UK TV Premiere Dates: 2024 Calendar

Fans of British police dramas are eating well at the moment, with the second series of Belfast-set Blue Lights currently airing on BBC One, soon to be joined by the second series of Liverpool-set The Responder, starring Martin Freeman. And if your Brit TV tastes extend to the stranger side of things, then Alibi has a brand new crime mystery set on a weird island where the new copper played by Anjli Mohindra investigates some Summerisle-style goings on.

Over on Netflix is excellent seven-part drama Baby Reindeer, an uncomfortably honest dramatisation of creator Richard Gadd’s real-life experience of being stalked. On Prime Video, there’s Fallout, which continues The Last of Us‘ trend of being a videogame-to-TV adaptation that’s actually, you know, good. Also on Netflix is moody, intoxicating psychological thriller Ripley, adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley and starring Andrew Scott.

As well as all that, here’s a big look ahead to the new British drama coming up in 2024 and a whisper in your ear to watch Wunmi Mosaku in creepy new Brit mystery Passenger on ITV1, which is well worth a look.

And we’re still in the not-too-long wait until May 11, when Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson return in the TARDIS for the new Doctor Who episodes. See the latest trailer here.

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.