Looking for everything coming to Disney+ UK in August 2026? Here’s your complete guide to the biggest new TV shows, movies, returning favourites and documentaries landing this month.
August 2026 on Disney+ UK brings a strong mix of returning favourites, new originals, music docs, true crime and franchise comfort viewing. FX’s The Shards leads the drama slate with a dark trip back to 1980s Los Angeles, while Camp Rock 3 brings the franchise back for a new generation.
There is also a major new Star Wars: Visions spin-off in The Ninth Jedi, a four-part National Geographic epic in Lion, and the return of Futurama for season fourteen. Add new seasons of Adults, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, and Sofia the First: Royal Magic, and August is looking nicely overstuffed.
National Geographic’s Time and Water
Streaming from Saturday, 1st August 2026
Renowned Icelandic poet and author, Andri Snær Magnason, is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a cinematic time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away. Using his own collected archives, his grandparents’ photographs and films as well as traditional songs and folktales, Andri interlaces his family’s story with that of the land around him. From Academy Award®-nominated director Sara Dosa, TIME AND WATER is a universal reflection on the power of home and what it means to be alive amid profound epochal change.
Futurama (Season 14)
2-episode launch from Monday, 3rd August 2026
The future gets weird again as Futurama returns for a new season. This latest run promises space pirates, lab-grown meats, sexy scams, and the unexpected return of Dr. Zoidberg’s lost love. Fry, Leela, Bender and the Planet Express crew are back for another batch of sci-fi absurdity, because apparently the 31st century still has plenty of nonsense left in the tank.
Betrayal: Dirty Secrets (Season 4)
Streaming from Tuesday, 4th August 2026
FLAG FOR CONFIRMATION: title and date were provided under the true crime section, but no season synopsis was included in the Disney+ UK newsletter.
Star Wars: Visions Presents: The Ninth Jedi
All episodes streaming from Wednesday, 5th August 2026
Expanding from the Star Wars: Visions shorts The Ninth Jedi and The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope, this limited series continues Lah Kara’s story as she trains in the ways of the Jedi under Margrave Juro. Kara and Juro’s small fellowship of Jedi-in-training set out on an epic journey to save her father, while Kara faces a larger path of self-discovery in a galaxy still shaped by myth, danger and the legacy of the Jedi.
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (Season 3)
Streaming from Wednesday, 5th August 2026
The magical family comedy returns for a third season, continuing the next chapter in the Wizards of Waverly Place universe.
FX’s The Shards
2-episode launch from Thursday, 6th August 2026
From co-creators Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis, FX’s The Shards heads to 1980s Los Angeles for a dark coming-of-age drama set at an elite prep school. The series follows a group of privileged high school seniors as they navigate identity, sex, jealousy and obsession, while darker dangers lurk beneath the glossy surface of American adolescence. Expect sun-drenched menace, rich-kid paranoia and bad decisions wrapped in expensive sunglasses.
Flex X Cop (Season 2)
Streaming from Friday, 7th August 2026
Chaebol heir Jin I-Soo (Ahn Bo-Hyun), who accidentally became a detective but discovered his calling and strong sense of camaraderie along the way, returns to Violent Crimes Unit 1 after completing official training at the police academy. However, when Ju Hye-Ra (Jung Eun-Chae), the “devil instructor” who tormented Jin I-Soo during his academy days, is appointed as the new team leader, a chaotic partnership story is set to unfold.
Jin I-Soo, the playful and carefree third-generation chaebol heir who became a parachuted-in detective. He is a young, rich, refreshing type of detective who mobilizes not only his family’s immense wealth and connections but also his quick wit and various skills he picked up while goofing around to take down criminals.
Ju Hye-Ra, is a former ace of the National Police Agency’s counter-terrorism team who volunteers to become the new leader of Violent Crimes Unit 1, becoming Jin I-Soo’s direct superior.
Manhunt: Where Is Danielle Jones?
Streaming from Monday, 10th August 2026
Danielle Jones’ murder captivated the nation in 2002, but as her killer Uncle Stuart Campbell prepares to be freed. Was this case as clear cut as the police claimed?
House of Stassi
Streaming from Wednesday, 12th August 2026
Reality TV icon, Stassi Schroeder, is back! Returning to the spotlight isn’t as easy as it seems, and as cameras roll, her closest relationships are put to the ultimate test.
Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear
Streaming from Thursday, 13th August 2026
This documentary follows musician Travis Barker as he reflects on surviving the plane crash that nearly took his life, and the long road of recovery that followed. The film explores how he channels trauma into music, turning pain and fear into the explosive energy behind his performances.
Camp Rock 3
Streaming from Friday, 14th August 2026
The Camp Rock franchise returns as Connect 3 head back to the place where it all began. When the band loses its opening act for a major reunion tour, they return to Camp Rock to find the next big thing. As campers compete for the chance to open for their favourite band, tensions rise, friendships are tested, and new alliances, revelations and romances begin to form.
Sofia the First: Royal Magic, New Episodes
Streaming from Wednesday, 19th August 2026
Sofia the First: Royal Magic returns with new episodes, bringing more magical adventures for younger viewers.
Lion
All episodes streaming from Thursday, 20th August 2026
From The Lion King director Jon Favreau and BBC Studios executive producer Mike Gunton comes the extraordinary true story of a lion cub named Kio. Filmed over four years, the National Geographic series follows Kio from vulnerable cub to powerful leader, capturing a sweeping story of family, hope, courage and survival. As Kio faces loss, exile and fierce rivals, the series combines cinematic storytelling with natural history filmmaking to chart the making of a king.
National Geographic’s Naming The Dead
Streaming from Friday, 21st August 2026
There are 50,000 bodies lying unnamed and unmourned across America with no way of identifying them, until now. This powerful new series follows the DNA Doe Project- a leading organization in genetic investigation and identification- as they partner with law enforcement agencies to solve the coldest of cases, name these unidentified bodies and bring resolution to families across the country.
National Geographic’s 9/11 Reunited
Streaming from Saturday, 22nd August 2026
From National Geographic and 72 Films, 9/11: Reunited revisits the deadliest terror attacks in U.S. history, when thousands lost their lives and millions were forever changed. Amid the devastation, strangers formed profound, life-altering bonds in fleeting, life-or-death moments—connections that have endured for decades. Now, 25 years later, this powerful three-part series brings those individuals back together—many for the first time since that day. Through deeply emotional reunions and immersive storytelling, 9/11: Reunited interweaves present-day encounters with a gripping, human-centered retelling of September 11th attacks, honoring the resilience, memory, and lasting impact of those who lived through it.
The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror
Streaming from Wednesday, 26th August 2026
This Disney+ exclusive episode sees The Simpsons characters struggle to find the light through two dark, curious tales. Expect Springfield strangeness with a more unsettling edge, as the long-running animated favourite dips into something a little more mysterious.
FX’s Adults (Season 2)
All episodes streaming from Friday, 28th August 2026
Created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, Adults follows a group of twenty-somethings in New York as they lean on each other through love, work, friendship and family. Samir, Billie, Paul Baker, Issa and Anton continue crashing together in Samir’s childhood home, which sounds cost-effective in theory and emotionally catastrophic in practice.
The Killing of Claire Leveque
Streaming from Monday, 31st August 2026
This is a compelling two-part documentary series offering exclusive access to the murder trial at the Edinburgh High Court that followed the tragic murder of 24-year-old Canadian, Claire Leveque, who was brutally killed by her boyfriend while living on the Shetland Islands. The series also has exclusive access to Claire’s family as they faced the harrowing days of the trial and beyond.
20/20 Britain’s Most Notorious Crime Investigations
All episodes streaming from Thursday, 30th July 2026
Already streaming as August begins, this true-crime series reopens six of the UK’s most high-profile cases, bringing the ABC News 20/20 brand to an international audience. Episodes revisit cases including Ben Needham, Joanna Yeates, Ben Field, Mahek Bukhari, Jane Andrews and Peter Tobin, with exclusive interviews and fresh revelations taking viewers beyond the headlines.
Anime On Disney+ In August 2026
Anime fans have more to dig into this month, with BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, and Jujutsu Kaisen season three continuing on Disney+.
In addition to these shows and films, Disney+ UK sometimes “surprise drops” content without any warning, so make sure you check out the UK TV Premiere Dates page for the latest updates. If you want to keep track of these or any other show, you can also add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
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