What’s new on Disney+ UK in April 2026 including new films and series
by Explore Disney+ Contributor
Revised: 1 April 2026
From finales and original series to live sports, here’s everything new coming to Disney+ UK this month
April brings a new wave of original series, finales and live events to Disney+ UK. Ready to return to Gilead? The Testaments arrives this April, while fans of live sport can catch the UEFA Women’s Champions League semi‑finals. Whatever you’re into, there’s something for everyone on Disney+ UK this April. Check out the full line-up below.
Disney+ releases this month that everyone will be talking about
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord
Release date: 6 April (two episodes weekly)
Set after the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Maul plots to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire. There, he crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan, who could be the apprentice he is seeking, that will aid him in his relentless pursuit for revenge.
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The Testaments
Release date: 8 April (3-episode launch)
An evolution of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name and is a dramatic coming-of-age story set in Gilead. The series follows young teens Agnes, dutiful and pious, and Daisy, a new arrival and convert from beyond Gilead’s borders. As they navigate the gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, a place where obedience is instilled brutally and always with divine justification, their bond becomes the catalyst that will upend their past, their present and their future.
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UEFA Women’s Champions League
The road to the final intensifies as the UEFA Women’s Champions League 2025/26 semi-finals take centre stage in April. With a place in the final on the line, Europe’s elite final four go head-to-head across two unmissable legs. Live on Disney+ on 25, 26 April and 2,3 May.
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New series on Disney+ this month
Secrets of the Bees
Release date: 1 April (all episodes available)
Hosted and narrated by BAFTA® and Emmy®-winning National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory, National Geographic’s Secrets of the Bees uses groundbreaking filming technology to reveal the extraordinary world of bees. With the expertise of entomologist and fellow National Geographic Explorer, Dr. Samuel Ramsey, the series uncovers their astonishing architecture and intelligence, unlocking their secrets and featuring never-before-filmed moments.
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Raising Chelsea
Release date: 2 April (all episodes available)
An intimate three-part series following former Made in Chelsea stars, Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo, as they face the messy, scary and hilarious reality of becoming parents. Pregnancy brings excitement and panic in equal measure, until they finally meet their baby. With family and friends never far away, they laugh and cry their way through the joy and the chaos.
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Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair
Release date: 10 April
After shielding himself and his daughter from his family for over a decade, Malcolm is dragged back into their orbit when Hal and Lois demand his presence at their 40th anniversary party.
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High Potential season 2 finale
Release date: 8 April
Created by Drew Goddard (The Good Place, The Martian) and starring Kaitlin Olson, High Potential follows a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective (Daniel Sunjata). Based on the popular French series Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (HPI), High Potential stars Kaitlin Olson as Morgan, Daniel Sunjata as Karadec, Javicia Leslie as Daphne, Deniz Akdeniz as Lev “Oz” Ozdil, Amirah J as Ava, Matthew Lamb as Elliot, Steve Howey as Nick Wagner and Judy Reyes as Selena.
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9-1-1: Nashville season 1 part 3
Release date: 17 April
The newest entry into the franchise, 9-1-1: Nashville, is a high-octane procedural about heroic first responders, as well as their family saga of power and glamour set in one of America’s most diverse and dynamic cities.
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9-1-1 season 9 part 3
Release date: 17 April
Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear reimagine the procedural drama with 9-1-1. The series explores the high-pressure experiences of first responders,including police officers, firefighters and dispatchers, who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping conditions. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives. The show draws from the real lives of first responders who regularly face situations that are often unpredictable, intense and uplifting at the same time.
Recent films to watch on Disney+ this month
Zootropolis 2
Release date: 11 March
In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootropolis 2, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De’Snake arrives in Zootropolis and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Release date: 27 March
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is a hilarious, stylised, R-rated action-comedy about two gangsters and the woman they love trying to survive the most dangerous night of their lives. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s one wild ingredient added to the mix: a time machine. The film, which will premiere March 27, 2026, exclusively on Disney+ in the UK, stars Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza González, Keith David, Jimmy Tatro, Stephen Root, Lewis Tan, Ben Schwartz, Emily Hampshire, and Arturo Castro, and is written and directed by BenDavid Grabinski, produced by Andrew Lazar, p.g.a., and executive produced by Richard Middleton and Vanessa Humphrey.
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Recent series to watch on Disney+ this month
Marvel Television’s Daredevil: Born Again Season 2
Release date: 25 March
Mayor Wilson Fisk crushes New York City underfoot as he hunts down public enemy number one, the Hell’s Kitchen vigilante known as Daredevil. But beneath the horned mask, Matt Murdock will try to fight back from the shadows to tear down the Kingpin’s corrupt empire and redeem his home. Resist. Rebel. Rebuild.
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If It's Tuesday, It's Murder
Release date: 31 March
A diverse group of Spanish tourists on a planned trip, a once-grand hotel crumbling into ruins, and a handful of dark secrets converge during a week-long holiday in Lisbon. When one of the travelers is found dead the day after their arrival, four of the others set out to investigate who the killer might be—and whether it could even be someone within their own group. This team of devoted true-crime and mystery-novel fans will have to face the police, a roster of suspects, the threat of being expelled from the trip, and their own hidden truths as the days slip away before they have to leave Lisbon.
