Today marks 15 years since the premiere of Episodes, a transatlantic comedy featuring British TV favourites Stephen Mangan (The Split) and Tamsin Greig (Friday Night Dinner) alongside former Friends actor Matt LeBlanc.
The series follows married British writers Sean and Beverly Lincoln (Mangan and Greig) as they attempt to remake their classy UK drama for American TV - only to watch it unravel under network notes, ego, and excess. Their biggest surprise comes in the form of Matt LeBlanc, playing a gloriously self-aware (and frequently dreadful) version of himself.
Running for five seasons, it remains a sharply hilarious look at the entertainment industry, and it’s well worth a watch. At present, it’s available HERE on Paramount+ (which is also the US home for all five seasons of the original UK sitcom Ghosts).
It’s especially timely with the premiere of the US version of Doc Martin last week. Curious about it? It’s called Best Medicine, and you can find it HERE.
Our latest British TV Streaming Guide (US Edition, Winter 2026) is now available.
It’s the 10th guide we’ve published, and it’s the longest one yet - with 241 pages and more than 2500 different shows you can stream in the US. Each streaming service has a section where you can read about what’s currently playing and what’s coming soon (with descriptions and original air dates). In the back, we’ve included an index so you can look up the streaming service when all you know is the name.
Want to know more?
Click HERE to view it in our shop (copies arrive here in the next few days, and we ship immediately after that)
Click HERE to check it out over on Amazon (slightly faster, but more expensive unless you have Amazon Prime)
THIS WEEK IN BRITISH TV
On BritBox, new episodes of Season 5 of Shakespeare & Hathaway continue on Tuesdays, along with episodes from Season 10 of Shetland on Thursdays. On the 8th, they began The Game, a four-part crime thriller starring Robson Green (Grantchester) and Jason Watkins (McDonald & Dodds). On the 14th, we can look forward to the long-awaited US premiere of menopause comedy Riot Women, starring Joanna Scanlon and Tamsin Greig.
On Acorn TV, new episodes of the Graham Norton Show arrive on Fridays, and new episodes of Season 5 of the Australian mystery My Life is Murder continue on Mondays through January 26th. On the 12th, they added the Matthew Macfadyen-led drama Quiz.
On PBS Masterpiece, Season 6 of All Creatures Great & Small premieres on January 11th. The Mark Gatiss-led cozy mystery Bookish will also premiere that day.
On Netflix, the 1st brought Run Away, a Harlen Coben thriller starring James Nesbitt (Cold Feet) as a man whose life gets complicated when his daughter runs away. Ruth Jones (Gavin & Stacey) also appears in one of her first roles in years. On the 15th, look for Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials.
On HBO Max, January 11th brings Season 4 of Industry.
On Amazon Prime, January 11th brings the premiere of Season 2 of The Night Manager.
On Paramount+, January 8th brought the thriller Girl Taken, about twin sisters whose lives are shattered when one of them is abducted from their quiet English village. January 9th brought the psychological thriller Coldwater, which follows Andrew Lincoln as a middle-aged dad with a lot of boredom and rage.
On Hulu, the first brought Season 2 of thriller Red Eye. The new season sees DI Hana Li investigating the murder of a US diplomatic courier alongside the embassy’s head of security (Martin Compston). On the 9th, they added season 2 of A Thousand Blows.
On Apple TV+, Season 2 of the Idris Elba-led thriller Hijack will premiere January 14th.
On AMC+, Season 3 of Gangs of London premieres on January 15th.
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