David Farnor | On 04, Jan 2026

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 2026 UK TV highlights – what’s worth watching and where you can stream it online in the UK.

Week 1

 

The Night Manager: Season 2

Based on the characters created by John le Carré, The Night Manager follows MI6 officer Jonathan Pine as he races to expose a conspiracy designed to destabilise a nation. And with betrayal at every turn, he must decide whose trust he needs to earn and how far he’s willing to go before it’s too late.

Red Eye: Season 2

Jing Lusi and Martin Compston star in the second season of ITV’s all-action thriller, which follows a series of attacks hitting the US Embassy and MI5. Can DS Li and Agent Brodie save a government plane from from a deadly plot?

The Traitors: Season 4

Claudia Winkleman brings together people in a remote Scottish castle for another round of deception, treachery and back-stabbing – this time, with a twist on the format. Episodes air across three nights each week for a month.

Run Away

How far into the tangled web of dark secrets would you go to find your missing daughter?  Netflix’s latest Harlan Coben adaptation follows a desperate father searching for his runaway daughter, only to get caught up in a murder case — and stumble upon secrets which could destroy his family for good. Starring James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch.

Taskmaster’s New Year Treat

Big Zuu, Jill Scott, Sam Ryder, Susie Dent and Rose Ayling-Ellis compete in this festive special of the wonderfully silly competition – over two parts, aired back-to-back nightly, for the first time.

Week 2

 

Can You Keep a Secret?

Debbie Fendon – granny, lawn bowler, tinpot dictator – will stop at nothing to make sure her family’s protected. Unfortunately, most of the time the person they really need protecting from is her. When her hermit-like husband, William, unexpectedly dies, she makes an outlandish decision that will put the family under more pressure than ever before. Because Debbie isn’t actually a widow and William didn’t really die – he was just mistakenly declared dead and the two retirees found themselves staring down the barrel of an opportunity too good to pass up. Just a few months hiding out in the loft waiting for the life insurance to pay out and then they can live out their golden years in peace. The six-part sitcom stars Dawn French, Mark Heap, Craig Roberts and Mandip Gill.

Black Ops: Season 2

Gbemisola Ikumelo and Hammed Animashaun return for the second season of this comedy thriller. Dom and Kay start new roles at MI5, but each of them struggles to find their place. Dom takes a big gamble to impress a senior agent, sparking a dangerous chain of events.

His & Hers

Two estranged spouses — one a detective (Jon Bernthal), the other a news reporter (Tessa Thompson) — vie to solve a murder in which each believes the other is a prime suspect.

Tehran: Season 3

This thriller follows Tamar (Niv Sultan), a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity. After going rogue at the end of Season 2 and reeling from the loss of her closest allies, in Season 3, Tamar must find a way to reinvent herself and win back the Mossad’s support if she is to survive. Sultan will reprise her widely acclaimed role for the eight-part third season, alongside returning stars Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi, and new additions Hugh Laurie, Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei. Episodes arrive weekly until the finale on 27th February.

A Thousand Blows: Season 2

Steven Knight’s series inspired by the true-life stories of a group of characters battling for survival in the brutal East End of London in the 1880s. One year on from Season 1, Season 2 picks up with Hezekiah Moscow (Malachi Kirby) a shadow of the man he once was while Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham) is estranged from his family and drinking himself to death. Just as Wapping is about to sigh its last breath, Mary Carr (Erin Doherty) bursts back into town with her loyal second, Alice Diamond (Darci Shaw).

Week 3

 

Industry: Season 4

At the top of their game and living the lives they set out to have as Pierpoint grads, Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are drawn into a high stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game when a splashy fintech darling bursts onto the London scene in the fourth season of HBO’s thriller. As Yasmin navigates her relationship with tech founder Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington) and Harper is pulled into the orbit of enigmatic executive Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella), their twisted friendship begins to warp and ignite under the pressure of money, power, and the desire to be on top. The eight episodes will air weekly.

Hijack: Season 2

This eight-part second season of the thriller series sees a Berlin underground train and its commuters taken hostage. Above ground, authorities scramble to save hundreds of lives, while Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) is at the heart of the crisis on board, where one wrong decision could spell disaster. Episodes arrive weekly until the finale on 4th March.

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials

England. 1925. At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong. It will be up to the unlikeliest of sleuths – the fizzingly inquisitive Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent – to unravel a chilling plot that will change her life, cracking wide open the country house mystery.

Week 4

 

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends. The series stars Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan “Dunk” the Tall, Dexter Sol Ansell as Egg, Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, Bertie Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, Danny Webb as Ser Arlan of Pennytree, Sam Spruell as Maekar Targaryen, Shaun Thomas as Raymun Fossoway, Finn Bennett as Aerion Targaryen, Edward Ashley as Ser Steffon Fossoway, Tanzyn Crawford as Tanselle, Henry Ashton as Daeron Targaryen, Youssef Kerkour as Steely Pate, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Plummer and Daniel Monks as Ser Manfred Dondarrion. Episodes arrive weekly.

Drops of God: Season 2

In the eight-part Season 2 of the Japanese wine drama, Camille and Issei are thrust into their most perilous challenge yet: to uncover the origin of the world’s greatest wine, a mystery so profound that even their legendary father, Alexandre Léger, could not solve it. What begins as a pursuit of legacy becomes a search for truth that spans continents and centuries, unearthing forgotten histories, hidden rivalries and secrets buried for generations. Episodes arrive weekly until the finale on 11th March.

Steal

Steal is a contemporary, high-octane thriller about the heist of the century and the ordinary office worker, Zara (Sophie Turner), who finds herself at the heart of it. A typical work day at a pension fund investment company, Lochmill Capital, is upended when a gang of violent thieves burst in and force Zara and her best mate Luke (Archie Madekwe) to execute their demands. But who would steal billions of pounds of ordinary people’s pensions and why? DCI Rhys (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) is determined to find out, but as a recently relapsed gambling addict, Rhys must keep his own money problems at bay while dealing with the secret agendas and competing interests at the centre of this far-reaching crime. All episodes arrive at once.

The Beauty

In FX’s The Beauty, when international supermodels begin dying in gruesome and mysterious ways, FBI Agents Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Hall) uncover a conspiracy that threatens the future of humanity. The investigation leads them directly into the crosshairs of The Corporation (Ashton Kutcher), who will stop at nothing to protect his trillion-dollar empire.

Week 5

 

Shrinking: Season 3

Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein and Jason Segel’s comedy returns to continuing following a grieving therapist (Segel) who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives … including his own. Season 3 will see Harrison Ford, Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley joined by guest stars Brett Goldstein, Jeff Daniels and Michael J Fox. Episodes arrive weekly until the finale on 8th April.

Marvel’s Wonder Man

Aspiring Hollywood actor Simon Williams is struggling to get his career off the ground. During a chance meeting with Trevor Slattery, an actor whose biggest roles may be well behind him, Simon learns legendary director Von Kovak is remaking the superhero film Wonder Man. These two actors at opposite ends of their careers doggedly pursue life-changing roles in this film as audiences get a peek behind the curtain of the entertainment industry. All episodes arrive at once.

Bridgerton: Season 4

The fourth season of Bridgerton turns its focus to bohemian second son Benedict (Luke Thompson). Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down – until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball. Volume 1 (comprising the first four episodes) arrives all together, followed by Volume 2 on 26th February.

Under Salt Marsh

From Claire Oakley, this thriller is set in the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen, a tight-knit community precariously nestled between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea that threatens its very existence. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher Jackie Ellis (Kelly Reilly) discovers the body of her 8-year-old pupil, Cefin, seemingly drowned. The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the town three years prior – the disappearance of Jackie’s niece, Nessa, which cost her career. Cefin’s death summons Jackie’s former partner, Detective Eric Bull (Rafe Spall), back to Morfa Halen to lead the investigation into a community he failed once before. Convinced the cases are linked, Jackie and Bull must reconcile and race to uncover long-buried secrets inside Morfa, before the storm breaks and all the evidence is gone for good.

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