British TV Shows Americans Love More Than Brits + This Week's Premieres

Most people don’t think of Cornwall as a hub for surreal, time-bending cinema — but filmmaker Mark Jenkin has been quietly turning its fishing villages and coastal landscapes into the backdrop for some of Britain’s most haunting arthouse films. His latest, Rose of Nevada, premiered at Venice with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score and will arrive in the US this October (first at indie theatres and festivals, probably getting to streaming services a little later).

The film follows Nick (George MacKay, 1917) and Liam (Callum Turner, Masters of the Air), two men who sign on to crew the Rose of Nevada — a vessel that vanished 30 years earlier and mysteriously reappears in their small Cornish village. What begins as a chance to provide for family or escape a troubled past soon spirals into something stranger: when the crew return to land, it seems as though they’ve slipped back in time to the boat’s original disappearance.

Though you can't watch this one yet, you CAN check out some of Jenkin's previous Cornwall-based films, either on Hulu or at the links below:

Bait (2023)
Enys Men (2023)

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Watching: One Chance - I know James Corden can be polarizing, but he's been a part of some really great productions over the years - including this uplifting film about the real-life Paul Potts, a shop assistant who dreamt of singing opera. After an appearance on Britain's Got Talent (and a memorable performance of Nessun dorma), he got that chance.
Reading: Dead in the Morning by Margaret Yorke - Sometimes, you just want a fun mystery you can tear through in a short afternoon - and this one is precisely that. Originally published in 1970, this classic village whodunit introduces Oxford don Dr Patrick Grant, whose weekend visit to a Hampshire country house turns deadly when the housekeeper is found dead under suspicious circumstances.

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This Week in British TV...

On BritBox, new episodes of Sister Boniface Mysteries, The Hardacres, and the Australian Death in Paradise spin-off Return to Paradise continue weekly through October 7th. The 19th brought the premiere of a new season of Escape to the Country, and on the 25th, season 28 of Silent Witness will premiere. They've also updated the schedule to add a date for season 2 of The Change, which will premiere September 24th.
- BritBox September 2025 schedule & descriptions
On Acorn TV, new episodes of Summertide continue weekly (2/week), as do new episodes of The Crow Girl. On the 22nd, they'll be adding Agatha Christie's Marple, and on the 29th we can look forward to the rest of the seasons of Agatha Christie's Poirot and the premiere of the brand new mystery Murder Before Evensong.
- Acorn TV September 2025 schedule & descriptions
On PBS Masterpiece, Sundays continue to bring new episodes of several crime series - season 2 of Marlow Murder Club and season 6 of Unforgotten.
On Apple TV+, season 5 of Slow Horses premieres on September 24th (2 episodes, followed by weekly episodes through October 22nd).
On Starz, new episodes of Outlander: Blood of My Blood continue to air weekly on Fridays through October 3rd.
On Netflix, House of Guinness premieres September 25th. Created by Stephen Knight (Peaky Blinders), the series follows the aftermath of the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man behind the famous brewery.
On AMC+, fans of folk horror will be pleased to see the premiere of The Red King on the 25th.