The Best British Shows of 2024
Though it's been said before, it's worth repeating: There's never been a better time to be an Anglophile. Sure, to watch everything we'd like to see, we're basically required to pony up the cash to access a half dozen different streamers and keep track of a constantly shifting content landscape where promising series are canceled well before their time. But, we've also never been so spoiled for choice in terms of the content available to us before, how easy it is to access, or how great the majority of it is.
To be fair, a lot of the worst of British television doesn't exactly get exported across the pond, so it's easy to believe that everything the BBC has a hand in producing is a gold-plated, high-quality prestige historical or legal drama. (Spoiler alert: It's not!) But thanks to the rise of streaming, there are more British (or British-adjacent) series out there for us to enjoy than ever before. Not everything comes with a Masterpiece pedigree attached, but due to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more, a truly astounding amount of quality British content is steadily (and regularly) making its way to us.
So much so that narrowing this list down often felt like a Herculean task, and there are so many great programs that arrived in 2024 that aren't represented here. (Honorable mention in particular to Supacell, Mary & George, Queenie, and the third season of Bridgerton, because I am nothing if not a Colin and Penelope girl.)
