The month of April offers more than enough tasty watchables to complement any chocolate binge you have planned. There’s too much here, to be perfectly honest. Just a massive egg basket of content to unwrap and consume, with nowhere near enough time in your schedule to get it done. So let’s get to maximising your hard-fought spare time with the sweetest picks from a Wonka Factory’s worth of award-winning films, social calendar-destroying TV series, and original content gems.

Below are the litter picks from thousands of hours of content from Australia’s six major streaming networks. Click your provider from the list below, grab some popcorn, and kick back into some sweet, sweet escapism.

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TV litter pick: Line of Duty: S1–6 – 4 Apr : This must-see, award-winning UK cop-drama has featured a number of notable season-long guest stars over the years: Lennie James (The Walking Dead), Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard), Daniel Mays (Ashes to Ashes), and Thandie Newton (Westworld).

Movie litter pick: Speak No Evil – 4 Apr : Speak No Evil is essentially last summer’s Hulu comedy Vacation Friends, except as an iconically twisted horror tale without sunshiny conclusions.

What notable movies are coming to Binge?

• And Mrs – 4 Apr
• Speak No Evil – 4 Apr
• Wild Robot – 18 Apr

What notable series are coming to Binge?

• The Listeners: S1 – 1 Apr
• The Daily Show – 2 Apr
• Line of Duty: S1–6 – 4 Apr
• 90 Day Fiancé: S11 – 7 Apr
• The Great American Bake Off: S6 – 15 Apr
• Station 19: S1–7 – 17 Apr

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TV litter pick: Black Mirror: S07 – 10 Apr : This darkly speculative sci-fi show is back from a four-year hiatus. It usually attracts guest appearances from household name stars and the What Ifs presented in its episodes are disturbing as hell.

Movie litter pick: Havoc – 25 Apr : After a drug deal goes awry, a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son while untangling his city’s dark web of conspiracy and corruption.

What notable movies are coming to Netflix?

• Speak No Evil – 4 Apr
• BlackBerry – 4 Apr
• Joy Ride – 9 Apr
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – 10 Apr
• The Wild Robot – 18 Apr
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – 25 Apr
• Havoc – 25 Apr

What notable series are coming to Netflix?

• Love on the Spectrum: S03 – 2 Apr
• PULSE – 3 Apr
• Devil May Cry – 3 Apr
• My Next Guest: David Letterman: S05 Part 2 – 8 Apr
• Black Mirror: S07 – 10 Apr
• North of North – 10 Apr
• You: S05 – 24 Apr

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TV litter pick: Andor: S2 – Apr 23 : What Andor S1 wound up being about is simply the story of how regular people can choose, if you’ll forgive the term, the light side or the dark side. And sometimes they don’t even know they’re making that choice.

Movie litter pick: Oklahoma City Bombing – Apr 3 : This doco offers an unprecedented moment-by-moment account of the Oklahoma City bombing, including extraordinary stories of survival, heroic rescue efforts, the nationwide search that followed, and a city’s need for justice and healing after the tragedy.

What notable movies are coming to Disney+?

• Oklahoma City Bombing – Apr 3
• UFC: Emmett vs Murphy – Apr 6
• Pets – Apr 11
• The Abyss (Remastered) – Apr 11

What notable series are coming to Disney+?

• The Rookie: S01-S05 – Apr 1
• FX’s Dying for Sex – Apr 1
• FX’s American Horror Story – Apr 9
• How I Escaped My Cult – Apr 16
• Light & Magic: S2 – Apr 18
• Andor: S2 – Apr 23
• Abbott Elementary: S2 – Apr 23
• Vanderpump Villa: S2 – Apr 24

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TV litter pick: Your Friends & Neighbors – 11 Apr : After being fired in disgrace, a hedge fund manager still grappling with his recent divorce, resorts to stealing from his neighbours’ homes.

What notable series are coming to Apple TV+?

• Your Friends & Neighbors – 11 Apr
• Government Cheese – 16 Apr
• Jane Season 3 – 18 Apr
• Carême – 30 Apr

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TV litter pick: The Bondsman – 3 Apr : A murdered bounty hunter, who’s back from the dead after being resurrected by the Devil to trap and send back demons that have escaped from the prison of Hell. By chasing down those demons, with the help and hindrance of his estranged family, Hub learns how his own sins got his soul condemned.

Movie litter pick: Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX – 9 Apr : Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.

What notable movies are coming to Prime Video?

• Marked Men – 4 Apr
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX – 9 Apr
• G20 – 10 Apr
• Never Let Go – 11 Apr
• Ash – 24 Apr

What notable series are coming to Prime Video?

• The Bondsman – 3 Apr
• #1 Happy Family USA – 17 Apr
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North – 18 Apr
• Étoile – 24 Apr

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TV litter pick: Godfather of Harlem: S4 – 13 Apr : Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) continues his bloody war for control of Harlem against New York’s Mafia families, while contending with the arrival of gangster Frank Lucas (Rome Flynn).

Movie litter pick: Zombieland – 1 Apr : An oldie but a goodie. In a world overrun by zombies, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) and Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) are perfectly evolved lone survivors. But now, they’re about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

What notable movies are coming to Stan?

• Zombieland – 1 Apr
• Zombieland: Double Tap – 1 Apr
• Dead Man Walking – 4 Apr
• The Man in the Iron Mask – 9 Apr

What notable series are coming to Stan?

• Love Triangle: S3 – 6 Apr
• Hacks: S4 – 11 Apr
• Godfather of Harlem: S4 – 13 Apr
• Offspring: S1–7 – 16 Apr
• Scrublands: Silver – 17 Apr
• Me and My Sugar Daddy – 24 Apr
• Sullivan’s Crossing: S3 – 28 Apr

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Adam Mathew is our Aussie streaming savant. He also games on YouTube.