in October 2020
BritBox Unveils What’s Arriving at the Streamer
, the subscription streaming service from BBC Studios and ITV offering the largest assortment of streaming British television in THE UNITED STATES, october slate has unveiled its! Month next, the lineup carries a unique collection from the anthology series Play for Today as well as the third season of Shakespeare and Hathaway: The Private Investigators, and much more.
Available October 1
All Creatures Great and Small Seasons 4-7 | Exclusive, Not used to BritBox
In 1937, young, newly-qualified surgeon James Herriot, found its way to a rural Yorkshire village to use up his first job within an established veterinary practice. However the treatment of sick animals still appears to be rooted at night Ages here, not forgetting the country-folk’s suspicion of strangers. Follow James in this beloved comedy classic because the challenge is continued by him of not merely maintaining the animals, but to win the city too round.
Available October 6
Shakespeare & Hathaway: The Private Investigators Season 3 | U.S. Premiere, Exclusive
The unlikely but hugely entertaining detective duo highly, Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton, Northern Lights) a hard-boiled detective agency and rookie ex-hairdresser Lu Shakespeare (Jo Joyner, Marley’s Ghosts) return in this quirky, fan-favorite crime drama, filled with corpses, comedy and cracking mysteries. With episodes including much metal star creating a pact with the devil and a Shakespeare museum filled up with deadly secrets, season 3 of the smash-hit light-hearted mystery series has from kidnapping, blackmail, murder and infidelity. Assisted by probably the most loved sidekick Sebastian (Patrick McBride, Between Departures), watch as Hathaway and Shakespeare solve crimes in the birthplace of the bard.
Available October 9
Agatha Christie Tribute:
· Agatha | Not used to BritBox
Inspired by the two-week disappearance of famed British author Agatha Christie, this romantic mystery drama exposes the mystery and the revenge she plotted against her faithless husband. Academy Award winners Vanessa Redgrave (Howards End, Letters to Juliet) and Dustin Hoffman (The Graduate, Tootsie) star as celebrated mystery author Agatha Christie and the person with whom she allegedly shared a mysterious romantic tryst.
· Alphabet Murders | Not used to BritBox
Tony Randall (Pillow Talk, The Odd Couple) stars because the redoubtable Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot in this crime mystery drama predicated on Agatha Christie’s novel The ABC Murders. Watch as Hercule Poirot confronts mayhem and murder whenever a demented killer murders in grisly alphabetical order, you start with the initials A.A and slashing towards Z blithely.Z.
· Murder at the Gallop | Not used to BritBox
Based on the 1953 novel After the Funeral by Agatha Christie, Margaret Rutherford (Murder Most Foul, Murder She Said) stars because the iconic fictional character Miss Jane Marple in this crime drama sprinkled with light comedy. When Miss Mr and Marple. Stringer (Stringer Davis, Murder Most Foul, Murder She Said) are out soliciting for charity donations, they cross paths with a wealthy and eccentric man who has been frightened to death by his pathological concern with cats. Suspicious that the person was murdered by an heir to his estate intentionally, Miss Marple investigates his death.
· Murder Most Foul | Not used to BritBox
Based on Mrs. McGinty’s Dead by Agatha Christie, Academy Award winner Margaret Rutherford (Murder at the Gallop, Murder She Said) stars as Miss Marple because the beloved character opposes a guilty verdict for Harold Taylor in the murder of his landlady, and investigates the entire case. When clues lead her to trust the landlady was blackmailing someone in a rundown theater company, she auditions for the right part, however the killer strikes up again because the curtain goes. Can the murderer be identified by the spinster sleuth before he claims his next intended victim – Miss Marple herself?
· Murder She Said | Not used to BritBox
Based on the novel 4:50 from Paddington by mystery novelist Agatha Christie, intrepid spinster sleuth, Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford, Murder at the Gallop, Murder Most Foul), reveals a closet filled with skeletons as she tracks a killer in this strange case of the strangler-killer on the night time express. Determined that the crime she saw will not go unpunished, Miss Marple goes undercover and discovers awful secrets linked with the Ackenthorpe estate and a number of terrible murders.
Available October 13
Play for Today Collection | Exclusive, Not used to BritBox
A unique assortment of this iconic, star-studded anthology series which includes both original plays and adaptations of stage plays and novels is making its solution to BritBox honoring its 50th anniversary. A milestone in the annals of British television, this flagship BBC single drama strand ever is really as relevant as, today challenging its audience to look at real-world conditions that still resonate. On the list of collection are productions directed by renowned director Mike Leigh including Hard Labour, Home Sweet Home and Who’s Who. The collection includes Kisses at 50, directed by Up series director Michael Apted. Boasting spectacular talent, the series features Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect, The Queen) in Soft Targets, Nigel Hawthorne (Yes, Minister, Yes Prime Minister) in Jessie and Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice, Gavin & Stacey) in Abigail’s Party, Nuts in May and Hard Labour. Titles include:
· Abigail’s Party
· A Cotswold Death
· All Good Men
· A Passage to England
· A Photograph
· Back of Beyond
· Bar Mitzvah Boy
· The Bevellers
· The Black Stuff
· Coming Out
· Country
· The Elephants’ Graveyard
· The Executioner
· The Fishing Party
· Funny Farm
· The Hallelujah Handshake
· Hard Labour
· Home Sweet Home
· Jessie
· YET ANOTHER Saturday
· ONLY A Boy’s Game
· King
· Kisses at 50
· Leeds United!
· Nuts in May
· ANOTHER Woman
· Penda’s Fen
· Rainy Day Women
· The Slab Boys
· Soft Targets
· Still Waters
· Who’s Who
Available October 21
My Family Secrets Revealed | Not used to BritBox, Exclusive
This innovative series captures the discovery of deep family secrets as folks have the opportunity to connect directly making use of their genealogy for the very first time. Through analyzing DNA, family birth and trees and death records, a united team of genealogical and historical experts reveal fascinating stories, prove exciting connections, sometimes a high profile connection even, and solve family puzzles about prodigal relatives. Prepare to anticipate the unexpected because the experts uncover astonishing tales of scandal often, forbidden love, heroes in the grouped family and heartbreaking loss.
Available October 27
New Tricks Seasons 1-6 | Not used to BritBox
A team of three retired former detectives with over 80 years service between them are recruited to re-examine unsolved crimes. The squad is headed up by Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman, Pericles Prince of Tyre) – a detective in disgrace after bungling a hostage situation. The initial task of the motley crew would be to identify the true killer of a cocktail waitress murdered in 1981. The united team soon discovers that things aren’t what they seem and a trail of corruption, altered statements and dubious witnesses emerges. Adapting to the brand new touchy-feely 21st-century police strategies – not forgetting working under a hardcore woman with her future at risk — isn’t easy, because the three discover with a lot of comic results.
Available October 30
The Turn of the Screw (1999) | Not used to BritBox
A hauntingly atmospheric adaptation of Henry James’ classic gothic horror story starring Jodhi May (Emma, A World Apart) and Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice, The King’s Speech). A, inexperienced governess is hired to provide for two small kids abandoned by their uncle, following death of these parents, at his grand country house. Unsettled by glimpses of ghostly figures that only she can easily see, she quickly believes that something malevolent is stalking the small children in her care. She learns that her predecessor and her sinister lover both died under curious circumstances and ahead of their death, they spent the majority of their time with Miles and Flora. Could they function as figures appearing to the brand new governess? But are appearances everything they appear to be? Are these apparitions supernatural or just products of her overactive imagination truly? James’ novel is brilliantly taken to life in this evocative drama – filled with ambiguity, eeriness and menace.
Available October TBD:
Mock The Week (Season 19) | Not used to BritBox
From the producers of Whose Line COULD IT BE Anyway?, the panel show combines the very best components of a panel show with stand-up, as two teams of comedians have a satirical swipe at the planet and news events. This laugh-out-loud series is hosted by comedian Dara Ó Briain.
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