From the heart wrenching to the heart-warming, there’s plenty to look forward to in the New Year on HBO GO and HBO. Be royally entertained with these shows that will premiere throughout the month…
Tora-San,
Wish You Were Here
Premieres Friday, 1 January at 10pm on Red by HBO
via HBO GO
Acclaimed Japanese director Yamada Yoji returns with the 50th film in this series, restored in 4K resolution, about travelling salesman Tora-san. Revolving around Tora-san’s nephew Mitsuo and his memories of his incorrigible uncle, the story opens with Mitsuo meeting his first love, Izumi, and unfolds with nostalgic scenes in the Kurumaya sweets shop.
1917
Premieres Saturday, 2 January at 9pm on HBO GO and
HBO (Astro Ch 411 HD)
Two young British soldiers are given a seemingly impossible mission during World War I, racing against time to cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers – Blake’s own brother among them. Stars George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The
Rook
Premieres Monday, 4 January on HBO GO. New episode
premieres every subsequent Monday.
Set in London, this series centres on a young woman who wakes in a park with total amnesia and surrounded by dead bodies. To resume her position at the head of Britain’s most secret (supernatural) service, she must fight to uncover her past before the traitors who stole her memory can finish what they started. Stars Emma Greenwell and Olivia Munn.
Tiger
Premieres Monday, 11 January at 10am on HBO GO and HBO (Astro Ch 411 HD). Part
two premieres on the following Monday.
This HBO two-part documentary offers a revealing look at the rise, fall, and epic comeback of golf icon Tiger Woods. It paints an intimate picture of the prodigy whose dedication and obsession with the game of golf not only took his fame and success to new heights, but also down a dark, spiralling road that eventually led to a legendary sports comeback, culminating in his victory at the 2019 Masters.
C.B.
Strike: Lethal White
Premieres Thursday, 21 January at 10am on HBO GO
and HBO (Astro Ch 411 HD). New episode premieres every Thursday.C B Strike.jpg
Based on J.K. Rowling’s best-selling Cormoran Strike crime novels (written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith), this four-episode second season of the series follows a war veteran-turned-private-detective who uses his extensive investigative experience to solve complex, baffling cases. Stars Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger.
Euphoria:
F*ck Anyone Who’s Not A Seablob
Premieres Monday, 25 January at 10am exclusively on
HBO GO and 11pm on HBO (Astro Ch 411 HD)
In the second of two special episodes of the Emmy® winning HBO drama series Euphoria, we follow Jules over the Christmas holiday as she reflects on the year. Written and directed by series creator Sam Levinson, this episode stars Hunter Schafer.