74 New British TV Shows in 2019: Dramas, Comedies, Mystery Series
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Last Updated on January 25, 2020 by Stefanie Hutson
It was a great year for British television. Today, as we close out the year, we wanted to take a look back at the new British TV series and miniseries that premiered in 2019.
Please note that not all of these shows are legally available to stream in the US. We'd love to see more of them getting picked up, but for now you may have to look to UK DVDs if you really want to see something. It’s possible to order DVDs from Amazon UK, but you’ll need a region-free DVD player to view them if you’re in most other parts of the world. We've listed streaming availability where possible.
In the UK, we recommend checking iPlayer, BritBox, or Amazon to locate any series for which you’ve missed the original air date.
New British TV Shows in 2019
THE ACCIDENT
Network: Channel 4
Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley) stars as a hairdresser named Polly in this series about a small Welsh community torn apart by a terrible accident. The series takes us through the aftermath – families waiting for news, lives changed forever, and the search for someone to blame.
Where to Watch: Hulu
AFTER LIFE
Network: Netflix
Ricky Gervais (The Office: UK) stars as Tony, a man whose life is forever altered when his wife dies of breast cancer. Rather than killing himself, he decides to choose anger, attempting to punish the world by doing whatever he pleases, no matter who it might hurt.
Where to Watch: Netflix
BACK TO LIFE
Network: BBC One
After 18 years in prison, Miri Matteson (Daisy Haggard) attempts to rebuild her life. In the process, she forms a friendship with Billy (Adeel Akhtar), a man who cares for the elderly woman next door.
Where to Watch: Showtime | Hulu
BAPTISTE
Network: BBC One
This spinoff from the series The Missing sees Tchéky Karyo returning as Julien Baptiste, a clever detective who agrees to help the Dutch police look for a missing sex worker in Amsterdam. Tom Hollander (Rev) and Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife) also appear.
Where to Watch: DVD
THE BARKING MURDERS
Network: BBC
Stephen Merchant stars as serial killer Stephan Port in this factual drama about Port’s 2014-15 murders. Using the app Grindr, Port victimised a total of eleven men, ultimately being sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.
Where to Watch: TBD
THE BAY
Network: ITV
Morven Christie stars in this series about a family liaison officer assigned to missing persons case for two children. Though capable, her position is compromised by the fact that she unwittingly had a one-night stand with their stepfather.
Where to Watch: BritBox
BEECHAM HOUSE
Network: ITV
Set in 1795, this period drama depicts the lives of a former East India Company soldier who’s determined to create a safe home in Delhi for his family. Critics have dubbed it “The Dehli Downton”. Tom Bateman (Vanity Fair) and Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey) star.
Where to Watch: PBS | DVD
BRASSIC
Network: Sky One
This working-class comedy follows a young man named Vinnie (Joe Gilgun) and his occasionally criminal friends as they go about their lives in the northern English town of Hawley. It’s a lively, rough-around-the-edges comedy about desperate small-town life and the ever-present question of whether there might be something better elsewhere.
Brassic gets its name from Cockney rhyming slang. It’s a shortening of “boracic lint”, slang for “skint”.
Where to Watch: DVD US | DVD UK | Hulu, date TBD
THE CAPTURE
Network: BBC One
Holliday Grainger (C.B. Strike) stars as DI Rachel Carey in this six-part miniseries about a detective assigned to arrest and charge a special force soldier accused of a terrible crime allegedly captured on CCTV. While investigating, she uncovers a dark conspiracy that calls the accuracy of the footage into question.
Where to Watch: TBD
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Network: Sky Atlantic & HBO
Helen Mirren stars as Catherine the Great in this four-part miniseries. The series covers the later portion of her life, from 1764 until her death in 1796. Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty), Rory Kinnear (Penny Dreadful), Richard Roxburgh (Rake), and Paul Ritter (No Offence) also appear.
Where to Watch: HBO
CHEAT
Network: ITV
When university lecturer Dr. Leah Dale confronts a student about suspected cheating, the student takes it as a personal attack. A simple academic issue soon spirals out of control, putting both women at risk. Katherine Kelly (Happy Valley) and Molly Windsor (Three Girls) star in this chilling psychological drama.
Where to Watch: Sundance Now
CHERNOBYL
Network: HBO & Sky Atlantic
Screenwriter Craig Mazin created this moving five-part historical adaptation of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The series includes a number of actors likely to be familiar to British TV fans, including Jared Harris (The Crown), Stellan Skarsgård (Pirates of the Caribbean), Paul Ritter (No Offence, Friday Night Dinner), and Emily Watson (Miss Potter).
Though not strictly British, this series was a US/UK co-production and included a lot of well-known British actors.
Where to Watch: HBO
CHIMERICA
Network: Channel 4
This four-part miniseries follows a photojournalist who goes on a journey to uncover the true identity of Tank Man. He initially captured a photo of the man during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, but it’s not until 20 years later that he decides to seek answers. Alessandro Nivola (American Hustle) stars as Lee Berger, and English actress Sophie Okonedo (Mayday) also makes an appearance.
Where to Watch: US DVD | UK DVD
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Network: BBC One / FX
Guy Pearce stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the latest adaptation of this Dickens Christmas classic. In this three-part series, he’ll be forced to confront the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future as he rethinks his way of living. Tom Hardy (Peaky Blinders) has been cast in an as yet undisclosed role, and Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings) will play the Ghost of Christmas Past. Charlotte Riley (Press) will play the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Jason Flemyng (From Hell) will be the Ghost of Christmas Future.
Where to Watch: Hulu
A CONFESSION
Network: ITV
Martin Freeman (Sherlock), Siobhan Finneran (Downton Abbey), and Imelda Staunton (Cranford) star in this drama based on a real-life tragedy. The series dramatises the search for Sian O’Callaghan, a young woman who went missing in Swindon, Wiltshire after a taxi ride.
Where to Watch: US DVD | UK DVD
CLEANING UP
Network: ITV
Sheridan Smith (Gavin & Stacey) stars as Sam, a debt-ridden mum trying to get by on a zero-hour contract cleaning job while her husband attempts to gain full custody of their children. While on the job, she overhears information that leads her into the world of insider trading.
Where to Watch: US DVD | UK DVD
CLINK
Network: 5Star
This drama is set in the fictional BPS Bridewell women’s prison, and focuses on the women who live there, and the woman who runs the place. Many have compared it to British prison series Bad Girls, and at least one cast member, Alicya Eyo (who plays new Governor Dominique Darby), was also in Bad Girls.
Where to Watch: UK Streaming | US TBD
THE COCKFIELDS
Network: Gold
This sitcom follows a man who takes his girlfriend home to meet his family on the Isle of Wight. As would be expected of a British sitcom, the family has quirkiness in spades – a doting mother, a controlling stepdad, an Alan Titchmarsh-obsessed stepbrother, and an eccentric handyman neighbour.
Where to Watch: TBD
CRIMINAL: UK
Network: Netflix
This police procedural anthology series takes place inside an interrogation room where investigators use every trick they’ve got to get the answers they need. David Tennant stars in one episode.
Where to Watch: Netflix
CURFEW
Network: Sky One
This dystopian action series takes us to a world where a virus has turned some people into “mooks” – fast, brutal, and feral creatures that attack the non-infected after the sun goes down. Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), Adam Brody (The O.C.), and Billy Zane (Back to the Future) star.
Where to Watch: DVD
DARK MON£Y
Network: BBC One
In this dark drama, a family accepts money from a powerful Hollywood producer to keep quiet about abuse against their son. What happens to a family after they make that kind of settlement?
Where to Watch: DVD
DEAD PIXELS
Network: E4
This new sitcom focuses on three friends who are obsessed with a fictional massively multiplayer online roleplaying game, Kingdom Scrolls. British TV fans will likely recognize Alexa Davies, best known for her roles as Kate in Detectorists and Aretha in Raised by Wolves.
Where to Watch: TBD | UK Streaming
DEEP WATER
Network: ITV
Not to be confused with the 2016 Australian crime drama, this British drama follows three seemingly normal mums as they cope with a variety of secrets. The series is based on the Windermere novels by Paula Daly, and it stars Anna Friel (Marcella), Sinead Keenan (Little Boy Blue), and Rosalind Eleazar (Rellik)
Where to Watch: PBS Masterpiece
THE DEMON HEADMASTER
Network: CBBC
This adaptation of Gillian Cross’s children’s book series follows an earlier 1996 adaptation, also made for CBBC. In this version, Nicholas Gleaves (Scott & Bailey) plays the strange headmaster with magical powers.
Where to Watch: TBD (but you can get the older version HERE)
DON’T FORGET THE DRIVER
Network: BBC One
Toby Jones (Detectorists) takes on another comedy role in this series about a depressed single dad who works as a coach driver. His mundane existence is shaken up when he takes a group across the English Channel and finds a migrant stowed away in his wheel arch. Jones co-wrote the series with playwright Tim Crouch.
Where to Watch: TBD | UK Streaming
DUBLIN MURDERS
Network: BBC One & Starz & RTÉ
Based on the Dublin Murder Squad book series by Tana French, the first season of this British-American-Irish co-production features eight episodes adapted from In the Woods and The Likeness. Killian Scott (C.B. Strike) stars as Rob Reilly, and English detective dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl just outside Dublin.
The case forces Reilly to confront his own dark past, and it puts his relationship with partner Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene, Penny Dreadful) to the test.
Where to Watch: Starz
ELLIE & NATASIA
Network: BBC Three
In this sketch comedy series, comedians Ellie White and Natasia Demtriou perform sketches about modern life, motherhood, and feminism. In one sketch, they do lifestyle demonstrations for other mums, pledging to be “as small and as clean as possible”. In another, Demetriou’s plans for finding love involve playing to the desire men have for a small, hairless creature that is both sexually appealing and helpless.
Where to Watch: TBD
FLACK
Network: W & Pop TV
Anna Paquin stars as Robin, an American PR executive living in London. Though she succeeds in the office, her personal life is another matter entirely. The cast includes many familiar British faces, including Sophie Okonedo (Mayday), Alan Davies (Jonathan Creek), Amanda Abbington (Sherlock), and Max Beesley (Hotel Babylon).
Where to Watch: Showtime
FLATMATES
Network: BBC
In this Manchester-based (but Belfast-filmed) sitcom, five teenagers get their first flat – and all the worries and uncertainties that go along with that step. Topics covered range from the trivial to the serious, with episodes on anxiety, mental health, and sexual identity.
Where to Watch: TBD
FRAYED
Network: Sky One & ABC
In this comedy-drama, a wealthy London housewife faces serious chances of circumstance after her husband dies. She’s forced to move herself and her two children back to her hometown of Newcastle in Australia, only to find that no one there likes her. Star Sarah Kendall was also the creator and writer of the six-episode series.
Where to Watch: DVD
GENTLEMAN JACK
Network: BBC One & HBO
The incomparable Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax) ventures into historical drama, bringing us the story of 19th century English industrialist, landowner, and lesbian Anne Lister. Suranne Jones (Doctor Foster) stars as Lister, a Yorkshire woman who was very much ahead of her time.
Other cast members include Sophie Rundle as Ann Walker, Timothy West as Jeremy Lister, and Stephanie Cole as Aunt Ann Walker.
Where to Watch: HBO or streaming purchase | See also: The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
GHOSTS
Network: BBC One
Ghosts is a quirky new sitcom about a group of ghosts that have accumulated over the course of centuries in a country house. When a young couple inherits the grand but crumbling pile, they have to learn to co-exist. The series was written and performed by a number of cast members from the BBC children’s series Horrible Histories.
Where to Watch: DVD
GIRI/HAJI
Network: BBC Two & Netflix
A Japanese detective Kenzo Mori travels to London to figure out whether his brother Yuto, presumed dead, is actually dead. Yuto is believed to have killed the nephew of a Yakuza member, and the search draws Kenzo into the dark and dangerous criminal underworld of London.
Where to Watch: Netflix
GOLD DIGGER
Network: BBC One
Julia Ormond stars as Julia Day, a wealthy 60-year-old woman who falls in love with a handsome man 26 years her junior. As secrets come to light, no one can be sure what’s real and what’s merely convenient.
Where to Watch: Acorn TV, Summer 2020 | UK Streaming
GOOD OMENS
Network: Amazon Studios & BBC Two
David Tennant and Michael Sheen star in this adaptation of the Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman book of the same name. It follows angel Aziraphale (Sheen) and demon Crowley (Tennant) as they attempt to prevent Armageddon.
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
GUILT
Network: BBC Scotland / BBC Two
This Edinburgh-based dramatic miniseries centers around two brothers who accidentally run over and kill an old man. When they attempt to cover it up, they trigger all manner of consequences they never imagined.
Where to Watch: DVD
HATTON GARDEN
Network: ITV
Also known as The Heist at Hatton Garden, this series is based on the true story of a spectacular diamond heist carried out in London by a group of elderly criminals. The all-star cast includes Timothy Spall (Blandings), Alex Norton (Taggart), David Hayman (The Paradise), and Kenneth Cranham (The White Princess).
Where to Watch: BritBox
HIS DARK MATERIALS
Network: BBC One
Based on the trilogy by Oxford novelist Philip Pullman, this eight-episode fantasy series takes place in an alternate world where each human has an animal companion called a daemon. A young orphan girl living at Jordan College, Oxford, is drawn into a dangerous puzzle when her friend, a fellow orphan, is kidnapped.
Where to Watch: HBO or streaming purchase
HOME
Network: Channel 4
After a holiday to France, a middle-class British family finds an illegal immigrant, Sami, hiding in their boot. This comedy-drama follows Sami as he builds a new life in the UK.
Where to Watch: TBD
LITTLE BIRDS
Network: Sky Atlantic
Set in 1955 Tangier, an American debutante (played by English actress Juno Temple) begins to free herself from the social rules she’s lived by. The series is based on Anais Nin’s famed collection of erotic short stories.
Where to Watch: TBD
LONDON KILLS
Network: Acorn TV
Hugo Speer and Sharon Small star in this gritty police procedural that follows an elite murder investigation squad in London. At the same time, team lead DI David Bradford (Speer) is still puzzling through the mysterious disappearance of his wife.
Where to Watch: Acorn TV
THE MALLORCA FILES
Network: BBC One
This drama stars Elen Rhys (Ordinary Lies) and Julian Looman as a pair of international detectives who solve crimes on the Baleric island of Mallorca. It’s a light, action-driven drama with a bit of British and German culture clash between the detectives.
Where to Watch: DVD
MANHUNT
Network: ITV
Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) stars in this series based on the real investigation into the death of French student Amélie Delagrange. Clunes plays DCI Colin Sutton, the man who led the task force that ultimately brought her killer to justice.
Where to Watch: Acorn TV
THE MIND OF HERBERT CLUNKERDUNK
Network: BBC Two
Award-winning comedian Spencer Jones plays his alter ego Herbert Clunkerdunk, a man constantly distracted by his imagination. It’s an imaginative series that’s perfect for any adult who’s ever had trouble shutting down their childlike thoughts and being a proper adult.
Where to Watch: TBD
MOTHERFATHERSON
Network: BBC TWO
Richard Gere stars in his first major television role as Max Finch, American newspaper owner. The 8-part series is a psycho thriller about power, politics, and the media. Helen McCrory (Peaky Blinders), Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley), Sinéad Cusack (Marcella), and Ciarán Hinds (Above Suspicion) are among the other cast members.
Where to Watch: Starz, Streaming purchase
MUZLAMIC
Network: BBC Three
This sketch comedy is designed to shine a light on the British Muslim experience. Starring Ali Shahalom and Aatif Nawaz, sketches include colleagues competing to be the whitest in the office, Muslim holidaymakers trying to get through security, and an enthusiastic barber from Bethnal Green.
Where to Watch: TBD
NOUGHTS & CROSSES
Network: BBC One
This series is an adaptation of the novel series of the same name by Malorie Blackman. The series takes place in a dystopian world where black “Cross” citizens rule over the white “Noughts”, and the writing was overseen by Being Human creator Toby Whithouse.
Where to Watch: TBD
PITCHING IN
Network: BBC One Wales
Larry Lamb and Melanie Walters (both of Gavin & Stacey) reunite in this fun family drama about a North Wales holiday camp owner who contemplates selling up after his Welsh wife dies. Though the series has been criticised for inauthentic North Wales accents, it offers a feel-good viewing experience and scenery from a different part of the UK than we typically see in TV and film. Hayley Mills (Wild at Heart) also appears as Iona.
Where to Watch: Acorn TV | UK Streaming | DVD
PURE
Network: Channel 4
This quirky sitcom focuses on a young woman who is plagued by constant, irrepressible sexual thoughts. She doesn’t know what’s wrong with her, but it’s intruding on her ability to function normally. As she attempts to get a handle on her problem, she’s also embarking on a journey of personal growth and exploration in the city of London. The series is an adaptation of Rose Cartwright’s book of the same name.
Where to Watch: DVD
QUEENS OF MYSTERY
Network: Acorn TV
DS Matilda Stone (Olivia Vinall) solves crimes with substantial interference from her crime writing aunts Cat (Julie Graham), Beth (Sarah Woodward), and Jane (Siobhan Redmond) Stone. Doc Martin writer Julian Unthank wrote, produced, and even acted a bit in the series (as “man in drag” and “author Waldo Butcher”).
Where to Watch: Acorn TV | UK DVD
THE ROOK
Network: Starz
Emma Greenwell stars as Myfanwy Thomas, a young woman who finds herself at the Millennium Bridge in London surrounded by corpses and no memory of how she ended up there. While the series is American, it features a largely British cast, and it takes place in London. It was based on the novel of the same name by Daniel O’Malley, originally adapted by Stephenie Meyer of Twilight fame.
Where to Watch: Starz
SANDITON
Network: ITV
Prior to her early death at the age of 41, Jane Austen began a new and different sort of work. It was the story of Sanditon, a fledgling seaside resort town along the southern coast of England. It was never finished.
In this miniseries, screenwriter Andrew Davies (Mr. Selfridge, Pride & Prejudice) finishes her final masterpiece. Rose Williams (Curfew) stars as Charlotte Heywood, and Theo James plays the outrageous Sidney Parker. Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax) and Kris Marshall (Death in Paradise) also appear.
Where to Watch: PBS Masterpiece (Coming Soon) | DVD
SCARBOROUGH
Network: BBC One
Not to be confused with the 2018 movie of the same name, this sitcom is set in the seaside town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire. The series was written by Derren Litten (Benidorm), and revolves around a group of friends who meet up at a local pub each Friday night. Stephanie Cole (Doc Martin) is among the cast members.
Where to Watch: BritBox Spring 2020
SLICED
Network: Dave
This three-episode sitcom dives into the gritty, low-pay world of pizza delivery in South London. Friends and delivery drivers Joshua and Ricky just want to get by, move out, and meet women.
Where to Watch: TBD
THE SPANISH PRINCESS
Network: Starz
This period drama is based on the novels The Constant Princess and The King’s Curse by Philippa Gregory, and it’s a sequel to the previous miniseries The White Queen and The White Princess. The series follows teenage princess Catherine of Aragon as she travels to England to meet her husband by proxy.
Where to Watch: Starz
STATE OF THE UNION
Network: SundanceTV
Chris O’Dowd (The IT Crowd) and Rosamund Pike (Pride & Prejudice) star in this short-form comedy about a couple that visits a pub each week before their marriage counseling session.
Where to Watch: Sundance Now
SUMMER OF ROCKETS
Network: BBC Two
This six-episode period drama takes place during the Cold War, and it follows a Russian-born Jewish inventor who’s been tasked with a secret MI5 mission. The man, Samuel Petrushkin (Toby Stephens), specialises in the development of hearing aids, and he’s asked to contribute his expertise to the Cold War efforts in England. Keeley Hawes (The Durrells) and Timothy Spall (Blandings) also appear.
Where to Watch: DVD
TEMPLE
Network: Sky One
This UK adaptation of the Norwegian series Valkyrien stars Mark Strong (Stardust), Carice Van Houten (Game of Thrones), and Daniel Mays (Good Omens). In it, a surgeon runs an illegal medical clinic to treat desperate patients who can’t or won’t seek help through traditional avenues – hoping all the while that he can find a cure for his wife’s illness.
Where to Watch: US DVD | UK DVD
THIS WAY UP
Network: Channel 4
Aisling Bea (Trollied, Finding Joy) stars as Aine, a single Irish Catholic woman who has a nervous breakdown while living in London and teaching English as a second language. Sharon Horgan (Catastophe) co-produces and co-stars as Shona, her older sister.
Where to Watch: Hulu
TRACES
Network: Alibi
Line of Duty’s Martin Compston stars in the six-episode first season of this new crime drama based on an idea by Val McDermid, author of the Hill/Jordan books that were adapted into Wire in the Blood. The series is set at the Scottish Institute of Forensic Science, and it follows 23-year-old Emma Hedges (Molly Windsor, Cheat) as she investigates a fictitious case study that’s oddly similar to her own past.
Where to Watch: TBD
TRAITORS
Network: Channel 4 & Netflix
Emma Appleton stars as Feef Symonds in this period drama about a young woman recruited in post WWII London to help identify a Soviet spy in the Cabinet Office. Keeley Hawes (The Durrells) also appears.
Where to Watch: Netflix | UK DVD
THE TRIAL OF CHRISTINE KEELER
Network: BBC One
This miniseries is based on the events surrounding the Profumo affair of the 1960s, when Secretary of State for War John Profumo was found to be having a sexual relationship with Christine Keeler, a 19-year-old aspiring model. Sophie Cookson (Red Joan), James Norton (Grantchester), and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) are among the stars of the upcoming series.
Where to Watch: TBD
TURN UP CHARLIE
Network: Netflix
Idris Elba stars as Charlie, a struggling DJ and confirmed bachelor. When he sees a possible upside for his career, he reluctantly agrees to play nanny to a good friend’s dreadful young daughter. Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly) stars as his famous friend Sara.
Where to Watch: Netflix
THE VICTIM
Network: BBC One
This four-part Scottish miniseries tells the story of Anna Dean (Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire), a mother whose young son was murdered more than a decade prior. She’s been accused of sharing information about the man she believes to be guilty, damaging his reputation and causing him to be attacked. The series focuses on the trial and a mother’s unrelenting search for the truth.
Where to Watch: BritBox
VIENNA BLOOD
Network: BBC Two
Set in 1900s Vienna, this three-part drama follows brilliant English doctor Max Liebermann as he studies under Sigmund Freud. When Liebermann encounters Austrian detective Oskar Rheinhardt, they forge a partnership to take on some of Vienna’s most deadly and disturbing cases.
Where to Watch: DVD
THE VIRTUES
Network: Channel 4
Stephen Graham (Line of Duty) stars in this dramatic miniseries about a man whose life falls apart after his ex-wife and young son move to Australia. To cope, he travels to Ireland to find his estranged sister Anna, inadvertently dredging up a horrific repressed memory from his past.
Where to Watch: DVD
WARREN
Network: BBC One
In this offbeat Lancashire-based comedy, Martin Clunes stars as an impatient and unsuccessful driving instructor who has recently moved in with his partner and her teenage sons.
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
THE WIDOW
Network: ITV, Amazon Studios
Kate Beckinsale stars in this drama about a woman who believes herself to be a widow, only to find that her husband did not actually die in a plane crash. While watching a news story on unrest in the Congo, she sees a man who looks like her husband and sets off to figure out what happened.
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
WILD BILL
Network: ITV
Rob Lowe stars as Chief Constable Bill Hixon in this comedy-drama about a widowed American police chief who moves to Lincolnshire with his teenage daughter after he’s sacked for assaulting a boy who shared inappropriate images of his daughter online. Rachael Stirling (The Bletchley Circle, Detectorists) stars as Lady Mary Harborough, a local judge who becomes well-acquainted with Hixon.
Where to Watch: US DVD | UK DVD
THE WITCHER
Network: Netflix
Henry Cavill stars in this upcoming series about a solitary monster hunter in a world full of wicked people. It’s been billed as Netflix’s attempt at a Game of Thrones-style series, and though it doesn’t premiere until December 20th, it’s already been renewed for a second season.
The series is based on the book series of the same name by Andrzej Sapkowski.
Where to Watch: Netflix
WORLD ON FIRE
Network: BBC One
This miniseries shines a light on the lives of ordinary people from Poland, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom during the early years of World War II. The large and talented cast includes Helen Hunt (Mad About You), Lesley Manville (Mum), and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones)
Where to Watch: PBS | DVD
WORZEL GUMMIDGE
Network: BBC One
Mackenzie Crook (Detectorists) stars as everyone’s favourite turnip-headed scarecrow in the latest adaptation of this much-loved children’s classic about a scarecrow who comes to life and befriends local children. Crook has written the episodes, and he’ll be doing a bit of directing, too. Other cast members include Michael Palin, Zoë Wanamaker, Steve Pemberton and Vicki Pepperdine.
Where to Watch: DVD
YEAR OF THE RABBIT
Network: Channel 4 & IFC
Matt Berry (The IT Crowd) and Alun Armstrong (New Tricks) star in this sitcom about Victorian detectives in 1887 London. While investigating a murder, the two pick up a third partner – the chief of police’s clever adoptive daughter.
Where to Watch: IFC, DVD
YEARS & YEARS
Network: BBC One & HBO
This series follows the Manchester-based Lyons family as they their lives progress through 15 years of politics, technology, and human events. Emma Thompson, Rory Kinnear, and Anne Reid are among the cast.
Where to Watch: HBO
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