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Best Disney+ shows – originals and returning favourites
Disney's streaming service has plenty to add to your watchlist.
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- Radio Times Staff
Published: Friday, 9 October 2026 at 7:47 pm
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With so much to choose from on Disney+, finding your next favourite show can be a challenge. Let Radio Times’s experts point you in the right direction.
In acclaimed thriller The Americans Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell give standout performances as married KGB agents living undercover in the seemingly ordinary suburbs of Washington, DC. Blending espionage, family drama and Cold War tension, the series is both gripping and emotionally complex, charting the dangerous double lives of two spies trying to balance loyalty to their mission with life on the home front.
Two-part documentary Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth examines the life and tragic final months of the TV presenter, as her mother, Christine Flack, investigates the events that led to her death. Featuring testimony from friends, family and those closest to the case, it explores the intense media scrutiny and pressures she faced.
You could try recent arrival The Shards, executive-produced by Ryan Murphy and based on Bret Easton Ellis's bestselling novel. Set in 1980s Los Angeles, it follows privileged prep school seniors navigating identity, sex, and obsession as a serial killer stalks the city. The cast includes Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Wes Bentley, Kaia Gerber and Evan Rachel Wood.
Racy drama Rivals, based on Jilly Cooper's Rutshire-based novel will soon be back with some new episodes, so now's a good time to dive in if you've yet to sample its delights. Starring David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Alex Hassell, Katherine Parkinson and Danny Dyer, there are power struggles, romance and fierce rivalries aplenty in the cutthroat world of commercial television.
In comedy drama Alice and Steve, Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement are feuding friends battling over an inappropriate romance, where career sabotage escalates to hospital visits, gunfire and houses in flames...
For a bit more tension, you could do little better than Paradise, the political thriller where a Secret Service agent (Sterling K Brown) investigates a president’s murder inside a seemingly perfect community hiding devastating secrets.
Meanwhile, crime thriller Furious might remind you of the 1987 movie Black Widow. Emmy Rossum and Lola Petticrew are an FBI agent and a serial killer who are locked in a battle of wits but who may not be all that different.
From suburban scandals to animated satire and modern family life, many TV classic have earned their place as Disney+ comfort-viewing staples. Whether you’re revisiting Desperate Housewives, The Simpsons or Modern Family, there’s plenty of wit, warmth and memorable characters to enjoy.
And for something a little different, documentary In Vogue: the 90s charts the decade that turned fashion into a global cultural force, through the eyes of Anna Wintour, Edward Enninful and Vogue insiders. An A-list line-up including Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham revisits the era’s defining style moments.
If you need more inspiration, scroll on for more on these titles and many others, as we list the best shows on Disney+ to watch now.
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2013
Crime/detective
Drama
12
American drama following two Soviet KGB officers, Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, living undercover as an American married couple in suburban Washington, DC during the 1980s.
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Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth
2025
Arts and culture
Documentary
Following her arrest in 2019, Love Island presenter Caroline Flack became the target of relentless media scrutiny and in February the following year, she took her own life. A two-part documentary follows Caroline's mother Christine as she explores her daughter's traumatic final months and exposes new information about misrepresentations and the failures of institutions. Members of Caroline's inner circle, who were there, share their memories on camera and beg uncomfortable questions of the decision makers that shaped the presenter's final days
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2026
Mystery
Romance
A group of seniors at an elite prep school in 1980s Los Angeles chart a messy course through adolescence as a serial killer called The Trawler targets the city's teenagers
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2024
Adventure
Animation
12
Superheroes torn from the pages of Marvel Comics come together in the aftermath of tragedy in a continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series, which completed its run in 1997. Following the loss of their leader, Professor Charles Xavier (voiced by Ross Marquand), the X-Men face new challenges that could tear them apart. The weight of responsibility rests on the shoulders of Beast (George Buza), Cyclops (Ray Chase), Gambit (AJ LoCascio), Jean Grey (Jennifer Hale), Jubilee (Holly Chou), Rogue (Lenore Zann), Storm (Alison Sealy-Smith) and Wolverine (Cal Dodd). As anti-mutant sentiment grows, Xavier's sworn enemy Magneto (Matthew Waterson) fills the void to usher in a dangerous new era
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
Adventure
Fantasy
12
Author Rick Riordan kickstarted his hugely popular Percy Jackson & The Olympians adventures based on Greek mythology in 2005 with The Lightning Thief. Rich source material is reimagined as an eight-part fantasy by Riordan and co-creator Jonathan E Steinberg, laying the groundwork for a multi-year expansion covering the entire literary catalogue. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell) is blissfully unaware that he is the product of a romance between his mortal mother Sally (Virginia Kull) and the god of the sea, Poseidon (Toby Stephens). Exposed as a demi-god, Percy attends Camp Half-Blood under the direction of Dionysus (Jason Mantzoukas) with his best friend Grover Underwood (Aryan Simhadri), who is actually a satyr. Together, they face erroneous accusations that Percy has stolen a thunderbolt belonging to Zeus (Lance Reddick). Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava Jeffries), a daughter of Athena, joins the quest and the three youngsters face terrifying adversaries including the gorgon Medusa (Jessica Parker Kennedy)
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2019
Documentary
Drama
An inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographer/director, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time.
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2025
Romance
Drama
Molly is diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer and abandons her husband to embark on a journey of sexual self-discovery. Drama starring Michelle Williams and Rob Delaney
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2024
Arts and culture
Documentary
Documentary series about a decade of fashion and the surrounding industry, as seen through the eyes of Vogue editors Hamish Bowles, Edward Enninful, Tonne Goodman and Anna Wintour
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2021
Drama
15
Drama about America's struggle with opioid addiction, starring Michael Keaton and Will Poulter. Richard Sackler launches a powerful new painkiller, a DEA agent learns of black market pills and federal prosecutors open a case into OxyContin. With Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rosario Dawson and John Hoogennakker
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2022
Documentary
Reality
15
Documentary chronicling the purchase and stewardship of Wrexham AFC, one of professional football's oldest clubs, by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney
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2026
Crime/detective
Mystery
FBI agent Alice Black doggedly pursues a mysterious serial killer and the paths of hunter and hunted become inextricably intertwined
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1976
Comedy
Children's
PG
Kermit the Frog and his fellow Muppets put on a vaudeville show at their theatre, bringing in a famous celebrity to help out for each episode.
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2026
Comedy
Romance
Alice is devastated when her best friend Steve starts dating her 26-year-old daughter Izzy, and the two announce that they'd like to give things a go
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2024
Drama
Romance
Early 17th-century Japan teeters on the brink of civil war in a 10-part adaptation of James Clavell's best-selling novel. In the year 1600, the Council of Regents unites against Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), lighting the fuse on a devastating civil war that will definite the century in Japan. Bureaucrat Ishido Kazunari (Takehiro Hira) is Toranaga's fiercest rival and the Lord turns to his trusted general Toda Hiromatsu (Tokuma Nishioka) for advice as conflict looms. A mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village and pilot John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) bears secrets that could benefit Toranaga. They unite with the help of translator and Christian noblewoman Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), who intends to honour her late father and restore her family name in the shadow of her jealous husband Toda Hirokatsu (Shinnosuke Abe)
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2024
Comedy
English Teacher centres on Evan Marquez, a teacher in Austin, Texas who often finds himself at the intersection of the personal, professional and political aspects of working at a high school. Evan wants to be a principled person but often runs into trouble because of it. By Evan's side is his friendship group of other teachers, including best friend Gwen Sanders, the eager and optimistic history teacher who tends to see the best in people. When the principal informs Evan about being placed under investigation for a long-dormant incident where he and his boyfriend kissed in front of students, Evan suddenly feels that he's under a microscope and is being targeted for his sexuality. He's left with one rule to abide by: no relationships with faculty... only to meet a charming new teacher who seems to be interested in him. This forces Evan to navigate his relationships, his students and his fellow faculty while trying to answer the question: can you really be your full self at your job? Comedy starring Brian Jordan Alvarez
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2026
Drama
Thriller
Return to the totalitarian republic of Gilead for a 10-part coming-of-age story adapted from Margaret Atwood's book sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. Fifteen years have passed and headmistress Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) continues to mould the daughters of Gilead's senior leadership into obedient future wives at her school. Teenager Agnes MacKenzie (Chase Infiniti) is poised for a glittering future in a society that she doesn't fully understand until new girl Daisy (Lucy Halliday) arrives and turns the perceived order upside down. In the face of brutality, Agnes and Daisy forge an unbreakable bond that opens their eyes to the possibility of a different, brighter future than the one Gilead imposes upon them.
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2024
Drama
Romance
Lord Baddingham goes to desperate lengths to retain his Corinium TV franchise and fend off bad boy rival Rupert Campbell-Black. Drama set in the cutthroat world of 1980s TV starring David Tennant and Alex Hassell
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2004
Mystery
Romance
12
American comedy drama following the domestic struggles and dramatic lives of a group of women who reside in Wisteria Lane, a street in the fictional town of Fairview.
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2026
Sci-fi
Animation
12
The Force is strong is a new 10-part series from LucasFilm Animation based on characters created by George Lucas, which is set after the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Darth Maul (voiced by Sam Witwer) plots to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet that has escaped the Empire's vicelike grip. Far from insidious outside influences, Maul encounters a young Padawan, Devon Izara (Gideon Adlon). She is disillusioned with the Jedis and could be a perfect apprentice for Maul to shape into a weapon to exact overdue revenge.
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2025
Sci-fi
Drama
15
In space, everyone can still hear you scream through an eight-part sci-fi thriller created by Noah Hawley, set in 2120, two years before the events of the original Alien film directed by Ridley Scott. Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin), CEO of the Prodigy Corporation, announces the birth of humanoid robots paired with human consciousness, so-called hybrids, which mark a step up from the cyborgs and synthetics of rival companies Weyland-Yutani, Dynamic, Lynch and Threshold. The first hybrid Wendy (Sydney Chandler) is stationed on Earth in Prodigy City, living in harmony with humans. Weyland-Yutani's research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth and unleashes the most terrifying life forms in the universe. Wendy and a group of a tactical soldiers are embroiled in a fierce battle for survival against acid-blooded predators that could overrun Earth's defences.
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2023
Drama
Crime/detective
The street urchin from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist is now a surgeon in 1850s Australia but he cannot outrun his predilection for crime. Drama starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis, Maia Mitchell and Damon Herriman
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2025
Comedy
Crime/detective
Sterlin Harjo, co-creator of the award-winning comedy drama Reservation Dogs, masterminds an offbeat crime caper set in Tulsa. Ethan Hawke plays walking disaster Lee Raybon, a self-anointed 'trustorian' who believes it is his role to root through the city's dirty secrets and roots out the reprobates responsible for corruption, violence and abuse of political power. This righteous quest is a distraction from the disarray of his personal life. He is in arrears with the pay at the bookstore he owns and equally late with child support payments to his former partner Samantha (Kaniehtiio Horn). Across eight episodes, Lee turns private detective to expose wrongdoing in Oklahoma while cleaning up some of the mess he always leaves in his wake
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2016
Fantasy
Action
15
A man with super strength tries to rebuild his life, though is soon pulled out of the shadows and forced to battle against various nefarious forces. Action drama, with Mike Colter
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2023
Adventure
Fantasy
12
Former Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy in a sci-fi adventure set in the Star Wars universe. Starring Rosario Dawson.
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