House of the Dragon finished on 9 August, and the sofa has been noticeably quieter since. This is what to watch next: six shows streaming in the UK to fill the gap, with the dates and where each one actually lives. August has form here. One Hundred Years of Solitude bows out for good on 26 August, Silo is three episodes from done, and the football being back only solves things for half the household. The negotiation resumes, as is tradition.
The shows all ending at once
The list of departures is longer than anyone agreed to. House of the Dragon closed season three on 9 August on Sky Atlantic and NOW, with the next season confirmed and comfortably years away. Behind it:
- House of the Dragon: season three finale aired 9 August on Sky Atlantic and NOW.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude: final ever episode 26 August on Netflix, the end of the whole series.
- Silo: season three finale 4 September on Apple TV+, per Deadline's release schedule.
- Ted Lasso: one episode a week on Apple TV+ until early October.
Ted Lasso covers Wednesdays into October, which is something. The Premier League is back on 21 August, which sorts Saturdays for some of you and writes them off for the rest. The remaining evenings are wide open, and left unmanaged they will drift to a Coronation Street omnibus nobody chose. Better to restock the list before the schools go back and the evenings get properly claimed.
What to watch next, sorted
Six picks, all streaming in the UK tonight, none of them rentals, none of them mysteriously American-only. The order runs from easiest sell to biggest commitment. Nobody has to pretend to have read the book first.
The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie's aristocrats-with-a-cannabis-empire caper, back on home turf. All eight episodes of season two land on 3 September, and the first season is a brisk, very bingeable eight. Better company than it has any right to be.
Reacher
An enormous man resolves disputes, frequently with furniture. Season four is out weekly on Prime Video now. It is not clever and it is not trying to be, which after a long day is rather the point.
Colin from Accounts
The Australian rom-com about a spilt coffee and an injured dog, free on iPlayer, and ending with this season. Sharp, filthy in a well-mannered way, and over far too soon. The licence fee earning its keep.
Silo
Rebecca Ferguson leads three seasons of bunker paranoia, finale 4 September. If you dismissed it as too bleak, fair, but it has quietly become one of the better sci-fi shows going.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The García Márquez adaptation finishes for good on 26 August, which means you can finally start it without signing up for years of waiting. Ravishing, odd, subtitled, worth it.
Slow Horses
Honourable mention
Five seasons of Slough House already on Apple TV+, with season six arriving 16 September. Gary Oldman being appalling in the best way. Start now and you are caught up before the new run begins.
Dates for the diary
Lanterns, DC's new slow-burn murder mystery with Kyle Chandler, starts 17 August on Sky Atlantic and NOW, weekly. The Gentlemen season two lands in full on 3 September. Slow Horses returns 16 September, and MobLand resumes hostilities on 18 September on Paramount+: Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan, from the same stable as The Gentlemen, and season one rewards a rewatch before you go back in. The football is back from 21 August, the schools are back the week after next, and the evenings will claim themselves if you let them. The August streaming guide has the full month, service by service.
Settle it before anyone sulks
Six picks is still six opinions, and nobody on that sofa is going to admit what they actually want. MatchWatch deals with it: you both swipe, the first mutual yes goes on, and nobody has to have feelings about it. For a wider pool, what to watch tonight keeps the standing list.
The finales have cleared the deck, and what to watch next no longer needs a committee. Swipe, match, put the kettle on. Available in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and the United States.