{"id":377567,"date":"2025-12-30T09:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T09:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/377567\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T09:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T09:02:11","slug":"the-best-of-british-tv-coming-in-2026-from-half-man-to-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/377567\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of British TV Coming in 2026, From &#8216;Half Man&#8217; to &#8216;Industry&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIt\u2019s been a cracking year for British television with Adolescence, Celebrity Traitors and Down Cemetery Road among some of the more buzzy shows to have hit our screens. That\u2019s not all though, and with another year comes another batch of talented writers, directors and actors to bring to life both original stories and beloved classics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter has compiled a list of the most exciting U.K. programs coming, starting with those that have confirmed release dates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/night-manager\/\" id=\"auto-tag_night-manager_1\" data-tag=\"night-manager\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Night Manager<\/a> returns, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix_1\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/pride-and-prejudice\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pride-and-prejudice_1\" data-tag=\"pride-and-prejudice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pride and Prejudice<\/a> debuts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/richard-gadd\/\" id=\"auto-tag_richard-gadd_1\" data-tag=\"richard-gadd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Gadd<\/a>\u2018s Baby Reindeer follow-up is on its way. Another Industry installment is near, as is season two of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/a-thousand-blows\/\" id=\"auto-tag_a-thousand-blows_1\" data-tag=\"a-thousand-blows\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Thousand Blows<\/a> and Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee\u2019s next project. Take a look at what to expect from British telly in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRun Away\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNetflix has teed up its next Harlan Coben adaptation for a New Year\u2019s Day release. Run Away, with James Nesbitt,\u00a0Ruth Jones,\u00a0Minnie Driver\u00a0and\u00a0Alfred Enoch, follows an angst-ridden Simon who is determined to reunite the family when his eldest daughter, Paige, runs away. The eight-part series\u00a0is one of 13 titles from best-selling author Coben produced for Netflix. It will feature eight hourlong episodes and, in keeping with previous Coben adaptations,\u00a0is relocating the story of the novel from the U.S. to the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Run-Away.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1152\" width=\"2048\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Run Away\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Netflix\/Ben Blackall<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRed Eye (Season 2)\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJing Lusi will reprise her role as Hana Li in ITV\u2019s Red Eye, also back Jan. 1 and set to return to the world of high-stakes espionage. Richard Armitage will not be returning to his role as Nolan, but Line of Duty\u2018s Martin Compston takes his place as a new character, Clay Brady. The pair are forced to set aside past differences in order to solve a conspiracy after a murder occurs inside the U.S. Embassy.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Night Manager (Season 2)\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJonathan Pine is back. Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Alistair Petrie and Noah Jupe will return to The Night Manager world as a new installment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/tom-hiddleston-the-night-manager-season-2-premiere-1236447086\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrives nearly a decade after its predecessor<\/a>. Hugh Laurie, who played villainous arms dealer Richard Roper in the first series, executive produces on the show, inspired by\u00a0John le Carr\u00e9\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCreator-writer David Farr reinvents the thriller with Pine now living as Alex Goodwin, a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet surveillance unit in London. But one night a chance sighting of an old Roper mercenary prompts a call to action and leads him to a violent encounter with a new player: Colombian businessman Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva). On this perilous new journey, Pine meets Roxana Bola\u00f1os (Camila Morrone) a businesswoman who reluctantly helps him infiltrate Teddy\u2019s Colombian arms operation. Once in Colombia, Pine is plunged deep into a deadly plot involving arms and the training of a guerrilla army. The show will be on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/bbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bbc_1\" data-tag=\"bbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> for U.K. viewers from Jan. 1, and for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/international\/\" id=\"auto-tag_international_1\" data-tag=\"international\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">international<\/a> fans on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/amazon-prime-video\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amazon-prime-video_1\" data-tag=\"amazon-prime-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Prime Video<\/a> from Jan. 11.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tA Thousand Blows (Season 2)\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tStephen Graham is back as Sugar Goodson in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/disney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_disney_1\" data-tag=\"disney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disney+<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/hulu\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hulu_1\" data-tag=\"hulu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hulu<\/a>\u2018s 1880s-set A Thousand Blows, arriving Jan. 9. Steven Knight\u2019s story picks up a year later after the events of an explosive season one, as a broken Hezekiah Moscow (Malachi Kirby) and the estranged, self-destructive Sugar are approached by gang leader Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), who returns with a vengeance to reclaim her crown and assemble a new, riskier plan for the Forty Elephants.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tIndustry (Season 4)\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe British-American series will air on the BBC in the U.K. and HBO in the U.S. in January, with Harpery (Myha\u2019la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) navigating high-stakes finance after a new fintech disrupter shakes up London. \u201cAs Yasmin navigates her relationship with tech founder Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington) and Harper is pulled into the orbit of enigmatic executive Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella),\u201d a plot synopsis reads, \u201ctheir twisted friendship begins to warp and ignite under the pressure of money, power, and the desire to be on top.\u201d Kiernan Shipka, Charlie Heaton and Toheeb Jimoh also star.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IND_401_250423_SR_093844-234_R_V2-H-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"730\" width=\"1296\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMyha\u2019la in \u2018Industry\u2019 season four.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of HBO<\/p>\n<p>\t\tAgatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAnother Netflix adaptation set to air Jan. 15, this one focusing on the story by the acclaimed English author Agatha Christie. Her 1929 novel, adapted for the screen by Chris Chibnall, boasts Mia McKenna-Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter and Martin Freeman among its cast. The show is set in 1925 and, in true Christie fashion, sees a country house party prank turn deadly.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tHow to Get to Heaven From Belfast\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThankfully, Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee is back in the writer\u2019s chair and has her hotly anticipated Netflix series How to Get to Heaven From Belfast on the way. Slated to arrive in February, the eight-part series follows three friends investigating the mysterious death of a former school mate. It stars Roisin Gallagher\u00a0as Saoirse, Sin\u00e9ad Keenan\u00a0as Robyn and Caoilfhionn Dunne\u00a0as Dana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSet to release on\u00a0Amazon Prime Video\u00a0on March 4, the Guy Ritchie-directed Young Sherlock is adapted from Andrew Lane\u2019s Young Sherlock Holmes book series, itself based on Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s character. Hero Fiennes Tiffin plays Sherlock and D\u00f3nal Finn\u00a0his Moriarty, with Zine Tseng\u00a0as Princess Gulun Shou\u2019an. \u201cAs a 19-year-old at Oxford University, Sherlock Holmes is not yet the master detective he grows up to be,\u201d a plot synopsis reads. \u201cHe is raw and unfiltered, and he lacks discipline. A murder at Oxford puts Holmes\u2019s freedom at risk, and he sets out to solve his first murder mystery that leads him to a global-level conspiracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FotoJet-2025-12-19T144633.225.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Young Sherlock\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmazon Prime Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tAlice and Steve\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNicola Walker, Disney+\u2019s comedy series Alice and Steve boasts a great lead duo as her and Jemaine Clement team up for this six-part series about lifelong best friends who see their world implode when the middle-aged Steve starts dating Alice\u2019s 26-year-old daughter, Izzy (Yali Topol Margalith). \u201cAlthough both are no strangers to chaos and dubious decision-making, their once rock-solid friendship is turned upside down and tested to its limits \u2014\u00a0threatening their families,\u00a0futures\u00a0and everything in between,\u201d a plot synopsis reads. It\u2019ll be available on Disney+ in the U.K. and on Hulu in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tDear England\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDear England is an upcoming\u00a0BBC One\u00a0television drama series based on the stage play of the\u00a0same name\u00a0by\u00a0James Graham, with\u00a0Joseph Fiennes\u00a0playing the former England national soccer team manager Gareth Southgate. Jodie Whittaker and Jason Watkins join him in the fictionalized account of the struggles and successes of England\u2019s soccer teams, which was a huge hit on the stage here in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tHalf Man\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAll eyes will be on Richard Gadd\u2019s next act in 2026 when his Netflix series Half Man airs. Following the enormous, award-winning success of Baby Reindeer, Gadd\u2019s new six-episode program will explore the lives of two estranged brothers (played by Gadd and Jamie Bell) from the 1980s to the present day. It will air on BBC iPlayer, BBC One, and BBC Scotland in the U.K., as well as on HBO Max in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKill Jackie\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Catherine Zeta-Jones-starring Kill Jackie is expected to arrive on Amazon Prime Video this year. Adapted from the\u00a0Nick Harkaway\u00a0novel\u00a0The Price You Pay\u00a0under his pseudonym Aidan Truhen, it gender-swaps the main character. The Welsh actress plays a wealthy art dealer with a secret past, who discovers she\u2019s the target of a lethal squad of hitmen known as The Seven Demons. Daniel Ings, Darci Shaw and Raff Law also star.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KillJackie-e1766156009194.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1568\" width=\"3000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Kill Jackie\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\tLord of the Flies\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAdolescence writer Jack Thorne has an exciting adaptation ahead with the BBC\u2019s Lord of the Flies, coming to our screens in 2026. The show, based on William Golding\u2019s 1954 novel, tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island. Winston Sawyers plays Ralph, Lox Pratt is Jack, David McKenna stars as Piggy and Ike Talbut as Simon. Thomas Connor appears as Roger, Noah and Cassius Flemming as twins Sam and Eric, Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice and Tom Page-Turner as Bill \u2014 alongside an ensemble of more than 30 boys playing the desert island camp\u2019s \u201cbiguns\u201d and \u201clittluns\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FotoJet-2025-12-19T144425.350.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tDavid McKenna as Piggy in \u2018Lord of the Flies.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBBC\/Eleven<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPride and Prejudice\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA monumental bit of casting for Dolly Alderton\u2019s Jane Austen adaptation: Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, Olivia Colman, Rufus Sewell, Daryl McCormack, Louis Partridge, Fiona Shaw, Freya Mavor, Rhea Norwood and a whole host of top talent are starring in Pride and Prejudice at Netflix. The six-part reboot of the fan-favorite novel is expected to be arriving next year and we are all on tenterhooks.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tProdigies\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tApple TV\u2019s Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri are coupling up in Prodigies, written and directed by Sharpe of\u00a0The White Lotus\u00a0and\u00a0A Real Pain\u00a0fame. The seven-part series also boasts The Bear Edebiri as an executive producer. \u201cDidi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe) are two ex-child prodigies who have been together since they were children,\u201d a plot synopsis reads. \u201cNow in their early 30s, they are starting to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood. Inevitably, they find themselves asking the same questions of their relationship. As individual hopes and needs feed into and conflict with their shared lives, the series challenges the fallacy at the heart of romantic storytelling \u2014 that the tale is over when the heroes get together. In life, surely, that is just the beginning?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Lady\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tITV\u2019s The Lady is a partly fictionalized drama based on a true story, with rising star Mia McKenna-Bruce playing former royal dresser Jane Andrews. She rose from humble beginnings to work with Sarah Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly the Duchess of York, priot to Andrews\u2019 being convicted of the murder of her boyfriend Thomas Cressman in 2001. Game of Thrones alum Natalie Dormer plays the royal family member. The show will be on BritBox in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Other Bennet Sister\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA BBC-BritBox team-up with Ella Bruccoleri, Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma, Laurie Dvidson and Richard Coyle, the period drama television series is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by\u00a0Janice Hadlow, based on characters created by\u00a0Jane Austen, of course. Bruccoleri\u00a0plays the titular Mary Bennet, as it follows the events of Pride and Prejudice from her point of view before the story departs from there to follow Mary as she travels to London and the Lake District.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Split Up\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBBC legal drama The Split Up is arriving next year. Set in the world of Manchester\u2019s high-net-worth divorce circuit, the series focuses on the Kishan family, a powerhouse British South Asian law firm whose success, secrets and loyalties are about to be tested. Jameela Jamil will guest star, with story and characters by Ursula Rani Sarma (Smother, Delicious). The show is based on the smash hit\u00a0The Split\u00a0with Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan and Annabel Scholey.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTip Toe\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAlan Cumming joins forces with the great showrunner Russell T. Davies on his next big project: Tip Toe, following a long-running feud between two neighbors in Manchester, England. The Channel 4 series also stars David Morrissey. He and Cumming play Leo and Clive, who have no qualms with one another after a decade next door to each other. \u201cBut just as life should be settling down, the world around them is growing more tense,\u201d reads an official synopsis. \u201cWords become weapons, opinions become radicalised, and gradually, two neighbours become deadly enemies.\u201d You might remember Davies also created Channel 4\u2019s It\u2019s A Sin.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tWar\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDominic West\u00a0and\u00a0Sienna Miller lead an upcoming legal thriller from\u00a0George Kay, creator of Hijack and Lupin. In\u00a0War, West stars as tech titan Morgan Henderson and Miller as his estranged wife, international film star wife Carla Duval. Set in the elite world of London law, the series has been greenlit with a two-season commitment from\u00a0Sky (U.K.)\u00a0and\u00a0HBO (U.S.). The show debuts with a \u201cscandalous divorce case that sends shockwaves through boardrooms, bedrooms, and courtrooms alike.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a cracking year for British television with Adolescence, Celebrity Traitors and Down Cemetery Road among some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[184642,4856,8827,3716,88,10028,2091,217,35598,184643,146868,92,1049,176641],"class_list":{"0":"post-377567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-a-thousand-blows","9":"tag-amazon-prime-video","10":"tag-bbc","11":"tag-disney","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-hulu","14":"tag-international","15":"tag-netflix","16":"tag-pride-and-prejudice","17":"tag-richard-gadd","18":"tag-the-night-manager","19":"tag-tv","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-young-sherlock"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}