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A caucasian male Shephard petting a brown-haired sheep on a grassy plane

The Wrap: May 2026

May delivered animated classics, prestige adaptations and dark sci-fi thrills. Here are 10 titles powered by UK talent, production and creativity - spanning film, TV and game.

Dated image of a bearded white man in a wetsuit, woollen hat, and yellow 'Greenpeace' shirt with a cigarette in his mouth, on board a boat

UK Documentaries That Changed The Conversation

Inspired by this years’ Sheffield DocFest’s theme, we explore how recent documentaries are tackling climate change, conflict, activism and identity through compelling real-life stories.

Dated image of a bearded white man in a wetsuit, woollen hat, and yellow 'Greenpeace' shirt with a cigarette in his mouth, on board a boat

How to Change the World

At dusk a man stands in a large plot of land (vineyard) with rows of fences for grapevines left barren with a small smoking fire in the distance

Sour Grapes

An old white haired man in a blue raincoat standing on the edge of a picturesque cliff with a view of the ocean

Ocean with David Attenborough

A Black man and two white men sit on an offroad jeep in explorer clothing holding a large camera

The Wild Ones

Young shirtless man looks into the distance in the rainforest

The Territory

A woman kneels on the ground next to a pig in the grass.

Wilding

King Charles III sits in a chair with tea to the right of him, and a smile on his face.

Finding Harmony: A King's Vision

A woman footballer in red shirt and white shorts holding a trophy aloft with a stadium full of people cheering

Copa 71

A young Japanese woman in a suit, sitting in a lawyers office beside another Japanese woman blurred in the foreground, with a troubled face

Black Box Diaries

An Asian woman looking at a mirror where 3 reflections look back at hear. she is wearing a crown of flowers and possibly a wedding dress

The Taste of Mango

Queendom

Three Black men in red shirts and red berets speaking into microphones to a crowd

Bobi Wine: The People's President

A man with shaved head and one wearing cycling gear and helmet are embracing in a leafy street full of people and flags

Heart of Invictus

A young white woman with long blonde hair standing in a bright green forest with blue flowers

Is There Anybody Out There?

The Reason I Jump

A middle aged bald white man with black framed glasses looks down the camera as neon multi-coloured lines and text swirl around him

Heston: My Life With Bipolar

Notes on Blindness

An old white man with long grey and dark hair and black clothing, rings and tattoos on his hand, wearing small round dark glasses, sits in a chair giving a talking head interview

Ozzy: No Escape From Now

Two Indonesian men surrounded by Indonesian women in red tops and white skirts dancing in a lush green space in front of a waterfall

The Act of Killing

A young Indonesian man sits with an old Indonesian woman in a lush green forest

The Look of Silence

Young children playing on a snowy slope in snow suits and using wooden sledges

Occupied City

A young white boy wearing brown clothes in Northern Ireland playing with a fake gun while two fully armed up British soldiers walk in the background

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

graphic novel style drawing of man with stubble wearing a white shirt, sitting in front of a window with skyscrapers in the background is looking pensive and has his hand at the back of his head.

Flee

White woman holding a large broadcast camera looks are us smiling. Behind her a fire with heavy black smoke

Never Look Away

A white man sitting at a bar with a martini in hand looking perturbed

Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game

Close up, playful shot of smiling young Afgani boys playing in and around a river

Bitter Lake

Phantom Parrot

Tomorrow's Freedom

A white blonde woman sitting at a desk looking at a shopping page on a laptop. She is surrounded by piles of clothes and shoes.

Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy

A white man with ginger hair and beard in a field stroking the head of a pig

I Could Never Go Vegan

A white woman in dark clothes walking through an industrial apocalyptic wasteland with green descriptive text beside her face as if scanned

2073

A room full of people having a community meeting with union and strike banners lining the room

Solidarity

Black and white still of a long street in small rural town with a group of people facing off a wall of police and police cars

Still the Enemy Within

Tish

To See Ourselves

A middle aged Black woman and an older Black woman sitting in a low lit room looking haunted

Grenfell: Uncovered

A group of people wearing scrbus prepare for surgery. Only one of them is in focus and the rest appear to be moving very fast

Critical: Between Life and Death

A brown man with a thick moustache wearing jeans and a white vest, singing into a mic with his fist raised

Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took on the World

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare

Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown

Made in Ethiopia

The Divided Island

A white woman leaning on a railing looking out onto the blue sea

Merkel

Two white men (one middle aged, one elderly) swimming in a body of water in a rainforest

Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip To Remember

On Location: Manchester & Pontefract

Philip Barantini reflects on filming Boiling Point in Manchester - where he lives - and Adolescence in Pontefract, Yorkshire. From incredible Northern crews to welcoming communities, he shares what made these locations so special to work in…

The London Games Festival 2026

Watch as our host ‪@sunpi‬ explores the showcase, meets the people behind the games and dives into why interactive storytelling continues to be one of the most exciting creative spaces around.

Forbidden Solitaire

The Day I Became a Bird

A deck of cards in a virtual card game

Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

Gameplay of peach pink floating towers and staircases connecting in a warm yellow open space as a purple character sits atop

Monument Valley 3

Colourful pastel animated gameplay of a street with people, cars and food trucks

Nippets

Cannes 2026: UK films and co-productions

The 79th Cannes Film Festival has revealed it's line-up! From Clio Barnard's I See Building Fall Like Lightning in Director's Fortnight to a range of co-productions, immersive works and shorts, explore all UK works in official selection...

New releases

A caucasian male Shephard petting a brown-haired sheep on a grassy plane

The Sheep Detectives

Join a first-rate cast in this funny, joyful and cosy murder mystery, based on Leonie Swann’s international best-selling novel.

A suited man in the passenger seat of a convertible, while a red-haired woman drives

Rivals (Season 2)

Upper-class depravity and continued conflicts among the ultra-wealthy continue in the second highly-anticipated series of this tremendously fun drama.

Directive 8020

Delve into this highly-cinematic sci-fi horror adventure, from the creators of Until Dawn and The Quarry.

Does The UK Have The World’s Best Comedy?

We’ve gathered the evidence, and it looks like there’s nothing we can’t mine for laughs.

Three white men, two in flat caps, standing around a very small three wheeled van

Only Fools & Horses

A white man with dark hair and facial hair wearing an Elizabethan ruffle and elegant black outfit

Blackadder

Smiling woman with short blonde hair sits with a young boy on a sofa in front of a decorated Christmas tree.

Love Actually

Three white men looking grumpy and one white woman smiling in dated office attire in a boring office setting

The Office

Stop motion animation of a plasticine beige dog, white woman in white red, small whit poodle dog and a white bald man trying to stop the woman from flying off down the hill on her bike

Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death

Stop motion plasticine characters, a bald white man with a large teethy smile and a beige and brown dog looking suspicious with an uncanny, overly smiley gnome between them

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

A white blonde woman in red Christmassy penguin pyjamas sits crossed legged on a messy sofa strewn with books and papers

Bridget Jones's Diary

Man with a moustache and 1950s style hat stands next to a blonde woman in a police uniform, they look like they are inside an empty theatre.

See How They Run

Seven Psychopaths

In Bruges

A middle aged white man in a white doctors coat applying wires and monitors to bare torso of a young white man

Killing of a Sacred Deer

Five women sit behind a dinning table full of plates and wine glasses.

Bad Sisters

Catastrophe

Motherland

A group of mixed aged women standing in lines as a choir smiling

Military Wives

A tall blond male teenager standing next to his mum, leaning her head against his chest smiling

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Wedding Season

Bright pink and purple, watercolour style game still of a dreamy house with big round pods on top

Tangle Tower

The Duke

Triangle of Sadness

Blonde woman holds a woman with dark hair up against a fridge, knife in her hand

Killing Eve

Three white middle aged men in suits standing in front of the door to 10 Downing Street flanked by two police officers

Yes Minister

The Death of Stalin

Derry Girls

Three men huddled together looking through a gap in the fence looking surprised

Four Lions

Pride

A white woman with red hair in a suit looking contemplative with dramatic snowy topped mountains in the background

Cunk on Life

A young black woman and young Indian man in period clothing standing on scenic, sunny, green land

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Good Omens

Grouping a three white men in vicar dog collars and a put together white woman

Father Ted

Slow Horses

A young white man in a tux sitting at a grand table with many candles covering the table, his image reflected in a disorientating way

Saltburn

Ghosts

Attack the Block

A line of 5 white men standing at a pubs bar all downing a pint of beer with their right hand

The World's End

Yesterday

A blonde woman smiling widely, looking through an oval frame with missing mirror in a Barbie pink environment

Barbie

A young white man stares at a tiny bright orange man with green hair trapped under a glass dome on a desk

Wonka

Two white men stand facing each other on the street at night with a ghoulish figure in the background between them

Shaun of the Dead

Anime style animation of a white male character mid-action shot running with a look of determination

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

The Baby

Five white men in chainmail and holding shields, one wears a crown, they all look up in comical distress

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

variety of gameplay characters in combat and fantasy outfits

Tactical Breach Wizards

Animated game still of a young boy with spiky hair and a sword on his back lit up by a yellow golden glow

Fable

A Black man in a checked shirt and tie and a white ginger woman in a suit stand over a small metal box on a messy basement office

The IT Crowd

Two white men, one Black man and one white woman stand in hospital uniforms wielding guns

Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace

Claymation of a group of characters wearing animal furs in a pre-historic setting

Early Man

Two white male police officers standing in a field with a white bedraggled man holding a shotgun next to a large circular ancient undetonated bomb

Hot Fuzz

Annika

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Four white men swaggering down an alley in cheap suits and ties, smoking, some wearing Christmas cracker party hats

Filth

A man in red heart sunglasses and an extravagant costume, orange flame bodysuit and massive red and black feathered wings

Rocketman

A group of women walking and dancing purposefully in Greece mid-song

Mamma Mia!

A group of people in Greece pointing and dancing

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Two men in black outfits stand against a pink sparkly fabric backdrop.

The Sparks Brothers

Black and white photo of young men, one in sunglasses, one sticking out his tongue.

Supersonic

Nothing Compares

Woman wearing a leather jacket, half of her dyed white and the other half dyed black, has the words 'The Future' written in facepaint across her eyes.

Cruella

A tall white woman with blonde hair in bouffant updo standing beside a white man with curly dark hair in trendy kitchen

Absolutely Fabulous

Young woman in traditional Pakistani clothing assumes a martial arts position

Polite Society

Claymation of characters, a bunny-type, dog and sheep, sitting in a spaceship

A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Cow

Gameplay of the Grinch, mischievous furry green figure in a red Santa outfit with his brown dog at this feet wearing one antler, standing on a dark stony mountain

The Grinch: Christmas Adventures

Four white older teen lads on holiday, one with a dark fake tan, walking in nightlife

The Inbetweeners Movie

A group of people pulling various faces at the camera

Spaced

Fleabag

A white woman with long black hair wears a yellow satin dressing gown, stood in a forest with dappled light shining through, a man in a suit stands behind her

Poor Things

Two white men in suits staring straight ahead in the shadows with a single strip of light across their face

Inside No. 9

Birds eye view of game play of featureless figures in in a restaurant and some players in the kitchen cooking and serving up food

PlateUp!

A young man and a woman walk through a shopping centre smiling at each other

Rye Lane

Two white men, one standing in a woman's dressing gown, the other sitting with his face in his hand

Peep Show

The Thing with Feathers | Behind the Scenes with Director Dylan Southern

Go behind the scenes of The Thing with Feathers, the powerful film written and directed by Dylan Southern, and based on Max Porter's novella Grief Is the Thing with Feathers.

Animal Farm

A starry voice cast brings to life British author Geogre Orwell’s famous fable about revolution and power.

A boy covered in mud, crouching in a rainforest

Lord of the Flies

British author William Golding’s classic novel is innovatively reimagined in this gripping four-part adaptation.

Wax Heads

Dive headfirst into this uplifting narrative sim where players work to revitalise a struggling record shop.

Some of the World’s Biggest Animations are UK-made, but do you know which ones?

Wallace & Gromit are just the tip of an animation iceberg...

Stop motion claymation of a sheep, a little lamb and a brown dog outside a farmhouse and field

Shaun The Sheep

Claymation of a group of pirates atop a ship's wooden look out all cheering with their hands and objects in the air

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

graphic novel style drawing of man with stubble wearing a white shirt, sitting in front of a window with skyscrapers in the background is looking pensive and has his hand at the back of his head.

Flee

Mixed media VR graphics of a person with a lighter instead of a head lighting a bin on fire

Impulse: Playing With Reality

Stop motion animation of a white man on a motorcycle and a dog sitting in a red sidecar

Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave

A panther sitting opposite a young brown boy in a jungle with a paw gently holding the boy's face

Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle

Stop motion animation of a white man with wide mouth putting his hand in a rabbit hutch gingerly towards a shaking brown rabbit; a light brown dog stands upright looking through the wire hutch window

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Stop motion claymation of a lamb using a brush to comb his hair with a bigger sheep behind him

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Arthur Christmas

Claymation of characters, a bunny-type, dog and sheep, sitting in a spaceship

A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Stop motion animation of two chickens in a hen coop pointing at flip paper with diagrams on plotting their escape

Chicken Run

Stop motion animation of a male chicken and a female chicken looking surprised at a small chick's leg, kicking and breaking free of it's egg shell in the hen coop

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Claymation of a group of characters wearing animal furs in a pre-historic setting

Early Man

Animation of an anthropomorphised rat looking unnerved with two large slugs behind him

Flushed Away

Robin Robin

Ron's Gone Wrong

Two young children stranding in thick snow outside the orange slow of a shop front with a Christmas tree in the window

That Christmas

A serene forest with orangutans, an old Japanese man and a young white boy sit in the middle of the clearing

Kensuke’s Kingdom

2d animation of a woman in Elizabethan royal clothing, large red hair and crown, a young brown girl in a stripey jumper, a white bunny, and Father Christmas in a red suit with a large white beard

The Night Before Christmas In Wonderland

Black and white sketch style animation of a young boy with a mohawk facing a minimalist, scratchy animation of a large imposing wolf

Peter and the Wolf

A CGI bear in blue coat and red hat, rafting on an open upturned umbrella down a river

Paddington in Peru

Animated ginger cat grins cheekily, against a green backdrop.

The Amazing Maurice

Animated scene of Sherlock Gnomes with two other gnomes, standing in the London Underground next to a sign for Baker Street.

Sherlock Gnomes

Animation of a white horse touching a little boy's head, a fox sitting beside them, it is a starry night sky and snow on the ground .

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Animation in the style on Vincent Van Gogh's self portrait, ginger hair and beard, with different tones of blue swirls in the background

Loving Vincent

Live action with a CGI brown bear in a blue duffle coat and red hat holding a white dog coming down the escalators in Paddington station

Paddington

Affairs of the Art

Stop motion animation of a male chicken and a female chicken looking surprised at a small chick's leg, kicking and breaking free of it's egg shell in the hen coop

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Colourful animation of a family of blue and light brown dogs

Bluey

Bright animation of a family of pastel pink pigs, Daddy, Mummy, Peppa and George, standing on green field with a house in the background

Peppa Pig

Soft, 3D animation of a sweet looking bear in a blue duffle coat and a red hat, standing an a colourful attic bedroom with a London bus toy on the floor

The Adventures of Paddington

Cartoon of a white woman with brown hair next to a blonde baby brushing their teeth.

Cocomelon (Season 11)

Animation of a middle aged white man in a grey suit, with big ears and a mole on his face, holding a small brown teddy bear

Mr. Bean: The Animated Series

Animation of a dog chasing a brown stick with a face running away

Stick Man

Paddington 2

Stop motion animation of a blue train on the tracks riding through greenery past a quaint stone building

Thomas & Friends

Animation of a large brown furry creature with long teeth, yellow eyes and wart on his nose, gently holding a small mouse

The Gruffalo

Animation of two characters riding on the back of a friendly looking red and orange dragon

Zog and the Flying Doctors

A teenage boy clutches a sword, holding it upright. The sword obscures half of his face and on the sword is part of the face of a wolf. Behind the boy stand two stone statues with the heads of wolves, each holding a sword in two hands.

Wolf King

A 2D drawing of a family of birds

Puffin Rock

Anime style animation of a white male character mid-action shot running with a look of determination

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Colourful animation of a large brown dog in scout's leader uniform, surrounded by various small smiling animals in front of a rainbow

Hey Duggee

On My Screen: Ebada Hassan

Ebada Hassan shares a recent cinema watch that left a real impression - My Father's Shadow. A film she says absolutely stunned her, with praise for Akinola Davies and the entire team behind it.

Two men standing on the balcony of a beach house

In the Grey

Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill and Eiza Gonzáles embark on a perilous assignment in this high-octane action-adventure.

Good Omens (Season 3)

The feature film-length single-episode third series of Good Omens sees angel-demon duo Aziraphale and Crowley try to save the world.

A young lady wearing a 19th Century night gown, looking out the window

The Other Bennet Sister

An accomplished cast lead this warm-hearted series about Pride and Prejudice’s lesser known Bennet sister, Mary.

Two white men in Air force uniform facing each other, one visibly more senior

Pressure

Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser are riveting in this war drama about one of the largest seaborne invasions in history.

The National Treasures Who Shape UK Culture

In honour of David Attenborough's 100th birthday, we explore his impact, and that of other UK national treasures, on UK screen culture.

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Planet Earth

Planet Earth

Life on Earth

Live action with a CGI brown bear in a blue duffle coat and red hat holding a white dog coming down the escalators in Paddington station

Paddington

A line of elderly and young white women in regal period clothing in a grand house

Downton Abbey

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Gosford Park

Lady in the Van

Casino Royale

Pride & Prejudice

Die Another Day

Belfast

Philomena

Casino Royale

Elizabeth I

An old white woman with short grey hair in regal dress suit sitting at a desk with four corgis in the background

The Queen

Nanny McPhee

The Children Act

Woman wearing a leather jacket, half of her dyed white and the other half dyed black, has the words 'The Future' written in facepaint across her eyes.

Cruella

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

A white woman looking happy with her head resting on a young white man's shoulder

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Animation of an anthropomorphised rat looking unnerved with two large slugs behind him

Flushed Away

An old white man sitting at a desk smoking a cigarette looking menacing

The Critic

A tall man in long black coat and top hat, walking with a cane through a large stately garden between two lines of trees

Mr. Holmes

Four wizards with capes and hats looking towards the right of the screen

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

All Is True

A young white man in a red turtleneck and a white man in ragged soldier's uniform in the inside of a small woodlined boat

Dunkirk

Two women and one man stand in a dark, haunting room

A Haunting In Venice

A white blonde woman in red Christmassy penguin pyjamas sits crossed legged on a messy sofa strewn with books and papers

Bridget Jones's Diary

Paddington 2

Claymation of a group of pirates atop a ship's wooden look out all cheering with their hands and objects in the air

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Smiling woman with short blonde hair sits with a young boy on a sofa in front of a decorated Christmas tree.

Love Actually

A white woman and man in 90s casual clothing stand facing each other discussing a watch in his hand

Four Weddings and a Funeral

A group of people in 19th Century clothing standing in front of British architecture

Young Sherlock

Hijack

Yardie

A young white woman and young white man with ginger hair standing intimately close, laughing with each other

About Time

Man in pinstripe suit and bowler hat looks at his watch

Living

The Escapist

Four teenagers, three boys and a girl, in their raincoats against a grey sky, look worriedly at the camera.

The Kid Who Would Be King

Jay Kelly

A white man in a suit and white woman in an orange raincoat looking serious, with a coastal cliff behind them

Broadchurch

A Black woman in a cocktail dress and a Black man in a black suit at a party looking happy

Missing You

A brown man sits on a chair with two older brown women and an older brown man stand around him with a vase of flowers beside them

The Kumars At No. 42

Two Asian men dressed as young fans of hip hop, wearing a beanie and bandana and chains, rapping and being animated

Goodness Gracious Me

Stop motion animation of a male chicken and a female chicken looking surprised at a small chick's leg, kicking and breaking free of it's egg shell in the hen coop

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Pride

Two women and two men in 50s clothing in a homely working class house

Vera Drake

A group of women walking and dancing purposefully in Greece mid-song

Mamma Mia!

Grainy image of a middle-aged striking woman looking slightly disturbed, standing by a window looking out onto a manicured green garden.

The Eternal Daughter

Mogul Mowgli

A British Pakistani man in a black tuxedo and bowtie stepping out of a fancy car, with a cool smouldering look on his face

Bait

A British Pakistani man in a tan jacket crossing the street in New York looking over his shoulder

Relay

Malevolent

Atonement

Two young women in a triumphant embrace, arm in the air, both wearing white and red football kit

Bend It Like Beckham

A middle aged white man in a sharp suit and brimmed hat looking haunted

Oppenheimer

The Young Victoria

A young Indian man with small beard and wavy short hair walking on a street in India with bustle around him

Lion

A group of young people tangled up and laying on top of each other looking at the camera

Skins

A young, slim Indian man and woman dancing energetically, with a group of dancers lined behind them

Slumdog Millionaire

God's Own Country

Mothering Sunday

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A middle aged white man with brown woollen jacket standing beside a classic car with a shotgun over his shoulder

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A young white boy with a flapping kestrel on his hand standing in a muddy field

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A white woman with bouffant blonde hair standing next to a white man in a suit jacket and white shirt, looking serious

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Two police officers, a man and a woman looking at the camera stand in front of two police cars

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A comanding middle aged white woman with quaffed blonde hair sits at a desk

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