Put down the stilton! Step away from that tub of Cadbury’s Celebrations and refrain from pouring yourself a lunchtime Snowball – Christmas is over, people. It’s time to get serious. The UK TV schedules have got the memo at least; they’ve stopped airing tinselly specials and getting dewy-eyed over Gavin & Stacey, and started airing crime shows again – just the thing to toughen us up so we can face down 2025 with a steely glare. Grantchester series nine’s finally airing in the UK after its 2024 US debut, there’s new Silent Witness, NCIS, Father Brown and all kinds of police-based business with Patience, Playing Nice and more.
If crime’s not your bag, then look forward to Western American Primeval on Netflix, the second series of mind-bending sci-fi Severance on Apple TV+, the second and final series of sci-fi Beacon 23, the Star Trek: Section 31 movie, plus a new run of From, all coming in January. Beyond that, we have more Yellowjackets, Reacher, Cobra Kai and The White Lotus, arriving on streaming in Feb, along with new six-part UK drama A Thousand Blows, from the creator of Peaky Blinders.
As well as all that, here’s a big look ahead to the new British drama coming up, all the big returning British series this year, and for crime fans, a list of the new UK crime dramas to anticipate in 2025.
We’ll update this list of TV highlights weekly with more shows, dates and times as the release announcements arrive. If you’re based in the US, here’s where to look for the relevant info.
