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What to expect as streaming giant HBO Max lands in the UK, including the arrival of hit US medical drama The Pitt...

- HANNAH DAVIES, ELAINE PENN, SARAH SELWOOD

Having debuted in the US in 2020, Warner Bros. Discovery's global streaming service HBO Max makes its much-anticipated arrival in the UK on Thursday 26 March.

The platform will provide subscribers with a vast library of HBO originals – such as Game of Thrones, Succession and The Sopranos – and Warner Bros. Television series like Friends and The Big Bang Theory, as well as a collection of new programmes ranging from comedies to dramas and documentaries.

Meanwhile, an extensive film catalogue will feature titles including the Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings franchises, plus more recent releases such as 2025 movies A Minecraft Movie and One Battle After Another.

In a four-page special, TV Times guides you through the service, plus finds out what to expect from five shows that will be available from launch day – Emmy-winning American medical epic The Pitt, French period drama The Seduction, Italy's biographical drama Portobello and Mexico's magic realist tale Like Water for Chocolate and sitcom The Comeback...