ABC iview: new shows streaming September 2024

From Return to Paradise to Breeders S3 – your guide to the best shows to stream in September 2024 on ABC iview.
Anna Samson in Return to Paradise. Image: ABC.

ABC iview: new to streaming

2 September

Vera – Season 1

Series. Against the backdrop of the stunning Northumberland landscape, DCI Vera Stanhope leads a team investigating series of murder mysteries. Starring Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison and Riley Jones.

6 September

The Strange Chores – Season 3

Series for children. The teenage monster hunters are back to give household chores a supernatural twist, turning ordinary life upside down and twisting the dullest parts of a kid’s life into a crazy tangle of monsters, magic and mayhem.

7 September

Becoming Frida Kahlo

Miniseries. A deep dive into the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s world, exploring the themes driving her famous works and her love affair with the famed muralist Diego Rivera. Starring Bethzabe Diaz, Luis-Martín Lozano and Juan Coronel Rivera,

8 September

Return to Paradise

Series. Brilliantly clever Australian ex-pat DI Mackenzie Clarke leaves London under a cloud of suspicion and returns to her hometown Dolphin Cove, where her tenacity and esoteric investigation methods help her solve unsolvable murders. Starring Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Andrea Demetriades and Anna Samson. Watch the trailer.

From ScreenHub:

Based on the Death in Paradise franchise, Return to Paradise is a spinoff that relocates the mystery and murder of the original show to Australia’s coastal landscape, with a new cast of Australian characters to boot.

Return to Paradise, ABC – what we know so far

Unforgotten – Season 5

Series. Human remains are discovered in a newly renovated period property in west London. But is this a murder dating back to the 1930’s or has the body been disposed of in more recent times? Starring Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Andrea Demetriades and Anna Samson.

9 September

Making Lachlan Murdoch: A Three-Part Special

Australian Story. Who is Lachlan Murdoch? And how has he been shaped by the family legacy, his rivalry with his siblings, the years at his father’s side and those spent estranged from the media empire? ​ In a three-part Australian Story special, journalist Paddy Manning sheds light on one of the media industry’s most enigmatic and least understood characters. Watch the trailer.

12 September

Grand Designs – Season 16

Series. It’s a new season and a new crop of people doing their best to build their dream homes, sometimes against the odds. Presented by Kevin McCloud.

14 September

Better – Season 1

Series. After her son’s close brush with death Detective Inspector Louise ‘Lou’ Slack has a deep secret, setting out to make amends for her misdeeds. She then realises she must betray the dangerous drug baron she’s been working for. Starring Vincent Leila Farzad, Andrew Buchan and Samuel Edward-Cook.

15 September

triple j’s One Night Stand

Special. triple j’s One Night Stand makes a hotly anticipated return in Warrnambool, Victoria, on Peek Whurrong Land, alongside an all-star cast of Australian acts including G Flip, Ruel and What So Not.

18 September

Not Going Out – Season 13

Series. The anarchy of a packed family life continues amidst Italian lessons, train journeys, hospital ordeals, day trips, mysterious beepings, a coffin and plenty of own goals. Starring Lee Mack, Sally Bretton and Katy Wix.

20 September

The Larkins – Season 1

Series. The Darling Buds of May by HE Bates enjoys a new adaptation as we follow the adventures of the Larkin family in the Kent countryside. Starring Bradley Walsh, Joanna Scanlan and Lydia Page.

21 September

Grantchester – Season 9

Series. Geordie and Will return for more crime-solving in the picturesque village. Change is in the air as Will seeks new challenges and Reverend Alphy KoBaram becomes the new vicar. Starring Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones and Al Weaver.

Breeders – Season 3

Breeders. Image: ABC.
Breeders. Image: FX.

Series. The Worsley family is fractured – perhaps irreversibly. Can Paul and Ally reconcile their relationship and heal the wounds that fester with their children? An entertaining and brutally honest comedy starring Martin Freeman, Daisy Haggard and Alun Armstrong.

Paul Dalgarno is author of the novels A Country of Eternal Light (2023) and Poly (2020); the memoir And You May Find Yourself (2015); and the creative non-fiction book Prudish Nation (2023). He was formerly Deputy Editor of The Conversation and joined ScreenHub as Managing Editor in 2022. X: @pauldalgarno. Insta: @dalgarnowrites