NEW 2026 BRITISH SHOWS
2026 NEW TV SHOWS FROM CHANNEL 4
When it comes to
Channel 4 their tentpole series will probably be the remake of
A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE which follows
Brenda Blethyn as
poor lass who rises to become one of the riches women in the world. They will also have
Rafe Spall playing prime minister next to
Jenna Coleman in
NUMBER 10. They will also see
David Morrissey and
Alan Cumming playing neighbours in war in
TIP TOE.
Paapa Essiedu will star in
FALLING series with our dearest British thespian
Keeley
Hawes as a Catholic priest and a nun who fall unexpectedly in love.
2026 BRAND NEW TV SHOWS FROM BBCOne
of the new shows to expect from
BBC this year is
BABIES which follows
Paapa Essiedu and
Siobhán Cullen as a couple who deals with pregnancy
losses over the years.
Richard Gadd and
Jamie Bell will play
brothers with turbulent relationship in
HALF MAN.
Sheridan Smith and
Michael Socha will be two casino workers trying to
rob from the same safe in
THE CAGE, while
LORD OF THE FLIES series will
follow a group of
school children stranded on a tropical island with no
adults after a plane crash. We might also get
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
French revolution period set series based on Charles Dickens novel with
Kit Harrington and
Francois Civil in the leads. Costume drama might also
arrive with
THE OTHER BENNET sister based on Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudice character.
THE HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES will follow a hairdresser
turned detective in a cosy little village.
TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST will see
Jessica Raine as a woman on holiday with friends and family in the
Mediterranean who finds herself trapped.
2026 BRAND NEW TV SHOWS FROM ITV
ITV will soon have
Shaun Evans playing an MI5 operative with a problematic private life in
BETRAYAL while
Natalie Dormer is set to play
Duchess Fergie in
THE LADY about her murderous dresser.
Gemma Arterton will play senior MI6 officer spying on Russia in
SECRET 
SERVICE while
Luke Evans and
Tom Cullen will lead
THE PARTY playing two friends from school who grow up to become a political figure and
a journalist.
Michelle Keegan and
Douglas Booth will lead
THE BLAME following detectives investigating a teenage figure skater's suspicious death.
2026 BRAND NEW TV SHOWS FROM SKY Sky
has one of the most interesting ones in
THE MINIATURE WIFE in which
Matthew MacFadyen plays a husband scientist who shrinks his wife
Elizabeth Banks accidentally to six inches.
Dominic West and
Sienna 
Miller will, meanwhile, play a high power couple leading a divorce
battle in
WAR. This month they also have
UNDER SALT MARSH crime series
with
Rafe Spall and
Kelly Reilly. They will also have
Gugu Mbatha Raw
and
Jonny Lee MIller in
INHERITANCE about a lawyer who investigates an
inheritance claim in Jamaica.
nun, and Essiedu is David, a Catholic priest. Both are deeply
committed to their work in the church and in their community.
Neither are expected to fall
in love. But when they do, both are forced
to wrestle with what it means for them, their vows, and their
relationship with God. This witty and moving love
drama will also see Rakie Ayola, Jason Watkins, Niamh Cusack, Adrian Scarborough, David Dawson, Susan Brown and Sandra Voe starring in the cast. The series will air sometime this year.
nun, and Essiedu is David, a Catholic priest. Both are deeply
committed to their work in the church and in their community.
Neither are expected to fall
in love. But when they do, both are forced
to wrestle with what it means for them, their vows, and their
relationship with God. This witty and moving love
drama will also see Rakie Ayola, Jason Watkins, Niamh Cusack, Adrian Scarborough, David Dawson, Susan Brown and Sandra Voe starring in the cast. The series will air sometime this year.
