The new year is shaping up to be a good one, at least for BritBox subscribers. The streamer, which specializes in offering high-quality titles from British studios, as well as originals, has unveiled a big slate of new TV shows coming to its library in 2025. Highlights include new originals like “Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero” starring Anjelica Houston, the final season of “Vera,” and much more. Check out the comprehensive list below and see what you can stream on BritBox all throughout 2025.

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‘Joan’ | Available now

Stars: Sophie Turner, Frank Dillane
The series opens with Joan, a fiery and uncompromising woman in her twenties who is deeply scarred and vulnerable. She is a devoted mother to her six-year-old daughter, Kelly, but is trapped in a disastrous marriage with a violent criminal named Gary. When Gary goes on the run, Joan seizes the opportunity to create a new life for herself and her daughter.

‘Shetland’ Season 9 | Premieres Dec. 11

Stars: Ashley Jensen, Alison O’Donnell, Steven Robertson

Acclaimed detective drama Shetland returns with another distinctive and emotionally complex mystery starring BAFTA- and Emmy-nominee Ashley Jensen. Having returned to her native Shetland in pursuit of a vulnerable witness for London’s Met Police in series seven, DI Calder (Jensen) is now a resident of the Isles. Calder is thrown in at the deep end after a friend of DI Alison ‘Tosh’ McIntosh goes missing. When the friend’s young son emerges alone on the moors, having witnessed a life-changing trauma, it sparks a chilling tale of love, death, and betrayal.

‘The Jetty’ | Premieres Dec. 13

Stars: Jenna Coleman, Archie Renaux

After the fire tears through a property in the scenic Lancashire lake town, Detective Ember Manning must work out how it connects to a podcast journalist investigating a missing persons cold case and an illicit relationship between a man in his twenties and two underage girls. But as Ember gets close to the truth, it threatens to destroy her life – forcing her to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew about her past, present, and the town she’s always called home.

‘Protection’ | Premieres Dec. 29

Stars: Siobhan Finneran, Bary Ward
Liz Nyles is a witness protection officer in charge of looking after Jimmy, Helen, and Amy McLennan in their assigned safe house. Jimmy has been offered witness protection for testifying against Edward Crowther, an untouchable crime boss who’s finally being tried for murder. Liz is shocked when she hears there’s been a shooting at the safe house and her key witness Jimmy has been shot. But worse, her colleague DS Paul Brandice, with whom she’s been having a secret affair, was also at the house and has been shot too. Brandice had not been working on the case, there is no reason for him to be involved, so why was he at the address?

‘Vera’ Season 14 | Premieres Jan. 2

Stars: Brenda Blethyn, David Leion
In the first episode, DCI Vera Stanhope is called to the banks of the Tyne where the body of a young man has been discovered by some anglers. A tangled web of a broken relationship, secret love, grudges, regret, and fraud begins to emerge - has our former inmate been served cold justice, or does his death run deeper? The final episode brings Vera back to a familiar place when a body is found at the foot of legendary local stones The Dark Wives - with memories of childhood in the background, Vera must work hard to uncover the mystery of why a bright young student would be violently attacked and left so far from home. This poignant episode weaves together past and present and makes for a compelling and emotional farewell.

‘Father Brown’ Season 12 | Premieres Jan. 2025

Stars: Mark Williams, Tom Chambers, Claudie Blakely
Mark Williams is back as Father Brown, the charismatic clergyman sleuth based on the classic character created by GK Chesterton. Following the exciting proposal at the end of series 11, the sleepy village of Kembleford is abuzz with good news as Mrs Devine (Claudie Blakley) and Chief Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers) look forward to their upcoming wedding. But when a surprise visit from the father of the groom quickly throws preparations into turmoil, will they even make it to the church? With a medieval death at a Tudor battle re-enactment, Mrs Devine finding herself accused of murder, Sergeant Goodfellow’s professional future thrown into question and Brenda ballroom dancing on national television, Father Brown and the gang are busier than ever. And when a Cardinal from the Vatican arrives with a top-secret mission for Father Brown, the priest must request the help of his old adversary Flambeau, while a new nemesis lurks in the shadows…

‘Death in Paradise’ Season 14 | Premieres Feb. 2025

Stars: Don Gilet, Don Warrington, Shantol Jackson
Detective Mervin Wilson arrives on the idyllic isle of Saint Marie from his home in London. While assisting with a case following a short trip, the team discovers Mervin may have an ulterior motive for being on the island…Offering the perfect cocktail of sun-soaked escapism, shimmering sea,s and clear blue skies, the detective drama enters its fourteenth year, with its much-loved combination of magnificent murder mysteries and plot twists which leave audiences on the edge of their seats.

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