ALL THE BRAND NEW BRITISH TV SERIES TO EXPECT IN 2026 WITH KEELEY HAWES, BRENDA BLETHYN, RAFE SPALL, DAVID MORRISSEY, LUKE EVANS, TOM CULLEN, MICHELLE KEEGAN, MATTHEW MACFADYEN AND OTHERS

 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 BBC

One 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 anda 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.

 

SEE TRAILER WITH KELLY REILLY AND RAFE SPALL IN SKY'S NEW SERIES UNDER SALT MARSH

  UNDER SALT MARSH  

TRAILER WITH KELLY REILLY AND RAFE SPALL

Over from Sky comes first trailer for their new six part series UNDER SALT MARSH set in the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen, a place caught between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher Jackie Ellis (Kelly Reilly) discovers the body of her 8-year-old pupil, Cefin, seemingly drowned. The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the town three years prior – the disappear- ance of Jackie’s niece, Nessa, which cost her career. Cefin’s death summons Jackie’s former partner, Detective Eric Bull (Rafe Spall), back to Morfa Halen to lead the investigation into a community he failed once before. Convinced the cases are linked, Jackie and  Bull must reconcile and race to uncover long-buried secrets inside Morfa, before the storm breaks and all the evidence is gone for good. Harry Lawtey, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Stanley, Julian Lewis Jones also star in the series coming up next year January 30th. See the first trailer below:

 

FIRST TEASER TRAILER WITH KELLY REILLY AND RAFE SPALL IN SKY'S NEW SERIES UNDER SALT MARSH

  1ST UNDER SALT MARSH  

TEASER WITH KELLY REILLY AND RAFE SPALL

Over from Sky comes first teaser for their new six part series UNDER SALT MARSH set in the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen, a place caught between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher Jackie Ellis (Kelly Reilly) discovers the body of her 8-year-old pupil, Cefin, seemingly drowned. The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the town three years prior – the disappear- ance of Jackie’s niece, Nessa, which cost her career. Cefin’s death summons Jackie’s former partner, Detective Eric Bull (Rafe Spall), back to Morfa Halen to lead the investigation into a community he failed once before. Convinced the cases are linked, Jackie and  Bull must reconcile and race to uncover long-buried secrets inside Morfa, before the storm breaks and all the evidence is gone for good. Harry Lawtey, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Stanley, Julian Lewis Jones also star in the series coming up next year. See the first teaser below:

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES WITH KELLY REILLY AND RAFE SPALL IN SKY'S NEW SERIES UNDER SALT MARSH

  1ST UNDER SALT MARSH  

PICS WITH KELLY REILLY AND RAFE SPALL

Over from Sky come first images from their new six part series UNDER SALT MARSH set in the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen, a place caught between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher Jackie Ellis (Kelly Reilly) discovers the body of her 8-year-old pupil, Cefin, seemingly drowned. The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the town three years prior – the disappear- ance of Jackie’s niece, Nessa, which cost her career. Cefin’s death summons Jackie’s former partner, Detective Eric Bull (Rafe Spall), back to Morfa Halen to lead the investigation into a community he failed once before. Convinced the cases are linked, Jackie and Bull must reconcile and race to uncover long-buried secrets inside Morfa, before the storm breaks and all the evidence is gone for good. Harry Lawtey, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Stanley, Julian Lewis Jones also star in the series coming up next year.

RAFE SPALL, MARK ROWLEY, HARRY LAWTEY, JONATHAN PRYCE JOIN KELLY REILLY IN UNDER SALT MARSH CRIME MYSTERY MINI TV SERIES

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RAFE SPALL, HARRY LAWTEY, JONATHAN PRYCE

After setting Kelly Reilly as the lead, Sky's six episode series UNDER SALT MARSH has added Rafe Spall, Harry Lawtey, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Stanley, Julian Lewis Jones and others to the cast. Spall will play a detective who returns to the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen to lead an investigation into the death of a child, in a community he had failed

Harry Lawtey, Rafe Spall and Mark Rowley have joined the cast

previously. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective-turned-teacher Jackie Ellis [Reilly] discovers the body of her eight-year-old pupil seemingly drowned. The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the town three years prior — the disappearance of Jackie’s niece which cost her career.

KELLY REILLY SET AS LEAD IN SKY'S NEW WALES SET CRIME THRILLER SERIES UNDER SALT MARSH

 KELLY REILLY TO LEAD 

SKY'S UNDER SALT MARSH SERIES

News over from Sky is that they have set Kelly Reilly as the lead in their new six part series UNDER SALT MARSH set in the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen, a place caught between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea. As

Kelly Reilly will lead the new mini series

a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher Jackie Ellis discovers the body of her 8-year-old pupil, Cefin, seemingly drowned. The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the town three years prior – the disappear- ance of Jackie’s niece, Nessa, which cost her career. Cefin’s death summons Jackie’s former partner, Detective Eric Bull, back to Morfa Halen to lead the investigation into a community he failed once before. Convinced the cases are linked, Jackie and Bull must reconcile and race to uncover long-buried secrets inside Morfa, before the storm breaks and all the evidence is gone for good.