British TV Premieres in January 2026: Bookish, Coldwater, Steal & More

The new year kicks off with the national premieres of 29 new series, seasons, and films from the UK, Canada, and Ireland, plus 4 more titles that debut in local markets.

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.

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NATIONAL PREMIERES

Red Eye: Season 2 (UK)

In the new season of this thriller, DI Hana Li’s (Jing Lusi, Gangs of London, Lucky Man) investigation into the murder of a US diplomatic courier at Heathrow leads her to the US Embassy in London. Here, she is forced to partner with the head of security, Clay Brody (Martin Compston, Line of Duty, Traces), with whom she shares a complicated past. They soon realize that the killer has infiltrated the embassy, confirmed when they find a dead body in the office of US Ambassador Ronald Tillman (Trevor White, Industry, I Hate Susie).

Meanwhile, Director General Madeline Delaney (Lesley Sharp, Before We Die, Scott & Bailey) and Defense Secretary Alex Peterson (Nicholas Rowe, The Crown, A Spy Among Friends) are onboard a government jet from Washington, DC, and in grave danger. There’s been a credible bomb threat.

Returning cast includes Jemma Moore (Silent Witness, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators), Jonathan Aris (His Dark Materials, The End of the F***ing World), Robert Guilbert (Killing Eve, Bergerac), Cash Holland (The Completely Made Up Adventures of Duck Turpin, Out of Her Mind), and Steph Lacey (Doctor Who, Stay Close). New cast members include Isaura Barbe-Brown (Guilt, The Gold), Danusia Samal (The Great, Ghost in the Shell), and Guy Williams (The White Princess, London Has Fallen).

Red Eye: Season 2 premieres in the US on Thursday, January 1, 2026, exclusively on Hulu, day and date with the UK premiere on ITV1 and ITVX.

Run Away (UK)

This new mystery-crime thriller is the latest screen adaptation of a novel by internationally best-selling author Harlan Coben. Based on Run Away, the series follows Simon Greene (James Nesbitt, Bloodlands, Stay Close, The Secret), whose perfect life with a loving wife and kids, great job, and beautiful home, is shattered when his eldest daughter, Paige (Ellie de Lange, Wolf Hall, The Serpent), runs away.

When he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he has the chance to bring his little girl home. But it turns out that Paige isn’t alone, and an argument escalates into shocking violence. In the aftermath, Simon loses his daughter all over again, and his search to find her will take him into a dangerous underworld, revealing deep secrets that could tear his family apart forever.

Costars include Ruth Jones (Gavin & Stacey, Stella), Minnie Driver (The Serpent Queen, Starstruck), Alfred Enoch (“Harry Potter” films, How to Get Away with Murder), Lucian Msamati (Gangs of London), Jon Pointing (Big Boys), Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders), and Annette Badland (Midsomer Murders), amongst others

Run Away, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, January 1, 2026, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)

Run Away by Harlan Coben

Shetland: Season 10 (UK/Scotland)

Originally based on the award-winning “Shetland” crime novels by Ann Cleeves, the new season of this mystery-crime drama sees detectives Calder (Ashley Jensen, Mayflies) and Tosh (Alison O’Donnell, Holby City) travel to the isolated hamlet of Lunniswick to investigate the sinister killing of an elderly woman. The team discovers that she was a retired social worker and that her body had been out in the elements for a number of days. For the case, Tosh and Calder delve into the victim’s life, past and present, as well as the lives of those who knew her, and they soon begin to uncover dark secrets and terrible deeds at the heart of this close-knit community.

Costars include series regulars and recurring cast Steven Robertson (The Bay), Lewis Howden (Taggart), Anne Kidd (Outlander), Conor McCarry (Time), Steven Miller (Payback), and Eubha Akilade (The Diplomat). The guest cast includes Greg McHugh (Guilt), Stuart Townsend (Salem), Clive Russell (Dept. Q), Ellie Haddington (Motherland), and Louise Brealey (Sherlock).

Shetland: Season 10, a BritBox Original, premieres in North America on Thursday, January 1, 2026, exclusively on BritBox. New episodes will drop weekly through February 5.

“Shetland” novels by Ann Cleeves

Cheetahs Up Close with Bertie Gregory (UK)

Wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory returns with another nature documentary in which he arrives in the Serengeti just as the spectacular wildebeest migration kicks off. But he’s come here to film the fastest land animal on Earth: the cheetah. As he gets close to a mother caring for her tiny cubs and a young group of males executing phenomenal hunts as a team, he learns about the unexpected challenges the species endures.

Cheetahs Up Close with Bertie Gregory premieres in the US on Friday, January 2, 2026, on Disney+ and Hulu.

The Murder of Joanna Yeates (UK)

This true-crime documentary is about how the murder case of Joanna Yeates, a young woman found slain in Bristol on Christmas Day 2010, became a media sensation that exploded into a national obsession. As the police frantically tried to identify a suspect, the press focused on only one person: Christopher Jefferies, Yeates’s landlord. While the police brought him in for questioning, the tabloids assassinated his character, convinced of his guilt. Meanwhile, the real killer remained at large.

The Murder of Joanna Yeates premieres in the US on Friday, January 2, 2026, on Sundance Now, AMC+, and All Reality.

The Game (UK)

In this cat-and-mouse thriller, police detective Huw Miller (Jason Watkins, McDonald & Dodds, W1A, The Crown) is haunted by the one case he failed to solve: that of the Ripton Stalker, who psychologically tortured his victims before eventually killing them months later, and taunted Huw mercilessly during his investigation. This is the one criminal who got away and Huw cannot live it down. After taking early retirement, he’s still obsessing over the unsolved serial killer case.

Huw’s new neighbor, Patrick Harbottle (Robson Green, Grantchester, Wire in the Blood, Touching Evil), is a repairman. He seems an alright guy and joins Huw and others at the pub one night. But when Patrick utters “catch you later” as he’s leaving, Huw immediately believes Patrick is the stalker, as that was the catchphrase the stalker always used. Convinced that he has finally got his man, Huw sets out to take Patrick down.

Costarring Sunetra Sarker (Professor T), Indy Lewis (Industry), Amber James (Grace), Jenny Rainsford (Silent Witness), Amy Huberman (Cold Feet), and Simon Harrison (Until I Kill You), The Game premieres in North America on Thursday, January 8, exclusively on BritBox. New episodes will drop weekly through January 29.

Girl Taken (CA)

Based on the novel Baby Doll by Hollie Overton, this pyschological thriller follows the story of twin sisters Lily (Tallulah Evans, The Forsytes, My Fault: London) and Abby (Delphi Evans, Lincoln in the Bardo), whose lives are shattered when Lily is abducted from their quiet rural English town by beloved local teacher Rick Hansen (Alfie Allen, Game of Thrones, Rogue Heroes). After years of abuse in captivity, Lily escapes, only to discover that freedom brings its own challenges. The world she longed to return to has moved on without her. As Abby, Lily, and their mother, Eve (Jill Halfpenny, The Long Shadow, EastEnders), struggle to rebuild their family, they must confront the lasting damage and the terrifying reality that Rick is still out there, determined to control the narrative and evade justice.

The cast also includes Vikash Bhai (Limbo, Virdee), Niamh Walsh (Smother, Jamestown), Levi Brown (This Town, Invasion), Victoria Ekanoye (The Turkish Detective, The Royals), Holly Atkins (MobLand, Criminal Justice), and Kiran Krishnakumar (What it Feels Like For a Girl, Everything Now).

Girl Taken premieres globally as a six-episode binge on Thursday, January 8, 2026, exclusively on Paramount+.

Baby Doll by Hollie Overton

Sport vs. Money with Simon Jordan (UK)

With unprecedented access and sharp insight, this four-part docuseries explores the high-stakes collision between sport and business and asks: Who really owns the game now? In it, presenter Simon Jordan, the Premier League’s youngest-ever owner and now an award-winning broadcaster, travels the globe to explore how decisions made by football’s top executives in the early 1990s set in motion a transformation that has turned the world’s most beloved sport into a global entertainment industry.

From London to Miami, Turin to New York, Jordan meets the people who have driven and defined this shift — including club owners, CEOs, FIFA executives, agents, and former players — to uncover how community-rooted clubs became billion-dollar assets, how players became global brands, and how the game’s future is being shaped behind closed doors.

Featured contributors include Arsene Wenger (FIFA), the man behind the revamped Club World Cup, and Andrea Agnelli (ex-Juventus), one of the architects of the controversial Super League proposal, as well as David Gill (Manchester United), Daniel Levy (Tottenham Hotspur), Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal & Seattle Sounders), Rick Parry (Premier League), Lord Sugar (Tottenham Hotspur), and executives from Inter Miami, MLS, NFL, and more.

Sport vs. Money with Simon Jordan premieres in the US on Thursday, January 8, exclusively on Viaplay on Prime Channels and other Viaplay partner channels.

Coldwater (UK)

This psychological thriller follows John (Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead, Love Actually), a middle-aged, stay-at-home dad secretly raging at his life. When his failure to intervene in a violent confrontation on a city playground brings his identity crisis to a head, John moves his family to the remote Scottish town of Coldwater. Here, he is befriended by neighbor Tommy (Ewen Bremner, Trainspotting, Our Flag Means Death), a charismatic pillar of the community. John is impressed by Tommy, but also blissfully unaware that Tommy is harboring horrifying secrets. When John’s long-repressed rage finally explodes with disastrous results, he finds himself unexpectedly indebted to his new friend. But how long will it take for him to figure out just how dangerous Tommy really is?

Costarring Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, The Capture) and Eve Myles (Keeping Faith, Torchwood), Coldwater premieres in the US on Friday, January 9, 2026, exclusively on the Paramount+ Premium Plan. New episodes will drop through February 13.

A Thousand Blows: Season 2 (UK)

Opening a year after the events in Season 1, the new season of this 1880s-set historical drama finds Hezekiah (Malachi Kirby, Wicked Little Letters, Devils) is a shadow of his former self, while Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham, Adolescence, Boiling Point) is estranged from his family and drinking himself to death. Just as East London’s Wapping area is about to sigh its last breath, Mary Carr (Erin Doherty, The Crown, Chloe) bursts back into town with her loyal second, Alice Diamond (Darci Shaw, The Bay). In Mary’s absence, Eliza’s (Hannah Walters, Time) failed reign as Queen has seen her exiled, and Indigo Jeremy (Robert Glenister, Hustle) has taken back control of the Elephants criminal gang. Mary, back to reassemble the Forty Elephants and reclaim her crown, sobers Sugar up and forms a reluctant alliance with Hezekiah to take down Indigo Jeremy once and for all.

A Thousand Blows: Season 2, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Friday, January 9, 2026, exclusively on Hulu.

All Creatures Great and Small: Season 6 (UK)

The sixth season of this hit period drama, based on the “All Creatures Great and Small” books by James Herriot (pen name of Yorkshire veterinarian Alf Wight), opens in May 1945. While the declaration of victory in Europe promises peace at last, James (Nicholas Ralph, Outlander) wishes for a greater sense of peace at the surgery as he juggles vet work with a busy family life and an exceptionally challenging Siegfried (Samuel West, Slow Horses).

Meanwhile, Helen (Rachel Shenton, White Gold) is enjoying time with young Jimmy and Rosie, but has big changes afoot at Heston Grange to contend with. Tristan (Callum Woodhouse, The Durrells in Corfu) returns from several years at war and will have to readjust to life back home in Darrowby. And Mrs. Hall (Anna Madeley, Time) works hard to bring everybody back together and restore harmony at the surgery.

All Creatures Great and Small: Season 6 premieres in the US on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at 9pm ET, on PBS (check your local listings), with streaming available on PBS.org and the PBS app, as well as PBS Passport, where viewers with access to this PBS station membership benefit can binge all seven episodes.

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot

All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot

The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot

Bookish (UK)

Created by and starring Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Moonflower Murders, Nolly), this period mystery series, set in post-war London, follows Gabriel Book (Gatiss), a literary enthusiast and erudite proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop, as well as a clever consultant detective to the local police, whom he helps to solve knotty murder cases. Although happily married to his best friend, Trottie (Polly Walker, Bridgerton, Line of Duty), who runs the wallpaper shop next door, Book is a gay man at a time when homosexuality was illegal in Britain. Thus, their “lavender marriage,” which helps to conceal Book’s sexual orientation.

When recently-released petty criminal Jack (Connor Finch, Professor T, Everything I Know About Love) arrives at the bookshop to be Book’s new assistant, it soon becomes clear his appointment wasn’t as random as it at first seems.

The main cast also includes Elliot Levey (We Were the Lucky Ones), Buket Kömür (Our House), and Blake Harrison (World on Fire, The Inbetweeners). The guest cast includes Joely Richardson (The Gentleman), Daniel Mays (The Long Shadow), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (Bodies), Paul McGann (Annika), Michael Workéyè (Lynley), Luke Norris (Poldark), Jonas Nay (Deutschland 83), Rosie Cavaliero (Funny Woman), and Tim McInnerney (Ten Percent).

Bookish premieres in the US on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at 10pm ET, on PBS (check your local listings), with streaming available on PBS.org and the PBS app, as well as PBS Passport, where viewers with access to this PBS station membership benefit can binge all six episodes.

Industry: Season 4 (UK)

In the new season of this acclaimed drama series, Harper (Myha’la, Black Mirror) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela, Cobra), now at the top of their game and living the lives they set out to have as Pierpoint grads, are drawn into a high-stakes, globetrotting, cat-and-mouse game when a splashy fintech darling bursts onto the London scene. As Yasmin navigates her relationship with tech founder Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington, Game of Thrones) and Harper is pulled into the orbit of enigmatic executive Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella, The Handmaid’s Tale), their twisted friendship begins to warp and ignite under the pressure of money, power, and the desire to be on top.

The cast also includes Ken Leung (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Miriam Petche (The Worst Witch), Sagar Radia (The Good Karma Hospital), Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso), Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things), Amy James-Kelly (Gentleman Jack), Roger Barclay (The Bay), Andrew Havill (The Crown), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Kal Penn (House), Jack Farthing (Poldark), Stephen Campbell Moore (The Gold), Claire Forlani (Domina), and Edward Holcroft (The Agency: Central Intelligence).

Industry: Season 4, an HBO Original, premieres in the US on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at 9pm ET, on HBO, with streaming available on HBO Max.

The Night Manager: Season 2 (UK)

Following on from the events in the acclaimed first season, Season 2 of this spy thriller, based on characters created by John le Carré for The Night Manager novel, finds former British intelligence operative Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston, Loki, The Life of Chuck, Wallander) living a comfortingly uneventful life as Alex Goodwin, a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet surveillance unit in London. He thought he’d buried his past until a chance sighting of an old Roper mercenary one night prompts a call to action, leading Pine to a violent encounter with Colombian businessman Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva, Babylon, Narcos: Mexico).

Then Pine meets Roxana Bolaños (Camila Morrone, Daisy Jones & The Six, Marmalade), a businesswoman who reluctantly helps him infiltrate Teddy’s arms operation. Once in Colombia, Pine is plunged into a deadly plot involving arms and guerrilla army training. As allegiances splinter, Pine races to expose a conspiracy designed to destabilize a nation. With betrayal at every turn, he must decide whose trust he needs to earn and how far he’s willing to go before it’s too late.

Costarring in Season 2 are Olivia Colman (The Favourite, The Crown) as Angela Burr, the Head of the Foreign Office’s International Enforcement Agency; Alistair Petrie (Sex Education, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) as Sandy Langbourne, the financial director for charismatic criminal Richard Roper (played by Hugh Laurie in Season 1); Douglas Hodge (Joker, Black Mirror) as Rex Mayhew, Burr’s superior at the Foreign Office; Michael Nardone (Traces, Rome) as Frisky, one of Roper’s henchmen; and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place, Honey Boy) as Daniel Roper, Roper’s son.

Also featuring in the new season are Indira Varma (Obsession, Obi-Wan Kenobi), Paul Chahidi (Wicked Little Letters, The Serpent Queen), and Hayley Squires (Adult Material, Beau Is Afraid).

The Night Manager: Season 2, an Amazon Original Series, premieres globally (excluding the UK) on Sunday, January 11, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add Season 2 to your watchlist now in the US.) (The new season will launch in the UK on BBC and BBC iPlayer.)

The Night Manager by John le Carré

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Hijack: Season 2 (UK)

Following the harrowing events in Season 1 of this suspense-filled thriller, the new season finds corporate negotiator Sam Nelson (Idris Elba, Luther, A House of Dynamite, Thor) at the heart of another crisis: A Berlin underground train and its commuters are taken hostage while, above ground, authorities scramble to save the hundreds of lives on board. Between them and Sam, one wrong decision could spell death and disaster.

Reprising their roles for the new season are Christine Adams (Malice), Max Beesley (The Gentlemen) and Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife). Joining them are Christian Näthe (Ballon, Soloalbum), Clare-Hope Ashitey (Seven Seconds, Top Boy), Lisa Vicari (Django, Dark), Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Detectorists), Karima McAdams (Dune: Prophecy, Deep State), and Christiane Paul (Counterpart, FBI: International).

Hijack: Season 2 premieres globally on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, exclusively on Apple TV. New episodes will drop weekly through March 4.

Riot Women: Season 1 (UK)

Set in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, this new drama series revolves around five menopausal women — a teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife, and a shoplifting freeloader — who come together to form a makeshift punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest. In the process of writing their first song, they find that they have a lot more to say than they first thought. As they juggle life’s struggles, demanding jobs, grown-up children, aging parents, ex-husbands, and relationships, the band becomes a catalyst for change in all of their lives, and the ripple effect is seemingly never-ending.

With each episode, a long-buried secret begins to surface, entangling the women in an unlikely and complex web that threatens to tear everything, including the band, apart.

Leading the cast are Joanna Scanlan (No Offence, The Thick of It) as Beth, Rosalie Craig (Moonflower Murders, The Serpent Queen) as Kitty, Tamsin Greig (Sexy Beast, Friday Night Dinner) as Holly, Lorraine Ashbourne (Sherwood, Alma’s Not Normal) as Jess, and Amelia Bullmore (Scott & Bailey, Vienna Blood) as Yvonne. Taj Atwal (Line of Duty), Chandeep Uppal (Holby City), and Macy Jacob-Seelochan (Shadow and Bone) costar as Nisha, Kam, and Miranda, the band’s riotous backing singers.

The cast of the six-part series also includes Anne Reid (The Sixth Commandment), Sue Johnston (The Royle Family), Peter Davison (Doctor Who), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Angel Coulby (Merlin), Jonny Green (White Lines), Ellise Chappell (Yesterday), Tony Hirst (Hollyoaks), Shannon Lavelle (The Hardacres), Mark Bazeley (Broadchurch), Amit Shah (Happy Valley), Rick Warden (Red Eye), Ben Batt (Domina), Natalia Tena (Harry Potter), Melanie La Barrie (& Juliet), Oliver Huntingdon (Sherwood), Richard Fleeshman (The Sandman), Olwen May (A Very British Scandal), Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey), Nicholas Gleaves (Bodyguard), and Thomas Flynn (Masters of the Air).

Riot Women, a BritBox Original, premieres in North America with two episodes on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, exclusively on BritBox. New episodes will drop singly each week through February 11.

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (UK)

Based on the whodunit novel The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie, which features characters that the Queen of Crime® introduced in an earlier work, The Secret of Chimneys, this new mystery series, set in England in 1925, sees the guests at a lavish country house play a practical joke on one amongst them. Except it doesn’t go quite as planned: Someone gets offed. Diving head first into investigating the murder mystery is the aristocratic Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent (Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex, Persuasion, Get Even), whose inexperience in matters of homicide is offset by her inquisitiveness. As Bundle sets about solving the crime, she gets assistance from Superintendent Battle (Martin Freeman, The Responder, A Confession) and her mum, Lady Caterham (Helena Bonham Carter, Nolly, The Crown), ultimately unraveling a chilling plot that will change her life.

Featuring Edward Bluemel (My Lady Jane, Sex Education) as Jimmy Thesiger, Nyasha Hatendi (Alex Rider, Casual) as Dr. Cyril Matip, and Alex Macqueen (Hunderby, The Delivery Man) as George Lomax, Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, January 15, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)

The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie

Gangs of London: Season 3 (UK)

Picking up from the Season 2 cliffhanger, the new season of this crime thriller finds ex-undercover cop-turned-gangster Elliot (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Black Rabbit, Slow Horses) now operating as a top-level criminal alongside the Dumanis. But their business is thrown into chaos when their shipment of cocaine is spiked, which results in the deaths of hundreds of people all over London. This attracts attention from the authorities and puts the gangs of London under pressure like never before. The ripple effects from personal vendettas colliding with professional power struggles and bleeding into violent turf wars will have devastating consequences for everyone from the Wallaces, to Luan, Lale, and the street gangs. This was a calculated, targeted attack, and it’s only the beginning. But who’s behind it?

Reprising their roles are Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders, The Ipcress File) as Sean Wallace, Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones, The Gone) as Marian Wallace, Lucian Msamati (Conclave, His Dark Materials) as Ed Dumani, Brian Vernel (Shardlake, Slow Horses) as Billy Wallace, Pippa Bennett-Warner (Moonflower Murders, Roadkill) as Shannon Dumani, and Narges Rashidi (Hanna, The Girlfriend Experience) as Lale, along with Asif Raza Mir (Khalish), Orli Shuka (We Were the Lucky Ones), Eri Shuka (Doctors), Jahz Armando (The Summer I Turned Pretty), and Fady El-Sayad (Kaos).

Joining the cast are Andrew Koji (Warrior), Richard Dormer (Cobra), and T’Nia Miller (The Fall of the House of Usher).

Gangs of London: Season 3, an AMC+ Original Series, premieres in the US on Thursday, January 15, 2026, exclusively on AMC+. New episodes will drop weekly through the season finale on March 5.

Gangs of London: Season One DVD

Gangs of London: Season 2 DVD

How to Lose a Popularity Contest (CA)

In this romantic comedy, overachiever Ellie ( Sara Waisglass, Ginny & Georgia, Holly Hobbie) teams up with slacker Nate (Chase Hudson) to sabotage her ex in the class election, but unexpected sparks threaten her meticulously laid plans.

Costars include Lillian Doucet-Roche (Supernatural), Graham Verchere (The Good Doctor), Aiden Howard (Goosebumps), Kyra Leroux (The Hunting Party), Jana Morrison (Wild Cards), Ecstasia Sanders (Family Law), Sebastien Roberts (A Million Little Things), and Sean Amsing (Family Law).

How to Lose a Popularity Contest, a Tubi Original, premieres in the US on Friday, January 16, 2026, exclusively on Tubi.

Hidden Assets: Season 3 (IE-BE-CA-SP)

In the third season of this crime drama, a case in Ireland ends in tragedy. When evidence links it to a brutal murder in Bilbao, Spain, DS Claire Wallace (Nora-Jane Noone, (The Ipcress File, Jack Taylor) and DS Sean Prendergast (Aaron Monaghan, The Gone, Clean Break) of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) join forces with Basque detectives on the investigation. They soon discover a complex smuggling operation and a ruthlessly violent criminal who is determined to remain in the shadows.

Costarring Cathy Belton (Miss Scarlet & The Duke, The Hardacres), Hidden Assets: Season 3, an Acorn TV Original Series, premieres in the US on Monday, January 19, 2026, exclusively on Acorn TV. New episodes will drop through February 23.

Hidden Assets: Series 1 DVD

Just a Dash: Season 3 (CA)

Restaurateur and actor Matty Matheson’s (The Bear) reality/cooking series makes the leap from YouTube to Netflix. In the first two seasons, he cooks in his own kitchen; in the brand new third season, he has “no kitchen and no plan.”

Just a Dash: Season 3, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now. Seasons 1 and 2 arrive on Netflix on the same date.)

Steal (UK-US)

Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones, The Staircase) stars in this new crime thriller series as Zara, who works at pension fund investment company Lochmill Capital. On a day that starts off like any other work day, her world is soon turned dangerously upside down when a gang of violent thieves bursts in and forces Zara and her best mate, Luke (Archie Madekwe, Saltburn, Gran Turismo), to execute their demands. But who would steal billions of pounds of ordinary people’s pensions, and why?

DCI Rhys (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Bodies, The Queen’s Gambit) is determined to find out. But as a recently relapsed gambling addict, he must keep his own money problems at bay while dealing with the secret agendas and competing interests at the center of this far-reaching crime.

Featuring Ellie James (Giri/Haji), Andrew Koji (Gangs of London), and Harry Michell (Hijack), amongst others, Steal, an Amazon Original Series, premieres globally as a six-episode binge on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video.

Canada Shore (CA)

MTV’s global “Shore” reality TV franchise now extends to the Great White North. In Canada Shore, ten singles from across Canada are brought together for a whirlwind season of romance, friendships, and full-throttle fun. The roommates are ready to party, flirt, and turn every night into memories (and maybe a little mayhem), but it’s not all hookups and hangovers. Beneath the chaos is a crew that laughs together, fights together, and somehow becomes a family. Canada Shore premieres in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, and Australia on Thursday, January 22, 2026, exclusively on Paramount+.

Finding Her Edge (CA)

Based on the YA novel Finding Her Edge by Jennifer Iacopelli, this new drama series follows the three Russo sisters, heirs to a struggling figure skating dynasty. As 17-year-old middle sister Adriana (Madelyn Keys, Three Pines) trains for the World Championships with new partner Brayden (Cale Ambrozic, Hotel Cocaine), she still harbors feelings for her first love and former partner, Freddie (Olly Atkins, Percy Jackson and the Olympians). Her life becomes complicated when she and Brayden pretend to be a couple off the ice so they can land a sponsorship to keep the financially struggling Russo rink afloat. Finding Her Edge, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, January 22, 2026, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)

Finding Her Edge by Jennifer Iacopelli

London’s Gangsters (UK)

This two-part docuseries is about twin brothers Reggie and Ronnie Kray, who ruled East London’s underworld in the 1960s. Feared for their violence yet admired for their gangster style, they rose from hardship and boxing to crime and celebrity, building a nightclub empire and mingling with stars. Featuring excerpts of never-before-heard prison tapes, this program reveals the brothers’ complex bond, contrasting personalities, and the power struggles that led to their downfall.

London’s Gangsters premieres in the US on Thursday, January 22, 2026, on Sundance Now, AMC+, and All Reality.

Kingdom (UK)

Narrated by renowned naturalist and three-time Emmy® Award winner Sir David Attenborough (Asia, Planet Earth III), this new six-part natural history series chronicles the dramatic, real-life sagas of four African animal families in one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit. Filmed across five years in a single spectacular location, the lives and fates of four families — leopards, hyenas, wild dogs, and lions — are inextricably linked as they strive for a foothold in a remote and fertile river valley in Zambia. The series shows the intense power struggles between these top predators, as well as how a colorful supporting cast, from powerful elephant herds and flocks of hamerkops to troops of marauding baboons, impact the central characters in surprising ways.

Kingdom, a BBC America Original Series, premieres in the US on Saturday, January 24, 2026, on BBC America (8pm ET/PT) and AMC+. New episodes will drop weekly through February 28.

Wild Cards: Season 3 (CA)

Opening one month after the Season 2 finale, Season 3 of this crime comedy-drama series sees con woman Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan, Riverdale, Finding Carter) now working as an official police consultant. Her world is immediately upended by two arrivals: First, Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti, Grey’s Anatomy, Murdoch Mysteries) returns to the force, cleared of all charges and ready to be her partner again. Second, the woman at Max’s door is revealed to be her long-lost mother, Vivienne (Tamara Taylor, Bones, Law & Order: Organized Crime), whom Max believed was dead, and who further upends Max’s already complicated relationship with Ellis.

Wild Cards: Season 3 premieres in the US on Monday, January 26, 2026, at 8pm ET, on The CW.

Take That (UK)

This documentary uses never-before-seen archive footage to chart the rise, fall, and record-breaking reunion of one of the UK’s most iconic boy bands: Take That.

Take That, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)

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Bridgerton: Season 4, Part 1 (US-UK)

Based on the “Bridgerton” book series by Julia Quinn, this hit regency romance series’ fairy tale-inspired fourth season focuses on bohemian second son Benedict (Luke Thompson, Dunkirk, Transatlantic). Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict refuses to settle down, despite pleas to the contrary from matriarch Lady Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell, Deep State, Home Fires) — until he is awestruck by a masked and mysterious Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.

With the reluctant help of his sister, Eloise (Claudia Jessie, Toxic Town, Line of Duty), Benedict sets out in society to uncover the young lady’s identity. But his heart’s desire is not in society at all; she is a resourceful maid called Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha, Halo, Dune: Prophecy), working for the formidable Lady of the house, Araminta Gun (Katie Leung, Annika, “Harry Potter” films). When fate brings Benedict and Sophie back together, he wrestles between the reality of his affection for this intriguing maid and the fantasy of the Lady in Silver, unaware that they are the same person.

Inspiring Benedict’s journey are the marriages of his siblings, including Francesca (Hannah Dodd, Find Me in Paris) to John Stirling (Victor Alli, Gangs of London), and Colin (Luke Newton, The Lodge) to Penelope (Nicola Coughlan, Derry Girls, Big Mood), who faces new challenges as a now public gossip columnist.

Bridgerton: Season 4, Part 1, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, January 29, 2026, exclusively on Netflix.

“Bridgerton” novels by Julia Quinn

The Official Bridgerton Cookbook by Regula Ysewijn

Bridgerton: The Official Coloring Book by Netflix

The World of Bridgerton 1000 Piece Puzzle

LOCAL/REGIONAL PREMIERES

Inside the Tower of London: Season 5 (UK)

Going behind the scenes to combine modern-day adventures with fascinating stories from the iconic attraction’s past, this docuseries’s seven-episode fifth season profiles Yeoman Warders (guards), Tower experts, and the Tower ravens, giving viewers a glimpse of life behind the mighty walls of one of London’s most recognizable historic locations.

Inside the Tower of London: Season 5 is confirmed for airing on or after Thursday, January 1, 2026, on the following public TV stations and state/regional networks: KERA, KRSU, KWSU, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Vermont Public, WETA, WFYI, and WLRN.

The Last Musician of Auschwitz (UK)

This documentary tells the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who, alongside fellow prisoners, created music amidst the horrors of the Holocaust. Through her moving interview, plus stirring performances by acclaimed international musicians and the powerful stories of other artists — including Ilse Weber, Szymon Laks, and Adam Kopycinski — the film reveals how, even in the most brutal and dehumanizing circumstances, music served as a lifeline, a form of testimony, and a powerful means of resistance.

The Last Musician of Auschwitz is confirmed for airing on or after Thursday, January 1, 2026, on the following public TV stations and state/regional networks: KCET, KERA, KLRU, KSPS, Montana PBS, South Carolina ETV, WCET, WEDU, WETA, WITF, WLRN, WNED, WPTO, WTTW, and WXXI.

The London Parade (UK)

This annual tradition, now in its fifth decade, brings pomp, circumstance, and good old-fashioned fun to the UK capital. Broadcast live, the 3.5-hour London Parade 2026 will capture the celebration for viewers across the US. While the event will raise spirits along its iconic parade route through the ancient City of Westminster, cultural and community groups will rub shoulders with leading professional entertainers and the mayors of London. In addition, more than 20 US marching bands and a thousand cheerleaders will have their moment in the global spotlight on the streets of London, as more than 8,000 people from numerous nations bring a kaleidoscopic mix of performances. Join the Lord Mayor of Westminster, the Right Worshipful Paul Dimoldenberg, and host and parade founder Bob Bone for the best views along the two-mile route.

The London Parade is confirmed for airing on or after Thursday, January 1, 2026, on the following public TV stations and state/regional networks: Alabama Public Television, Arkansas PBS, Idaho Public Television, Iowa PBS, KAET, KAKM, KBDI, KBTC, KCOS, KCPT, KCTS, KEDT, Kentucky Educational Television (KET), KENW, KERA, KETC, KLRN, KLRU, KLVX, KMOS, KNME, KNPB, KOCE, KPBS, KPBT, KPJK, KPTS, KQED, KQEH, KRCB, KRMA, KRWG, KSYS, KTCA, KTTZ, KTWU, KUAT, KUEN, KUHT, KVCR, KVPT, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Maine Public Television, Maryland Public Television, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Montana PBS, New Hampshire PBS, NJ PBS (New Jersey), OETA (Oklahoma), Oregon Public Broadcasting, PBS North Carolina, PBS Wisconsin, Prairie Public (North Dakota), South Carolina ETV, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, WABE, WBRA, WCFE, WCMU, WCTE, WCVE, WDSC, WEDU, WEIU, WETA, WETP, WFSU, WFWA, WFYI, WGBH, WGCU, WGTE, WGVU, WHRO, WILL, WITF, WJCT, WKAR, WKNO, WLJT, WLRN, WLVT, WMHT, WMVS, WNED, WNIN, WNIT, WNMU, WNPT, WPBS, WPBT, WPSU, WPTO, WQED, WQLN, WQPT, WSBE, WSKG, WSRE, WTCI, WTVI, WTVS, WUCF, WUFT, WVIZ, WVPT, WXEL, WXXI, and WYES.

From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish (IE)

Shot on location in 17 countries worldwide, this ambitious, groundbreaking four-part docuseries tells the story of the Irish from the very first inhabitants to the present day, tracing the ebb and flow of people into and out of the island. Narrated by actor Colin Farrell (In Bruges) and featuring an original score by Colm Mac Con Iomaire (Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World), the program is a journey through time, identity, and the enduring spirit of a people whose story continues to shape the world.

From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish is confirmed for airing on or after Sunday, January 4, 2026, on the following public TV stations and state/regional networks: Alabama Public Television, Arkansas PBS, Idaho Public Television, Iowa PBS, KAET, KAKM, KAWE, KBDI, KBTC, KCET, KCTS, KEDT, KEET, Kentucky Educational Television (KET), KENW, KETC, KIXE, KLRN, KLRU, KLVX, KMOS, KNME, KNPB, KOCE, KOZK, KPBS, KPBT, KPJK, KPTS, KQED, KQEH, KRCB, KRMA, KRSU, KRWG, KSMQ, KSPS, KSYS, KTCA, KTWU, KUAC, KUAT, KUEN, KUHT, KVCR, KVIE, KVPT, KWCM, KWSU, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Maine Public Television, Maryland Public Television, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Montana PBS, Nebraska Public Media, New Hampshire PBS, NJ PBS (New Jersey), OETA (Oklahoma), Oregon Public Broadcasting, PBS Hawai’i, PBS North Carolina, PBS Wisconsin, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Vermont Public, WABE, WBGU, WBRA, WCET, WCFE, WCMU, WCTE, WEDU, WEIU, WETA, WETP, WFSU, WFWA, WGBH, WGBY, WGCU, WGTE, WGVU, WHRO, WHUT, WILL, WIPB, WITF, WJCT, WKAR, WKNO, WKYU, WLIW, WLJT, WLRN, WLVT, WMHT, WMVS, WNED, WNEO, WNET, WNIN, WNIT, WNMU, WNPT, WNYE, WOUB, WPBS, WPBT, WPSU, WPTD, WPTO, WQED, WQLN, WQPT, WSBE, WSIU, WSKG, WSRE, WTCI, WTIU, WTTW, WTVI, WTVP, WTVS, WUCF, WUFT, WVIA, WVIZ, WXEL, WXXI, WYES, WYIN, and Wyoming PBS.

NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO LINEAR TV

Miss Scarlet: Season 6 (UK)

In the new season of this hit period whodunit series, Miss Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips, Wolf Hall, Peaky Blinders) is doing her best to have it all. Her business is thriving, but her personal life enters new territory as she attempts to follow her heart and develop a relationship with Inspector Alexander Blake (Tom Durant Pritchard, Tom Jones, Baby Reindeer). Eliza may be an expert in solving crimes, but she’s very much a novice when it comes to love. Can she juggle the twin demands of her personal and professional life?

Following its streaming premiere earlier in December, Miss Scarlet: Season 6 has its US broadcast debut on Sunday, January 11, at 8pm ET, on PBS (check your local listings), PBS.org, and the PBS app.

Masterpiece Mystery!: Miss Scarlet and the Duke Seasons 1, 2 & 3 DVD

Miss Scarlet & the Duke: Season Four (Masterpiece Mystery!) DVD

Masterpiece Mystery!: Miss Scarlet Season 5 DVD

Masterpiece Mystery!: Miss Scarlet Season 6 DVD

NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO STREAMING SERVICES

Titles in this section begin streaming in the US and Canada on the dates shown below on Acorn TV and its digital channels, including Acorn TV on Prime Channels.

Quiz (UK)

Based on actual events, this drama tells the story of how Charles Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen, Succession, Howards End) “won” the jackpot on the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001, and then was accused and stood trial for cheating, along with his wife, Diana (Sian Clifford, Fleabag), and accomplice Tecwen Whittock (Michael Jibson, Honour). Quiz begins streaming Monday, January 12, 2026.

Quiz DVD

Britain’s Most Scenic Counties: Season 3 (UK)

This four-part series showcases the charms of Cheshire through some of the proud residents as they live, work, and play in the beautiful county they call home. From traditional cheese makers to the famous zoo, the program follows the locals and explores the county’s industrial and artisanal past, revealing a deep history that the residents of Cheshire are proud to be a part of. Britain’s Most Scenic Counties: Season 3 begins streaming Monday, January 26, 2026.

Titles in this section begin streaming in North America on the dates shown below on BritBox and its digital channels, including BritBox on Prime Channels.

Tracey Ullman’s Show: Seasons 1-3 (UK)

In the first two seasons of this sketch comedy series, multi-award-winning performer Tracey Ullman uses her unique talents and extraordinary versatility to bring to life characters that make up the cultural melting pot of the UK. In the third season, she shape-shifts into a range of public figures and offbeat original characters, including Dame Judi Dench, Jerry Hall, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former British Prime Minister Theresa May, French First Lady Brigitte Macron, and US First Lady Melania Trump, amongst others — satirizing today’s culture, including television’s latest obsession with strong but messy female characters, the future possibilities for smart-home devices, life in a post-Brexit world, and the absurdity of the 24-hour news cycle. Tracey Ullman’s Show: Seasons 1-3 begin streaming Wednesday, January 21, 2026.

Hamish Macbeth: Seasons 1-3 (UK/Scotland)

Based on the “Hamish Macbeth Mysteries” novels by M. C. Beaton, and set in the breathtaking scenery of the Scottish Highlands, this cozy, darkly-humored whodunit series stars Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty, Trainspotting) as Hamish MacBeth, a young police constable with a shrewd knack for solving bizarre cases in the seemingly sleepy village of Lochdubh, whose residents are a quirky and lovable bunch. Hamish Macbeth: Seasons 1-3 begin streaming Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

“Hamish Macbeth Mysteries” novels by M. C. Beaton

Hamish Macbeth Collection DVDs

Titles in this section begin streaming in the US on the dates shown below on Disney+.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (US-UK-CA)

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Ransom Riggs, this dark fantasy film from director Tim Burton follows Jacob Portman (Asa Butterfield, Sex Education), a teenager who discovers, via a time loop, the mysterious orphanage for children with extraordinary abilities that his grandfather told him about. Protecting these gifted children, known as “Peculiars,” from outside threats is Miss Alma Peregrine (Eva Green, Penny Dreadful), the headmistress. Here, Jacob learns about the dangers the Peculiars face, discovers his own unique talent, and realizes that only his own special power can save them. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children begins streaming Friday, January 2, 2026.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children DVD

Titles in this section begin streaming in the US on the dates shown below on Netflix.

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (UK)

This musical sketch comedy film from the Monty Python troupe, the final one to feature all six members before the passing of Graham Chapman, features comic sketches about the various stages of life. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life begins streaming Thursday, January 1, 2026.

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life DVD