October brings the national premieres of 35 titles from the UK and Canada to the US, including highly-anticipated new series and seasons.
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NATIONAL PREMIERES
Blue Skies: Season 2 (CA)
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Crystal Ridge National Park, this police procedural series follows Detective Jodi Larsen (Scarlet Hunter, Invasion, Alert, Home and Away), a former military police officer who returns to her hometown to start over as a criminal investigator for the National Park Police. Driven by a love of the outdoors and a deep sense of justice, Jodi is determined to protect the park, its visitors, and her community, tackling cases involving missing persons, environmental crimes, and secrets hidden deep within the park’s 5,000 square miles.
But Jodi’s fresh start is anything but simple. She’s navigating a new team, a by-the-book superintendent, and a journey to reconnect with her father after her mother passed away while she was deployed. And she has an unexpected partner: a mischievous stray Labrador named Blue, whose instincts prove sharper than most trained K9s.
Returning cast members also include Markian Tarasiuk (Mistletoe Connection, Virgin River), Veronica Long (The Wrong Paris), David Lennon (Untamed), Darius Willis (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), and Shaughnessy Redden (The Terror), with Hiro Kanagawa (Star Trek: Discovery, Avatar: The Last Airbender) joining the cast.
Blue Skies: Season 2 premieres in the US on Thursday, October 1, on UP Faith and Family. New episodes will roll out weekly through November 19.
Catch up on Blue Skies Season 1
The Graham Norton Show: Season 34 (UK)
This BAFTA Award-winning talk show is back with a new season featuring the biggest celebrities and the brightest conversation on television. In the Season 34 premiere, Graham will welcome superstar Tom Cruise to discuss his startling transformation in the apocalyptic satire Digger; Oscar® nominee Florence Pugh talks about her time on the new TV adaptation of the Steinbeck classic, East of Eden; comedian and actor Lolly Adefope chats about taking to the stage as Mary Todd Lincoln in the critically-acclaimed stage production, Oh, Mary!; top comic John Bishop shares about hosting the new BBC entertainment quiz show, Wisdom of the Crowd; and musical guest Emeli Sandé performs. The Graham Norton Show: Season 34 premieres in the US on Thursday, October 1, at 11pm ET/PT, on BBC America, with same-day streaming available on AMC+, Acorn TV, and All Reality.
The Showjumper Murder (UK)
This true-crime docuseries centers on the death of showjumper Katie Simpson, initially accepted as suicide by her community until a journalist questions the truth. A secret investigation uncovers hidden secrets, a dark past, and a potential motive, leading to a dramatic murder trial that seeks justice. The Showjumper Murder premieres in North America as a two-episode binge on Thursday, October 1, on BBC Select.
War (UK)
The first season of this new legal drama anthology series follows the the lives of London’s most powerful lawyers at firms Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne. These legal eagles are on opposing sides of the explosive, high-stakes, headline-grabbing divorce of British tech entrepreneur Morgan Henderson (Dominic West, The Crown, The Hour) and international film star Carla Duval (Sienna Miller, Anatomy of a Scandal, The Girl). As Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne stop at nothing to secure victory for their clients, ambitious young lawyer Jonathan “Johnny” Warren (Archie Renaux, The Jetty, Shadow and Bone) gets drawn into this ruthless world where ambition is currency, betrayal is strategy, and winning is everything.
The series costars Phoebe Fox (Task, The Great) as Serena Byrne and James McArdle (Playing Nice, Sexy Beast) as Nicholas Taylor, partners in life and business at Taylor & Byrne, and Nina Sosanya (Baby Reindeer, Screw) as Beatrice “Queen Bea” Ubosi and Pip Torrens (The Crown, Poldark) as St John Smallwood, their counterparts and fierce rivals at Cathcarts & Sons.
Additional cast includes Celia Imrie (The Diplomat), Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso), Emma Laird (Mayor of Kingstown), Aran Murphy (Lola), Archie Panjabi (Hijack), Adrian Scarborough (The Chelsea Detective), Shaheen Jafargholi (EastEnders), Akiya Henry (Protection), Honor Swinton Byrne (A Very Royal Scandal), Miles Jupp (Belgravia: The Next Chapter), Kartanya Maynard (Heartbreak High), Alexandra Mardell (Coronation Street), Dylan Edwards (The Long Call), Mark Quartley (The Ipcress File), and Steve Furst (The Serpent Queen).
War, an HBO Original Series, premieres in the US on Thursday, October 1, at 9pm ET/PT, on HBO, with streaming available on HBO Max. New episodes will drop weekly through November 19. (The eight-episode series premieres in the UK with the first episode on Friday, 2 October, on Sky and streaming service NOW.)
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Africa Earth’s Wild Home (US-UK)
This seven-part docuseries event brings African wildlife and landscapes to the screen like never before, using the latest technology to tell the most extraordinary stories from the continent and cutting-edge CGI to unearth the deep history and forces that shaped Africa’s natural worlds. Filmed over the course of nearly four years and across close to 30 countries, the series documents species and behaviors for the first time, including the elusive black rain frog (filmed for TV for the first time) and hyenas in the Congo hunting elephants at night. It also features extraordinary footage of a rare wild African black panther and chimpanzees using unique tools to fish for algae. Spanning deserts, forests, jungles, mountains, and islands, the program reveals how Africa’s wildly varied ecosystems shape the animals that live in them, driving epic stories of adaptation, resilience, and survival.
Africa Earth’s Wild Home premieres in the US on Friday, October 2, at 8pm ET, on National Geographic, with streaming on Disney+ and Hulu starting October 3.
Kill Jackie (UK)
Based on the novel The Price You Pay by best-selling author Nick Harkaway, writing as Aidan Truhen (Karla’s Choice, Tigerman), this revenge thriller series stars Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago, Wednesday) as Jackie Price, who’s been living a luxurious existence for the last twenty years. While traveling the world and selling fine art, she’s also been trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international drug smuggler.
But just as life starts to feel a little boring, it takes a sudden lethal turn when she discovers that The Seven Demons, a squad of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her. Assuming someone from her past is behind it, Jackie unleashes her old instincts and embarks on a wild, dangerous game plan: Take down The Demons one by one before they kill her. However, she soon realizes that her own demons are much more terrifying than the ruthless killers on her trail… and her buried secrets lead her closer to home, with surprising consequences.
Costars include Daniel Ings (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Gentlemen), Sidse Babett Knudsen (Prime Target, Borgen), Óscar Jaenada (Rambo V, Cantinflas), Hattie Hook (Of An Age, Ten Pound Poms), Darci Shaw (A Thousand Blows, This City Is Ours), Raff Law (Masters of the Air, Triton), Enzo Cilenti (Black Mirror, The Crown), Christine Adams (Hijack, Malice), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Britannia, The Hour), Karlis Arnolds Avots (Soviet Jeans, Lovable), Set Sjöstrand (The Wheel of Time, Valhalla), Tadashi Ito (Society of the Snow, The Platform 2), Sebastian Armesto (Gangs of London, A Small Light), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh, The Great), Gavin Spokes (House of the Dragon, Slow Horses), Jonathan Cake (And Just Like That, Camping), Bamshad Abedi-Amin (A Town Called Malice, The Last Kingdom), Bill Paterson (Fleabag, Criminal Justice), and Ron Perlman (Hellboy).
Kill Jackie premieres in the US on Friday, October 2, exclusively on AMC+. New episodes will drop weekly through November 20.
The Price You Pay by Aidan Truhen
Tip Toe (UK)
This darkly witty yet harrowing and explosive thriller explores the most corrosive forces facing the LGBTQ+ community as well as the world at large today. The drama follows Leo (Alan Cumming, The Traitors, The Good Wife) and Clive (David Morrissey, Sherwood, The Long Shadow), who’ve been next-door neighbors in Manchester for almost fifteen years. Leo is a gay man who runs Spit & Polish, a bar on Canal Street, and Clive is a straight electrician and family man with a wife and two teenage sons. Just as life should be settling down for both of them, the world around them is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become radicalized, and the two neighbors gradually become deadly enemies, spotlighting the prejudices that have started to creep back into (or never really left) our lives.
It starts when Leo gives Clive his spare key, which turns their ordinary suburban world into a minefield of lies, prejudice, and violence. Clive’s son, George (Jackson Connor, Phoenix Rise, Masters of the Air), is slowly and secretly coming out of the closet, while his brother, Saul (Joseph Evans, The Map That Leads To You, CC Emily), charges for subscriptions for sex online. And when Clive starts working for Leo, tensions begin to rise, with Clive being fueled by misinformation and conspiracies online. The warnings from fading activist Melba (Paul Rhys, Saltburn, Napoleon) go unheard, as all the tensions of the modern world begin to descend upon the two houses. Over ten days, it’s all heading for an almighty showdown on Calico Road, after which no one’s life will ever be the same again.
Costars include Pooky Quesnel (The A Word, Moonflower Murders), Elizabeth Berrington (Lost Boys & Fairies, Last Night In Soho), Iz Hesketh (Renegade Nell, Hollyoaks), Shakeel Kimotho (La Cage Aux Folles & Cats theatre shows), Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo (Wednesday, Devs), Charlie Condou (Doctor Who, Unforgotten), and Denise Welch (Waterloo Road, Coronation Street).
Tip Toe premieres in the US and English Canada on Friday, October 2, exclusively on the Starz app and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms. New episodes will drop weekly through October 30.
Epstein: Money, Power and Abuse (UK)
This documentary looks at how convicted sex offender and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein became as powerful as he was. Epstein: Money, Power and Abuse premieres in the US on Monday, October 5, on BBC Select.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (CA)
Adapted from the “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” format, itself based on the “Law & Order” global brand, this crime drama follows Detective Sergeant Henry Graff (Aden Young, Rectify, Reckoning, The Disappearance) and Detective Sergeant Frankie Bateman (Kathleen Munroe, City on Fire, FBI, Patriot), who see clues others may have missed and always solve even the toughest of cases using their own unique set of investigative skills.
With the help of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit, including their boss, Inspector Vivienne Holness (Karen Robinson, Pretty Hard Cases, Cross), Deputy Crown Attorney Theo Forrester (K.C. Collins, The Cleaning Lady, Pretty Hard Cases), pathologist Dr. Lucy Da Silva (Nicola Correia-Damude, SkyMed, Resident Alien), and tech expert Mark Yohannes (Araya Mengesha, Tiny Pretty Things, Anne with an E), Graff and Bateman tackle the most high-profile homicides in Toronto inspired by some of Canada’s most infamous headlines.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent: Season 2 premieres in the US on Monday, October 5, at 9pm ET, on The CW.
Catch up on Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Season 1
Stream Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1
Murdoch Mysteries: Season 20 (CA)
Season 20 of this hit period mystery series opens with an unexpected international adventure: Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson, “Aurora Teagarden Mystery” movies) diverts his travels to Malta, where mystery author Nigella Fletcher (guest star Sally Lindsay, The Madame Blanc Mysteries, Scott & Bailey) awaits execution for murdering her husband. Questioning the seemingly open-and-shut case, Murdoch uncovers a connection to a stolen priceless tapestry, a centuries-old treasure map, and a mystery that sends him in pursuit of both a fugitive and the truth.
The returning cast also includes Thomas Craig (Coronation Street), Lachlan Murdoch (Copper), Kataem O’Connor (Heartland), Daniel Maslany (Hudson & Rex), Shanice Banton (Private Eyes), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Kim’s Convenience, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Mandalorian), Arwen Humphreys (Hudson & Rex), and Clare McConnell (Children Ruin Everything).
In addition to Sally Lindsay, guest stars this season include Jason Mewes (“Clerks” films), Yanic Truesdale (Gilmore Girls), Ennis Esmer (Blindspot), James Chatto (Wayward), Emma Slater (Mamma Mia!), Kristian Bruun (The Recruit), and Hamza Haq (Transplant).
Based on Maureen Jennings’s popular “Detective Murdoch” series of novels, Murdoch Mysteries: Season 20 premieres in the US on Monday, October 5, at 8pm ET, on Ovation TV.
Murdoch Mysteries books by Maureen Jennings
Stream Murdoch Mysteries Seasons 1-19
Private Eyes West Coast (CA)
In this spin-off series, Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills, 90210, Call Me Fitz) and Cindy Sampson (Sullivan’s Crossing, Supernatural) reprise their characters of Matt Shade and Angie Everett, respectively, from the worldwide hit crime dramedy series Private Eyes. Having left Toronto and their private investigation firm behind, Shade and Angie have settled into a new life in Victoria, British Columbia, on the west coast, but their new quiet life is shaken when a night out lands them at the scene of a murder.
A woman stands over her dead boyfriend with a bloody steak knife in hand. Believing in her innocence, Shade and Angie dive headfirst back into the high-stakes world of P.I. work. As the private eyes juggle the challenges of opening a new firm in a new city, and without their friendly Toronto network of sources, they work to build a new community. From tracking down a missing student in the wilderness of British Columbia to extracting a murder confession from a surfer in Tofino, Shade and Angie prove life on the west coast is packed with heart-pounding thrills.
Private Eyes West Coast premieres in the US on Monday, October 5, at 8pm ET, on The CW.
Watch the original Private Eyes Seasons 1-5
Signora Volpe: Season 3 (UK)
Following on from the events in Season 2, Season 3 of this mystery-crime thriller finds former British spy Sylvia Fox (Emilia Fox, Silent Witness, Delicious, The Tunnel) now mentally and physically recovered from her abduction. While lingering questions about her ordeal remain, she is settling back into the rhythm of her new life in Italy, and her relationship with Carabinieri captain Giovanni Riva (Giovanni Cirfiera, Ford v Ferrari, American Crime Story) continues to deepen.
However, Sylvia is soon drawn back into danger through a series of complex investigations, including the murder of a local winery owner and the mysterious death of a young man found in the bed of a prominent power couple. As each mystery hits closer to home and forces Sylvia to confront uncomfortable truths, a devastating loss and the return of someone from her past come back to haunt her.
Returning cast members include Tara Fitzgerald (Belgravia, Game of Thrones, Surface), Elena Di Cioccio (Kostas), Matteo Carlomagno (All the Money in the World), Marianne Leoni (The Price of Family), and Imma Piro (The Bastards of Pizzofalcone). Also returning in recurring roles are Jamie Bamber (Beyond Paradise, Battlestar Galactica) and Buffy Davis (Anna Karenina).
Signora Volpe: Season 3, an Acorn TV Original, premieres in the US on Monday, October 5, exclusively on Acorn TV.
Catch up on Signora Volpe Seasons 1 & 2
Small Prophets (UK)
This award-winning series tells the comic tale of the eccentric Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley, The Gentlemen, Detectorists), who has lived a very ordinary life since his darling Clea disappeared seven years ago. He works in a DIY store, visits his dad, Brian (Sir Michael Palin, Monty Python, Remember Me), and hopes for Clea to return. One day, Brian shares an old recipe involving rainwater, horse manure, and more than a little alchemy. With recipe in hand, Michael sets out (albeit with some skepticism) to create homunculi, magical spirits that can predict the future, in the hope that they have the answer to his burning question: Will I ever see Clea again?
Michael gets help from his young coworker, Kacey (Lauren Patel, Waterloo Road, Lloyd of the Flies), an unlikely friendship that blossoms partly through their mutual dislike of store manager Gordon (Mackenzie Crook, Detectorists, The Office). Their friendship adds to the frustration and intrigue of his nosy neighbors, Bev (Sophie Willan, Alma’s Not Normal, Ludwig) and Clive (Jon Pointing, Big Boys, Plebs), who are obsessed with trying to find out what the hell is going on in the garden shed.
Small Prophets premieres globally (outside the UK) on Wednesday, October 7, exclusively on Apple TV.
Below (CA)
Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful, Black Mirror) stars in this mystery-horror thriller as Calvin Penney, a big‑hearted but stubborn fisherman living in a small Newfoundland town, still haunted by his father’s mysterious death decades ago. When an unidentified sea creature begins terrorizing his hometown, Calvin must fight to hold his close-knit community together. Determined to keep his son, Wade (Charlie Heaton, Stranger Things, Industry), and the rest of his family safe, he teams up with visiting marine researcher Fonda Howander (Mackenzie Davis, Halt and Catch Fire, Black Mirror) to confront the creature and reveal the island’s buried secrets before it’s too late.
Below, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 8, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Suez: 24 Hours that Broke the British Empire (UK)
This docuseries tells the dramatic inside story of 6 November 1956, the final day of the Suez Crisis, a day that changed Britain forever. Suez: 24 Hours that Broke the British Empire premieres in the US as a two-episode binge on Thursday, October 8, on BBC Select.
Treasure Island (US-UK)
This coming-of-age adventure series, based on the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, reimagines the tale for a new generation. Set in 1788 across storm-battered Cornwall, the treacherous seas of the Atlantic, and the terrifying Skeleton Island, located in a Caribbean on the brink of revolution, it charts the transformation of teenager Jim Hawkins (Tom Sweet, Great Expectations, Childhood of a Leader) from sheltered boy to emboldened young pirate. When Jim gets his hands on a legendary treasure map, his mother Bess’s (Hayley Atwell, Marvel’s Agent Carter, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning) clever and decisive actions leave him holding valuable knowledge that puts both of their lives in danger.
Sailing aboard The Hispaniola, Jim and Bess are caught between the equally charming and terrifying pirate, Long John Silver (David Oyelowo, Selma, Silo), and Aaron Graham (Jack Huston, Boardwalk Empire, Day of the Fight), a debonair and duplicitous British revolutionary spy seeking to use the gold to upend colonial power. Jim must grow up fast as he and his mother fight for survival on a voyage where alliances shift, secrets multiply, and peril closes in from all sides. It’s a world far more complex and dangerous than he ever imagined, one where resilience, loyalty, and identity are tested, and fortune is the prize.
Treasure Island, an MGM+ Original, premieres in the US, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Latin America on Sunday, October 11, exclusively on MGM+.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
This Is Not a Murder Mystery (BE)
Set in England during the 1930s, this whodunit revolves around world-renowned Surrealist artists, including young Salvator Dalí (Iñaki Mur, Merlí), René Magritte (Pierre Gervais, The Twelve), Man Ray (Frank Bourke, Toxic Town), and Max Ernst (Mike Hoffmann, Luna & Sophie), who find themselves trapped in a lavish mansion with a mysterious serial killer on the loose. Scotland Yard’s DCI John Thistletwaite (Stephen Tompkinson, DCI Banks, Wild at Heart) is on the case, but is everything what it appears to be?
Costarring Donna Banya (Howards End), Aoibhinn McGinnity (Vikings: Valhalla), Florence Hall (Queens of Mystery), Jonathan Delaney Tynan (Vikings), and Lauren Versnick (Astrid), amongst others, This Is Not a Murder Mystery premieres in the US on Monday, October 12, on Acorn TV.
Ludwig: Season 2 (UK)
Following on from the events in Season 1, Season 2 of this critically-acclaimed and viewer-favorite detective series finds master puzzle-setter John “Ludwig” Taylor (David Mitchell, Peep Show, That Mitchell and Webb Look) is now a Crime Scene Consultant, working alongside DCI Russell Carter (Dipo Ola, We Hunt Together, Landscapers) on “impossible” crimes for the Cambridge Police Authority. No longer having to masquerade as his brother, he’s openly more “Ludwig” than ever, brilliant at solving puzzles but hopeless at everything else.
But John’s identical twin brother, James, is still missing, and now that John is an official employee of the station, he is forbidden from using any police resources to look for his brother or uncover exactly what he was investigating. Of course, John won’t stop, and neither will Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin, Motherland, Line of Duty), John’s sister-in-law and James’s wife. A puzzle needs solving and a husband and father needs bringing home, so while one masquerade may have ended, a new one has just begun.
The new season features new series regulars, including Mark Bonnar (Dept. Q, Guilt) as newspaper editor Gareth Fisher, Sian Clifford (Fleabag, The Ballad of Wallis Island) as local MP Joanne Kemper, Ben Ashenden (Deep Cover, Black Mirror) as DC Ethan Cole, and Rumi Sutton (After the Flood, Mutiny) as DC Caitlin Sullivan. Stephen Merchant (The Outlaws, Hello Ladies) guest stars as Danny Sloane, a cocky snooker champion who is at odds with John in the season’s fourth episode. The returning cast also includes Dylan Hughes (Death by Lightning), Dorothy Atkinson (Mum), Ralph Ineson (Chernobyl), and Karl Pilkington (Sick of It).
Ludwig: Season 2, a BritBox Original, premieres in North America on Tuesday, October 13, exclusively on BritBox. New episodes will drop weekly through the season finale on November 17.
Hunting Gary Glitter (UK)
This docuseries centers on the journalists who chased fugitive pop star Gary Glitter across the globe, from Cuba to Cambodia to Vietnam, determined to expose the child sexual abuse he concealed behind decades of chart-topping fame. The three-part program follows their pursuit and the survivors who speak out, charting Glitter’s 1997 conviction through to his years on the run and eventual incarceration. Hunting Gary Glitter, a Netflix Docuseries, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 14, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
VisionQuest (US-UK)
In this new Marvel superhero miniseries, a spin-off from WandaVision, Vision (Paul Bettany, WandaVision, A Very British Scandal), rebooted and having escaped from those who sought to weaponize him, has been in hiding. Searching for new meaning, he consults the AI personas embedded in his programming, including F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., J.A.R.V.I.S., and the infamous Ultron. His discreet existence ends when a bounty placed on his head thrusts him on the run with Thomas Shepard, a mysterious boy who may be Vision’s son, reincarnate. As Vision evades capture, he must confront his nature, resist Ultron’s (James Spader, The Blacklist, Boston Legal) influence, and unravel the enigma that is his young companion if he’s to survive.
Costarring Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek), Diane Morgan (Motherland), James D’Arcy (Agent Carter), Orla Brady (Into the Badlands), T’Nia Miller (Gangs of London), Ruaridh Mollica (A Thousand Blows), Lauren Morais (The Crow Girl), and Todd Stashwick (12 Monkeys), VisionQuest premieres globally on Wednesday, October 14, exclusively on Disney+.
WandaVision Collector’s Edition Blu-ray
The Diplomat: Season 4 (UK-US)
In the latest season of this political thriller, two marriages threaten to eat each other alive. One catastrophic moment shatters the fragile peace Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell, The Americans, Felicity) brokered between the US and UK, as well as the crumbling marriage she’s trying to save. While she fights to stem the bleeding, President Grace Penn (Allison Janney, Palm Royale, Mom) and VP Hal Wyler’s (Rufus Sewell, The Man in the High Castle, Victoria) conspiracy to steal Russia’s most powerful weapon hurtles the United States toward war. Kate and Grace’s husband, Todd (Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale, The West Wing), at best an uneasy pair, unite to stop the Grace-Hal alliance from upending the balance of power abroad and at home.
The Diplomat: Season 4, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 15, exclusively on Netflix.
Tenzing (UK-AU-US)
Based on true events, this biopic-historical drama chronicles the little-known story of Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok, Snow Leopard, Wind), a gifted Himalayan climber who, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston, Thor, The Avengers), became the first to summit Mount Everest. Encouraged by his wife, Dawa (Thinley Lhamo, Shambhala, Hari), Tenzing finds an ally in expedition secretary Jill Henderson (Caitríona Balfe, Outlander, Belfast). Together, they persuade Colonel John Hunt (Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate, The Florida Project) that Tenzing belongs on the British climbing team, rather than merely serving it.
Where Western climbers see Everest as something to be conquered, Tenzing reveres this mountain, called Chomolungma in Tibetan, as the sacred mother goddess. What follows is an ascent defined as much by the tensions between backgrounds, classes, and competing ambitions as by the perils of the mountain itself. But high above the world, empire, rank and aspiration fall away, leaving two outsiders bound by mutual respect and trust, and for Tenzing, the fulfillment of both a lifelong dream and a spiritual calling.
Following the film’s theatrical release in select cinemas on October 9, Tenzing, an Apple Original Film, premieres globally on Friday, October 16, exclusively on Apple TV and its digital channels, including Apple TV on Prime Channels (where you can add it to your watchlist now).
The Gold: Season 2 (UK)
Following on from the events in Season 1, after those who were involved in the theft and handling of the Brink’s-Mat gold were convicted, and the police realized that those criminals only ever had half of the gold, Season 2 explores what happened to the other half and the criminal fortune it created. As the police investigation continues, it becomes a tense, high-stakes journey into international money laundering and organized crime. The Brink’s-Mat Task Force embarks on a series of dramatic manhunts as they desperately try to solve the longest and most expensive investigation in the history of the Metropolitan Police.
The returning cast includes Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, The Agency), Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk), Emun Elliott (Sexy Beast, Guilt), Charlotte Spencer (Sanditon, Glue), Tom Cullen (Knightfall, House of the Dragon), and Stefanie Martini (Prime Suspect: Tennison, The Last Kingdom), with Stephen Campbell Moore (Criminal Record, Masters of the Air), Joshua McGuire (Anatomy of a Scandal, Lovesick), and Tom Hughes (Legends, Victoria) joining the Season 2 cast.
The Gold: Season 2 premieres in the US on Sunday, October 18, at 10pm, on PBS (check your local listings), with weekly streaming of new episodes available on PBS and the PBS app. It launches as a 6-episode binge on PBS Passport and the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel.
Maigret: Season 2 (UK)
In the new season of this contemporary mystery series based on the “Inspector Maigret” books by Belgian author Georges Simenon, Chief Inspector Maigret (Ben Wainwright, Belgravia: The Next Chapter, World on Fire) and his team of detectives investigate a series of complex crimes. Maigret’s unique brand of justice exposes him to the critical eye of his mentor, Police Director Xavier Guichard (Nathaniel Parker, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries), who decides that Maigret needs to be taught a lesson and deliberately weakens his team. With pressure mounting, Maigret is forced to make a choice between his personal life and his career.
Costars include Reda Elazouar (Sex Education, Baghdad Central), Kerrie Hayes (The Responder, Criminal Record), Shaniqua Okwok (Bookish, It’s a Sin), Stefanie Martini (The Gold, Doctor Thorne), Nathalie Armin (After the Flood, Showtrial), and Alex Bhat (Outlander, Marie Antoinette).
Maigret: Season 2 premieres in the US on Sunday, October 18, at 9pm, on PBS (check your local listings), with weekly streaming of new episodes available on PBS and the PBS app. It launches as a 6-episode binge on PBS Passport and the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel.
“Inspector Maigret” books by Georges Simenon
Murdoch Mysteries: Season 20 (CA)
Season 20 of this hit period mystery series opens with an unexpected international adventure: Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson, “Aurora Teagarden Mystery” movies) diverts his travels to Malta, where mystery author Nigella Fletcher (guest star Sally Lindsay, The Madame Blanc Mysteries, Scott & Bailey) awaits execution for murdering her husband. Questioning the seemingly open-and-shut case, Murdoch uncovers a connection to a stolen priceless tapestry, a centuries-old treasure map, and a mystery that sends him in pursuit of both a fugitive and the truth.
The returning cast also includes Thomas Craig (Coronation Street), Lachlan Murdoch (Copper), Kataem O’Connor (Heartland), Daniel Maslany (Hudson & Rex), Shanice Banton (Private Eyes), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Kim’s Convenience, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Mandalorian), Arwen Humphreys (Hudson & Rex), and Clare McConnell (Children Ruin Everything).
In addition to Sally Lindsay, guest stars this season include Jason Mewes (“Clerks” films), Yanic Truesdale (Gilmore Girls), Ennis Esmer (Blindspot), James Chatto (Wayward), Emma Slater (Mamma Mia!), Kristian Bruun (The Recruit), and Hamza Haq (Transplant).
Based on Maureen Jennings’s popular “Detective Murdoch” series of novels, Murdoch Mysteries: Season 20 premieres in the US on Monday, October 5, at 8pm ET, on Ovation TV.
Murdoch Mysteries books by Maureen Jennings
Stream Murdoch Mysteries Seasons 1-19
The Castle: Rebuilding History (UK)
Filmed over the course of seven years, this documentary follows one of Europe’s most complex heritage projects: the restoration of Norwich Castle, which has dominated the local skyline since 1121. The Castle: Rebuilding History premieres in North America on Thursday, October 22, on BBC Select.
Murder in Concrete (UK)
This true-crime docuseries follows two detectives as they set out to discover the truth behind a brutal murder after a man confesses to killing his housemate several years earlier. Murder in Concrete premieres in North America as a two-episode binge on Thursday, October 22, on BBC Select.
Time: Season 3 (UK)
In this prison drama’s new season, prison chaplain Marie-Louise (Siobhan Finneran, Happy Valley, Downton Abbey) comes to the young offenders’ institution (YOI) having lost her faith. When tragedy strikes within the prison, she clashes with veteran officer Bailey (David Tennant, Doctor Who, Broadchurch), a man in the midst of his own crisis. Bailey knows more about the circumstances that led to this major incident, but will he come clean before the guilt gets too much?
Meanwhile, two teenage young offenders, Peter (Ollie McNulty) and James (Louis McCartney, Hope Street), struggle through the terrifying first weeks and months of their incarceration. Can James ever face his broken parents after an unforgivable act of violence? And will Peter tell the truth about the death of an innocent man, or does family loyalty mean more? An unlikely friendship between them looks to shift the trajectory of their futures.
Time: Season 3, a BritBox Original, premieres in North America on Thursday, October 22, on BritBox. New episodes will drop weekly through November 5.
Catch up on Time Seasons 1 & 2
Last One Laughing UK: Halloween Special (UK)
The rules of this comedy game show hosted by Jimmy Carr and sidekick Roisin Conaty are simple: Laugh and you’re out; scream and you’re out. So, over the course of the UK version’s first Halloween Special, comedians Jack Dee, Daisy May Cooper, Phil Wang, Lou Sanders, Reece Shearsmith, Harriet Dyer, and Tom Allen must use every ounce of their comedic talent to break their opponents without laughing or screaming themselves. And it’s not just their rivals they need to watch out for. Cursed props, ghostly interruptions, and spine-tingling surprises are all designed to catch even the bravest comic off guard. The Last One Laughing UK: Halloween Special premieres globally on Friday, October 23, and concludes on October 30, exclusively on Prime Video.
Yaga (CA)
This mystery-thriller series follows Rapp (Noah Reid, Schitt’s Creek, The Vampire Lestat), a private investigator who arrives in the small coastal town of Whittock to investigate the disappearance of Henry Park (Hudson Williams, Heated Rivalry), a young heir to a powerful fishery. Rapp soon finds himself at odds with apprehensive local detective Carson (Clark Backo, Venom: The Last Dance, Letterkenny) and charismatic university professor Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss, “Matrix” films, Memento), who has a taste for younger men. Add to that a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic, and Rapp has his work cut out for him.
Also in the cast are Sheila McCarthy (Orphan Black), Megan Follows (The Way Home), Ezra Franky (Untamed), Patrick Gilmore (Travelers), Katharine Isabelle (The Order), and Hiro Kanagawa (Shōgun), along with Emilija Baranac (The Midnight Club), Georgia Acken (Under the Bridge), Anisa Harris (Yellowjackets), and Sam Krochmal (Voicemails for Isabelle).
Yaga premieres in the US with two episodes on Friday, October 23, exclusively on AMC+. New episodes will drop on Fridays through the two-episode finale on Friday, November 27.
Baba Yaga’s Book of Witchcraft
Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles
A Course Called Ireland (US-UK/NI)
In this docuseries, actor Bill Murray (Lost in Translation, Groundhog Day) and author Tom Coyne (A Course Called Ireland, A Course Called Scotland) play their way across some of Ireland’s most legendary golf courses. But somewhere between the first tee and the final pint, the journey veers into an unexpected portrait of Ireland, the people who give it its soul, and of Bill Murray himself.
Each thirty-minute episode follows Murray and friends across some of the island’s most breathtaking fairways. Joined by the extended Murray family, including Joel and John Murray, celebrity friends Chris O’Dowd, Joanne McNally, and Jason Kelce, and long-time golfing companion Tom Coyne, the six-part program, a hilarious and unpredictable love letter to the game of golf, captures candid, unscripted moments woven with the wit, warmth, and wonder of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
A Course Called Ireland premieres globally (outside the UK and Latin America) on Sunday, October 25, on Paramount+.
A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee
A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game
A Course Called Home: Adventures of an Accidental Golf Course Owner
Stolen Babies: Britain’s Adoption Scandal (UK)
This documentary uncovers one of the worst injustices of the modern era: Britain’s state-sanctioned practice of forced adoption, which separated over 250,000 women from their babies from the postwar era through the early 1980s. Stolen Babies: Britain’s Adoption Scandal premieres in North America on Thursday, October 29, on BBC Select.
Wonderland: Secrets of the Spymasters and Spies (UK)
This docuseries delves into the work of the world’s greatest spy authors, including Ian Fleming, John Le Carré, and Graham Greene. They shaped what has become a hugely popular genre, exploring political issues and international relations with unsettling and often cynical insight in their writing, and weaving intricate plots, clandestine operations, and intense suspense into their novels. Wonderland: Secrets of the Spymasters and Spies premieres in North America as a four-episode binge on Thursday, October 29, on BBC Select.
Beat Luke Littler (UK)
In this new sports competition series, amateur darts players hope to make history against world champion Luke Littler in a live match hosted by Gary Lineker, with analysis from Richard Osman. Beat Luke Littler, a Netflix Live Event, streams live globally on Friday, October 30, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (CA)
This documentary chronicles the rise, fall, and enduring legacy of SCTV, one of the most influential sketch comedy series in television history. Through intimate interviews with surviving members of its legendary cast and an emotional reunion in Toronto, the film explores the creative partnership that transformed a small Canadian television production into a cultural phenomenon that launched some of comedy’s most celebrated icons.
Featuring candid reflections, never-before-shared stories, and rare archival material, the documentary examines the artistic innovation that made SCTV a trailblazer while revealing the extraordinary friendships that have endured for more than fifty years. The film is a testament to the timeless power of collaboration and the lasting influence of artists whose work continues to influence comedy around the world.
SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Friday, October 30, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
SCTV: Behind the Scenes by Dave Thomas
Hunting Matthew Nichols (CA)
In this mystery-horror film, documentary filmmaker Tara Nichols (Miranda MacDougall, When Calls the Heart) sets out to solve the missing person case of her brother, who mysteriously disappeared on Vancouver Island two decades earlier. When disturbing evidence is revealed, she comes to believe he might still be alive.
Hunting Matthew Nichols, a Shudder Original Film, premieres in the US on Saturday, October 31, exclusively on Shudder and AMC+.
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO LINEAR TV
Professor T: Season 5 (UK)
In Season 5 of this British mystery series based on the hit Flemish series, Zelda (Zoë Wanamaker, Bergerac, Shadow and Bone) and the Dean (Douglas Reith, Downton Abbey, The Queen) tie the knot, after which Jasper (Ben Miller, Death in Paradise, Primeval) and Helena (Juliet Stevenson, Place of Execution, Atlantis) escape to a secluded spa to test their fragile spark, until an “accidental” death rekindles his detective instincts and threatens their new romance.
Wrestling with intimacy, duty, and the relentless pull of his OCD, Jasper is soon confronted by personal turmoil that clouds his judgement and shakes his focus. As Zelda and Miss Snares (Sarah Woodward, Queens of Mystery, House of the Dragon) meddle to secure his happiness, the team face ever darker cases. Back at the station, Maiya (Sunetra Sarker, Casualty, Ackley Bridge) drives her team through twisting investigations; Chloe (Rhian Blundell, Vampire Academy) finds her confidence; and Dan’s (Barnie White, The Couple Next Door) new relationship with Leonie Vass (Poppy Drayton, The Shannara Chronicles), daughter of a feared crime boss, threatens to destroy him.
Professor T: Season 5 has its broadcast debut on Sunday, October 18, at 8pm ET, on PBS (check your local listings), with streaming available on PBS and the PBS app. (The season is already available as a 6-episode binge on PBS Passport and the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel.)
Catch up on Professor T Seasons 1-4
Stream the original Professor T (in Flemish with English subtitles)
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.
The A-Z Killer (UK)
This true-crime docuseries revolves around the 1992 murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common, which triggered one of the UK’s biggest investigations. A wrongful arrest derailed the case while the real killer, Robert Napper, continued undetected. Decades later, those closest to the investigation reveal how crucial clues were missed and how advancing forensics finally exposed the real killer. The A-Z Killer begins streaming Monday, October 5.
The Flight Attendant Murders (UK)
This true-crime docuseries unravels the chilling chronicles of four flight attendants who were brutally murdered in Texas during the 1970s and 1980s. It investigates whether the wrong man was put behind bars and if the victims’ families will ever get justice. Expert investigators and legal minds pore over evidence and reconstruct timelines as modern DNA and policing techniques come into play, seeking the truth behind each woman’s fate. The Flight Attendant Murders begins streaming Monday, October 12.
The Red King (UK)
In this folk thriller, by-the-book police sergeant Grace (Anjli Mohindra, The Lazarus Project, Bodyguard) is “reassigned” to an isolated island after reporting a fellow officer for assaulting a suspect. But what begins as a punishment quickly turns into something far more sinister. A year after a teenage boy vanished without a trace, Grace reopens the cold case, only for his remains to surface in a place no one expected. As she digs deeper, the island’s eerie past begins to unravel, as whispers of a secretive religious sect founded by an enigmatic leader, strange rituals, and a string of unexplained deaths occur. Costarring James Bamford (Luther: The Fallen Sun), Mark Lewis Jones (Gangs of London), Marc Warren (Van der Valk), and Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton), The Red King begins streaming Monday, October 19. Episodes will drop weekly through November 23.
Wrongly Accused: Season 1 (UK)
In this true-crime docuseries, investigative reporter Louise Shorter revisits some of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British criminal history, uncovering what it’s like for an innocent person to be sent down for murder and how the real killers were eventually caught. Wrongly Accused: Season 1 begins streaming Monday, October 19.
The Hunt for the Chameleon Killer (UK)
This true-crime docuseries revolves around the discovery of a headless, handless body in a Florida canal in 1990, a case for which law enforcement began a search for the killer that took them all the way to London before the trail went cold. What ensued was a string of stolen identities, wrongful accusations, and a twelve-year cat-and-mouse chase across multiple countries, as authorities closed in on the most wanted woman in the world. Exploring all the crimes of Elaine Parent, the program uncovers every potential victim and determines whether law enforcement is correct in their belief that she was a serial killer. The Hunt for the Chameleon Killer begins streaming Monday, October 26.
Wolf (UK)
Based on Mo Hayder’s acclaimed “Jack Caffery” novels, this crime thriller follows DI Jack Caffery (Ukweli Roach, Blindspot, The Midwich Cuckoos), a young detective who tries to right the wrongs of others while he’s plagued by nightmares and obsessed with the neighbor he believes murdered his 10-year-old brother in the 1990s. Meanwhile, in an isolated house in Monmouthshire, the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family find themselves trapped and terrorized by a psychopath’s cruel games. Costarring Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who), Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones), and Sian Reese-Williams (The Light in the Hall), Wolf begins streaming as a six-episode binge on Monday, October 26.
“Jack Caffery” novels by Mo Hayder
Titles in this section begin streaming in North America on the dates shown below on BBC Select and its digital channels, including BBC Select on Prime Channels.
Egypt’s Great Mummies: Unwrapped with Bettany Hughes: Season 1 (UK)
In this docuseries, historian, author, and television presenter Bettany Hughes (The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Ancient Treasures with Bettany Hughes) unearths ten embalmed bodies, each with a unique story to tell. From pharaohs to criminals, from children to priests, she opens up a portal into the incredible stories of people from all different parts of ancient Egyptian society. Egypt’s Great Mummies: Unwrapped with Bettany Hughes: Season 1 begins streaming in North America as a two-episode binge on Thursday, October 1.
The Land of Troy (UK)
In this documentary, cultural historian and author Janina Ramirez (Julian of Norwich, Legenda) explores the legendary city of Troy, uncovering its ancient ruins and treasures before journeying through Bozcaada and Gallipoli to discover the region’s rich layers of history. The Land of Troy begins streaming in North America on Thursday, October 1.
Fantastic Friends: Season 2 (UK)
In this docuseries, James and Oliver Phelps of “Harry Potter” travel around the world to catch up with their favorite celebrity friends in luxurious locales. Fantastic Friends: Season 2 begins streaming in North America as an eight-episode binge on Thursday, October 15.
Human: Season 1 (UK)
This docuseries unlocks the secrets of our extraordinary evolution, from the appearance of Homo sapiens (the only human species that remains) in Africa 300,000 years ago, when at least six other human species were also alive. Human: Season 1 begins streaming in North America as a five-episode binge on Thursday, October 15.
Einstein and Hawking: Masters of Our Universe (UK)
This docuseries explores two of the 20th century’s greatest minds: Albert Einstein, who created the theory of relativity, and Stephen Hawking, who produced pioneering work on the Big Bang and black holes. Einstein and Hawking: Masters of Our Universe begins streaming in North America as a two-episode binge on Thursday, October 29.
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.
Celebrity Escape to the Country: Season 2 (UK)
In this reality series, the presenters help celebrities to find their dream home in the glorious British countryside. Celebrity Escape to the Country: Season 2 begins streaming in the US with two episodes on Friday, October 2, followed by one episode per week through October 30.
War and Peace: Season 1 (UK)
Based on the classic novel by Leo Tolstoy, this period drama follows Pierre (Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood), Natasha (Lily James, Pam & Tommy), and Andrei (James Norton, Happy Valley), all part of St Petersburg’s glittering elite, but still fired-up with youthful ambition to find meaning in their lives. Kind-hearted but awkward Pierre, the illegitimate son of Russia’s richest man, wants to change the world for the better. Handsome and gallant Andrei, frustrated with the superficiality of his life, seeks a purpose. And the beautiful and spirited Natasha is searching for true love. At the same time that Napoleon’s army edges ever closer to Russia’s borders, they question everything they thought they knew, and find themselves in a time when Russian society is about to change forever. War and Peace: Season 1 begins streaming as a six-episode binge on Monday, October 5.
Would I Lie To You?: Season 19 (UK)
In this comedy panel show, contestants have to bluff about their deepest secrets and the opposing team must decipher which ones are true. Would I Lie To You?: Season 19 begins streaming as a thirteen-episode binge on Monday, October 26.
Titles in this section begin streaming in the US on the dates shown below on Hulu.
Private Eyes: Seasons 1-5 (CA)
Based on the “Brad Shade” novels by G.B. Joyce, this crime dramedy stars Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills, 90210, Call Me Fitz) as hockey player-turned-private investigator Matt Shade, and Cindy Sampson (Supernatural, Rogue) as Angie Everett, Shade’s boss and later partner at Everett Investigation, the P.I. agency she inherited from her father. The show follows a “crime of the week” format, in which Matt and Angie solve crimes around Toronto. Private Eyes: Seasons 1-5 begins streaming Tuesday, October 6 (rescheduled from August 1).
“Brad Shade” novels by G.B. Joyce
Titles in this section begin streaming in the US on the dates shown below on Netflix.
Love Actually (UK)
This star-studded hit romantic comedy returns to Netflix, prepping us for the upcoming holiday season. Love Actually begins streaming Thursday, October 1.
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