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The Wrap: January 2026

New year. New chaos. New UK-made brilliance. January brought returning TV powerhouses, Sundance debuts, mockumentary mischief and a genre-twisting narrative game. Here are 10 titles that kicked off 2026 with bite, style and a whole lot of s…

New releases

A Black man in a mac stands in between an open door of a bright yellow train

Hijack (Season 2)

Idris Elba reprises his role as Sam Nelson in the thrilling eight-episode second season of Hijack.

A young Black woman in a striking grey suit and jacket striding through a room with computers monitoring stocks

Industry (Season 4)

An all-star cast return for the compelling fourth season of this gripping drama series about young bankers.

A white woman in a cold field at dusk looking at a hawk as it's perched on her arm

H Is For Hawk

Claire Foy is magnificent as the lead in this reflective dramatisation of Helen MacDonald’s bestselling 2014 memoir.

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The Moment

Charli XCX satirises her own rise to fame in this captivating mockumentary that blurs the lines between fact and fiction.

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Shelter

Action icon Jason Statham reunites with Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh for this gripping action-thriller.

A white man in a pinstripe suit, a young Columbian man in a auburn suit and a Colombian woman in a orange and white floral dress look serious in a tropical location

The Night Manager (Season 2)

Returning eight years after season one’s explosive finale, the new series thrillingly expands beyond John le Carré’s source material.

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TR-49

Narrative deduction is expertly blended with engrossing audio drama in this unique and intriguing game.

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The Long Song

Based on the novel by British author Andrea Levy, this BAFTA-nominated mini-series looks at the life of Jamaican slave, July.

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GHOST: Rite Here Rite Now

American filmmaker Alex Ross Perry teams up with GHOST’s primary songwriter, Tobias Forge, to co-direct this vibrant music documentary.

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Ray & Liz

Turner Prize-nominated photographer Richard Billingham directs his feature debut; a viscerally intimate family portrait.

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Close Your Eyes

Directing his first feature film in over thirty years, Victor Erice returns with a gripping tale of a disappeared actor.

This Way Up

BAFTA-winner Aisling Bea writes and stars in a dazzlingly funny exploration of depression.

Two white men and a young mixed race man on horseback in a moody rural 1900's setting

The Settlers

Chilean director Felipe Gálvez Haberle offers up an ambitious debut feature that explores a period of Chile’s violent colonial history.

Blue Story

Top Boy’s Micheal Ward stars in this rap-fuelled, revenge-based drama about rival gangs.

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Apostasy

Manchester-born writer-director Daniel Kokotajlo uses first-hand experience to craft his debut feature exploring life as a Jehovah’s Witness.