#FIRSTLOOK: BRITBOX CANADA 2026 PROGRAMMING LINEUP

From gripping crime dramas to lavish period pieces, BritBox’s 2026 lineup continues to set the standard as the premier destination for British storytelling. New and upcoming series include The Other Bennet Sister, a Regency-era coming-of-age romance that brings a fresh perspective to the world of Jane Austen, The Lady, a provocative royal drama inspired by shocking true events from London’s high society in the 1980s, and A Taster For Murder, a picturesque crime thriller set against the sweeping landscapes and culinary world of Capri. Rounded out by returning favorites (Blue Lights, After the Flood, Ludwig) and a fresh, modern installment from the Agatha Christie universe (Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence), BritBox remains the destination for the best in British television.

Recognized by PEOPLE as “a superb British drama,” Riot Women burst onto the scene at the start of the year and keeps the momentum roaring across BritBox’s 2026 lineup. From BAFTA-winning writer and director Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley), the new series follows five menopausal women who form an unlikely punk band, rediscovering their voices and themselves in the process. Led by Joanna Scanlan (Slow Horses), Tamsin Greig (Friday Night Dinner), Lorraine Ashbourne (Sherwood), Taj Atwal (Line of Duty) and Rosalie Craig (Moonflower Murders), the bold, music-fueled drama celebrates friendship, rebellion and refusing to be silenced. Critically acclaimed and ‘certified fresh’ by Rotten Tomatoes the season one finale premieres on BritBox February 11. Screeners and production notes available upon request.

Mark Williams (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) stars as the beloved and titular Father Brown, crime-fighting clergyman seeking justice in the Cotswolds. In the franchise’s thirteenth installment, Father Brown tackles a plethora of brand new murder mysteries with the help of his eclectic parishioners. The long-running cozy crime series returns to BritBox February 3.

The stakes have never been higher. The fifth season of Grace follows DSU Roy Grace (John Simm, I, Jack Wright) as he faces buried secrets, shocking betrayals and pressure closing in from all sides. Inspired by best-selling novels from Peter James, Grace S5 premieres on BritBox February 5, 2026.

NOW STREAMING: Shetland S10 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 60’ | Released Weekly
Originally based 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 discover that the body of the retired social worker has been out in the elements for a number of 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 closeknit community. Shetland S10 will finale on BritBox February 5, 2026.

NOW STREAMING: Riot Women S1 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 60’ | Released 2x on Premiere, Then Weekly
Set in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, Riot Women centres around five women who come together to create 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 begins to surface, entangling the women in an unlikely and complex web that threatens to tear everything, including the band, apart. Riot Women S1 will finale on BritBox February 11, 2026.

Full February Listings:

February 3, 2026: Father Brown S13 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 10 x 60’ | Released Weekly
Father Brown (Mark Williams, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) returns for his thirteenth series, derived from the classic short stories of G. K. Chesterton. One of the most quirkily, genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, the kindly cleric with his large umbrella and numerous brown paper parcels, possesses a sharp intelligence, and limitless knowledge of men’s evil. He works using intuition, shaped by his experiences as a priest and confessor.

February 5, 2026: Grace S5 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 4 x 120’ | Released Weekly
Grace (John Simm, I, Jack Wright) faces stakes higher than ever in four gripping new cases. As personal and professional pressures are pushed to the brink, past secrets and shocking betrayals will surface.

February 6, 2026: Sense and Sensibility (1995) | New to BritBox | 1 x 120’ | Released All at Once
Sense and Sensibility tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor (Emma Thompson, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?) and passionate Marianne (Kate Winslet, The Holiday), whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family’s sudden loss of fortune. Alan Rickman (Love Actually), Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal) and Greg Wise (The Crown) co-star as the well-intentioned suitors who are trapped by the strict rules of society and the conflicting laws of desire.

February 12, 2026: Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018) | New to BritBox | 1 x 120’ | Released All at Once
In 1926 with her personal life in tatters and her writing in crisis, a young Agatha Christie (Ruth Bradley, Slow Horses) becomes involved in a notorious unsolved murder. When the goddaughter and namesake of Florence Nightingale (Stacha Hicks, Call the Midwife) is found on a train to Hastings with her skull caved in, the subsequent investigation and public outcry fail to catch the killer. Driven to distraction by the absence of justice, Florence’s partner of twenty-six years Mabel Rogers (Pippa Haywood, Bodyguard) turns to Agatha in the hope she can succeed where the police failed. But pursuing a plan based on everything she’s learnt through her work, Agatha discovers that this killer is far more cunning and dangerous than any of her fictional creations.

February 26, 2026: Deadwater Fell S1 | New to BritBox | 4 x 60’ | Released All at Once
When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they know and trust, the small Scottish community they call home becomes riven with mistrust and suspicion as those closest to the family begin to question everything they thought they knew about their friends… Deadwater Fell examines in unflinching detail the nature of female friendship and the harmful, entrenched gender stereotypes and conformity that can lead to the most devastating consequences. Laying bare the fragility of trust and the corrosive nature of lies, the series demonstrates that even the closest of friends all have their secrets.

2026 Sneak Peek:

Spring 2026: The Lady S1 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 4 x 60’ | Released Weekly
The Lady charts the rise and fall of former royal dresser Jane Andrews (Mia McKenna-Bruce, Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials), whose rags to riches fairy tale fell apart when she was convicted of murder. Once a young working-class girl from Grimsby, Jane answered an advertisement in the magazine The Lady and to the astonishment of her friends and family, became the Duchess of York’s dresser at Buckingham Palace. Moving amongst the highest social circles in Britain, Jane managed to secure a place in the upper-classes, only to lose her job with the Duchess after nine years of service. Still reeling from her fall from grace, Jane went on to meet charismatic businessman Thomas Cressman (Ed Speleers, You) and fell deeply in love. Soon cracks began to develop in the romance Jane had pinned all her hopes on, with disastrous consequences.

Spring 2026: A Taste For Murder S1 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, Worldwide Premiere | 6 x 45’ | Released 2x on Release, Then Weekly
For connoisseur Detective Chief Inspector Joe Mottram (Warren Brown, Luther), the beautiful island of Capri was meant to be a place to grieve his deceased wife, reconnect with his troubled teenage daughter and get closer to his late wife’s Italian relatives. All he planned was a summer’s break and a chance to savor some delicious Italian produce. But Joe attracts murder cases like a wasp to a ripe peach and soon he finds himself involved in a case that is very close to home.

Spring 2026: The Other Bennet Sister S1 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 10 x 30’ | Released 2x on Release, Then Weekly
Ella Bruccoleri (Ludwig, Call the Midwife) stars as one of Jane Austen’s most unassuming characters: Mary Bennet – the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The series follows Mary as she steps out of her sisters’ shadows in search of her own identity and purpose – finding herself in the middle of an epic love story along the way. Her journey will see her leave her family home in Meryton for the soirees of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.

2026: Blue Lights S3 | BritBox Exclusive | 6 x 60’ | Released Weekly
Two years into their jobs as response officers, Grace (Sian Brooke, Sherlock), Annie (Katherine Devlin, The Day of the Jackal) and Tommy (Nathan Braniff) are accustomed to life under the blue lights. But their work will take them into a sinister world hidden behind the veneer of middle-class life, the world of the accountants and lawyers who facilitate organised crime. The old political and criminal order has gone and a new global gang rule Belfast, bringing danger closer to home for our officers than ever before.

2026: After the Flood S2 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 60’ | Released Weekly
The second series of After the Flood finds newly-promoted detective Jo Marshall (Sophie Rundle, Peaky Blinders) on the trail of a baffling murder investigation. As tensions simmer in Waterside amid the rising threat of moorland fires and the subsequent risk of further flooding, a body is discovered in bizarre circumstances. Jo’s race to stop the killer will put her in opposition to dark, influential forces within the town, and ultimately take her on a much more personal investigation. One that will require her to operate in secret if she is to have any hope of rooting out the corruption that has blighted the town’s police force – and her own family – for decades.

2026: Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence S1 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 45’ | Released 2x on Premiere, Then Weekly
In the first contemporary English language Agatha Christie series adaptation*, the detective duo of the impulsive Tuppence Cowley (Antonia Thomas, The Good Doctor) and loveable try hard Tommy Beresford (Josh Dylan, The Buccaneers) rise again. Mixing what made the screwball comedy and playful romance that made this crime solving couple beloved, with a cast representative of the energy of modern London, this series will please old fans – and new – alike. *Based on the 1922 novel The Secret Adversary.

2026: Ludwig S2 | BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive, North America Premiere | 6 x 60’ | Released Weekly
Picking up from where things were left at the end of series one, master puzzle-setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor (David Mitchell, Peep Show) is now a Crime Scene Consultant working on ‘impossible’ crimes for the Cambridge Police Authority. No longer having to masquerade as his brother, he’s openly more ‘Ludwig’ than ever – brilliant at solving puzzles but hopeless at everything else. But John’s identical twin brother, James (Mitchell), is still missing, and now that he’s an official employee of the station, John is forbidden from using any police resources to look for his brother or uncover exactly what he was investigating. Of course, John won’t stop and neither will Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin, Until I Kill You), John’s sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James – a puzzle needs solving and a husband and father needs bringing home. One masquerade may have ended, but a new one has just begun.