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.
To see what you might have missed in previous months and years, visit the British TV View Guide Archives:
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
For program descriptions, read “British TV Premieres in Jan 2020”
- 1st — Akuma (Canada) — Prime Video
- 1st — At Home with the Braithwaites: Seasons 1-4 (UK) — Prime Video
- 1st — Doctor Who: Season 12 (UK) — BBC America (8 PM ET/PT)
- 1st — Line of Duty: Seasons 1-4 (UK) — Prime Video
- 1st — Mrs. Brown’s Boys New Year’s Special (UK) — BritBox
- 1st — Wallander: Seasons 1-4 (Complete) (UK) — BritBox
- 2nd — Run (UK) — Topic
- 2nd — The Victim (UK/Scotland) — Public TV stations*
- 3rd — Anne with an E: Season 3 (Final) (Canada) — Netflix
- 3rd — James May: Our Man in Japan (UK) — Prime Video
- 3rd — Richard Wilson On the Road (UK) — Prime Video
- 4th — Dracula (UK) — Netflix
- 5th — Doctor Who: Season 12 (regular time slot) (UK) — BBC America (8 PM ET), Amazon Video, iTunes
- 6th — The Family Farm (UK) — Acorn TV
- 6th — Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal (UK) — Acorn TV
- 7th — Catherine the Great (UK) — Amazon Video, iTunes
- 7th — Schitt’s Creek: Season 6 (Final) (Canada) — Pop TV (9 PM ET), Amazon Video, iTunes
- 7th — Silent Witness: Season 23 (UK) — BritBox
- 8th — Endeavour: Season 6 (UK) — Prime Video
- 8th — Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas (2019) (UK) — Amazon Video, iTunes
- 8th — Giri / Haji (UK) — Netflix
- 8th — The Island with Bear Grylls (UK) — Prime Video
- 9th — Britain AD: King Arthur’s Britain (UK) — Prime Video
- 9th — Hunted: Seasons 1-2 (UK) — Prime Video
- 10th — This Farming Life: Season 3 (UK) — BritBox
- 11th — His Dark Materials: Season 1 (UK-US) — Amazon Video
- 11th — Murphy’s Law: Seasons 3-5 (UK) — Prime Video
- 12th — Howards End (UK) — PBS* (8 PM ET), PBS Masterpiece channel on Amazon
- 12th — Sanditon (UK) — PBS* (9 PM ET), PBS Passport, PBS Masterpiece channel on Amazon
- 13th — Ackley Bridge: Series 3 (UK) — Acorn TV
- 13th — Fake or Fortune: Seasons 1-3 (UK) — Prime Video
- 15th — Expedition with Steve Backshall (UK) — PBS* (10 PM ET), PBS Passport, Amazon Video, iTunes
- 16th — The Auction House: Season 1 (UK) — Prime Video
- 16th — Caroline Quentin: A Passage through India (UK) — Prime Video
- 16th — Crime Scene Rescue (UK) — Prime Video
- 16th — The Face UK (UK) — Prime Video
- 16th — The Inflight Food Trip (UK) — Prime Video
- 16th — Must Be the Music (UK) — Prime Video
- 16th — The Restoration Man: Season 2 (UK) — Prime Video
- 17th — Endlings: Season 1 (Canada) — Hulu
- 17th — London Road (UK) — BritBox
- 17th — Rob Delaney: Jackie (UK) — Prime Video
- 17th — Sex Education: Season 2 (UK) — Netflix
- 18th — Seven Worlds, One Planet (UK-US) — BBC America, AMC, IFC, SundanceTV (9 PM ET)
- 19th — Avenue 5 (UK-US) — HBO (10 PM ET)
- 19th — Vienna Blood (UK-Austria) — PBS* (10 PM ET), PBS Passport, PBS Masterpiece channel on Amazon
- 20th — Carter: Season 2 (Canada) — WGN America (10 PM ET)
- 20th — Hidden Britain by Drone (UK) — Acorn TV
- 20th — Love Island: Season 6 (UK) — Hulu
- 21st — Vera: Season 10 (UK) — BritBox
- 27th — The Great Train Robbery (UK) — Acorn TV
- 27th — The Silence (UK) — Acorn TV
- 28th — Mrs. Brown’s Boys: Seasons 1-3 (UK) — BritBox
- 29th — Night on Earth (UK) — Netflix
- 30th — The Stranger (UK) — Netflix
- 31st — I Am a Killer: Season 2 (UK) — Netflix
* For all shows airing on public TV stations, including PBS programs, check your local listings or contact the station that serves your area for actual local broadcast dates and times.
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