HBO Max’s third full month as a UK streaming service brings some of its most anticipated content yet.
The highlights include the return of one of the biggest shows in television history, a wildly unexpected comedy pairing, and a Polish drama that just won the top prize at one of Europe’s most respected TV festivals.
Here’s a look at the highlights for June.
New To HBO Max? Here’s What You Need To Know
HBO Max launched in the UK on March 26, 2026, bringing together HBO’s back catalogue, Warner Bros. films, and new originals in one app.
If you subscribe directly via HBO Max, there are four tiers to choose from:
- Basic with Ads – £4.99/month. Full HD, two streams, no downloads, ad-supported. The newest theatrical releases are not included.
- Standard with Ads – £5.99/month. Adds 30 downloads per month and access to the newest Warner Bros. films, still with ads.
- Standard – £9.99/month. The same as Standard with Ads, but ad-free.
- Premium – £14.99/month. Ad-free, 4K Ultra HD, four simultaneous streams, and 100 downloads per month.
You can also get HBO Max through other providers (take a deep breath…) – Sky customers on most packages get HBO Max Basic with Ads included automatically, with the option to upgrade to Standard or Premium through MySky.
NOW subscribers on the Entertainment & HBO Max plan (from £6.99/month on a 6-month term) get HBO Max content built directly into the NOW app – and can also activate a standalone HBO Max account via NOW’s live chat.
EE TV customers with an Entertainment bundle get HBO Max on the same terms as NOW.
And if you prefer to keep everything under one roof, HBO Max is also available as an add-on through Prime Video Channels, with all tiers except Premium available there.
For the full breakdown of every option, pricing nuances, and which route makes the most sense for your situation, our complete HBO Max UK guide has everything you need.
Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult
Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult debuts June 2, with new episodes weekly.
This three-part HBO documentary series comes from Chris Smith – the director behind Fyre and the BAFTA-nominated Wham! – so if you know his work, you already have a reasonable idea of what you’re in for.
The subject is Hoyt Richards, who at 16 met a charismatic Manhattan socialite on a Nantucket beach and was drawn into a group called Eternal Values.
Richards went on to become one of the first male supermodels of the 1980s – but behind the glamour, the group and its leader, Frederick von Mierers, were using the world of high fashion to prey on young models and professionals, pulling them into a web of manipulation and exploitation through a seductive mix of New Age spirituality and social prestige.
It’s a story that sits at the intersection of cult psychology, 1980s New York excess, and the modelling industry.
Proud
Proud debuts June 12, with new episodes weekly.
This eight-episode Polish drama series – possibly the most talked-about new international show on HBO Max this month – just won the Grand Prize in the International Competition at the 2026 Series Mania festival in Lille, with lead actor Ignacy Liss also taking home the Best Actor award.
Liss plays Filip, a young gay man in Warsaw who has built his life around parties, modelling, and the comfortable illusion that nothing can touch him. When a family tragedy forces him to become the sole guardian of his late sister’s baby, that illusion collapses fast.
Created and directed by Karol Klementewicz, the series carries an extra layer of weight given its setting – Poland has no domestic legal recognition for same-sex couples, and the idea of a gay man raising a child remains deeply contentious there.
But the show isn’t a polemic. As Liss told Variety ahead of the premiere, the goal is simply to tell a believable human story: “We’re not hitting people over the head with a message. This is a story that could really take place in Warsaw.”
The Series Mania jury praised it as a deeply moving portrait of a young man at his breaking point – high praise from one of Europe’s most respected television festivals.
House of the Dragon – Season 3
House of the Dragon returns for its third season on June 22, with eight episodes rolling out weekly.
If you need a refresher: the series is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and follows the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.
Season two saw the war begin in earnest – including a major dragon battle mid-season at Rook’s Rest – before ending with armies manoeuvring into position for what looks set to be a much more explosive third run.
The core cast returns – Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Ewan Mitchell, and Tom Glynn-Carney among them – with new additions including James Norton, Tom Cullen, Tommy Flanagan, Dan Fogler, and Freddie Fox.
Ryan Condal continues as showrunner, working from George R.R. Martin‘s Fire & Blood. If you’ve been planning to rewatch seasons one and two before the new season, now is the time.
Also worth knowing: season one becomes available to stream in American Sign Language from May 29, season two from June 15, and the season three debut on June 22 will have ASL available from day one.
For UK viewers, House of the Dragon airs simultaneously on Sky Atlantic and HBO Max – so if you’re a Sky or NOW subscriber, your usual viewing setup doesn’t change. The full back catalogue is on HBO Max.
The Welcome Table
The Welcome Table arrives June 24.
Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox (Gasland), this documentary tells the stories of climate refugees across six continents – people displaced from their homes by climate disasters, sharing their experiences of migration and resilience.
The film is built around a striking central image: a 1,000-foot table installed along the New Orleans levee, where affected communities gather together.
Featuring John Boutté, John Cameron Mitchell, and celebrated New Orleans musicians, it weaves personal testimony with music and performance in a way that feels more like a communal event than a conventional documentary.
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness debuts June 27, with new episodes weekly.
This is the one that came out of nowhere and immediately became one of the most anticipated shows of the summer.
Larry David is back on HBO with a seven-episode sketch comedy series built around a genuinely inspired premise: the Obamas wanted to honour America’s 250th anniversary with something dignified and celebratory – and then Larry David called.
The result is a historical sketch comedy that runs American history through the same uncomfortable, petty, socially disastrous filter that made Curb Your Enthusiasm a television landmark across 12 seasons.
Each episode features four sketches, with David appearing alongside a roster of Curb alumni and notable guests – Bill Hader and Kathryn Hahn as Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln; Jon Hamm and Sean Hayes as the Wright Brothers; David and Jerry Seinfeld as Lewis and Clark.
And yes – Barack Obama himself appears in at least one sketch. In the teaser, Obama describes facing down the world’s most intractable leaders and problems over the years, before concluding that “nothing has prepared me for working with Larry David.”
The series is written and directed by David and Curb collaborator Jeff Schaffer, and executive produced by the Obamas – Barack and Michelle – through their Higher Ground Productions banner.
Mad Men – All Seven Seasons
Also arriving in June: all seven seasons of Mad Men are now on HBO Max. It’s one example (among many) of a show that’s already available on HBO Max in the US, but is only now coming to the UK library.
The AMC drama starring Jon Hamm as Don Draper – an enigmatic creative director at a New York advertising agency navigating the social upheaval of the 1960s – won 16 Primetime Emmy Awards across its seven-season run and is widely considered one of the most accomplished American dramas of the 21st century.
If you’ve never watched it, or want to revisit it, this is a very good opportunity.
Podcasts
From June, HBO Max is also rolling out a slate of franchise podcasts in the UK and Ireland.
Tied to the House of the Dragon season three debut, the line-up includes a brand-new season of The Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon – available in video format for the first time – alongside The Game of Thrones Anniversary Special Podcast and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Podcast.
Other podcast content covers The Last of Us, The Pitt, The Comeback, and Sinners, plus The History of Curb Your Enthusiasm – a complete multi-season rewatch podcast that arrives at a particularly well-timed moment given the new Larry David series.
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As for Mad Men probably because It isn’t a HBO series, it’s licenced from Lionsgate, it’s already fully on Disney+ and Lionsgate+ (via Prime) in the UK.