What's on DocPlay in May

Here's everything that's streaming on DocPlay in May 2026.

We’re warming up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Kenny Dalglish, the new documentary from Oscar®-winner Asif Kapadia, streams exclusively on DocPlay from May 14. 

The Scottish soccer icon, who played for Liverpool and Scotland, comes to life in a vivid portrait of his sporting and personal successes. Releasing forty years after the world-changing disaster, Chernobyl: Utopia in Flames is a gripping portrait of the 1986 nuclear explosion and its aftermath. 

Released by Neon in the US, Men of War offers a shockingly prescient account of how, in 2020, a ragtag group of American-led insurrectionists attempted to infiltrate Venezuela and overthrow the regime of Nicolas Maduro. Or spice up your life with three-part BBC series Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed the World.

4 May

Chernobyl: Utopia in Flames (Exclusive)

A new four-part German production about the 1986 nuclear disaster: the true story of Chernobyl is even more complex, more human, and more shocking than we could ever have imagined.

14 May

Kenny Dalglish (Exclusive)

The new documentary from Oscar®-winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna), Kenny Dalglish offers an in-depth portrait of the Scottish soccer icon. 

18 May

Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed the World

The must-see story of how five ordinary women became the Spice Girls. A three-episode series from the BBC.

18 May

Freddie: The Final Act

The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s life and how, after his death, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history.

21 May

Antidote (Exclusive)

What is the cost of speaking truth to power? In Putin’s Russia, it could mean your life. An immersive and chilling documentary, Antidote follows in real time a whistleblower from inside Russia's poison program, a prominent political activist, and a Russian journalist forced to go into hiding. 

21 May

Men of War (Exclusive)

In May 2020, a ragtag group of American-led insurrectionists attempted to infiltrate Venezuela and overthrow the regime of Nicolas Maduro. 

25 May

This Is A Bomb (Exclusive)

In 1980, an ingenious boobie-trapped ticking time bomb - filled with 1,000 pounds of dynamite - was wheeled in the front doors of Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino in Lake Tahoe. Along with the bomb was a note demanding $3 million within 24 hours. While the bomb squad attempts to disarm the explosive, the FBI races the clock to deliver the ransom and simultaneously catch the extortionists. Nothing goes as planned, and each step uncovers darker secrets and suspicions of a deeper motive.