We’ll definitely be taking it easy in January after the craziness of silly season.
If you’re looking for something to keep you busy during the long winter nights, we have plenty of telly and new films to entertain you this January.
Take a look at what we’ll be watching!
Stranger Things Finale
After a decade, Stranger Things has finally come to an end.
The dramatic two-hour-long finale dropped on Netflix on New Year’s Day and certainly started 2026 with a bang.
Have you watched yet?
Now Streaming, Netflix
People We Meet On Vacation
If you want to escape the cold and miserable weather of January, why not head on vacation?
Emily Henry’s best-seller is being adapted. We follow good friends Poppy and Alex, who couldn’t be more different.
Poppy wants to explore the world, while Alex prefers to stay home with a good book; yet, they are the best of friends. They live far apart, but for a decade, they have spent one week of summer vacation together. But this summer is going to change everything!
January 9th, Netflix
The Traitors
The Traitors UK returned to our screens on New Year’s Day! We have a new group of Traitors and Faithfuls in the Scottish Highlands.
And a new twist – a secret Traitor that no one knows…not even us at home.
The show airs three nights a week, this week Thursday to Saturday but changes to Wednesday to Friday for the rest of the show’s run.
Wednesday-Friday, BBC One 8pm
Hamnet
1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Y
et as Will pursues a budding theatre career in faraway London, Agnes anchors the domestic sphere alone. When tragedy strikes, the couple’s once-unshakable bond is tested, but their shared experience sets the stage for the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
Starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley.
January 9th, In Cinemas
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
The latest instalment in the Game of Thrones universe is coming this month.
The show follows hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk) and his squire, Egg (future King Aegon V Targaryen), about a century before Game of Thrones.
The show details their perilous travels through Westeros as they encounter tournaments, powerful lords, and dragons, blending heroism with the harsh realities of medieval life as Dunk rises from obscurity to legendary status.
January 19th, Sky Atlantic
Marty Supreme
Ping pong has never looked so cool!
Timothée Chalamet is back on our screens as Marty Mauser, a young man who will do anything in the pursuit of greatness.
Could this film finally land Timmy his coveted Oscar?
Out Now, In Cinemas
Bridgerton
Bridgerton is back for a fourth season!
Bohemian second son Benedict Bridgerton refuses to settle down, despite pleas to the contrary from matriarch Lady Violet Bridgerton. Until he is awestruck by a masked, mysterious Lady in Silver. With the reluctant help of his sister Eloise, Benedict sets out in society to uncover the young lady’s identity.
But in fact, his heart’s desire is not in society at all — she is a resourceful maid called Sophie Baek, working for the formidable Lady of the house, Araminta Gun.
When fate brings Benedict and Sophie back together, Benedict wrestles between the reality of his affection for this intriguing maid and the fantasy of the Lady in Silver.
January 29th, Netflix
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
In a continuation of the epic story, Dr Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship – with consequences that could change the world as they know it.
Spike’s encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can’t escape.
In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival – the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.
January 14th, In Cinemas
Heated Rivalry
One of the most talked about TV shows is coming to Ireland.
Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey, bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling between two fresh-faced rookies evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial, and self-discovery.
Over the next eight years, the pair chase glory on the ice while struggling to navigate their feelings off it. Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can’t ignore, Shane and Ilya must decide if there is room in their fiercely competitive world for something as fragile and as powerful as real love.
January 9th, Sky Atlantic
Saipan
The thrilling story of football player Roy Keane and his manager Mick McCarthy, and the events leading up to Ireland’s incendiary 2002 World Cup campaign comes to our screens.
The intense rivalry between these two personalities transcended the game, gripping an entire nation and the sporting world. On the surface, the feud was all about standards, but deep down it was a hugely emotive story of two men whose rivalry and contempt came to surpass the sport they loved.
This is the definitive account of one of the most fractious fallings-out in the history of sport.
Out Now, In Cinemas