The British TV Viewing Guide covers programs from the UK, Canada, and Ireland that are premiering in the US this month on broadcast and cable channels and streaming services. Dates for their debuts are provided in the calendar section below.
(Info about Aussie and Kiwi TV premieres is now on The Down Under TV Place.)
To see what you might have missed in previous months, visit the British TV View Guide Archives:
2018 Archives | 2017 Archives | 2016 Archives | 2015 Archives
For program descriptions, read “British TV Premieres in October 2018.”
- 1st — Animals with Cameras (UK/US) — Netflix
- 1st — The Camomile Lawn (UK) — Acorn TV, Acorn TV on Amazon
- 1st — Civilizations (UK) — Netflix
- 1st — The Durrells in Corfu: Season 3 (UK) — Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece on Amazon
- 1st — Elizabeth I (aka Elizabeth I & Her Enemies) (UK) — Public TV stations
- 1st — Houdini and Doyle (Canada/UK) — Sony Crackle
- 1st — Killer Women with Piers Morgan: Series 2 (UK) — Netflix
- 1st — Kingdoms of the Sky (UK) — Netflix
- 1st — Poldark: Season 4 (UK) — Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece on Amazon
- 1st — Portrait Artist of the Year: Season 3 (UK) — Ovation (8 AM ET)
- 1st — QI: Season 16 (P Series) (UK) — BritBox, BritBox on Amazon
- 1st — Still Game: Season 7 (UK-Scotland) — Netflix
- 1st — Wire in the Blood: Series 3 (UK) — Acorn TV, Acorn TV on Amazon
- 2nd — Monty Python’s Flying Circus: Seasons 1-4 (+ lots more) (UK) — Netflix
- 2nd — Ghost Dimension: Seasons 3 & 4 (UK) — Prime Video
- 2nd — Ghost Dimension – Flying Solo: Season 4 (UK) — Prime Video
- 2nd — Trial & Retribution: Seasons 1-22 (UK) — Amazon Video
- 2nd — Vera: Season 8 (UK) — Amazon Video
- 3rd — Most Haunted: Season 17 (UK) — Prime Video
- 3rd — Secrets of the Exhibit (Canada) — Prime Video
- 5th — The Bletchley Circle: Season 1 (UK) — Ovation (9 AM ET)
- 5th — Dermot Bannon’s Luxury Homes (Ireland) — Prime Video
- 5th — The Graham Norton Show: Season 24 (UK) — BBC America (11 PM ET)
- 5th — Lip Service: Seasons 1 & 2 (UK) — Tubi
- 6th — The Broker’s Man: Seasons 1 & 2 (UK) — Prime Video
- 6th — Jonathan Creek: Season 1 (UK) — BritBox, BritBox on Amazon
- 6th — Versailles: Season 3 (Final) (Canada/France) — Ovation (10 PM ET), Amazon Video (next day)
- 7th — Doctor Who: Season 11 (UK/US) — BBC America (1:45 PM ET/PT)
- 8th — Sword of Honour (UK) — Acorn TV, Acorn TV on Amazon
- 8th — Vintage Roads Great & Small (UK) — Acorn TV, Acorn TV on Amazon
- 9th — Inside No. 9: Season 4 (UK) — BritBox, BritBox on Amazon
- 9th — Sharpe: Season 5 (UK) — Amazon Video
- 11th — Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands (UK) — Prime Video
- 11th — Schitt’s Creek: Season 4 (Canada) — Netflix
- 12th — Apparitions (UK) — Prime Video
- 12th — Apostle (UK/US) — Netflix
- 12th — Beaver Falls: Seasons 1 & 2 (UK) — Prime Video
- 12th — The Bletchley Circle: Season 2 (UK) — Ovation (9 AM ET)
- 12th — Crims (UK) — Prime Video
- 12th — Eugenie’s Royal Wedding Live (UK) — BritBox, BritBox on Amazon
- 12th — The Ghost Squad (UK) — Prime Video
- 12th — Gordon Ramsey’s Ultimate Cookery Course (UK) — Prime Video
- 12th — Shakespeare Uncovered: Season 3 (Final) (UK/US) — PBS* (9 PM ET)
- 13th — The Gil Mayo Mysteries (UK) — BritBox, BritBox on Amazon
- 13th — Raw: Seasons 1, 3-4 (Ireland) — Prime Video
- 13th — The Silence (UK) — Prime Video
- 13th — Truckers (UK) — Prime Video
- 13th — Trust (UK) — Prime Video
- 15th — Anna Karenina (UK) — Amazon Video
- 15th — Bang (UK-Wales) — Acorn TV, Acorn TV on Amazon
- 15th — The Halcyon (UK) — Ovation (8 AM ET)
- 15th — Stunt Science (UK) — Netflix
- 15th — Wire in the Blood: Series 4 (UK) — Acorn TV, Acorn TV on Amazon
- 16th — The Last Leg: Season 15 (UK) — BritBox, BritBox on Amazon
- 17th — Autumnwatch – New England (UK/US) — PBS* (8 PM ET)
- 17th — Crown & Country: Seasons 2-4 (UK) — Prime Video
- 17th — Eat Yourself Sexy (Canada) — Prime Video
- 18th — Midsomer Murders: Season 1 (UK) — Ovation (9 AM ET)
- 18th — Spaced: Season 1 (UK) — Prime Video
- 18th — Stargate SG-1: Season 2 (US/Canada) — Prime Video
- 19th — Derren Brown: Sacrifice — Netflix
- 19th — The Fenn Street Gang: Seasons 1-4 (UK) — Prime Video
- 19th — Legends of Power with Tony Robinson (UK) — Prime Video
- 19th — Wanderlust (UK) — Netflix
- 20th — Ultimate Force: Seasons 2 & 4 (UK) — Prime Video
- 21st — The Woman in White (UK) — PBS* (10 PM ET), PBS Masterpiece on Amazon
- 22nd — Young, Gifted & Classical (UK) — Acorn TV, Acorn TV on Amazon
- 24th — Bodyguard (UK) — Netflix
- 24th — Our Girl: Season 3 – Nepal Tour (Part 1) (UK) — BritBox, BritBox on Amazon
- 26th — Been So Long (UK) — Netflix
- 26th — Thorne: Sleepyhead (UK) — Ovation (9 AM ET)
- 28th — Inside No. 9: Deadline (Live) (UK) — BritBox, BritBox on Amazon
- 29th — Fake or Fortune? Season 4 (UK) — Ovation (8 AM ET)
- 29th — Wire in the Blood: Series 5 (UK) — Acorn TV, Acorn TV on Amazon
- 31st — ExtermiNITE!: Night of the Killing Daleks (UK) — BritBox, BritBox on Amazon
* 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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