If you’ve been wondering about whether this year would get another installment in the A Ghost Story for Christmas series, you’re in luck. Mark Gatiss has adapted the Charles Dickens story “The Bride’s Chamber”, and Martin Freeman is starring. You can read more or check out the first-look image HERE.
No word yet on an American streaming outlet (though many older entries in the series are currently spread around Amazon Prime Video and AMC+/Shudder).
A quick update on the autumn edition of the US British TV Streaming Guide - all pre-orders have shipped, and most have been delivered, aside from a few of the later orders that were fulfilled from the second batch that came in from the printer.
We have a small number of extras available if you didn’t order during the initial pre-order phase. You can check them out or place an order HERE.
What we’re…
Watching: The Secret Life of Lighthouses - Presenter Rob Bell hosts this fun, scenery-packed series about lighthouses. Most of the ones featured are in Ireland and Great Britain, but he does cross the pond for an episode in a later season. It’s a nice bit of escapism from all the chaotic news we see everywhere else.
Reading: Salt Lane by William Shaw - This first in series is still on sale at time of writing, and it follows DS Alexandra Cupidi, a new transfer to Kent from London. She doesn’t get on very well with her new colleagues, and she doesn’t get much time to adjust - because right after she arrives, a woman is found dead in the local marsh with no apparent cause of death.
THIS WEEK IN BRITISH TV
On BritBox, a new season of Celebrity Escape to the Country premiered on October 2nd (two episodes at premiere, followed by weekly episodes for the other four). On the 5th, they added War & Peace (2016), and on the 13th, we’ll get season 2 of Ludwig (though you can watch it now if you have Premier).
On Acorn TV, new episodes of Blue Murder Motel and The Assassin (FINALE) continue on Mondays. On the 1st, the Graham Norton Show returned for a new season (new episodes weekly on Thursdays). On the 5th, Signora Volpe returns for season 3, along with the 2025 documentary The A-Z Killer. Next Monday on the 12th, they’ll add the Belgian English-language mystery This is Not a Murder Mystery and the docuseries The Flight Attendant Murders.
PBS Passport and PBS Masterpiece, the final episode of Marble Hall Murders (the follow-up to Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders) will premiere on October 11th, along with the final episode of season 3 of Marlow Murder Club.
On Apple TV+, new episodes of season 4 of Ted Lasso continue weekly through October 7th. On the 16th, season 6 of Slow Horses premiered, with new episodes continuing weekly through October 21st. On the 7th, Small Prophets will premiere. Created by Mackenzie Crook, the series follows an eccentric DIY store employee whose partner disappeared years earlier… and who gets interested in alchemy as a possible answer to his questions.
On MGM+, October 11th brings the premiere of Treasure Island.
On HBO Max, War premiered on October 1st. The legal drama follows along as two sides butt heads while representing two very high-profile people getting divorced. Dominic West and Sienna Miller star.
On AMC+, Kill Jackie premiered on October 2nd. The revenge thriller stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as a woman living a quiet life of luxury after escaping her past as a drug smuggler. New episodes of the Graham Norton Show are also airing weekly.
On BBC Select (+ BritBox Premier), October 1st brought Egypt’s Great Mummies Unwrapped, The Showjumper Murder, and The Land of Troy. On the 8th, they’ll add Suez: 24 Hours that Broke the British Empire.
“I think you just let words spill out of your mouth and onto the floor and see if anyone's stupid enough to pick them up.”
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
1