Everything British for PBS Viewers to Stream in August 2024

The dog days of August are upon us, and while streaming has mostly changed the TV season so that no one takes summers off anymore, PBS is still a linear network at heart, and most of its shows run on the old September-May TV season, with a set of mysteries to cover the summer. But with most of those either having just ended (like D.I. Ray and Professor T) or ending the first weekend in August (like Grantchester Season 9), the August schedule feels old-school light, with only Walter Presents dropping new titles every Friday.

That's not completely accurate, of course; COBRA and Hotel Portofino, both in their third seasons, are still premiering with weekly episodes on Thursdays and Sundays, respectively. For those who aren't PBS Passport members, new episodes for both will stream weekly on the PBS app and the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel on their respective evenings. Grantchester also has one more episode to go for non-PBS Passport members, arriving Sunday, August 4, 2024.

However, with the Democratic National Convention taking up an entire week of evening programming, Frontline specials on Biden's decision to exit the race, Trump's Project 2025, and so forth, not to mention other American-centric stuff, August is pretty slim picking for the Anglophiles. Let's run down what few shows will be hitting PBS Passport as binges, as well as what else is coming in August 2024.