BritBox July 2025 Schedule Announced
BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in July 2025, which include a range of new BritBox Originals and classic British fare. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the largest collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.
The July lineup includes the groundbreaking series Code of Silence, starring Rose Ayling-Ellis as a Deaf canteen worker who becomes entangled in covert police work. The edgy crime drama, praised for its authentic portrayal and gripping story, will be available to stream in both English and American Sign Language (ASL) on July 24.
Emmy-nominee Jim Carter and real-life daughter Bessie Carter star alongside Olivia Williams in the dark comedy Pigs. The short film, which focuses on a family dinner gone awry, premieres on BritBox on July 16.
An official selection of this year’s Tribeca Festival, Outrageous is created and written by Sarah Williams and is based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family. Bessie Carter stars as Nancy Mitford, alongside Joanna Vanderham, Shannon Watson, Zoe Brough, Anna Chancellor, and James Purefoy in a stellar ensemble based on one of the most headline-making families of the 20th century.
BRITBOX JULY 2025 SCHEDULE
AVAILABLE JULY 4
QI (V) Season 23 | BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 14 x 30’ | All at Once
The much-loved show QI is back with series V. From Veggies to Visionaries, this series is packed full of Varied and Vibrant subjects that are bound to fascinate, challenge, and entertain.
Whether you’re a curious newcomer or a seasoned QI connoisseur, this series takes Viewers on a Voyage of discovery through a Vast number of topics that start with the letter V.
AVAILABLE JULY 8
The Ex-Wife Season 2 | BritBox Exclusive, US Premiere | 4 x 60’ | Weekly
Several years after the events of series 1, Jen (Janet Montgomery, 1923, Black Swan) has met a wonderful new man, Connor (Jake Fairbrother, Skyfall, Sandcastle). He’s thankfully nothing like her ex-husband, Jack (Tom Mison, Sleepy Hollow), and they’re excitedly planning their wedding together.
Tasha (Celine Buckens, Showtrial) is trying to move on from the past. She’s working hard to make a new life for herself and her daughter in Cyprus, but struggling to build the life her daughter deserves. She wishes she could give her more.
When Jack is released early from prison for good behaviour, both women are worried he could threaten their rebuilt lives. He claims to be a reformed character, determined to atone for his past.
But as we learn he is still in love with his ex-wife, Jen, what lengths could he go to win her back, and what might he be capable of if he learns that Emily (Liberty Miller, Malpractice) is still alive?
AVAILABLE JULY 10
Our Zoo Season 1 | New to BritBox | 6 x 60’ | 3x released upon premiere, followed by weekly release
When George Mottershead (Lee Ingleby, Crossfire, Serpent Queen), an ex-serviceman still struggling to come to terms with the effects of the Great War, finds a monkey locked up in a quarantine cage, it sparks an idea that becomes a lifelong mission. He dreams of building Britain’s first zoo without bars. Soon, he starts buying up unwanted animals.
But George lives with his parents, Lucy (Anne Reid, The Sixth Commandment) and Albert Mottershead (Peter Wight, Another Year, Hot Fuzz), his wife Lizzie (Liz White, Unforgotten, Ackley Bridge), and his daughters Mew and June (Honor Kneafsey, Crooked House). The family home is bursting at the seams, and something has to change.
Then George spies a large, rambling, and rundown estate in the countryside. It’s the perfect spot for his zoo…
From struggling to win over the hostile locals, to coaxing two bears off a hillside, and working out the best way to transport a dozen penguins, this series follows the ups and downs faced by the Mottershead family as they try to get George’s idea off the ground. Funny and tender, Our Zoo shows how with dogged determination and a little recklessness, anything is possible.
AVAILABLE JULY 11
Forensics: The Real CSI Season 2 | New to BritBox | 8 x 60′ | All at Once
A series of minuscule blood droplets splattered against a bedroom wall; a muddy footprint on a victim’s jacket; a greasy fingerprint on a discarded beer can. The work of detectives relies more than ever on forensic specialists to scientifically analyse the evidence that will reveal the truth behind the crimes they are investigating.
In the West Midlands Police, the second-largest force in the country, an elite team of forensic experts is employed to solve the mysteries of what has happened at the thousands of crime scenes they attend every year.
Following a record number of murder investigations conducted by the Homicide Department last year, this series charts the fascinating journey of individual pieces of evidence from the moment they are discovered at a crime scene through to microscopic analysis at specialist laboratories, revealing the pivotal role forensics plays in each investigation.
We meet the experts – from crime scene coordinators to blood pattern analysts and footwear specialists – whose job it is to help piece together what happened and find out who is responsible for the crime. Working under the time pressures of the “forensic window” and the ever-evolving nature of crime, which is always against them, these specialists are all too aware that their findings can make the difference between an innocent person being locked up and a guilty party walking free.
AVAILABLE JULY 16
Pigs (2025) | BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 1 x 15′ | All at Once
Outrageous’ Bessie Carter joins The Crown’s Olivia Williams in this sharp short film, following a strung-out young woman at a dreaded family dinner in London. As wine flows endlessly for everyone but her, Laura faces two sobering truths: an unexpected guest she already hates is on their way, and she’s stuck riding it out with nothing but water.
Directed by Julia Jackman (Kid Gloves), with appearances from Willow’s Amar Chadha-Patel, Mum’s Marlene Sidaway, and Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter. Pigs premiered at the British Film Institute’s 2024 London Film Festival.
AVAILABLE JULY 17
The Outcast Season 1 | New to Britbox | 2 x 90′ | All at Once
The Outcast is a powerful portrait of small-town hypocrisy and young love, set in 1950s Britain. Lewis Aldridge (Finn Elliot, The Last Kingdom, The Crown) is only ten years old when he witnesses the tragic death of his beautiful, doting mother. Left alone with his emotionally distant father, Gilbert Lewis (Greg Wise, Sense and Sensibility) is forced to bury his grief.
When Gilbert marries Alice (Jessica Brown Findlay, Harlots, Brave New World), a needy younger woman, Lewis becomes prone to disturbingly self-destructive behaviour. His only allies are the neighbouring Carmichael girls; bullied by their father, an apparent pillar of the community who hides his true nature, Kit (Jessica Barden) and Tamsin (Daisy Bevan, Too Much, The Alienist) have problems enough of their own.
But while they manage to negotiate their difficult family life successfully, Lewis is still troubled and neglected until his suppressed rage boils over into an explosive act of defiance. Pushed to the fringes of society, Lewis seems to be completely abandoned, but for the one girl whose love might yet save him.
Adapted by Sadie Jones from her award-winning debut novel, this is a moving story of love, grief, and alienation.
AVAILABLE JULY 18
Would I Lie to You? Season 18 | North America Premiere | 12 x 30′ | All at Once
A hilarious comedy panel show that presents unbelievable truths and believable lies, with celebrity guests having to bluff about their deepest secrets. All the teams must do is convince each other into believing that what’s fake is true and what’s true is not.
The two teams then compete head-to-head, with each player revealing incredible facts and embarrassing personal tales as the opposing team determines whether the statement is true or a lie.
AVAILABLE JULY 24
Code of Silence Season 1 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 60′ | 2x released on premiere, followed by weekly release
Code of Silence is told through the point of view of Alison Brooks (Rose Ayling-Ellis, Ludwig, Doctor Who, Reunion), a Deaf canteen worker. Alison is struggling to make ends meet, juggling two jobs —one in a police canteen and another in a local bar —while also doing her best to support her Deaf mum, Julie (Fifi Garfield, Switch, Punk Chef).
It’s not long before Alison is pulled into a high-stakes police investigation when DS Ashleigh Francis (Charlotte Ritchie, Wonka, Ghosts) asks that she use her lip-reading skills to monitor a dangerous criminal gang. As her interpretation of their covert conversations becomes central to the investigation, Alison is plunged into an exhilarating new world.
Her role quickly becomes key to unlocking the police case, but her feelings become complicated when she finds herself drawn to one of the suspects, Liam Bayne (Kieron Moore, Vampire Academy, Masters of the Air). Despite knowing the risks and the growing threat to her personal life, Alison can’t let go.
An ASL version of Code of Silence Season 1 will also premiere on July 24.
AVAILABLE JULY 30
A Spy Among Friends Season 1 | New to BritBox | 6 x 60′ | Weekly
Based on the true story of Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall, Band of Brothers) and Kim Philby (Guy Pearce, The Brutalist), two British spies and lifelong friends. Philby’s betrayal and defection to Russia after being exposed as a Soviet double agent resulted in the gutting of British and American Intelligence.
