The British TV Viewing Guide covers programs from the UK, Canada, and Ireland that are premiering in the US this month on linear TV channels and streaming services.
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OCTOBER 2026
For program descriptions of select programs, read “British TV Premieres in October 2026”
- 1st — Blue Skies: Season 2 (CA) — UP Faith and Family
- 1st — Egypt’s Great Mummies: Unwrapped with Bettany Hughes: Season 1 (UK) — BBC Select
- 1st — The Graham Norton Show: Season 34 (UK) — BBC America (11pm ET/PT), AMC+, Acorn TV, All Reality. UP Faith and Family
- 1st — The Land of Troy (UK) — BBC Select
- 1st — Love Actually (UK) — Netflix
- 1st — The Showjumper Murder (UK) — BBC Select
- 1st — War (UK) — HBO (9pm ET/PT), HBO Max
- 2nd — Africa Earth’s Wild Home (US-UK) — National Geographic (8pm ET), Disney+, Hulu
- 2nd — Celebrity Escape to the Country: Season 2 (UK) — BritBox
- 2nd — Kill Jackie (UK) — AMC+
- 2nd — Tip Toe (UK) — Starz app & streaming channels
- 5th — The A-Z Killer (UK) — Acorn TV
- 5th — Epstein: Money, Power and Abuse (UK) — BBC Select
- 5th — Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (CA) — The CW (9pm ET)
- 5th — Murdoch Mysteries: Season 20 (CA) — Ovation TV (8pm ET)
- 5th — Private Eyes West Coast (CA) — The CW (8pm ET)
- 5th — Signora Volpe: Season 3 (UK) — Acorn TV
- 5th — War and Peace: Season 1 (UK) — BritBox
- 6th — Private Eyes: Seasons 1-5 (CA) — Hulu
- 7th — Small Prophets (UK) — Apple TV
- 8th — Below (CA) — Netflix
- 8th — Suez: 24 Hours that Broke the British Empire (UK) — BBC Select
- 11th — Treasure Island (US-UK) — MGM+
- 12th — The Flight Attendant Murders (UK) — Acorn TV
- 12th — This Is Not a Murder Mystery (BE) — Acorn TV
- 13th — Ludwig: Season 2 (UK) — BritBox
- 14th — Hunting Gary Glitter (UK) — Netflix
- 14th — VisionQuest (US-UK) — Disney+
- 15th — The Diplomat: Season 4 (UK-US) — Netflix
- 15th — Fantastic Friends: Season 2 (UK) — BBC Select
- 15th — Human: Season 1 (UK) — BBC Select
- 16th — Tenzing (UK-AU-US) — Apple TV
- 18th — The Gold: Season 2 (UK) — PBS (10pm ET), PBS.org, PBS app, PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel, PBS Passport
- 18th — Maigret: Season 2 (UK) — PBS (9pm ET), PBS.org, PBS app, PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel, PBS Passport
- 18th — Professor T: Season 5 (UK) — PBS (8pm ET), PBS.org, PBS app
- 19th — The Red King (UK) — Acorn TV
- 19th — Wrongly Accused: Season 1 (UK) — Acorn TV
- 22nd — The Castle: Rebuilding History (UK) — BBC Select
- 22nd — Murder in Concrete (UK) — BBC Select
- 22nd — Time: Season 3 (UK) — BritBox
- 23rd — Last One Laughing: Halloween (UK) — Prime Video
- 23rd — Yaga (CA) — AMC+
- 25th — A Course Called Ireland (US-UK/NI) — Paramount+
- 26th — The Hunt for the Chameleon Killer (UK) — Acorn TV
- 26th — Wolf (UK) — Acorn TV
- 29th — Einstein and Hawking: Masters of Our Universe (UK) — BBC Select
- 29th — Stolen Babies: Britain’s Adoption Scandal (UK) — BBC Select
- 29th — Wonderland: Secrets of the Spymasters and Spies (UK) — BBC Select
- 30th — Beat Luke Littler (UK) — Netflix
- 30th — SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (CA) — Netflix
- 31st — Hunting Matthew Nichols (CA) — Shudder, AMC+
* For all shows airing on public TV stations, including PBS programs, check your local listings or contact the station that serves your area for local broadcast dates and times.
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