Everything British for PBS Viewers to Stream in January 2024

The last holidays of the year are winding down, and with it, the final days of the old year. With January 2024 on the horizon, it's officially the middle of the decade, with the 2020s firmly entrenched in whatever it is they are going to do. The new year is also a significant time for British debuts on TV, a legacy that began with Downton Abbey at the beginning of the last decade. It has now become a tradition on PBS and across streaming services in America. We'll be covering the competition in our other monthly post for what's worth streaming in January 2024; PBS still stands tall with the most to offer as the bells toll the arrival of New Year's Day.

PBS's ability to offer as much as it does right out of the gate comes from having multiple different sources for British programming, feeding PBS Passport and its various PBS channels over on Amazon. There's American Public Television, which, despite the name, does supply British shows. Everyone's favorite, Masterpiece, has been bringing over banger after banger in the past few months. Then there are the lesser-known ones, like PBS Distribution, responsible for bringing over long-running favorites like Call The Midwife and new arrivals like D.I. Ray. Last but not least, there's Walter Presents' anthology series, which brings the best of foreign favorites to the U.K. (and then the U.S.).

Between the four of them, January is just packed. Let's run down everything arriving for the top of the year.