Everything British Worth Streaming in June 2024
Most people think of June as the end of the year or the end of a season, mainly due to a dozen years of mass public education which runs from September until the middle of June. But in the world of TV, June is not the end, it is the beginning. For Emmys, the TV BAFTAS, the TCA Awards, and many others, the calendar of shows in a given year of eligibility runs from June-May. That makes June 1 the top of the Jewish year for TV series debuting, and anything that's leftover from May is just stragglers trying to keep Emmy voters' attention until the voting window closes on the 28th.
On our PBS June streaming list, that clean slate was real, with everything beginning anew. Out in the rest of the world, it's not quite as clean a break, especially for shows like Bridgerton, where Netflix can't admit that its binge model failed yet and thusly insists on dividing the season into two parts as if that solves anything. (Spoiler alert: It does not.) But between June being Pride Month, June being Wedding Season, and June being the end of the school year, what we end up with is a weirdo mish-mash of stuff, some of which deserves more attention than it will get, and the rest getting far more attention than it deserves.
It also means the list is short; no filler here; it's all bangers all the time. let's run down what British shows are arriving which will be worth watching in June across the streaming landscape.
