Last Updated on May 13, 2025
Wondering which period dramas are new on BritBox North America this year? Look no further: crime in the Cotswolds continues, the Women’s Liberation Movement is born, an explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies form a toxic web, while six aristocratic sisters refuse to play by the rules… all on BritBox in 2025, one of the best places to watch British TV outside of the UK.
See the list of recently added and upcoming period dramas on BritBox below, followed by a selection of other period-set movies and television series including mysteries, romantic costume dramas, and historical epics, that can be streamed on BritBox. Please note: If you subscribe in the United States or Canada, your subscription can be used in either region; however, show availability may differ.
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New For Period Drama Fans in 2025
JANUARY
Father Brown (Season 12)
Many years spent hearing his parishioners’ confessions have given the crime-solving Catholic priest an uncanny insight into the origins of evil and the workings of the criminal minds in the quintessentially English village. Mark Williams is back as Father Brown, the charismatic clergyman sleuth based on the classic character created by GK Chesterton, and the quaint Cotswolds are abuzz with intrigue as Father Brown tackles new cases in this beloved mystery.
Premieres January 23, 2025: 10 episodes, New episodes available on Thursdays.
FEBRUARY
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (2025)
Compelling true crime drama telling the hidden story of Ruth Ellis and exposing the timeless British obsessions of class, sex and death. Set in 1955 in the glamorous and intoxicating world of London club-land, Ruth (Lucy Boynton, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?) found acclaim, aged 28, as the capital’s youngest club manager. But her success soon unraveled as she became entwined in an abusive relationship with racing driver David Blakely (Laurie Davidson, Mary & George). On trial for his murder, Ruth was condemned to die by a system which judged her for far more than her crime.
Premieres February 17, 2025: 4 episodes, 2x weekly on release, then weekly
MARCH
Misbehaviour (2020)
In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope (Greg Kinnear, Black Bird). Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage.
Available March 1, 2025: Feature length film
Travels With Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet (Season 1)
While this BritBox Original isn’t a period drama, it’s sure to please fans of the genre: Touching, insightful, humorous and fascinating, this series sees national treasure Sir David Suchet (Poirot) travel around the world, following in the footsteps of the Queen of mystery, Dame Agatha Christie. Before becoming the world’s best-selling author, Agatha Christie embarked upon a world tour in 1922 at age 31. Her ten-month itinerary of the then British Empire took her across South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, along with a holiday to Hawaii. Perceptions of Agatha Christie’s character tend to be dominated by the persona she adopted in public life, when she was seen as a shy individual who disliked fame. But this was a defensive wall erected by Agatha. Now, 100 years on, this journey is an opportunity for Sir David, and all fans of the author, to discover a lesser-known Agatha – the woman she really was. And through recreating her surprising and fascinating journey, he’ll also have a unique chance to explore the history and complex legacy of the British Empire.
Available March 8, 2025: 5 episodes all at once
APRIL
Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero (2025)
England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, British tennis star Nevile Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point, their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile’s aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston).With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife Kay (Mimi Keene), tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion, a mysterious gentleman’s valet, an exiled cousin with a grudge, a venerable family lawyer, an inquisitive orphan and a French con man, and soon there will be murder. A troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death? An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies. All compelled… Towards Zero.
Premieres April 16, 2025 – episode 2 drops April 17 & episode 3 drops April 18
MAY
The Bletchley Circle (Seasons 1 – 2)
With an extraordinary flair for code breaking and razor-sharp intelligence skills, four seemingly ordinary women become the unlikely investigators of a string of grisly murders in Season 1 of this original thriller, set against the backdrop of post-war London. In Season 2, it’s 1953, and the ladies are reunited for their second case when a former Bletchley Park colleague, Alice Merren (Hattie Morahan, Doctor Who franchise) is accused of murder.
Season 1 is available May 7, 2025, Season 2 is available May 14, 2025
UPCOMING
Outrageous (2025)
“Outrageous” is the story of six aristocratic sisters who refused to play by the rules, their often-scandalous lives making headlines around the world. Set against the gathering storm clouds of the 1930s, masked by the decadence, frivolity and lavishness of British high society, “Outrageous” will bring the full, uncensored story of the Mitford sisters to the screen for the first time – a story of family bonds and betrayals, public scandal, political extremism, love, heartache and even imprisonment. The show explores how and why these women, unwilling to conform, were so ahead of their time – and what drove them to take their very different, complex and often dangerous paths. A family saga like no other, this is the Mitfords as they really were: unapologetic, outrageous and utterly human.
The six-part series is created and written by Sarah Williams (Small Island, The Long Song), and is based on Mary Lovell’s definitive biography The Mitford Girls.
Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) is set to star as Nancy Mitford, alongside Joanna Vanderham (The Go-Between) as Diana Mitford, Shannon Watson (Say Nothing) as Unity Mitford, Zoe Brough (Father Brown) as Jessica Mitford, Orla Hill (Swallows and Amazons) as Deborah Mitford and Isobel Jesper Jones (The Serpent Queen) as Pamela Mitford. Their brother Tom will be played by Toby Regbo (Belgravia: The Next Chapter), with Anna Chancellor (My Lady Jane) and James Purefoy (Rome) at the top of the family tree as Muv and Farve.
Other cast includes Joshua Sasse (Galavant) as Oswald Mosley, Jamie Blackley (Becoming Elizabeth) as Peter Rodd, James Musgrave (The King’s Man) as Hamish Erskine, Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) as Bryan Guinness and Will Attenborough (The Hollow Crown) as Joss.
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Premieres June 18, 2025
Also expected in 2025: Sister Boniface Mysteries (Season 4)
ANNOUNCED
Filming in 2025: The BBC and BritBox have announced Agatha Christie’s “Endless Night,” a new three-part series produced by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited, in a co-commission with BritBox International. The series will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, and on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada.
Sarah Phelps returns to adapt the classic mystery novel by the best-selling author of all time: It’s 1967 and man-of-many-trades Michael Rogers finds himself working as chauffeur for the enigmatic designer du jour Rudolf Santonix, snatching a glimpse into a glamorous world of outrageous wealth that’s far from his own upbringing. Transfixed by Santonix’s latest project, a beautiful house in the English countryside, Mike dreams of meeting the love of his life and taking up residence. But unbeknownst to Mike, the house that he has set his heart on has a dark past that goes back for centuries. Local legend says that it is haunted by a curse that no one escapes. When Mike meets the sweet-natured Ellie and, by a curious set of circumstances, finds himself moving into the house, the young couple start to realize they should have listened to the warnings. As increasingly strange and chilling events occur, they start to wonder if the curse is real and means to destroy them. Or, that someone is intent on terrifying them to death. A ghost story and a love story, “Endless Night” is about obsession and the darkness that lurks in us all when we want too much. Casting to be announced in due course.
Other Period Dramas on BritBox in 2025
Agatha Christie
The ABC Murders (2018) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Evil Under the Sun (1982) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Marple (Seasons 1 – 6) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Mirror Crack’d (1980) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Miss Marple (Seasons 1 – 3) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Murder is Easy (2023) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Ordeal By Innocence – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Pale Horse (2020) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Partners in Crime (2015) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Poirot (Seasons 1 – 13) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Secret Adversary (1983) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Seven Dials Mystery (1981) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans (1980) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans (2022) – Add to your WATCHLIST
More Iconic Detectives & Mysteries
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Seasons 1 – 4) – Add to your WATCHLIST
An Inspector Calls (2005) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Blake Mysteries: Ghost Stories (Season 1) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (2018) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Cadfael (Seasons 1 – 4) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Campion (Seasons 1 – 2) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2022) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Dandelion Dead (1994) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Seasons 1 – 5) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Frankenstein Chronicles (Seasons 1 – 2) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Lady Vanishes (2013) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Maigret (1992) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Maigret (2016) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (1998) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Quirke (2014) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (Seasons 1 – 2) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Sally Lockhart Mysteries (2006) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Sherlock Holmes (Seasons 1 – 4) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Sister Boniface Mysteries (Seasons 1 – 4) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Road Hill House) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Angel Lane) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Beyond the Pale) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Ties That Bind) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Everything Jane Austen
Emma (1972) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Emma (2009) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Lost in Austen (2008) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Mansfield Park (1983) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Miss Austen Regrets (2007) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Northanger Abbey (1987) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Persuasion (2007) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Pride and Prejudice (1980) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Pride and Prejudice (1995) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Sense and Sensibility (1981) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Sense and Sensibility (2008) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Catherine Cookson
The Cinder Path (1994) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Dwelling Place (1994) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Fifteen Streets – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Gambling Man (1995) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Girl (1996) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Glass Virgin – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Man Who Cried (1993) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Moth (1997) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Rag Nymph – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Secret (2000) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Tide of Life (1996) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Wingless Bird (1997) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Best of British Telly
A Tale of Two Cities (1980) – Add to your WATCHLIST
All Creatures Great and Small (Seasons 1 – 7) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Archie (2023) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Bleak House (1985) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Bleak House (2005) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Bramwell (Seasons 1 – 4) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Brideshead Revisited (1981) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Cazalets (2001) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Charles II: The Power and the Passion (2003) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Cranford (Seasons 1 – 2) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Daniel Deronda (2002) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Darling Buds of May (Seasons 1 – 3) – Add to your WATCHLIST
David Copperfield (1986) – Add to your WATCHLIST
David Copperfield (1999) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Dickensian (2016) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Doctor Zhivago (2002) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Downton Abbey (Seasons 1 – 6) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Elizabeth R (1971) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Fingersmith (2005) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Great Expectations (1981) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Great Expectations (1999) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Great Expectations (2012) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Great Train Robbery (2013) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The House of Eliott (Seasons 1 – 3) – Add to your WATCHLIST
In Plain Sight (2016) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Jane Eyre (2006) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Jamaica Inn (2014) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Lark Rise to Candleford (Seasons 1 – 4) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Life in Squares (2015) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Little Dorrit (2008) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Love in a Cold Climate (2001) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Middlemarch (1994) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Mrs. Biggs (2012) – Add to your WATCHLIST
North and South (2004) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Oliver Twist (1985) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Oliver Twist (2007) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Our Mutual Friend (1981) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Robin of Sherwood (1984) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Royal (Seasons 1 – 8) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Servants (2003) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Sharpe (Seasons 1 – 5) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Stonehouse (2023) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Three Little Birds (2023) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Tipping the Velvet (2002) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Tutankhamun (2016) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Upstairs, Downstairs (Seasons 1 – 5) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Upstairs Downstairs (Seasons 1 – 2) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The White Princess (2017) – Add to your WATCHLIST
WPC 56 (Seasons 1 – 3) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Wuthering Heights (1978) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Favorite British Films
A Royal Scandal (1996) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Another Country (1984) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Christopher and His Kind (2011) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Florence Nightingale (2008) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Hard Times (1994) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Macbeth (2018) – Add to your WATCHLIST
My Boy Jack (2007) – Add to your WATCHLIST
My Family and Other Animals (2005) – Add to your WATCHLIST
The Other Boleyn Girl (2003) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Turn of The Screw (1999) – Add to your WATCHLIST
British Period Sitcoms & Comedy
Allo ‘Allo! (Seasons 1 – 9) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Black Adder (Seasons 1 – 4) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Blandings (2013) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Complete and Utter History of Britain (1969) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Mapp and Lucia (1985) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Mapp and Lucia (2014) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Upstart Crow (Seasons 1 – 3) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Year of the Rabbit (2019) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Young Hyacinth (2016) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Also of Interest
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple (2020) – Add to your WATCHLIST
Alan Carr’s Adventures with Agatha Christie (2023) – Add to your WATCHLIST
David Suchet On The Orient Express (2010) – Add to your WATCHLIST
That Day We Sang (2014) – Add to your WATCHLIST
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