The month of April offers more than enough tasty watchables to complement any chocolate binge you have planned. There’s too much here, to be perfectly honest. Just a massive egg basket of content to unwrap and consume, with nowhere near enough time in your schedule to get it done. So let’s get to maximising your hard fought free time with the sweetest picks from a Wonka Factory’s worth of award-winning films, social calendar destroying TV series, and original content gems.

Below are the litter picks from thousands of hours of content from Australia’s six major streaming networks. Click your provider from the list below, grab some popcorn and kick back into some sweet, sweet escapism.

Table of Contents

• Foxtel/Binge
• Netflix
• Disney+
• Apple TV+
• Amazon Prime Video
• Stan

New in April on Foxtel and Binge

TV litter pick: Barry S4 – Apr 17 : Bill Hader’s HBO dark comedy (centered around a hitman-actor hybrid) returns for its final eight-episode season.

Movie litter pick: Vengeance – Apr 14 : B. J. Novak, of writing/acting The Office fame, sees his directorial debut in Vengeance. It’s a black comedy centred on a podcaster investigating the death of a part-time lover.

What notable movies are coming to Binge?

• The Cover – Apr 3
• The Jackal – Apr 7
• Frances Ha – Apr 11
• Colette – Apr 2
• The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water – Apr 15
• The Enforcer – Apr 21

What notable series are coming to Binge?

• Succession S4 – Apr 1
• Moonage Daydream – Apr 4
• Line of Duty – Apr 4
• Vengeance – Apr 14
• Barry S4 – Apr 17
• Star Trek: Prodigy – Apr 17
• The Price of Glee – Apr 17
• Mrs. Davis – Apr 21

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New in April on Netflix

TV litter pick: Sweet Tooth – Apr 27 : A post-apocalyptic story with its edges sanded down, Netflix’s Sweet Tooth follows deer-boy hybrid Gus and his protector Jepperd through many dangers.

Movie litter pick: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always – Apr 19 : 30 years after the release of the original Power Rangers, the iconic band of heroes reunite for this standalone film.

What notable movies are coming to Netflix?

• Chupa – Apr 7
• Hunger – Apr 8
• Seven Kings Must Die – Apr 8
• Manhunt: Boston Marathon Bombing – Apr 12
• Queens on the Run – Apr 14
• John Mulaney: Baby J – Apr 25

What notable series are coming to Netflix?

• Beef – Apr 6
• Florida Man – Apr 13
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always – Apr 19
• The Diplomat – Apr 20
• The Nurse – Apr 27
• Firefly Lane S2 – Apr 27
• Sweet Tooth – Apr 27

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New in April on Disney+

TV litter pick: Cake S5 – Apr 19 : The fifth season of a handcrafted assortment of bite-sized content. Think: a diverse array of narratives that are both live-action, animated, and always thought-provoking.

Movie litter pick: Peter Pan & Wendy – Apr 28 : A reimagining that introduces Wendy Darling, a young girl afraid to leave her childhood home behind, who meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up.

What notable movies are coming to Disney+?

• Area21 Live on Planet Earth – Apr 5
• The Pope: Answers – Apr 5
• Escaping the NIXVM Cult – Apr 7
• My Apologies – Apr 14
• Secrets of the Elephants – Apr 22
• Peter Pan & Wendy – Apr 28

What notable series are coming to Disney+?

• True Lies – Apr 1
• The Mandalorian S3 – Apr 5
• The Crossover – Apr 5
• Grown-Ish S5 – Apr 5
• Tiny Beautiful Things S1 – Apr 7
• Cake S5 – Apr 19
• Young Jedi Adventures – Apr 26

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New in April on Apple TV+

TV litter pick: Jane – Apr 14 : Budding environmentalist Jane is a 9-year-old on a quest to save endangered animals. Using a powerful imagination, she goes on epic adventures to save the planet.

Movie litter pick: Ghosted – Apr 21 : Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sade, only to find out that she’s a secret agent.

What notable movies are coming to Apple TV+?

• Ghosted – Apr 21

What notable series are coming to Apple TV+?

• Schmigadoon! S2 – Apr 5
• Ted Lasso – Apr 5
• The World vs. Boris Becker – Apr 7
• Jane – Apr 14
• The Last Thing He Told Me – Apr 14
• Big Beasts – Apr 21
• Drops of God – Apr 21

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New in April on Amazon Prime Video

TV litter pick: Citadel – April 28 : Eight years ago, Citadel, an independent global spy agency, was destroyed by a new syndicate, Manticore. Elite agents Mason Kane and Nadia Singh are recalled to settle the score.

Movie litter pick: Three thousand Years of Longing – April 30 : In George Miller’s twisted sprawling fantasy, Dr Alithea Binnie encounters a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for freedom.

What notable movies are coming to Prime Video?

• On a Wing and a Prayer – April 7
• Paradise City – April 30
• Three thousand Years of Longing – April 30

What notable series are coming to Prime Video?

• The Good Doctor S5 – April 5
• Wild Isles S1 – April 21
• Dead Ringers S1 – April 21
• Dancing on the Grave – April 21
• Citadel – April 28

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New in April on Stan

TV litter pick: Lucky Hank S1 – Apr 27 : Lucky Hank is set at a struggling Pennsylvania college and follows Hank Devereaux (Bob Odenkrik), the anarchistic chairman of the English department.

Movie litter pick: The Portable Door – Apr 7 : Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic.

What notable movies are coming to Stan?

• The Portable Door – Apr 7
• The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 – Apr 10
• Black Hawk Down – Apr 15
• The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water – Apr 15
• Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – Apr 16

What notable series are coming to Stan?

• Line of Duty S6 – Apr 1
• Flack: S1 & 2 – Apr 6
• Blindspotting S2 – Apr 14
• Honour S1 – Apr 20
• From S2 – Apr 24
• The Split S3 – Apr 25
• Lucky Hank S1 – Apr 27

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