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First off, a quick update for those who’ve placed pre-orders for books. The first shipment of the Father Brown-inspired Cassocks & Cobblestones Coloring Book arrives today, and the second box says it’s arriving Wednesday, so those are getting prepped for shipping and they’ll be going out in the order the orders came in. You should get emails with tracking info in the next day or so, but be aware that the USPS doesn’t always scan items on bulk pickups, so it can take a while to populate with actual details.
The British TV Streaming Guide: US Edition, Summer 2026 had a minor issue in the proof copy, so that’s caused a slight delay - but it also allowed us to quickly add in some more updated news and take out a few shows that are getting dropped from services in the near future. We’re expecting them sometime around the middle of the month, which is about a week longer than we’d initially projected. If that changes your desire to have a copy, just email and let us know and we’ll get your order canceled and refunded ASAP.
What we’re…
Watching: Blott on the Landscape - This 1985 series gives us one of Sir David Suchet’s earliest streamable roles, and it’s a comedy built around a dispute over land targeted for a new motorway. Suchet plays Blott himself, a gardener who wants to stop it. It’s based on the book by Tom Sharp (which is narrated by Suchet in the audiobook version).
Reading: The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson - I grabbed this on sale this morning, and while I’m only a few chapters in, it’s immersive and lovely and I get the feeling it’s a ride worth taking. It’s set in 1914 Rye (close to Hastings, where Foyle’s War was set), and it follows the people and events surrounding the arrival of the town’s first female teacher… and the looming conflict to come.
On a somewhat related note, I recently heard Anthony Horowitz (creator of Foyle’s War and Magpie Murders) talking about how he had plans for a historical fiction novel. I’m sure it’s highly unlikely, but wouldn’t it be lovely if that book turned out to be one of the missing 1943-44 Foyle’s War stories from the episodes they had to scrap when the show was temporarily cancelled?
Pre-orders are still open for the upcoming 11th edition of the British TV Streaming Guide, and we expect the first print run to arrive here in early May (with shipment the next business day). Pre-ordering guarantees your copy from the first batch - and once we have copies in stock, the pre-order discount goes away (they’ll be $17.99 instead of $14.99).
~230 pages cover 25 US-based streaming services, telling you which British TV shows are available on each and what they're about. No need to give yourself carpal tunnel clicking through endless on-screen menus.
An alphabetised index for when you know the name of the show, but not the streaming service.
Size 12 font! Even as the guide has gotten longer, we’ve avoided shrinking the text because we don’t want it to be unreadably small.
Each edition has bonus features in back. This time, we look at under-the-radar and interesting early appearances by well-known British actors.
A "Renewals & Cancellations" section that offers status updates about which shows are returning (or not).
THIS WEEK IN BRITISH TV
On BritBox, new episodes of Silent Witness, Death in Paradise, and After the Flood continue weekly. Fawlty Towers returned on the 29th, and they addedBridget Jones’s Diary and Twenty Twenty Six on the 1st. On May 6th, they’ll be adding The Other Bennet Sister, which takes a look at the oft-ignored Mary Bennet (from Pride & Prejudice).
On Acorn TV, Mondays are currently bringing us new episodes of season 19 of Murdoch Mysteries, season 2 of Mystery Road Origin, season 12 of Brokenwood Mysteries, and The Feud on Shelbury Drive. The 1st of May brings the film The Limehouse Golem with Bill Nighy, and on May 4th, they added the psychological thriller Dead & Buried, as well as the Canadian police procedural The Murders.
On PBS Masterpiece, all episodes of The Forsytes are now available. The Count of Monte Cristo is also available now, as is the third season of the Italian mystery Inspector Ricciardi.
On Netflix, May 4th brought the recent BBC adaptation of Lord of the Flies. Legends premieres on the 7th, a period drama based on a top secret operation by Her Majesty’s Customs & Excise in the 1990s - where ordinary employees went undercover in dangerous drug gangs.
On Starz, season 8 of Outlander premiered on March 6th. New episodes air weekly on Thursdays through May 15th. On the 8th, they’re adding the Sky adaptation of Amadeus, which stars Will Sharpe as Mozart.
On Hulu, they added Amsterdam Narcos on the 3rd. The docuseries tells of how Amsterdam became a hub for drugs and organized crime. On the 6th, they’re adding seasons 6-15 of the British reality series Made in Chelsea.
On BBC Select and BritBox Premier, look for Queen Victoria: Secret Marriage Secret Child on the 4th and The Race for Ancient Egypt in Colour on the 5th. On the 8th, they’ll add Clash of the Superpowers: America vs. China.
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