Oct, 7pm GMT
Netflix's live darts night puts 20 amateurs against the world number one on Friday, with £501,000 for anyone who beats him in a single leg.
In this issue 05
01 The Guide
Halloween Weekend: What’s New to Stream
Casie Stewart
02 Streaming · Canada
The Assembly Season 2 Lands Hudson Williams
Lauren Smith
03 Television
Every American Horror Story Season, by Market
Casie Stewart
04 Television · Canada
Canada’s First Eurovision Hopefuls, Revealed
Casie Stewart
05 Streaming · UK
How to Watch Beat Luke Littler Live
Casie Stewart
CH 02 · Ask the Remote
Where to watch, who’s in it, what’s on tonight. Answered from our own pages, free.
CH 03 · The Latest
CH 04 · The Guide
Every channel and streamer in Canada, the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, 6 AM to 3 AM, seven days ahead. Tap any show for the details. Red marks today’s Remote Picks.
CH 05 · New this week
CH 06 · Now streaming
CH 07 · Watch the trailers
CH 08 · The Rerun
CH 09 · The Daily Quiz
CH 10 · The Week in Pictures
Photo: Prime Video
The Guide
Halloween Weekend: What’s New to Stream
Photo: CBC
Streaming · Canada
The Assembly Season 2 Lands Hudson Williams
Photo: FX
Television
Every American Horror Story Season, by Market
Photo: CBC/Radio-Canada
Television · Canada
Canada’s First Eurovision Hopefuls, Revealed
Photo: Netflix
Streaming · UK
How to Watch Beat Luke Littler Live
Photo: Channel 4
Trade · UK
Channel 4 Moves Into Disney+
CH 11 · Tonight’s Pick
Three questions, one pick from our editors. No algorithm, no autoplay.
How long have you got?
Who’s on the couch?
What do you want to feel?
TONIGHT’S PICK · 100% MATCH
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CH 12 · The Feed
Trade · UK
The business · UK IE
From early 2027, Disney+ in the UK and Ireland carries Channel 4 live, on demand and, for some new shows, on the same day as broadcast.
Jeff Cameron · 3 min read
Television
Peacock · US · NBC seasons 1 to 7
All 69 Columbo films span two networks and 35 years. Here is how the NBC and ABC eras split, where to start, and where each streams.
Alicia Loveday · 4 min read
Television · US
Paramount+ (Premium plan) · US, AU · Friday 20 November
The fourth and final season of Yellowjackets premieres Friday, 20 November on Paramount+ Premium, with the survivors home and rescue threatening to expose them.
Alicia Loveday · 3 min read
Streaming
Netflix · Global · Streaming 5 Nov
Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw return to Joe Barton's spy series on Netflix, with Neve Campbell, Ambika Mod and Sam Riley among the new faces.
Alicia Loveday · 4 min read
The Guide
Paramount+ · US · All eight films; CA UK AU NZ check your region
With Tom Cruise named for the AFI Life Achievement Award, here are all eight Mission: Impossible films in order, who directed them and where to stream.
Andrew Lovesey · 5 min read
Television · Canada
Crave · CA · From Fri 6 Nov
The Letterkenny creator's six-part comedy about a family of film-set bear wranglers premieres on Crave on 6 November, in English and French.
Lauren Smith · 3 min read
Television
Paramount+ · CA US UK AU · The Original Series streaming
Walter Koenig, Star Trek's Pavel Chekov, has died at 90. Five original series episodes show what he brought to the bridge, and where to stream them.
Jeff Cameron · 3 min read
The Guide · New Zealand
Netflix · NZ AU CA US UK · All seven episodes streaming
Netflix's Steinbeck series turned Ōamaru's Victorian streets and a Devonport road into early 1900s California. Here is what the official record confirms.
Jessie Isberg · 4 min read
Streaming · Canada
Criterion Channel · Kanopy · NFB.ca · CA · Streaming now
The Criterion Channel streams in Canada with a free trial. Here is the price, the devices, what to check first and the free alternatives.
Lauren Smith · 4 min read
CH 13 · The Desks
Streaming, television, film, festivals, trade, indie and the Guide. Pick a desk; the stories change in place.
New on your services.
All StreamingStreaming · Australia
Stan · AU · All episodes 6 November
Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore are back as a hitwoman and her estranged son, with all six episodes of season two landing on Stan on 6 November.
Catherine Crowe · 4 min read
Streaming
Prime Video · Global · All eight episodes 4 Nov
All eight episodes of The Greatest, which Amazon calls the first authorized scripted series about Muhammad Ali, arrive on Prime Video 4 November, starring Jaalen Best.
Alicia Loveday · 5 min read
Streaming
Netflix · Global · Streaming 29 Oct
A three-part Netflix docuseries, streaming from 29 October, reconstructs the July 2024 flight that ended with the Sinaloa Cartel co-founder in US custody.
Alicia Loveday · 4 min read
Streaming
Prime Video · Global · Release date to be announced
Amazon confirms Esther McGregor and Emilio Sakraya as the leads in its Fourth Wing series, with Lisa Joy directing the pilot. No release date yet.
Casie Stewart · 4 min read
Streaming
Netflix · Global · Streaming 27 Oct
Netflix's three-part docuseries on the Friends star lands 27 October, built on first-time interviews with his sister and his oldest friends, plus unreleased family archive.
Casie Stewart · 4 min read
The shows worth the hour.
All TelevisionTelevision · US
HBO and HBO Max · US · Premieres 1 Nov, 9 p.m. ET/PT
Julian Fellowes's period drama returns to HBO on Sunday 1 November for eight episodes, as Agnes sees an opening and Bertha counts the cost of winning Society.
Alicia Loveday · 5 min read
Television
Prime Video · CA US UK AU NZ · Season 1 streaming now
Prime Video has renewed Mike Flanagan's Carrie for a second season, two weeks after all eight episodes arrived, with Stephen King promising the story goes past prom.
Alicia Loveday · 3 min read
Television · UK
ITV1 and ITVX · UK · Date to be confirmed
ITV has acquired the RTÉ crime thriller The Galway Bay Murders, with Kate Mulgrew as a New York detective solving a bog killing in Connemara.
Alicia Loveday · 4 min read
Television · UK
Channel 4 and E4 · UK · From January 2027, free to watch and stream
The sitcom Channel 4 last aired in 2011 returns to Channel 4 and E4 in January 2027, free to watch and stream, under a Warner Bros. deal.
Alicia Loveday · 4 min read
Television · Australia
ABC TV and ABC iview · AU · Through 2027
Hugo Weaving's barrister drama, Rebecca Gibney's rural cops and a fourth Fisk lead the ABC's 2027 line-up, alongside a return for You Can't Ask That.
Catherine Crowe · 3 min read
In theatres and on the way.
All FilmFilm
Paramount+ · US · Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick, The Final Reckoning streaming now
The American Film Institute will give Tom Cruise its 52nd Life Achievement Award at the Dolby Theatre on 24 April 2027. Here is where to stream his films.
Casie Stewart · 3 min read
Film
Netflix · CA US UK AU NZ · Streaming 6 Nov
Lee Chang-dong's first film since Burning, South Korea's Oscar entry, streams on Netflix from 6 November after a final trailer and a limited theatrical run.
Casie Stewart · 4 min read
Film
Theatres · CA US UK · From 23 Oct
A DC horror film, a Taika Waititi adaptation, a LAIKA fantasy and a Patricia Highsmith thriller all open Oct. 23, though not everywhere at once.
Film
Disney+ · Global · Streaming now (from 21 Oct)
Disney's live-action remake, starring Catherine Lagaʻaia and Dwayne Johnson, is now streaming on Disney+, about 15 weeks after it opened in theatres.
Andrew Lovesey · 4 min read
Film
Cinemas · US UK and more · From 23 Oct
DC Studios' first horror film opens in cinemas on 23 October, with James Watkins directing Tom Rhys Harries from a script by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini.
Casie Stewart · 4 min read
Dispatches from the circuit.
All FestivalsFestivals
IDFA · Amsterdam · 12 to 22 Nov 2026
The Amsterdam documentary festival opens with a Myanmar resistance film and puts Carol Nguyen's NFB co-production in its International Competition.
Andrew Lovesey · 5 min read
Festivals
Tokyo · Hibiya, Yurakucho, Marunouchi, Ginza · 26 Oct to 4 Nov
Yamazaki's Godzilla sequel takes the centrepiece slot at Tokyo's 39th festival, alongside a 15-film competition and a Kenji Mizoguchi retrospective.
Casie Stewart · 4 min read
Festivals · UK
Royal Festival Hall, London · UK · 18 Oct
The 70th BFI London Film Festival closed on Sunday 18 October with Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut and the Best Film award from a 10-title Official Competition.
Casie Stewart · 3 min read
Festivals
The business · Global · 26 Oct 2026 to 14 Mar 2027
From the Canadian Screen Awards entry deadline on 26 Oct to the Oscars on 14 Mar, every confirmed date of awards season in one calendar.
Festivals
TIFF · Cannes · Venice · Sundance · Global
World, international, North American, Canadian: how Cannes, Venice, Sundance and TIFF define each premiere label, and what it tells viewers about a film.
Andrew Lovesey · 4 min read
The business behind the screen.
All TradeTrade · Australia
The business · AU
SBS has named Kathryn Fink Chief Content Officer, putting television, sport, NITV, audio, digital and SBS On Demand under one executive.
Catherine Crowe · 3 min read
Trade · New Zealand
Netflix · NZ · Ad-supported plan from March 2027
Netflix's latest shareholder letter puts New Zealand in the first wave of 2027 ad-tier launches, in March, though pricing has not been announced.
Catherine Crowe · 4 min read
Trade · New Zealand
Applications · NZ · Close 26 November 2026
NZ On Air has joined Screen Australia and the ACTF's Kids IP Incubator, giving New Zealand children's creators a path to digital-first series for YouTube and FAST.
Catherine Crowe · 5 min read
Trade
Netflix · Global · Q3 2026 shareholder letter, 20 Oct 2026
Revenue rose 12 per cent and margins jumped, but Netflix cut its 2026 ad revenue forecast and promised a busier live slate to keep viewers watching.
Jeff Cameron · 4 min read
Trade · US
HBO Max · US · The Death of Robin Hood 16 Oct, The Invite 23 Oct
Warner Bros. films reach HBO Max about 11 weeks after cinemas, A24's about 17. Here is how the windows work and how to time your wait.
Andrew Lovesey · 5 min read
Small films, big swings.
All IndieIndie · UK
BIFA · UK · Nominations 3 Nov; ceremony 6 Dec
Longlists across new talent, performance, documentary and international film are out, with nominations on 3 November and winners at the Roundhouse on 6 December.
Casie Stewart · 3 min read
Indie · New Zealand
Wellington · Auckland · Dunedin · Cinemas
From the Embassy's 1924 auditorium to the Civic's starry ceiling, where Aotearoa's heritage and arthouse cinemas are, what they programme and how to book.
Catherine Crowe · 4 min read
Indie · Canada
In theatres · CA US · Now playing, from 16 Oct
Georgia Oakley's adaptation of Jane Austen's first published novel is now in Canadian cinemas, with Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as the Dashwood sisters.
Casie Stewart · 5 min read
Indie · UK
BFI London Film Festival · UK · Awards 18 Oct
Two British and Irish films chased Best Film at the London Film Festival, with five more in the debut and documentary races, and almost none has a UK date yet.
Casie Stewart · 4 min read
Indie · Canada
Telefilm Canada · CA · Announced 24 Sept 2026
Telefilm Canada is putting nearly $3.6 million into 16 first features from seven provinces, chosen from 136 applications to its Talent to Watch program.
Andrew Lovesey · 3 min read
What to watch, and where.
All of The GuideThe Guide · UK
Sky and NOW, Netflix, Apple TV, Prime Video, ITVX, Disney+ · UK · 26 Oct to 1 Nov
Carrie-Anne Moss's YAGA reaches Sky and NOW, Luke Littler takes on 20 amateurs live on Netflix, and Apple TV opens Nocturne on Friday.
The Guide · US
Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, Prime Video, Apple TV · US · 26 Oct to 1 Nov
A Matthew Perry docuseries, Parker Posey's mob-movie reality show, Apple's Nocturne and Peacock's Minions & Monsters lead the week before Halloween.
The Guide · Canada
Apple TV, Netflix, Prime Video, Crave, CBC Gem · CA · 26 Oct to 1 Nov
Apple TV's Nocturne, a Matthew Perry docuseries, a Spanish zombie sequel and a celebrity hot seat on CBC Gem lead a busy Halloween week.
Lauren Smith · 5 min read
The Guide · Australia
Stan, SBS On Demand, Disney+, Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV · AU NZ · 26 Oct to 1 Nov
Hamish Blake's Unskilled Adult opens on Stan, Apple TV launches Nocturne, and Netflix and Prime Video fill Friday with thrillers, heists and zombies.
Catherine Crowe · 4 min read
The Guide · Canada
Netflix · CA US UK AU NZ · All six episodes streaming
Netflix's sea-monster thriller is the first Canadian title to top its global English TV chart. Here is where it was shot, and what you can visit.
Jessie Isberg · 4 min read
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