January 2024 Watchlist: The TV shows to watch this week and month
David Farnor | On 01, Jan 2024
Netflix. Amazon Prime Video. BBC iPlayer. NOW. Apple TV+. Paramount+. All 4. There’s so much TV to watch these days in so many places that it can be hard to keep up. Every month, we boil down what’s on the box to the essentials you need in your streaming queue.
We’ve sorted through All The TV to bring you your January 2024 watchlist – what’s worth watching and where you can stream it online in the UK.
Week 1
The Tourist: Season 2
This thriller, which debuted on the same day in 2022, follows a man (Jamie Dornan) who wakes up in hospital with no idea who he is. Helen Chambers (Danielle Macdonald), a local rookie cop, is sent to check on him, but merciless figures from his past pursue him, sending them racing across the Australian Outback. Now, Dornan (Belfast, The Fall) and Macdonald (Unbelievable, Dumplin’) are reuniting for Season 2. Set against the striking backdrop of Ireland, the six-part second season sees them dragged into a longstanding feud and forced to deal with the consequences of his past actions. After he goes missing, she seeks the help of Detective Ruairi Slater (Conor MacNeill, Industry, The Fall), before secrets of his past are later uncovered.
UK air date:
When? 1st January (9pm)
What channel? BBC One
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available all at once on-demand
Fool Me Once: Season 1
Netflix’s mystery jing Harlan Coben is back with a provocative crime thriller starring Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Joanna Lumley and Richard Armitage.
UK air date:
When? 1st January (0.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£9.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
The Traitors: Season 2
Claudia Winkleman returns to host the fiendishly gripping reality TV contest. Episodes air on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, with each group of three available on BBC iPlayer from the Wednesday.
UK air date:
When? 3rd January (9pm)
What channel? BBC One
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available weekly on-demand
Fear The Walking Dead: Season 8
The final chapter of The Walking Dead’s spin-off series arrives.
UK air date:
When? 3rd January
What channel? Amazon Prime Video
Watch online in the UK:
Amazon Prime Video (£5.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
Truelove: Season 1
Ex-detective Phil and SAS veteran Ken meet for the first time in years at a friend’s funeral. When another pal asks for their help when he falls sick, should they make the ultimate sacrifice? Lindsay Duncan and Clarke Peters star in this thought-provoking drama. The six episodes air on Wednesdays and Thursdays over three weeks.
UK air date:
When? 3rd January (9pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
Channel 4 (Free)
Available weekly on-demand
The Brothers Sun: Season 1
When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, Charles (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now. But as Taipei’s deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance — Charles and Bruce must figure out what brotherhood and family truly means before someone takes them out.
UK air date:
When? 4th January (0.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£9.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Julia: Season 2
With her trailblazing cooking show up and running on the air, Julia grapples with her rising celebrity and what that means for her, her colleagues and her show. In season two, Julia and her devoted husband Paul return from Simca’s home in France to find that her success has changed everything. Through her singular joie de vivre, she and her team must navigate WGBH, the White House and a threat from their past, while continuing to spearhead female-driven public television and confront social issues still prevalent today. Episodes arrive weekly.
UK air date:
When? 4th January (9pm)
What channel? Sky Atlantic
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£9.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
Week 2
Call The Midwife: Season 13
A heart-warming tale of life in London’s hard-up East End. Midwives welcome new lives in the changing times of the 50s and 60s. Sister Julienne cares for an expectant mother who has cerebral palsy. Nonnatus House kicks off its new midwifery training scheme with the arrival of four new pupil midwives.
UK air date:
When? 7th January (8pm)
What channel? BBC One
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available weekly live and on-demand
Silent Witness: Season 27
Forensic pathologists face personal and professional challenges in a moody, tense thriller that moves from the crime scene to the lab.
UK air date:
When? 8th January (9pm)
What channel? BBC One
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available weekly live and on-demand
Tell Me Lies: Season 1
The one you’ll never forget. Toxic love, ruthless ambition and shocking betrayal. A passionate college relationship will have consequences they never could have imagined. Grace Van Patten and Jackson White star. All 10 episodes arrive on BBC iPlayer together.
UK air date:
When? 9th January (10.40pm)
What channel? BBC One
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available all at once on-demand
Break Point: Season 2
The world’s top tennis players return to the courts and set their sights on glory once again during another grueling Grand Slam season.
UK air date:
When? 10th January (0.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£9.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Echo: Season 1
The series is a spin-off to Hawkeye and sees Alaqua Cox return to the role of Maya, the unforgiving deaf leader of the Tracksuit Mafia. In Hawkeye, she was determined to make Ronin, aka Clint Barton, pay for his vengeful deeds. Now, we catch up with her as she faces her past, reconnects with her Native American roots and embraces the meaning of family and community if she ever hopes to move forward.
UK air date:
When? 10th January (8.01am)
What channel? Disney+ UK
Watch online in the UK:
Disney+ UK (£7.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Criminal Record: Season 1
From Paul Rutman, the eight-episode drama follows two detectives in a tug of war over a historic murder conviction in contemporary London. An anonymous phone call draws the two into a confrontation over the old case – one a young woman in the early stages of her career, the other a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy. Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo star. The first two episodes arrive together, with new episodes dropping weekly until the finale on 21st February.
UK air date:
When? 10th January (00.01am)
What channel? Apple TV+
Watch online in the UK:
Apple TV+ (£4.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
After the Flood: Season 1
This six-part mystery thriller set in a town hit by a devastating flood. When an unidentified man is found dead in a lift in an underground car park, police assume he became trapped as the waters rose. As the investigation unfolds PC Joanna Marshall, played by Sophie Rundle, becomes obsessed with discovering what happened to him and why? The mystery unfolds across the series while we also see the real impact of climate change on the lives of residents in this small town. The floods threaten to expose secrets, and fortunes and reputations are at stake. But how far will people go to protect themselves?
UK air date:
When? 10th December
What channel? ITV (9pm)
Watch online in the UK:
ITVX
Available all at once on-demand
Gladiators: Season 1
One of the most exciting and energetic sports entertainment gameshows ever returns to TV screens. 16 phenomenal Gladiators will compete in a series of brand new challenges alongside classic games against a brave set of contenders in the ultimate test of strength and speed. Father and son duo Bradley and Barney Walsh host.
UK air date:
When? 13th January (5.50pm)
What channel? BBC One
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available weekly live and on-demand
Week 3
Taskmaster: Champion of Champions 2024
Taskmaster’s winners showdown returns to pit together the victors of past seasons for a one-off special episode. This time, it’s Dara Ó Briain, Morgana Robinson, Sarah Kendall and Sophie Duker – plus Season 15 runner-up Kiell Smith-Bynoe, representing that season’s winner, Mae Martin.
UK air date:
When? 14th January (9pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
Channel 4 (Free)
Available all at once on-demand
Big Boys: Season 2
A comedy about two mismatched boys who strike up an unlikely friendship when they’re thrown together at university. Starring Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing. Season 2 begins on what would have been Jack’s dad’s 60th birthday, with Jack having an eye-opening encounter. All episodes are already streaming on Channel 4 for Channel 4+ subscribers.
UK air date:
When? 14th January (10pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
Channel 4 (Free)
Available all at once on-demand
True Detective: Night Country
When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice. Episodes arrive weekly.
UK air date:
When? 15th January (2am/9pm)
What channel? Sky Atlantic
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£9.99 a month)
Available weekly live and on-demand
Emmys 2024
Sky Max brings highlights of the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, which takes place at 1am on Tuesday morning.
UK air date:
When? 16th January (8pm)
What channel? Sky Max
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£9.99 a month)
Available live and on-demand
Artful Dodger: Season 1
Set in 1850s Australia, in the lively colony of Port Victory, Jack Dawkins is The Artful Dodger, whose fast, pickpocketing fingers have turned into the skilled hands of a surgeon. Dodger’s past returns to haunt him with the arrival of Fagin, luring him back into a world of crime. A greater threat – to Dodger’s heart – is Lady Belle, the Governor’s daughter, determined to become the colony’s first female surgeon. From heists to life-and-death surgeries, to the harsh realities of the criminal world mingling with the middle ground and gentry. This is a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption, and love with a twist.
UK air date:
When? 17th January (8.01am)
What channel? Disney+ UK
Watch online in the UK:
Disney+ UK (£7.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
The Bequeathed: Season 1
Upon the bequeathing of the family burial ground, Ominous events begin to unfold. Created and written by Hellbound and Train to Busan helmer Yeon Sang-ho.
UK air date:
When? 19th January (0.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£9.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
I Literally Just Told You: Season 3
Jimmy Carr hosts the game show where paying attention pays off, as players answer questions that have just been written, about things that have just happened during the show, in a bid to win £25,000.
UK air date:
When? 19th January (10pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
Channel 4 (Free)
Available weekly live and on-demand
Week 4
Queer Eye: Season 8
The Fab Five are back to to start the new year off with new stories of transformation.
UK air date:
When? 24th January (0.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£9.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Sexy Beast: Season 1
London, 1992. Gal Dove, a rising thief, is offered an opportunity to escape his mundane life. And expand his criminal enterprise with a job from leading criminal bosses Teddy Bass and Stan Higgins. Pressurised by long-time accomplice Don Logan, brother to illicit arcade boss Cecelia Logan, Gal agrees and pulls together a group of loyal boys. But soon comes to understand that everything comes with a price. After meeting Deedee, a renowned adult actress who seeks full control over her career, Gal is transfixed and desires a life beyond anything he’s ever dreamed. But with a wedding to his sweetheart fiancée on the horizon. And the increasingly demanding jobs drawing attention from rival criminals, Gal finds himself more isolated than ever. Not realising his closest ally is having an even darker crisis of their own. Unable to turn back, Gal must find his feet in the dark criminal world. And protect those he loves at all costs before it’s too late. Episodes 1 to 3 arrive together, followed by episodes weekly.
UK air date:
When? 25th January (8.01am)
What channel? Paramount+ UK
Watch online in the UK:
Paramount+ UK (£6.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
Masters of the Universe: Revolution: Season 2
It’s technology versus magic when He-Man and the heroic warriors face the forces of Skeletor and something more in the new epic chapter in the battle for Castle Grayskull! The newly mechanised Skeletor, armed with the might of Motherboard, attacks the heart of Eternia while Prince Adam grapples with a new responsibility and what that means for him as He-Man! Adam is forced to choose between the scepter or the sword, and a life as either the King or the Champion! Meanwhile, the new Sorceress Teela searches for the secret of Snake Magic in the mists of Darksmoke to rebuild a magic realm and help He-Man hold off the greatest threat Eternia has ever faced: the return of the despot Hordak, the ruthless leader of the Horde Empire!
UK air date:
When? 25th January (0.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£9.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Masters of the Air: Season 1
Reuniting the team of Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman who also produced Band of Brothers and The Pacific, this World War II drama is based on Donald L Miller’s book of the same name. The nine-part series follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the Bloody Hundredth) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air. Some were shot down and captured; some were wounded or killed. And some were lucky enough to make it home. The series stars Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann, Rafferty Law, Barry Keoghan, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook and Ncuti Gatwa. The first two episodes arrive together followed by weekly episodes until the finale on 15th March.
UK air date:
When? 26th January (00.01am)
What channel? Apple TV+
Watch online in the UK:
Apple TV+ (£4.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
Week 5
Trigger Point: Season 2
ITV’s high-octane thriller returns, starring Vicky McClure in the lead role as an “Expo”, a police bomb disposal officer. Alongside Vicky McClure (Without Sin) as Lana ‘Wash’ Washington, the second series features returning cast members Nabil Elouahabi (Blue Lights, Unforgotten) as Hass, Eric Shango (Suspicion) as Danny, Mark Stanley (Happy Valley, The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe) as DCI Thom Youngblood, Kerry Godliman (After Life, Whitstable Pearl) as Sonya Reeves, Kris Hitchen (Four Lives) as John and Kevin Eldon (Sanditon) as Jeff.
UK air date:
When? 28th January (9pm)
What channel? ITV1
Watch online in the UK:
ITVX (free)
Available weekly live and on-demand
The Dry: Season 1
After losing her job in London, recovering alcoholic Shiv Sheridan returns home to Dublin where she must navigate life with her dysfunctional family, who are all in denial about their own issues, whilst trying to stay sober. Their chaotic way of life provides intense drama and dark humour, which will make you laugh and make you think in equal measure. Starring Ciaran Hinds, Pom Boyd and Roisin Gallagher. All episodes are already available on ITVX, as the show originally premiered on BritBox in 2022.
UK air date:
When? 28th January (10.15pm)
What channel? ITV1
Watch online in the UK:
ITVX (free)
Available all at once on-demand
Domino Day
Gangs of London writer Lauren Sequeira steps up to lead her own series with this modern-day witchcraft drama. It follows a young witch with extraordinary powers who is desperately seeking a community to help her understand who she is. But she doesn’t need to look far, as a coven of witches is already tracking her every move. Siena Kelly (Adult Material, Hit & Run) as Domino Day, a young woman on all the dating apps. But Domino isn’t swiping to find her soulmate – she’s swiping to hunt. All 6 episodes arrive on BBC iPlayer from 6am.
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UK air date:
When? 31st January (9pm)
What channel? BBC Three
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available all at once on-demand