23 October 2026

Fatherland
Drama focusing on Thomas Mann's post-war life, as he and his daughter embark on a road-trip across Germany.

30 October 2026

Gentle Monster
A woman struggles with her feelings after discovering her husband's grim secret.

04 November 2026

Trauma Or, Monsters All
An aspiring author gets more than she bargained for when she writes an article for the local paper about her small town’s dark history, prompting unwanted speculation on what monsters may lie within.
The Last Temptation Of Becky
Now a CIA field agent, Becky goes undercover in Poland to infiltrate a family running an inn at The Wolf's Lair, one of Hitler's WWII bunkers. When she learns the father, Wilhelm Reuss, plans to spark the Fourth Reich, Becky must stop him.

06 November 2026

Hen
A hen seeks refuge, where she becomes an innocent observer of a human trafficking gang.
Littermates
Amidst the chaos of a mysterious war, two victims of an attack take refuge at a cottage in the English countryside, where an enigmatic caretaker insists they must stick together.

13 November 2026

Paper Tiger
Two brothers pursue the American Dream but get entangled in a dangerous Russian mafia scheme.

04 December 2026

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.

11 December 2026

Ink
Drama charting Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of The Sun newspaper and its upturning of the landscape under editor Larry Lamb in 1969.
The Debut
A shy housewife is unexpectedly cast in a local am-dram original musical. Under the spell of the strong-willed and enigmatic director, she loses herself in the role.

30 April 2027

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