Everything British for PBS Viewers to Stream in April 2024
Winter has officially rolled out, at least as far as the calendar is concerned, and spring is here. April is one of the best times of the year, both outside in the sunshine and inside in the glow of the television. This is the month when the big boys roll out: the new episodes of the highest-budget, best-reviewed, most-anticipated shows on the calendar.
Most of the time, that's a sentence I would leave for the "Best of British Shows on Streaming" list, which is the other one we publish, detailing what's coming everywhere that's not PBS. But for once, just this once, Rose, everybody is getting a show to be proud of in April. Sure, Masterpiece had to cause chaos behind the scenes across the PBS landscape for it to happen, but honestly, I hope it becomes more of the norm if it means that we get more series like Mr Bates vs the Post Office and fewer shows like Alice & Jack.
To be clear, Alice & Jack isn't going anywhere this month; the six-episode series will continue to stream new episodes on the PBS app and PBS Masterpiece Channel weekly through April 21 until it is replaced by Masterpiece's next series, debuting April 28 (more about that at the bottom of the list). But with Nolly having shuffled offstage and Call the Midwife's early release on PBS Passport concluding Season 13 on April 5 (though new episodes will continue to stream on the PBS app and the PBS Prime Video channel throughout the month), Mr Bates has the lane to itself this month, along with a few other significant titles.
