ABC iview August 2026 highlights include Teenage Boss, Grantchester, Zog and Take 5 with Zan Rowe – ABC iview has outlined its August 2026 streaming highlights, with new Australian factual, returning British favourites, family viewing and drama all arriving across the month.
The August slate begins on Saturday, 1 August with Teenage Boss: Next Level, Grantchester and Father Brown. Later in the month, ABC iview adds Portrait Artist of the Year, Falling, Play School: Sensational Senses, Take 5 with Zan Rowe, Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job, Zog and The Cage.
For TV Central readers, the month shows ABC iview leaning into a broad public broadcaster mix. There is new local factual for families and arts viewers, premium British drama and mystery, preschool programming and a late-month crime drama.
Saturday 1 August
Teenage Boss: Next Level Season 3 returns with Emma Watkins as host. The series follows what happens when a teenager takes responsibility for the family finances for a month.
Grantchester Season 11 is set in the summer of 1963. The season is described as the final and concluding chapter of the mystery series, with the village facing major personal transformations.
Father Brown Season 12 also arrives on Saturday, 1 August. Mark Williams returns as the crime-solving priest in the warm Cotswolds-set mystery drama.
Sunday 16 August
Portrait Artist of the Year Season 2 is hosted by Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor. Across eight episodes, 54 artists go brush-to-brush as they capture some of Australia’s most recognisable personalities.
Falling follows Anna, a nun, and David, a radical priest, after a chance encounter and misunderstanding threatens to change everything they have known.
As Anna begins a new life outside the convent walls, David battles to create change in a community that needs support. Both must face their desires, fears and secrets.
Monday 17 August
Play School: Sensational Senses invites young viewers into a sensory discovery. The series explores smell, sound, balance, sight, touch, body awareness and taste.
Thursday 20 August
Take 5 with Zan Rowe Season 5 returns with a new line-up of music, cultural and political figures. The interview series explores the songs and memories that shape people’s lives.
Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job Season 2 follows Amanda Holden and Alan Carr as they buy a dilapidated 17th-century house in Tuscany for one euro and spend the summer turning it into an Italian dream home.
Saturday 22 August
Zog is a new animated comedy adventure inspired by the books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Produced by Magic Light Pictures, the series follows Zog, Doctor Princess Pearl and Sir Gadabout the Great as they help fantastical friends across the land.
Sunday 30 August
The Cage follows two casino workers who discover they are both stealing from the same safe. The crime drama entangles them with each other, the gangster they are robbing and the police.
ABC iview August 2026 Highlights
- Saturday 1 August: Teenage Boss: Next Level Season 3, Grantchester Season 11 and Father Brown Season 12.
- Sunday 16 August: Portrait Artist of the Year Season 2 and Falling.
- Monday 17 August: Play School: Sensational Senses.
- Thursday 20 August: Take 5 with Zan Rowe Season 5 and Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job Season 2.
- Saturday 22 August: Zog.
- Sunday 30 August: The Cage.
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