There will be far fewer British TV premieres in the US in June than in previous months — just eleven new and returning national programs and one local — but it beats none, amirite?
For updates about shows from the UK, Canada, and Ireland added to US linear TV and streaming channels throughout the month, see the British TV Viewing Guide.
Programs and dates are subject to change without prior notice.
Videos below may contain content that is not suitable for everyone.
NATIONAL PREMIERES
Springwatch (UK)
Springwatch returns with a special program that connects us to UK wildlife. Presenters Chris Packham, Gillian Burke, and Lola Williams adjusted to the new normal and found innovative ways to film from their own local areas. The new season of Springwatch premieres in North America on Monday, June 1, exclusively on BritBox as a “Now” title. New episodes in the 10-episode season will debut daily. (Video is from 2019)
I May Destroy You (UK)
BAFTA Award winner Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum, Black Earth Rising) created, wrote, executive produced, and stars in this series as Arabella Essiuedu, a writer who is forced to reassess everything in and about her life after she is sexually assaulted. (For further details, read this article.) I May Destroy You premieres in the US on Sunday, June 7, at 10:30 PM ET, on HBO. It will also be available for streaming on HBO Go, HBO Now, and HBO Max.
Sticks & Stones (UK)
This new thriller from Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster) centers on Thomas Benson (Ken Nwosu, Killing Eve), a sales guy who, after fainting during a pitch, finds himself being undermined, attacked, and backstabbed at his company. He then goes to increasingly desperate lengths to remain successful and to control his team — who seem to be out to get him. Costarring Ben Miller (Death in Paradise), Sean Sagar (Our Girl), Susannah Fielding (I Want My Wife Back), Ritu Arya (Feel Good), and Alexandra Roach (No Offence), Sticks & Stones, a BritBox Original series, premieres in North America with its first episode on Tuesday, June 9, exclusively on BritBox. New episodes will debut weekly.
Bulletproof: Season 2 (UK)
Noel Clarke (Doctor Who) and Ashley Walters (Top Boy) return as NCA Detective Inspectors Aaron Bishop and Ronnie Pike in this action- and humor-filled buddy cop drama. The new season finds the pair going undercover to infiltrate a crime family whose former matriarch (Gina Bellman, Leverage) is an old acquaintance of Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Tanner (Lindsey Coulson, Eastenders). Bulletproof: Season 2 premieres in the US on Wednesday, June 10, at 9 PM ET, on The CW.
Grantchester: Season 5 (UK)
Having overcome their challenges in Season 4, the new season of this popular mystery series opens in 1957 and finds Will (Tom Brittney, The Five) preaching to a packed church while Geordie (Robson Green, Wire in the Blood) (just about) accepts Cathy’s (Kacey Ainsworth, EastEnders) commitment to her job. Mrs. C. (Tessa Peake-Jones, Unforgotten) happily juggles her roles as the vicarage housekeeper and a well-to-do married woman, and even Leonard (Al Weaver, Press) has managed to carve out some happiness with Daniel (Oliver Dimsdale, Mr. Selfridge) after a trip to Marrakesh. But Geordie and Will are reminded that there’s darkness lurking in their little corner of Cambridgeshire. Grantchester: Season 5 premieres in the US on Sunday, June 14, at 9 PM ET, on PBS (check your local listings). It will also be available for streaming on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel.
Marcella: Season 3 (UK)
Eighteen months after the Season 2 finale, Marcella (Anna Friel, Deep Water) is living under a new identity in Belfast, where she has infiltrated a crime family as a deep undercover operative. Marcella, a Netflix Original series, premieres in the US on Sunday, June 14, exclusively on Netflix. (Video is from Season 1)
Prince Albert: Victorian Hero Revealed (UK)
This documentary reveals the little-known yet profound role Prince Albert played in shaping Victorian Britain. In it Professor Saul David examines Albert’s influence and innovative ideas, which transformed the nation’s fortunes and created a legacy that lives on today. Prince Albert: Victorian Hero Revealed premieres in the US on Sunday, June 14, at 8 PM ET, on PBS (check your local listings). (Photo courtesy of Getty Images via PBS)
Hidden: Series 2 (Craith) (UK/Wales)
Set nine months after the events in Series 1, the new season of this Welsh crime thriller finds DCI Cadi John (Siân Reese-Williams, Line of Duty) and DS Owen Vaughan (Siôn Alun Davies, 35 Days) venturing back into the shadows of the mountains of Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales to investigate a brutal murder. Shown in English and Welsh with English subtitles, Hidden: Series 2 premieres in the US on Monday, June 15, exclusively on Acorn TV.
Panorama Coronavirus: The Scientific Battle (UK)
As politicians decide how and when to lift the lockdown, Panorama investigates out how science can help us defeat the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. With access to key drug and vaccine trials, the current affairs program reveals a race against time to help save lives, and asks when are we likely to be able to return to a normal life. Panorama Coronavirus: The Scientific Battle premieres in North America on Tuesday, June 16, exclusively on BritBox. (Video is from the episode “Coronavirus Crisis: Europe’s Migrant Camps.”)
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets (UK)
Historian and author Lucy Worsley returns to telly with this new series, in which she takes viewers across Britain and Europe to visit locations where royal history was made. During her tour through European history, viewers learn the true stories behind Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada, Queen Anne and the information of Great Britain, Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution, and more. Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets premieres in the US on Sunday, June 21, at 8 PM ET, on PBS (check your local listings). It will be available for streaming on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel starting June 22. (Photo courtesy of PBS)
Isolation Stories (UK)
Executive produced and written by Oscar® nominee Jeff Pope, this new drama series focuses on life-in-lockdown situations. Each episode is filmed by the actors and their families observing strict lockdown rules, including Sheridan Smith (The Moorside), Robert Glenister (Law & Order: UK), Darren Boyd (Fortitude), Angela Griffin (White Lines), David Threlfall (Shameless), and Eddie Marsan (River). (For further details, read this article.) Isolation Stories, a BritBox Original series, premieres in North America on Tuesday, June 23, exclusively on BritBox.
LOCAL/REGIONAL BROADCAST PREMIERES
Select public TV stations will begin airing the following program on or after June 30. Check you local listings or contact the station that serves your area for air dates and times. To request the show, contact your public TV station or American Public Television.
Secrets of the Royal Jewels (UK)
This documentary takes a closer look at the tiaras, earrings, rings, and neck pieces that make up the royal collection, and tells the incredible stories behind them as they pass through the generations. Secrets of the Royal Jewels is confirmed for airing on Georgia Public Broadcasting, Idaho Public Television, Iowa PBS, Kentucky Educational Television, KERA, KPBS, KQEH, KRSU, KTCA, Maryland Public Television, New Hampshire PBS, NJTV (New Jersey), Oregon Public Broadcasting, PBS Wisconsin, Vermont PBS, WBGU, WETA, WFYI, WGBH, WLIW, WNEO, WNET, WPBS, WSBE, WSKG, WTTW, and WXXI. (Photo courtesy of APT)
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS DEBUTING ON LINEAR TV
Beecham House (UK)
Set on the cusp of the 19th century in Dehli, India, this six-part period drama follows the twists and turns in the fortunes and the complex relationships of the residents of the eponymous mansion, including John Beecham (Tom Bateman, Vanity Fair), a former soldier who bought the estate to begin a new life with his family. Beecham House makes its linear TV debut on Sunday, June 14, at 10 PM ET, on PBS (check your local listings).
Line of Duty: Season 3 (UK)
In this season of the hit crime thriller, AC-12’s DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston, The Nest), DC Kate Fleming (Vicki McClure, Broadchurch), and Superintendent Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar, Blood) investigate Sergeant Danny Waldron (Daniel Mays, White Lines) and his team of officers when evidence suggests their shooting death of a criminal suspect was not self-defense but cold-blooded murder. Line of Duty: Season 3 has its linear TV debut on Saturday, June 20, at 10 PM ET, on AMC.
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO LINEAR TV
Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime (UK)
Based on the Agatha Christie novels The Secret Adversary and N or M?, this series follows the husband-and-wife sleuthing team of Tommy (David Walliams, Little Britain) and Tuppence Beresford (Jessica Raine, Call the Midwife) as they solve mysteries and foil plots in 1950s Cold War Britain. (Read this article for episode synopses.) Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime begins airing Saturday, June 13, at 7 PM ET, on Ovation TV.
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO STREAMING SERVICES
Titles in this section begin streaming on the dates shown below on Acorn TV and its digital channels, including Acorn TV on Amazon Channels.
Bomb Girls: Series 1-2 + Finale (Canada)
Set during World War II, this drama tells the stories of women who risked their lives building bombs for the European front in a Canadian munitions factory. Starring Meg Tilly (Agnes of God), Jodi Balfour (Rellik), Charlotte Hegele (When Calls The Heart), and Ali Liebert (Ten Days in the Valley), Bomb Girls: Series 1–2 + Finale begins streaming Monday, June 8.
Digging for Britain: Series 2-4 (UK)
In this documentary series, Professor Alice Roberts visits archaeological excavations around the UK and links together the results of digs with investigations of the country’s history. Among the stories explored are Marden Henge, where communal sweat lodges and feasting remains illuminate the lost rituals of Stonehenge, and Trellech, an enormous lost Welsh city discovered seven centuries after it disappeared from historical record. Digging for Britain: Series 2-4 begins streaming Monday, June 8.
Coast and Country: Railways (UK)
In this factual series, presenter Julia Bradbury (The Greek Islands with Julia Bradbury) takes viewers on an outdoor adventure — walking along historic railway lines across England, Scotland and Wales, and discovering how the rise-and-fall of the railways has altered lives and localities across the UK. Coast and Country: Railways begins streaming Monday, June 22.
The Yorkshire Vet: Series 3-5 (UK)
Now in its tenth season, this observational documentary series takes viewers into the world behind the classic BBC drama All Creatures Great and Small, inspired by the books of Alf Wight (pen name James Herriot). Narrated by All Creatures star Christopher Timothy, the show follows Julian Norton, aka the Yorkshire Vet, and the staff at Skeldale Veterinary Centre (Wight’s original practice in Thirsk, North Yorkshire), including Peter Wright, Alf’s former trainee and the current head of practice. The Yorkshire Vet: Series 3-5 begins streaming Monday, June 29.
Titles in this section begin streaming on the dates shown below on BritBox and its digital channels, including BritBox on Amazon Channels. (All photos in this section courtesy of BritBox)
MI-5: Seasons 6-10 (UK)
The final five seasons of this excellent, action-packed espionage thriller feature returning and new cast members Richard Armitage (The Stranger), Max Brown (The Royals), Peter Firth (Victoria), Gemma Jones (Gentleman Jack), Shazad Latif (Ordinary Lies), Hermione Norris (Cold Feet), Rupert Penry-Jones (Silk), Miranda Raison (Dark Heart), Hugh Simon (The Mill), and Nicola Walker (Unforgotten). MI-5: Seasons 6-10 begins streaming Friday, June 5.
Agatha Christie’s Why Didn’t They Ask Evans (UK)
This adaptation of Agatha Christie’s tale of murder, suspense, intrigue, and false identities finds Bobby Jones (James Warwick, Doctor Who) and Lady Frankie Derwent (Francesca Annis, Home Fires) solving the mystery of a dying man’s last words, “Why didn’t they ask Evans?” Costarring Sir John Gielgud (Arthur), Joan Hickson (Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple), and Eric Porter (The Jewel in the Crown), Agatha Christie’s Why Didn’t They Ask Evans begins streaming Friday, June 12.
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials Mystery (UK)
Set in the late 1920’s, this whodunit involves murder, romance, and international intrigue. Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent (Cheryl Campbell, William and Mary) is an aggressive young aristocrat who insinuates herself into a series of murders, stolen secrets, and a mysterious secret society. Costarring Harry Andrews (The Agony and the Ecstasy) as Supt. Battle, Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials Mystery begins streaming Friday, June 19.
Agatha Christie’s Secret Adversary (UK)
A precursor to the original Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime TV series, this film introduces James Warwick and Francesca Annis as Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley. It’s 1922, and the (not yet married) friends find themselves becoming novice sleuths after the British Government hires them to locate a secret treaty signed before the Great War. Featuring George Baker (Ruth Rendell Mysteries), Honor Blackman (Goldfinger), and Alec McCowen (Never Say Never Again), Agatha Christie’s Secret Adversary begins streaming Friday, June 26.
Titles in this section begin streaming on the dates shown below on HBO Max.
The Celts: Blood, Iron & Sacrifice (UK)
Presented by anthropologist Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver, this docuseries reveals the origins and beliefs of the Celts in artifacts and human remains found across Europe, and shows how these Iron Age people weren’t a wild bunch but a sophisticated tribe whose culture influenced vast areas of the ancient world. The Celts: Blood, Iron & Sacrifice begins streaming Tuesday, June 16.
Titles in this section begin streaming on the dates shown below on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel.
Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History (UK)
In this two-part documentary, historian Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the tumultuous love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and asks if it was really love that brought them together and tore them apart. Using first-hand accounts from the time and visiting the places where the royal couple lived, Lipscomb argues against many of the established theories and notions about them and reveals a very different story of their tragic marriage while attempting to answer many of the questions that are still fiercely debated. Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History begins streaming Friday, June 5.
Wuthering Heights (UK)
Adapted from Emily Brontë‘s classic novel, this miniseries stars Oscar® nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant) as Heathcliff and Charlotte Riley (Press) as Cathy in one of the greatest romances of all time. Set against the stark beauty of the English moor, it follows Heathcliff, an orphan adopted by the Earnshaw family, who finds his soul mate in his stepsister Cathy. But as a man unable to have the love of his life, he seeks vengeance against anyone who comes between them. Wuthering Heights begins streaming Friday, June 5.
Titles in this section begin streaming on the dates shown below on Sundance Now and its digital channels, including Sundance Now on Amazon Channels.
Liar: Season 2 (UK)
Following the events in Season 1, the new season of this thriller opens with the discovery of Andrew’s (Ioan Gruffudd, Harrow) dead body and the launch of a murder investigation, which draws Laura (Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey), who’s been trying to move on from her ordeal, back into Andrew’s destructive path. Featuring Katherine Kelly (Cheat), Liar: Season 2 begins streaming Thursday, June 4, exclusively on Sundance Now.
The Fall: Season 1 (UK/NI)
This psychological thriller follows two hunters: serial killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey), who preys on victims in and around Belfast, and Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson, The X-Files), a Detective Superintendent drafted from the London Metropolitan Police to catch him. The Fall: Season 1 begins streaming Thursday, June 11.
Being Human: Season 4 (Canada-US)
In the final season of this North American remake of the hit Brit supernatural-horror series of the same name, vampire Aidan (Sam Witwer, Supergirl) and werewolf Nora (Kristen Hager, Condor) try to figure out how to turn her husband Josh (Sam Huntington, Good Girls), always a werewolf now except during the full moon, back to normal, while former ghost Sally (Meaghan Rath, Hawaii Five-0) finally tells a special someone how she feels. Being Human: Season 4 begins streaming Thursday, June 25.
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Did you miss any of the new shows from previous days, weeks, or months? Check out the British TV Viewing Guide and Archives to find out.
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For details about the June premieres of shows from Australia and New Zealand, visit The Down Under TV Place. For those about the debuts of original-language, English-subtitled programs from Europe, visit The Euro TV Place.
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