BritBox January 2026 Schedule Announced
BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in January 2026, which include a range of new BritBox Originals and classic British fare. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the most extensive collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.
The January lineup includes The Game Season 1, all three seasons of Hamish Macbeth, Persuasion, Riot Women Season 1, Shetland Season 10, and all three seasons of Tracey Ullman’s Show.
BritBox is the leading streaming destination for the best of British television, offering an unmatched collection of expertly curated entertainment. The service launched in 2017 and is now wholly owned by BBC Studios.
From critically acclaimed dramas and mysteries to comedies, documentaries, and lifestyle programming, BritBox invites audiences to step out of their everyday lives and into a world of exceptional British storytelling.
BRITBOX JANUARY 2026 SCHEDULE
AVAILABLE JANUARY 1
Shetland Season 10 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 60’ | Released Weekly
Based initially on award-winning novels by crime writer Ann Cleeves, the new series sees Calder (Ashley Jensen, Mayflies) and Tosh (Alison O’Donnell, Holby City) travel to the isolated hamlet of Lunniswick to investigate the sinister killing of an elderly woman. The team discovers that the body of the retired social worker has been out in the elements for several days.
The case will see Tosh and Calder excavate the victim’s life, past and present, as well as the lives of those who knew her. They soon begin to uncover dark secrets and terrible deeds at the heart of this close-knit community.
AVAILABLE JANUARY 2
Persuasion (1995) | 1 x 100’ | New to BritBox
As one of three daughters of the wealthy Sir Walter (Corin Redgrave, Four Weddings and a Funeral), Anne (Amanda Root, The Sixth Commandment) is a privileged but lonely member of the English aristocracy.
When her father leaves on a trip, he rents out part of his estate to relatives of Anne’s ex-fiancé, Capt. Frederick Wentworth (Ciarán Hinds, Belfast). Though Anne demurred over the marriage because of Wentworth’s poor social standing and connections, he has since become very successful, and when he visits, Anne must confront the life she left behind.
AVAILABLE JANUARY 8
The Game Season 1 | BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 4 x 60’ | Released Weekly
The cat and mouse thriller tells the story of Huw Miller (Jason Watkins, McDonald & Dodds), a police detective still haunted by the one case that he failed to solve – a stalker who taunted his town, mercilessly toying with his victims before eventually killing them.
As Huw attempts to settle into retirement, the case is never far from his mind – and when new neighbour, Patrick Harbottle (Robson Green, Grantchester), moves in and utters the chilling phrase ‘catch you later’ – the sign off the stalker used to taunt Huw during the investigation – Huw is determined he’s finally got his man.
AVAILABLE JANUARY 14
Riot Women Season 1 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 60’ | Released 2x on Premiere, Then Weekly
Set in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, Riot Women centres on five women who come together to form a makeshift punk-rock band to enter a local talent contest. But when it comes to writing their first song, the women soon discover they have a lot more to say than they first thought.
As they juggle life’s struggles, demanding jobs, grown-up children, aging parents, ex-husbands, and relationships, the band becomes a catalyst for change in all of their lives, and the ripple effect is seemingly never-ending. With each episode, a long-buried secret surfaces, entangling the women in an unlikely, complex web that threatens to tear everything apart, including the band.
AVAILABLE JANUARY 21
Tracey Ullman’s Show Season 1 | New to BritBox | 6 x 30’ | Released All at Once
The UK is a melting pot of characters and cultures. Each episode of Tracey Ullman’s Show follows some of those characters, sometimes through their whole day, sometimes only for a single moment. The series features warm, entertaining characters who are observational and recognisable.
Truthful with a dose of eccentricity, Tracey (Black Doves) has unique talents and extraordinary versatility that span the whole gamut from everyday people to superstars. Each episode will have what is essentially an ‘A’ plot, its own narrative sketch in several parts that follows a character’s misadventures across a day.
This story will form the spine of the episode, but the bread and butter of the show are the fantastic returning characters who reflect the modern world in all its guises. With its funny, bold, recognisable characters, the series addresses a wide range of topics and people. In short, Tracey Ullman’s Show is a multi-character, broken-comedy show that showcases Tracey’s talents to the full, as a one-woman comedy dynamo.
Tracey Ullman’s Show Season 2 | New to BritBox | 7 x 30’ | Released All at Once
She’s back! Award-winning and multi-talented, Tracey Ullman returns with a new series of Tracey Ullman’s Show, bringing her unique take on some extraordinary characters in the UK. Recurring favourites include delinquent Dame Judi Dench, Angela Merkel on a tourist bus, and the long-suffering Kay, with her overbearing mother, escaping a flood.
New sketches take in a megalomaniac Nicola Sturgeon, the home life of Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch, and a rap battle for the soul of an inner city estate. All life is here, from a therapist who can’t stop talking about her clients’ secrets, to a spy using the vast resources of GCHQ to improve her daughter’s exam prospects.k
The middle-aged man who ran his app business from a coffee shop in series one has moved on to a shared start-up office. What happens when a dance group from the 1970s gets back together? Chameleon-like Tracey Ullman brings her hilarious take on celebrities and everyday characters to sketches and music numbers, with guest star appearances from Ben Miller and Nigel Havers.
Tracey Ullman’s Show Season 3 | New to BritBox | 6 x 30’ | Released All at Once
The award-winning and multi-talented Tracey Ullman returns, bringing her unique take on some extraordinary characters. Over the course of the new season, Ullman uses her signature brand of sharp satire to shape-shift into a range of public figures and offbeat original characters.
She reprises her characterisations of Dame Judi Dench, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Jerry Hall. She introduces her takes on British Prime Minister Theresa May, French First Lady Brigitte Macron, and U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, among others.
More topical than ever before, Tracey Ullman’s Show satirizes today’s culture, including television’s latest obsession with strong but messy female characters, the future possibilities for smart-home devices, life in a post-Brexit world, and the absurdity of the 24-hour news cycle. Guest stars include Samantha Spiro, Ben Miller, Ben Willbond, and Anthony Atamanuik.
AVAILABLE JANUARY 27
Hamish Macbeth Season 1 | New to BritBox | 6 x 60’ | Released All at Once
Hamish Macbeth is an offbeat “whodunnit” series, spiced with laconic wit and outrageous black comedy. Hamish (Robert Carlyle, The Full Monty) is a young policeman who has a shrewd knack for solving the bizarre cases that come his way. His beat is the apparently sleepy village of Lochdubh in the breathtaking Scottish Highlands.
Hamish Macbeth Season 2 | New to BritBox | 6 x 60’ | Released All at Once
Hamish Macbeth (Robert Carlyle) is the local police constable in Lochdubh in the Western Highlands. He likes fishing, walking in the hills, and can see himself remaining a Highland constable for the rest of his days. Macbeth has two problems. One is crime. The other is promotion. He doesn’t want it – in case he gets moved from his beloved Lochdubh.
Hamish Macbeth Season 3 | New to BritBox | 8 x 60’ | Released All at Once
Tongues are set wagging in Lochdubh when the lonely local laird, Major Maclean (David Ashton, New Tricks), returns home from holiday with a glamorous fiancée – but is it his animal magnetism or his Highland estate that Serena (Sally Dexter, Emmerdale Farm) finds so irresistible?
Hamish (Robert Carlyle) is to be the best man at the wedding, but he already has his hands full coping with Anne Patterson (Sharon Small, The Bay), the overzealous WPC trainee who’s been posted to Lochdubh.
