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Everything Coming to BritBox & AcornTV in January 2026
Our monthly rundown of everything coming to the British-focused niche streaming services like BritBox and AcornTV, in January 2026
Shetland
Scottish-set mystery series originally inspired by the Anne Cleeves series of the same name.
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'Shetland' Season 10 Adds 'Doctor Who' Companion to Cast
Now that the casting upheaval on Shetland has settled out, it's time to return to the Scottish highlands as the popular mystery series begins filming Season 10. But though the series has found a new groove with Ashley Jensen taking over the series lead role as DI Ruth
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'Shetland' Season 9 Sets December Premiere Date
The year 2024 is drawing to a close (thank heavens), and this is a busy time for streaming services; many compete in the awards season derby that kicks off after New Year's. But for a service like BritBox, there's no uptick or downtick since debuts mainly
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'Shetland' Season 9's First Images See DI Calder Settle In
ITV is wrapping up Vera with Season 14, ending the series based on the Ann Cleeves novels after fifteen years. But over on the BBC, the other Cleeves adaptation, Shetland, is still going strong despite having a rough few years since the pandemic hit. Filming delays pushed the series, which
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'Shetland' Earns Double Renewal, Will Run Through Season 10
Changing lead actors several years into a long-running series is never easy. Even though shows like Call The Midwife and Doctor Who make it look easy, it's always risky when Grantchester changes vicars or Unforgotten brings in a new Detective Chief Inspector. The longer the series goes with
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The 'Shetland' Season 8 Trailer Reboots The Series
When lead actor Douglas Henshall announced at the beginning of Shetland Season 7 that the season would be his last, it seemed unlikely the series would continue. The show was initially based on the novel Red Bones by Ann Cleeves and had been roughly following her books for the first
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'Shetland' Announces Ashley Jensen as Lead Starting in Season 8
Changing leads midstream is not unusual for long-running police procedures; it’s just a matter of figuring out how to incorporate it. It’s why shows like Grantchester aren’t called “The Sidney Chambers Mysteries” or the Chief Inspector Ganache adaptation will be called the Three Pines series because that