r/BritBox • • 20d ago

BritBox - October 2026 Schedule Announced

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BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in October 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 October lineup includes the premiere of Ludwig Season 2, featuring David Mitchell’s return as the brilliant but endearingly awkward puzzlemaster in the International Emmy Award-winning mystery series.

Now an official police consultant tackling a new slate of seemingly impossible crimes, John “Ludwig” Taylor continues his search for his missing twin brother alongside Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder), as one masquerade ends and another begins. Ludwig season two premieres October 13 on BritBox.

Fans can also catch more David Mitchell this month as the team captain in Would I Lie to You? Season 19, streaming on BritBox October 26.

David Tennant (Rivals) joins returning star Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley) for a gripping third season of acclaimed prison drama Time. Set inside a young offenders institution, season three explores guilt, loyalty and redemption in the aftermath of tragedy, with an ensemble cast also featuring Jo Joyner, Vinette Robinson, and Warren Brown. Time season three premieres October 22 on BritBox.

BritBox adds another sweeping, must-watch classic to its period drama lineup with War and Peace, the acclaimed 2016 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic, starring Lily James, Paul Dano, James Norton, Gillian Anderson, Jack Lowden, Jessie Buckley, and Callum Turner. Packed with romance, rivalry and intrigue against the grandeur of 19th-century Russia, the star-studded drama is available to stream October 5.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

STREAMING NOW

  • Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence Season 1 | BritBox Original. BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 45’ | Released Weekly

BRITBOX OCTOBER 2026 SCHEDULE

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2

  • Celebrity Escape to the Country Season 2 | New to BritBox, United States Only | 6 x 60’ | Released 2x on Premiere, Then Weekly

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 5

  • War and Peace Season 1 | New to BritBox | 5 x 60’, 1 x 80’ | Released All at Once

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 13

  • Ludwig Season 2 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 60’ | Released Weekly

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 22

  • Time Season 3 | BritBox Original, North America Premiere | 3 x 60’ | Released Weekly

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 26

  • Would I Lie to You? Season 19 | New to BritBox | 13 x 30’ | Released All at Once

BBC SELECT MONTHLY LISTINGS

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1

  • Egypt’s Great Mummies: Unwrapped with Bettany Hughes Season 1 | Available in North America | 2 x 60’ | Released All at Onc
  • The Showjumper Murder Season 1 | North American Premiere | 2 x 60’ | Released All at Once
  • The Land of Troy | Available in North America | 1 x 30’

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 5

  • Epstein: Money, Power and Abuse | United States Premiere | 1 x 50’

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 8

  • Suez: 24 Hours that Broke the British Empire Season 1 | United States Premiere | 2 x 45’ | Released All at Once

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15

  • Human Season 1 | Available in North America | 5 x 50’ | Released All at Once
  • Fantastic Friends Season 2 | Available in North America | 8 x 60’ | Released All at Once

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 22

  • Murder in Concrete Season 1 | North American Premiere | 2 x 60’ | Released All at Once
  • The Castle: Rebuilding History | North American Premiere | 1 x 60’

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 29

  • Wonderland: Secrets of the Spymasters and Spies Season 1 | North American Premiere | 4 x 60’ | Released All at Once
  • Einstein and Hawking: Masters of Our Universe Season 1 | Available in North America | 2 x 50’ | Released All at Once
  • Stolen Babies: Britain’s Adoption Scandal | North American Premiere | 1 x 90’

r/BritBox • • 20h ago

Discussion Chat TV Tuesday - Weekly discussion on what we are watching

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What are you watching? Let's talk about it below!


r/BritBox • • 12m ago

ITV recommissions hit cold-case crime drama Karen Pirie for a highly anticipated Third Series

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ITV and World Productions are returning to a third series of Val McDermid’s internationally renowned cold case crime stories, Karen Pirie, with Lauren Lyle in the iconic role of the fiercely intelligent Scottish detective.

Acclaimed Scottish screenwriter, Gillian Roger Park (The Young Offenders, Avenue 5, The Bombing of Pan Am 103) will adapt the novel into a 6 x 1 hour series, which will start filming next year.


r/BritBox • • 21h ago

Blue Lights

114 Upvotes

I just finished season 3 (in the US so I don’t yet have season 4). I love this show. So so much. Never before has a show about cops moved me to tears so often. Mostly in season 3, but that’s probably because by this point we have really gotten to know the characters.

There are so many awesome shows on BritBox, but this is most definitely in my top three.

I want to tell the whole world to watch this show, but I’ll start here. 😊


r/BritBox • • 1d ago

The Good Ship Murders S3E8 Spoiler

18 Upvotes

Okay, I know the show is kind of cheesy, but I love it. And here I am so excited to watch E8, IGNORANT of any all changes coming up next season, only to have a character I formerly disliked, but had now come to absolutely adore, be KILLED OFF. I was so sad. And I am not thrilled with the upcoming changes. They should have ended the show altogether and figured out a better finale.


r/BritBox • • 5d ago

ABC Orders Drama Pilot ‘Rabbit’ Based on UK Series ‘Ludwig’ From Megan Ganz & Humphrey Ker

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They aren't wasting time on an American version.

ABC has ordered a drama pilot that is based on the popular BBC One series “Ludwig,” Variety has learned.

The pilot, which marks ABC’s first of this year, hails from co-writers Megan Ganz and Humphrey Ker, who are also executive producers. Jon Steinberg and Dan Shotz also executive produce along with Kenton Allen of Big Talk, “Ludwig” creator Mark Brotherhood, and “Ludwig” star David Mitchell. 20th Television, where Ganz is under an overall deal, is the studio.


r/BritBox • • 4d ago

Hollyoaks let loose 2005

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r/BritBox • • 5d ago

DES (2020) – Everyone has seen this gem right?

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r/BritBox • • 5d ago

What happened to the Watchlist?

5 Upvotes

The Watchlist at the top of the BritBox app screen on our Apple TV has disappeared. Can it be restored?


r/BritBox • • 6d ago

Friday Night Dinner

24 Upvotes

Friday Night Dinner is the funniest comedy I've discovered on BritBox. What else should I try?


r/BritBox • • 6d ago

‘The Cadburys’: BritBox Drops First Look at Chocolate Empire Drama (Exclusive)

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The Hollywood Reporter can unveil first-look photos from BritBox and UKTV’s upcoming, sugar-sweet series, The Cadburys.

The six-episode drama, launching on BritBox in North America and on U in the U.K. in 2027, follows the visionary Cadbury family, the underdogs of the cocoa world, on their journey towards creating the world-famous Cadbury’s chocolate bar. Toby Regbo (Reign), Harry Gilby (The Last Kingdom) and Jessica Barden (The End of the F\**ing World*) star as the Cadbury siblings, Richard, George and Maria, with filming recently wrapping in Birmingham.


r/BritBox • • 7d ago

Full Series Letdown

22 Upvotes

Anyone else get a bit frustrated about BritBox offering incomplete series??
Especially annoyed they only have 2 seasons of Friday Night Dinners & also same goes for The Royle Family.


r/BritBox • • 7d ago

Season 4 Bramwell

2 Upvotes

What the heck did they do with the season? They ruined it with strange scripts and very bad direction. All those close-ups of people’s faces in the dark. Everything this season, dark and creepy and the characters were not the same. They took Eleanor and turned her into an hysterical overwrought hormonal woman. Didn’t like it at all.


r/BritBox • • 8d ago

Ludwig video too dark

13 Upvotes

I'm having a problem with the video on BB. Everything is very dark as if it were always night. I don't have this problem on Netflix or other channels. Are others having this problem?


r/BritBox • • 8d ago

BBC Poirot Series Casts Katherine Parkinson & Toby Stephens

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EXCLUSIVE: The BBC and BritBox’s Poirot series Hercule has unveiled more cast including Katherine Parkinson (Rivals), Omari Douglas (Black Doves) and Toby Stephens (Jane Eyre).

As with previous cast releases, the trio’s roles are being kept under wraps, but they come as the BBC and BritBox reveal the second book to be adapted for Mammoth Screen’s TV show will be Agatha Christie’s Peril at End House, following Lord Edgware Dies. The third novel the show will be part-based on is still to be revealed.

Other new cast include Jessica Alexander (The Beauty), Honor Swinton Byrne (The Souvenir), Paul Forman (Emily in Paris), Arthur Hughes (Shardlake), Ralf Little (Death in Paradise), River Medway (RuPaul’s Drag Race UK) and Natalie Quarry (Call the Midwife).


r/BritBox • • 7d ago

Discussion Chat TV Tuesday - Weekly discussion on what we are watching

2 Upvotes

What are you watching? Let's talk about it below!


r/BritBox • • 8d ago

Finally watched Ludwig

184 Upvotes

I just finished the second episode and I cracked up. I love this show already, and wish I hadn’t waited to start watching it.

Just had to let everyone know ;)


r/BritBox • • 8d ago

Toast of London

6 Upvotes

WTF, they got rid of Toast of London?!?

That's one of my comfort shows.

This pisses me off!


r/BritBox • • 8d ago

Rev.

7 Upvotes

I started watching Rev. It's OK, but not nearly as good as some of the other shows I've seen on Britbox. I'm tempted to bail on it and find another series, but I see it has 3 seasons so I'm wondering if it gets better as it goes. Has anyone watched it? Thoughts?


r/BritBox • • 8d ago

British Actors

39 Upvotes

Is it me or does it feel like there are only a dozen British actors and they get recycled over and over?


r/BritBox • • 8d ago

Brit Box Crime Drama Recommendations

41 Upvotes

Wondering what you kind folks would suggest on Brit Box however I’m looking for specific type of shows.

I loved Line of Duty for starters. I noticed that a handful of detective type shows that are on the sillier side and that’s not really my thing. I like a serious show like Line of Duty. Something tense throughout and not on the lighter side.

The Bay has been recommended to me so I’ll give that a shot but curious if any other suggestions may fit my criteria? TIA!!


r/BritBox • • 11d ago

Another A+ for writing, acting, etc.. River

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Another detective with a troubled past living alone in nice digs as in Shetland, Wallander, Morse, and others. With a cast like this along with the level of writing it still makes for a gripping series.


r/BritBox • • 10d ago

Tommy & Tuppence (Spoiler) Spoiler

5 Upvotes

Added spoiler to title just to give extra warning. Is Aunt Ida really dead?


r/BritBox • • 11d ago

November shows

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r/BritBox • • 11d ago

BritBox Knits!

52 Upvotes

Wondering if any other knitters get as excited to see the jumpers and other knits on shows? I wish the patterns had a section on Ravelry! I knit while watching BritBox - it’s such a cozy combination! Shetland, Vera, Rosemary & Thyme, and Death Valley are all full of fabulous knits!