Wondering which series is streaming on Showmax this festive season? Don’t stress, I’ve got you covered. There’s something for everyone to enjoy in the last month of 2024.
Here are 29 Series You Can Stream On Showmax in December 2024 & January 2025
1. My Brilliant Friend Season 4 – Streaming on Showmax from 2 December 2024
Two lives. Forever intertwined. The fourth and final season of My Brilliant Friend brings us The Story of the Lost Child, the concluding chapter in Elena Ferrante’s best-selling Neapolitan Novels series, which follows the coming-of-age story of two young women growing up on the outskirts of Naples during the latter half of the 20th century.
Season 4 delves into the adult lives of Elena (Italian Golden Globe and Venice Film Festival Award winner Alba Rohrwacher) and Lila (Irene Maiorino), who find themselves entangled in the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s.
Amid motherhood, career demands, betrayals, threats, disappearances, and natural disasters, the two lifelong friends once again find themselves living in the same neighbourhood.
The first foreign-language series ever to premiere on HBO, My Brilliant Friend has a 97% overall critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has been nominated for two Critics Choice Awards, including Best Foreign Language Series.
BBC.com hails the series as “one of the best shows on TV… as complex, gripping and immersive as the novels, while also being one of the best-looking series on television,” while The New York Times calls S4 “a brilliant conclusion… [that] completes one of the best portraits of a lifelong relationship ever made for TV.”
2. Based on a True Story Season 2 – Streaming on Showmax from 3 December 2024
Season 2 of Based on a True Story finds new parents Ava and Nathan Bartlett three months into parenthood. Focused on taking care of her family, Ava is determined to resist her true crime obsession and return to work as a real estate agent, while Nathan trains private tennis clients.
But a series of new murders pulls her back in. Is Matt behind the slayings? Is Tory, now entangled in a relationship with Matt, in danger?
For a while, life is good – Ava’s TikTok habit and her new friend, Drew (Melissa Fumero from Brooklyn Nine-Nine), provide a welcome distraction, and Nathan’s all in on reigniting his tennis career as well as his friendship with Matt – until danger comes knocking, literally.
Three-time Emmy nominee Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant, The Big Bang Theory) stars as Ava, with Critics Choice nominee Chris Messina (The Mindy Project) and Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile) as Nathan and Matt respectively.
3. 30 Rock Season 1 to 7 – Streaming on Showmax from 5 December 2024
Emmy winner Tina Fey stars as Liz Lemon, head writer of the fictional sketch-comedy show “TGS with Tracy Jordan”, who has to deal with an arrogant boss and a crazy star while trying to run a successful television show – without losing her mind.
Emmy winner Alec Baldwin co-stars as network executive Jack Donaghy, with Emmy nominees Tracy Morgan and Jane Krakowski as TGS’ unpredictable star Tracy Jordan and his co-star Jenna Maroney.
During its 2006-2013 run, 30 Rock won 100 awards, including 16 Emmys – three for Outstanding Comedy Series. Look out for guest appearances from the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Hamm, Matt Damon, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks and many, many more.
4. Emperor of Ocean Park Season 1 – Streaming on Showmax from 6 December 2024
Set against the backdrop of politics, Ivy League academia, and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard, Emperor of Ocean Park follows Talcott Garland (Grantham Coleman from Power Book III: Raising Kanan and Lawmen: Bass Reeves), an Ivy League law professor whose peaceful life is upended when his father, Judge Oliver Garland
(Oscar winner Forest Whitaker), dies from an apparent heart attack.
The judge, a failed Black nominee to the Supreme Court, leaves behind unanswered questions. Tal’s sister
(Tiffany Mack from Jessica Jones), a former journalist turned conspiracy theorist, suspects foul play.
Emperor of Ocean Park is based on Stephen L. Carter’s New York Times best-selling novel, the first in the
Elm Harbor series.
5. Chicago Med Season 9 – Streaming on Showmax from 11 December 2024
The third instalment in Emmy winner Dick Wolf’s hit One Chicago franchise, Chicago Med returns to our screens with some new faces joining the dedicated staff of the Gaffney Chicago Medical Centre as they confront the city’s most critical medical cases and challenging ethical dilemmas with courage, compassion and state-of-the-art treatment.
Though Nick Gehlfuss will be sorely missed following Dr Halstead’s move to Seattle, the ER welcomes a new doctor as Australian actor Luke Mitchell (Blindspot, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) joins the cast as Mitchell Ripley, an ED Attending Physician who has a troubled history … and a connection to Dr Charles.
Season 9 picks up six months later, with a promising new development in Dr Archer’s transplant storyline, and the arrival of new first-year resident Dr Zola Ahmad (Sophia Ali from Grey’s Anatomy), who is ready to challenge hospital protocol to do right by her patients.
6. Sweetpea Season 1 – Streaming on Showmax from 12 December 2024
Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Fallout, Arcane) stars in Sweetpea as Rhiannon, the girl everyone overlooks, who may just be able to get away with murder.
The twisted and darkly comic coming-of-rage thriller has an 86% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics consensus says, “Ella Purnell is a diabolical delight in Sweetpea, a revenge fantasy that holds a lot of darkness beneath its playful exterior.”
Sweetpea’s ensemble cast includes two-time BAFTA winner Nicôle Lecky (Mood, Sense8); BAFTA nominees Jon Pointing (Big Boys), Leah Harvey (Foundation), and Dustin Demri-Burns (Slow Horses); Calam Lynch (Bridgerton), and Emmy nominee Jeremy Swift (Higgins in Ted Lasso).
7. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 & 2 – Streaming on Showmax from 16 December 2024
The first two seasons of Emmy-nominated series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds are set to dock on Showmax in December, boasting a Rotten Tomatoes critics’ rating of 98% – the highest in the franchise.
A prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, Strange New Worlds follows Star Trek: Discovery fan-favourites Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck), and Number One (Rebecca Romijn) as they explore new worlds around the galaxy aboard the USS Enterprise.
Salon.com says, “Pike is the Starship captain Trekkies have been missing, and Strange New Worlds is a welcome return to the Star Trek they know and love,” while Rotten Tomatoes praises the series for “recapturing the sense of boundless discovery that defined the franchise’s roots.”
The sci-fi show was nominated for Best Drama Series at this year’s Critics Choice Awards, where Celia Rose Gooding was up for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series as Nyota Uhura.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has also been nominated five times at the Critics Choice Super Awards, including for the 2024 awards for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, as well as Best Actor (Mount) and Actress (Gooding).
8. Somebody Somewhere Season 3 – Streaming on Showmax from 20 December 2024
The third and, sadly, final season of Somebody Somewhere brings growth against all odds for Sam (comedian and singer Bridget Everett) as she fields the changes and challenges that come with working at the local bar, her best friend Joel (Jeff Hiller) falling in love at the end of Season 2, Fred (Murray Hill) getting married, and her now-single sister Trish (Mary Catherine Garrison) having her hilarious throw cushion business take off.
Everett was nominated for a 2024 Critics Choice Award and won a Dorian Award for Best Actress: Comedy, while the HBO comedy won a Peabody, an American Film Institute’s TV Program of the Year award, and the Dorian Award for Best Unsung TV Show.
All three seasons cracked a rare 100% critics’ ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. As Awards Watch says, “The final season of one of HBO’s most delightful comedies solidifies its place as one of the greats of the decade so far.”
9. Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Season 1 – Streaming on Showmax from 20 December 2024
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent brings the legendary Law & Order brand to Canada, following an elite squad of detectives from the Specialised Criminal Investigations Unit of the Toronto Police Department as they investigate high-profile crime and corruption cases.
Law & Order Toronto became the #1 prime-time drama of the year in Canada at launch, and has already been renewed for a second and third season.
The first season introduces us to the lead investigative team of Detective Sergeants Frankie Bateman (Kathleen Munroe) and Henry Graff (Critics Choice nominee Aden Young from Rectify). Karen Robinson (Ronnie Lee in Schitt’s Creek) plays Inspector Vivienne Holness, and KC Collins (Chucky, The Cleaning Lady) is Deputy Crown Attorney Theo Forrester, with award-winner – and real-life Ethiopian royal family member – Araya Mengesha (Anne with an E., Nobody) as Mark Yohannes.
10. Dune: Prophecy Season 1 – Streaming on Showmax from 23 December 2024
From Frank Herbert’s expansive Dune universe, Dune: Prophecy is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, following two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.
Inspired by the 2012 novel Sisterhood of Dune, written by Frank’s son, Brian Herbert, and Kevin J Anderson, the prequel series stars Oscar nominee Emily Watson (Chernobyl), multiple-award winner Olivia Williams (The Crown), and Critics Choice Super Award nominee Travis Fimmel (Vikings).
Also look out for BAFTA nominee Mark Strong (Shazam!, 1917) and Cannes winner Jodhi May (The Witcher) as the emperor and empress.
Dune: Prophecy is co-produced by HBO and Legendary, who also produced the film franchise that has released two instalments to critical acclaim, with the first taking home six Oscars and the second becoming the fourth biggest blockbuster of 2024 so far. Both films will be available to binge on Showmax on New Year’s Day, 2025.
11. Crush – Streaming on Showmax from 23 December 2024
Nominated for a 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary, Crush unravels the chilling events of the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul, South Korea that killed 159 people in 2022.
Most of the dead were young party-goers celebrating the first Halloween festivities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Drawing on hundreds of hours of footage from cell phones, bodycams and surveillance cameras, the two-part documentary is told through first-hand accounts from people who were caught in the crush, as well as interviews with residents of the city, first responders and government officials.
Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist, Crush delves into both the tragedy itself and the investigative hearings and government response in its aftermath, centring on evidence of police failures to respond to numerous emergency calls as 100,000 people converged on the popular Itaewon neighbourhood on the evening of 29 October.
Rolling Stone says this “horrific tale, told calmly and soberly… unfolds like a slow-motion nightmare,” while Decider calls it “brutally effective,” saying, “Crush is just damn good, effective journalism.”
12. Son Of A Critch Season 3 – Streaming on Showmax from 23 December 2024
Season 3 of Son of a Critch picks up with the now 14-year-old Mark eager to begin his senior year of elementary school. Finally, he’ll be at the top of the social food chain! Or will he?
Based on the best-selling memoir from Mark Critch, the Canadian comedy series is a coming-of-age story set in 1980s Newfoundland, where the young Mark Critch – much older than his years – uses comedy and self-deprecation to find his place in the world.
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and show creator Mark Critch were nominated for Canadian Screen Awards this year as the young Mark and his dad. Hollywood Walk-of-Famer Malcolm McDowell (Bombshell, A Clockwork Orange) plays the young Mark’s grandfather.
Already renewed for a fourth season, Son of a Critch cracked a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes on its release in 2022, and was nominated for seven Canadian Screen Awards this year, including Best Comedy Series.
13. Faraway Downs – Streaming on Showmax from 25 December 2024
Faraway Downs reimagines Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 Oscar-nominated film Australia as a six-part miniseries. Set on an expansive cattle station in the Australian Outback, the series tells the story of Lady Sarah Ashley (Oscar winner Nicole Kidman) as she arrives in Australia to sell the property and finds herself fighting to save it – and its people – in the face of World War II and the harsh realities of the land.
With Emmy nominee Hugh Jackman co-starring, Faraway Downs is described by IndieWire as a “new epic,” and by the Los Angeles Times as a “delightful surprise,” with both calling it better than the original film.
Faraway Downs brings together never-before-seen footage from Australia into a more character-focused narrative, with a new ending to wrap up the story in a fresh and captivating way.
14. Chicago Fire Season 12 – Streaming on Showmax from 27 December 2024
Nominated for Drama Show of the Year at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards, One Chicago’s flagship series, Chicago Fire, returns to Firehouse 51 six months after last season’s breathtaking finale.
Season 12 promises the return of not one, but two beloved characters, and a bittersweet farewell later in the season.
There will also be significant developments at the station for both Violet (Hanako Greensmith) and Chief Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker), along with plenty of romantic drama. This season is set to keep fans on the edge of their seats!
15. Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Based on the acclaimed true-crime podcast, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist stars Emmy nominee Kevin Hart as Chicken Man, a hustler who hosts a glamorous afterparty to celebrate Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight, with a guest list of the country’s wealthiest.
When the night ends with the most brazen criminal underworld heist in Atlanta’s history, Chicken Man finds himself a prime suspect in the eyes of his old adversary, Detective JD Hudson (Oscar nominee Don Cheadle), one of the first Black detectives in the city’s desegregated police force.
The Peacock Original’s stellar cast also includes Oscar nominees Samuel L. Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, and Terrence Howard.
Fight Night has a 96% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, at #21 on their list of the best TV of 2024 so far. As the critics’ consensus there says, “Skillfully weaving an inflection point in Black culture into a rollicking heist story, Fight Night is punchy entertainment with a never-better Kevin Hart broadening his dramatic range.”
16. Law & Order Season 24 – Binge on Showmax from 6 January 2025
The NYPD’s greatest detectives and top prosecutors return for a thought-provoking new season of the Emmy-winning police procedural, which sees the long-running series celebrate its 500th episode.
There’s a major change at the 27th Precinct, with Jeffrey Donovan’s exit in the previous season ushering in Reid Scott (Veep) as the new detective Riley. Tony Goldwyn (Scandal) is another significant addition, taking over from the legendary Sam Waterston’s Jack McCoy as the new District Attorney.
Returning cast include Critics’ Choice nominee Hugh Dancy (Hannibal), Emmy winner Camryn Manheim (The Practice), and Screen Actors Guild winner Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl).
Law & Order is created by Emmy-winning Hall of Famer Dick Wolf (One Chicago) and is one of the longest-running TV dramas in history.
17. Found Season 2 – Streaming on Showmax from 10 January 2025
Hunt the enemy. Save the missing. Found returns with a gripping new season of shocking twists centering on recovery specialist Gabi Mosely (Shanola Hampton from Shameless) and her crisis management team as they work tirelessly to find missing people forgotten by the system.
They’ll stop at nothing to solve these cases because for them, it’s personal – every member of the team has firsthand experience with a mysterious disappearance.
After bringing her darkest secret to light, Gabi must rebuild trust with her team and face her escaped kidnapper once again, all while rescuing the missing people who need her – before it’s too late.
Season 1 was NBC’s biggest-ever launch on Peacock, winning a NAMIC Vision Award for Drama and a Gracie Allen Award for Actress In A Leading Role for Hampton. Found was also up for Outstanding New Series at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards and Outstanding Drama Series at the 2024 Image Awards, where Nigerian-American series creator Nkechi Okoro Carroll (All American, All American: Homecoming) was nominated for Writing.
Kelli Williams (Dr. Gillian Foster in Lie to Me, Lindsay Dole in The Practice), Teen Choice winner Brett Dalton (Grant Ward aka Hive in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Paul Johnson in Mixed-ish, Det. John Clark, Jr. in NYPD Blue) co-star.
18. The Day Of The Jackal Season 1 – Streaming on Showmax from 13 January 2025
The biggest Sky Original ever, The Day of the Jackal follows a ruthless, mysterious assassin known as the Jackal, who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He meets his match when a tenacious British intelligence officer starts to track him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.
The Day of the Jackal is a modern-day reimagination of Frederick Forsyth’s classic novel, which earned the 1972 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America.
Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything, Fantastic Beasts franchise) plays the Jackal, while BAFTA winner Lashana Lynch (The Woman King, No Time to Die) plays Bianca, the British intelligence officer hot on his heels.
Written and adapted by Ronan Bennet (Top Boy), The Day of the Jackal has an 82% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Variety calls it “exhilarating… a breathless adventure until the very end.”
19. Sullivan’s Crossing Season 2 – Streaming on Showmax from 13 January 2025
Based on The Virgin River author Robyn Carr’s bestselling book series of the same name, Sullivan’s Crossing follows neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan (Morgan Kohan), who returns to her hometown after her life is turned upside down.
Following the gripping conclusion of the first season, the second season picks up just hours after Maggie has learned about her father’s stroke, and her life is once again thrown into turmoil as she navigates her past and present within the tight-knit community.
Five-time Teen Choice Award winner Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) returns in the second season as Kohan’s enigmatic love interest Cal, with MTV Movie Awards nominee Scott Patterson (Gilmore Girls) also reprising his role as Harry ‘Sully’ Sullivan.
Sullivan’s Crossing is created by showrunner Roma Roth, executive producer of The Virgin River TV series.
20. Hightown Season 3 – Streaming on Showmax from 13 January 2025
In the third and final season of Hightown, Fishery Service Agent Jackie Quiñones is off the wagon and off the force – which doesn’t stop her from venturing into the dark underbelly of picture-perfect Cape Cod to save a missing woman and a murdered sex worker.
Monica Raymund (The Good Wife, Chicago Fire) and Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break) were both nominated for 2024 Imagen Awards as Jackie and Frankie Cuevas Senior. Critics’ Choice nominee Garret Dillahunt (Fear the Walking Dead) joins the cast this season.
Executive produced by Oscar and Emmy winner Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun: Maverick), Hightown has an 80% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
21. Yellowstone Season 5 Part B – Streaming on Showmax from 17 January 2025
Hailed by The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year as “the biggest hit on cable TV”, Yellowstone follows a ranching family in Montana, who will do whatever it takes to protect their land from bloodthirsty enemies, indigenous communities who believe the land is rightfully theirs, and developers whose ambitions put the ranch in peril.
Co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan, the neo-Western has an 8.7/10 rating on IMDb, where it’s at #5 on the global Most Popular TV chart, and an 84% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The first part earned former star Kevin Costner the Best Actor – Drama prize at last year’s Golden Globes and Critics Choice Super Awards, as well as Critics Choice nominations for Best Drama and Best Actress (Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton).
The hit franchise has birthed a number of spinoffs, including 1923, starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, which is still available on Showmax.
22. Laid Season 1 – Streaming on Showmax from 17 January 2025
Laid follows Ruby, a woman who discovers her former lovers are dying in unusual ways. To figure out why and to stop it from happening again, she goes back through her sex timeline – with the help of her best friend – to confront her past to move forward.
Created by Emmy nominees Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat, Young Rock) and Sally Bradford McKenna (Will & Grace), Laid stars Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Emmy nominee Michael Angarano (This Is Us, Oppenheimer), and Zosia Mamet (The Flight Attendant, Girls).
Laid comes to Showmax within a month of its US premiere on 19 December 2024.
23. Get Millie Black Season 1 – Streaming on Showmax from 18 January 2025
After Detective Millie Black returns home to Jamaica, she comes across a missing person case that will rock the very foundation of her entire life.
BAFTA nominee Tamara Lawrance stars as Detective Millie Black, opposite Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones, Skins). Lawrence won a Royal Television Society Award earlier this year for Time S2.
Created by Booker Prize winner Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings), Get Millie Black has a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. As Slate says, “Marlon James’ novels are masterpieces. His new HBO series achieves something similar. Get Millie Black is a detective show that feels fresh.”
24. S.W.A.T Season 1 – 7 – Streaming on Showmax from 20 January 2024
Emmy winner Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds) stars in S.W.A.T. as Hondo, who leads an elite tactical team in LA law enforcement. Torn between loyalty to his community and his brothers in blue, he works to bridge the divide between both worlds as he grapples with parenthood.
Created by Emmy nominee Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas (The Get Down), S.W.A.T. has been nominated for Critics Choice Super Awards for Best Action Series and Best Actor in an Action Series (for Shemar Moore), as well as four Emmys for its stunt coordination.
Deacon (Jay Harrington) and Nichelle Carmichael (Rochelle Aytes) are back this season, with Anna Enger Ritch (The Haunting of Hill House) joining the cast as Zoe Powell.
CBS has renewed the hit show for an eighth season.
25. Wise Guy: David Chase – Streaming on Showmax from 23 January 2025
MetaCritic’s second highest rated series of 2024 so far, Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos focuses on the man behind the cultural phenomenon, which is still in the ten highest rated series of all time on IMDb.
Directed and hosted by Oscar winner Alex Gibney, Wise Guy features firsthand accounts and revelations from the people who brought the groundbreaking mafia series to life, including Emmy winners Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, and Michael Imperioli. 20-time Grammy winner Bruce Springsteen makes an appearance too.
Season 1 has a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Empire hailing it as, “The definitive chronicle of The Best Show Ever.”
You can also binge all seasons of The Sopranos on Showmax.
26. Frasier Season 1 – 11 – Streaming on Showmax from 24 January 2025
The complete boxset of the ’90s classic sitcom Frasier is coming to Showmax in January 2025. .
Premiering in 1993 as a spin-off of the iconic NBC sitcom Cheers, Frasier continues the story of the witty yet pretentious psychiatrist Frasier Crane (Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer).
After dealing with a divorce, Frasier leaves Boston for his hometown of Seattle to get a new lease on life and begin a career as a radio talk show host. While he is always ready and willing to provide wisdom to his talk show callers, he often finds it hilariously impossible to deal with his own obstacles.
Over its 11-year run, Frasier received wide critical acclaim and is regarded as one of greatest TV shows of all time, as well as one of the most successful spinoff series in television history.
The series earned 107 Emmy nominations, winning 37, a record it held until 2016 when Game of Thrones won 38.
In 2023, Frasier returned in a reboot of the same name, with Grammer reprising his role as Dr. Frasier Cane.
27. The Sex Lives of College Girls – Streaming on Showmax from 27 January 2025
Season 3 of The Sex Lives of College Girls returns to Essex College for sophomore year with Bela, Kimberly, Leighton, and Whitney all facing major changes in their lives after the turbulent Season 2 conclusion.
Reneé Rapp is focussing on her music career, so we’ll be seeing less of Leighton this season, but Pauline Chalamet (Kimberly), Amrit Kaur (Bela) and Alyah Chanelle Scott (Whitney) are all back.
Created by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling (Never Have I Ever, The Office) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Justin Noble, the 18SNL-rated series has been nominated for two GLAAD Media Awards and the MTV TV Awards’ “Here for the Hookup” prize.
As Collider says, “While ‘sex lives’ may be in the title of the show, everyone knows the real magic lies in the ‘college girls’ part and their messy but endlessly supportive relationships with one another. This is one friend group you’ll want to follow into sophomore year and long after graduation day.”
28. Transplant Season 4 – Streaming on Showmax from 27 January 2025
In the fourth and final season of the award-winning medical drama, Syrian refugee Dr. Bashir “Bash” Hamed is on the precipice of finishing his residency at York Memorial and officially re-qualifying as a doctor. Bash and his sister Amira are Canadian citizens now, but are still trying, with everything they have, to build a life in their adopted country.
Hamza Haq (Quantico) leads the cast as Dr. Bashir, a role that has earned him three consecutive Best Actor wins at the Canadian Screen Awards.
When it premiered, Transplant became the most-watched new Canadian series since 2017.
29. SAS Rogue Heroes Season 2 – Streaming on Showmax from 31 January 2025
SAS Rogue Heroes returns for its second season, picking up with the regiment in the Spring of 1943, as they face their next battle on a whole new terrain: mainland Europe.
Originally inspired by Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, the BAFTA-nominated BBC drama is a “mostly true” account of how arguably the world’s greatest special forces unit was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War II.
Once again written by Oscar nominee and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, Season 2 brings back BAFTA winners Jack O’Connell and Dominic West as Paddy Mayne and Dudley Clarke, as well as Algerian actress Sofia Boutella as Eve Mansour and Sex Education’s Connor Swindells as David Stirling.
Season 1 has a 100% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Guardian hailing SAS Rogue Heroes as “a total triumph” and “one of the year’s most emotional shows,” saying, “This brilliant series… might be a high-octane, action-packed riot – but it’s also tender, touchy and funny.”
Well, there you have it, 28 Series you can stream on Showmax in December 2024 and January 2025. If you don’t have a Showmax account yet, sign up HERE.
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