What to watch on BritBox – quick links
BritBox: new this week
Traffic Cops Seasons 9 & 10 – 1 June
Reality series. This British series follows the lives of officers patrolling England’s roads, with high-speed pursuits, drug busts, and more.
Special Ops: Crime Squad UK Season 2 & 3 – 2 June
Reality series. Exploring and following the work of the UK’s elite police teams who take up investigations that have hit a dead end.
After the Flood Season 2 – 3 June
Series. This BritBox original returns for a highly-anticipated second season. Detective Jo Marshall, played by Sophie Rundle, helps with a complex murder investigation tied to the region’s most secretive and powerful family, the Bensons.
As the investigation closes in, Jo must make a critical decision about who she can trust before more lives are lost. Starring Sophie Rundle, Lorraine Ashbourne, Matt Stokoe and Nicholas Gleaves.
BritBox: recently added
Forensics: Catching The Killer Seasons 1 & 2 – 27 May
Series. In this true crime series, we learn the role forensic science has played in finding the killers in a number of horrific murder cases.
Litvinenko Season 1 – 29 May
Docudrama series. Detectives work to prove who was responsible for the death of the British-naturalised Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko in 2006, in one of the most complex and dangerous investigations the Metropolitan Police has ever mounted.
Starring David Tennant, Mark Bonnar, Kayla Meikle and Margarita Levieva.
Beyond Paradise Season 4 – 19 May
Series. A slew of baffling mysteries blur the line between reality and folklore. Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman, played by Kris Marshall (Love Actually, Sanditon), returns for a stellar fourth season of Beyond Paradise. Now part of the local police force in the quiet Devonshire town of Shipton Abbott, Humphrey is faced with a fresh wave of baffling cases where fact and folklore collide. In this eagerly awaited return, Humphrey adjusts to married life with Martha while facing a life-changing decision that could alter the future of the entire station.
Starring Kris Marshall (Love Actually, Sanditon), Sally Bretton (The Office, Not Going Out), Zahra Ahmadi (Closed Circuit, Doctor Who), Dylan Llewellyn (Derry Girls, Hollyoaks, Big Boys) and Felicity Montagu (I’m Alan Partridge, Bridget Jones’ Diary).
Here We Go Season 3 – 15 May
Series. Think Gavin and Stacey meets Modern Family. This highly-anticipated comedy series follows the chaotic lives of the Jessop family over the course of a year, as they tackle everyday challenges and increasingly ridiculous situations.
Filmed by the family’s youngest son Sam, whose camera captures events as they unfold, each episode jumps through time to reveal an honest and often absurd portrait of family life. From career changes and efforts to improve their health, to mishaps involving a stolen dog, the Jessops prove that even in disaster, there’s always something to laugh about.
Starring Alison Steadman (Life Is Sweet, Better Man, Pride & Prejudice), Katherine Parkinson (The Boat That Rocked, Easy Virtue, The It Crowd), Jim Howick (Hellboy, Horrible Histories, Bill), Freya Parks (The School For Good And Evil, This Town, Jane Eyre), Tom Basden (Plebs, After Life, Quack) and Jude Morgan-Collie (Terminator: Dark Fate, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder).
The Revenge Club Season 1 – 7 May
Series. A thriller that’s equal parts hilarious, dramatic and wildly fun, The Revenge Club follows six newly single strangers who meet in a divorce therapy group, each grappling with betrayal and heartbreak. Forming an unlikely bond, they abandon healing in favour of revenge, devising plans to get even with those who wronged them. However, their petty pranks turn dangerous, forcing the group to deal with a reality they never intended. Equally playful and suspenseful, the series explores how far people will go when heartbreak turns into retribution.
Starring Martin Compston (Line Of Duty, Vigil, Doomsday), Douglas Henshall (Shetland, Primeval, Murder Is Easy), Aimee Fifon Edwards (Peaky Blinders, Skins, Detectorists), Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars At No.42), Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary, Two Doors Down, Barbie) and Chaneil Kular (Sex Education, Accused, Bodies).
