New releases

Hamnet & More

Fri 9th Jan 2026

In new releases this week, we’re highlighting the historical drama Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao and starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Agnes and William Shakespeare. The film tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece Hamlet. Primarily filmed across Herefordshire, the drama film is now in UK cinemas.

PGGB Members Victorine Tamafo, Charlotte Michel, Jannika Oberg, Laurie Borg and James Knowles were involved in the production, alongside PGGB Partners and Affiliates BTP Professional Bird & Pest Control, TPH Global, CallTime Company Recruitment Ltd, Team Engine, Trevanna London LTD, Sara Putt Associates, Location One, Audiolink, BCD Media & Entertainment, Facilities by ADF, CAMA, Entertainment Partners, Filming in England, Digital Orchard and CineArk.

Also new this week is the post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the fourth instalment in the 28 Days Later series. Starring Ralph Fiennes and mainly filmed in the North of England, the zombie horror film is now in UK cinemas.

PGGB Members Bernard Bellew, Kamlesh Acheson and Joshua J A Smith were involved in the production, alongside PGGB Partners and Affiliates TPH Global, Salon Rentals, CallTime Company Recruitment Ltd, Team Engine, FTVE Group, Gallagher Entertainment, SetKeeper, Location One, BCD Media & Entertainment, Spotlight, Harbottle & Lewis LLP, Supply 2 Location Group, Filming in England, MBS Equipment Co. and CineArk.

New in TV this week is season two of The Night Manager, starring Tom Hiddleston as a former British intelligence operative, whose past catches up with him. The new season is now available on BBC iPlayer in the UK.

PGGB Members Sofia Guiotto, Casper Mill, Rajashree Patel, Matthew Spooner and Josh Farrar were involved in the production, alongside PGGB Partners and Affiliates Salon Rentals, Media Insurance Brokers Ltd, Filmrichmond, Location One, CAMA, Creative Wales, Spotlight and Filming in England.

New on Disney+ is the second season of the historical drama series A Thousand Blows, following Hezekiah Moscow, now a shadow of the man he once was, and Sugar Goodson, estranged from his family and drinking himself to death.

PGGB Members Amanda Wilkie Sweeney, Daniel Palmer and Adam Morris were involved in the production, alongside PGGB Partners and Affiliates BTP Professional Bird & Pest Control, 6ft From The Spotlight, Salon Rentals, Team Engine, Gallagher Entertainment, Filmrichmond, Location One, Audiolink, Loop Talent, Panalux and Cinelab Film & Digital.

And finally, new on ITV this week is season two of Red Eye. The thriller series follows a London detective and her investigations in conjunction with MI5.

PGGB Member Tim Jolly was involved in the production, alongside PGGB Partners and Affiliates Salon Rentals, Media Insurance Brokers Ltd, Team Engine, Sara Putt Associates, Topserve Copiers, Loop Talent, Panalux, Facilities by ADF, Entertainment Partners and Digital Orchard.